Who am I kidding trying to blog about every book I read. It’s not like anybody reads this blog anymore anyway. I should try to be controversial again.

Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1–Skip it. The illustrations were disappointing.
Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives, Volume I –A decent graphic novel
The Wolves in the Walls by Gaiman, Neil–Everything Gaiman does is great
King Rat by China Mieville–I see flashes of brilliance in the first novel of the three time winner of the Arthur C. Clark award. I plan on reading more of his. This is a modern day retelling of the Pied Piper
Library 2.0 and Beyond: Innovative Technologies and Tomorrow’s User by Courtney, Nancy–Good if you are in the industry.
Burn by Phillips, Suzanne This is a 2011 High School Sequoya nominee about bullying. It left me underwhelmed.
Lift byCorrigan, Kelly–A nice letter to her daughters. A slight read but touching and poignant.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by Green, John Important subject matter, well written.
Never Look Away: A Thriller by Barclay, Linwood–Great Thriller
Still Missing by Stevens, Chevy–There are a number of authors whose work that I will rush out and buy as soon as it becomes available. If Still Missing is any indication of what we can expect from Chevy Stevens I have a new name to add to that list.

Annie O’Sullivan was an up and coming Realtor when she was abducted at the end of an open house. Held captive for a year she finds her entire life affected by the trauma. Told in the form of therapy sessions, Annie tells us bit by bit both the frightening reality of her captivity and the equally harrowing attempt to put her life back together again.

This is a masterfully written book that will not let you go. Just when you think the drama is over, Stevens finds a way to ramp it up again. This is an author that needs to be watched.

On the Grid: A Plot of Land, An Average Neighborhood, and the Systems that Make Our World Work by Huler, Scott–In 2003 I was living in Michigan when the power went out at my office. Little did I know at that time that a large swath of the northeast region had lost their power as well. That was my first personal experience with a mass blackout that was not weather related.
Since that time I have often thought about the infrastructure that makes our world work. Scott Huler has written a book that answers many of those questions. On the Grid is a telling look at those systems that we depend on, often without giving them a moment’s thought. Huler does a great job of taking material that could be dry to the point of unreadable and creating a solid narrative that hooks the reader beginning on page 1. It is high praise to take material such as this and making it interesting. I never realized I could be so fascinated by my garbage disposal.
A true good read.

I Am Ozzy by Osbourne, Ozzy Hands down the best introduction to an autobiography I have ever read. This is an excellent work.
The Wall by Long, Jeff–As with The Descent Long has a great premise but can’t stick the landing. Ho-hum.
Prince of Thieves: A Novel by Chuck Hogan Not very good.