I've completed "World War Z" by Max Brooks. Very well written and I especially love the South African connection in the story. This book I can really recommend to anybody that is looking for a good Zombie novel. It is written in the form of interviews held with survivors of the Zombie war, each telling their own story and how the war affected them and their part of the world. Be warned: this is nothing like the Brad Pitt movie.
After that I felt like reading a classic, so I decided on "The Invisible Man" by HG Wells, a novella that was originally published in 1897. The biggest problem with books from the Victorian era is that the English usage is usually archaic, making it difficult to follow for modern English speakers. "The Invisible Man", however, was not a difficult read. In short, it is about a scientist that discovers a way to make objects (or people) invisible. He performs the procedure on himself and quickly develops a God-complex, seeing other people as mere playthings to be manipulated for his own amusement. Unfortunately he quickly discovers that there are more draw-backs to being invisible than there are advantages.
An excellent read as well, but not something every Sci-fi fan will enjoy.
Currently I am reading "The Survivors Club" by J Carson Black (free book for Samsung users on Kindle for Samsung). It is a good detective novel with imaginative plot twists. My one issue with the novel thus far (completed about 3/4) is that a lot of effort was made to introduce the detective, Tess McCrae's photographic memory but after that it is only used in passing (recognizing somebody in a picture, remembering some detail about a dog, etc). It may come to the fore again in the eventual solution, but it doesn't feel that way. Still a good detective novel, well written.
Originally Posted by Walter_Bettencourt
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