Here are a few lists concerning books that I’ve been focusing on lately.

Currently Reading

• Violets are Blue (James Patterson)
• The God Delusion (Amz, Richard Dawkins)
• I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (Amz, Tucker Max)

Upcoming Titles

• London Bridges (Patterson)
• Mary Mary (Patterson)
• Velocity (Dean Koontz)
• Duma Key (Stephen King)
• The Shining (King)

Previously Completed

• Roses are Red (Patterson)
• Cat & Mouse (Patterson)

For some reason I’m usually aware of surprises before I have a chance to be surprised by them. The most memorable time that this has happened was when I went to go see the first Saw film (IMDb). My brother didn’t realize that I wanted to see the movie so he spouted off the shocking ending… had I not expected the shocking twist through the entire movie, the ending would’ve blown my mind.

The reason why I bring this up is the mini-series in the Alex Cross Novels (Roses are Red (Amz), Violets are Blue (Amz)) has a character by the name of Mastermind whose identity is unknown by the reader until the last line of the first book. I started the Cross series quiet akwardly, starting off with the second to last book first and sporadically jumping between books in the timeline. Naturally the books, in an attempt to remind the reader of past events and characters, the identity of the Mastermind is revealed, thus spoiling yet another surprise.

On another subject, I started reading The Shining (Amz) a month or two ago and had to stop because of the excessive amount of nightmares and bad dreams after reading merely the first few chapters. I can’t possibly imagine why I would have nightmares, especially in regard to the seemingly harmless chapters that I struggled through, outside of my foreshadowing upcoming events, as well as the slightly creepy font in my very early edition of the novel.

On the other hand, The God Delusion is quite an interesting book, as well as quite a hard read. The book is one of the first that I’ve read that is geared towards a very intellectual crowd. I normally read fiction books, allowing the author to take my mind away and involve it into a deep story. Also, the book is centered around turning theists to atheism, which sort of leaves me on the sidelines only able to cheer Dawkins on his crusade. I’ll be sure to write a review once I finish it.

I’m still surprised today of what I’ve been missing by not including reading into my daily/weekly activities. I’ve actually started gaining an interest in writing quite a lot, which has sparked my interest to periodically update my otherwise dull blog with things that I enjoy. I’ve also gained a slight interest in possibly writing a book or two on the side for my own amusement and to see what a non-English major could produce. I’ve never been the kind of person that goes to school to learn a specific task in order to get ahead in life.

If I have a passion in life, I intend to do what I can to obtain the ability to do that. I’ve done it with my professional life (learning web development and becoming relatively successful at it), so why not attempt it with other interests?