Reviews again!

I told you that when I am break, I am able to do things like go to movies, and play new games. Well this time I got to read new books. I am traveling with the Men's Basketball team right now and we are in Salem, Massachusetts which is a very interesting town. I will give a review about his later considering my trip is not over yet. However, I would like to review two of the three books I brought with me on the trip (not finished reading #3 yet). The first book is part of a series by James Patterson. It is titled The 5th Horseman and if you have not started reading these books, you need to. It is a great book that lets you tag along with a police lieutenant and the SFPD on murders. They are easy read books and they do not take a long time to read (do not let the thickness of the book fool you). A problem I noticed with the entire series and not just this book in general is if you read these books very quickly one right after the other you feel like they are just repeats, however if you read them with about a month in between them they do not get boring. I give this book a 4 out of 5 since I did not like the ending. I felt that Patterson just quickly finished it instead of giving details like he typically does.

The second book that I read was The Alchemist, I had always heard of this book and when a friend offered it to me over break I obliged. I am glad that I did, this book was very interesting and it tells of a boy traveling from his homeland to Egypt to find a treasure at the pyramids. It also talks about Personal Legends which are things that everyone has and wants to accomplish. Throughout the book, everyone that the boy meets becomes an omen and they tell him that in order to find the treasure he needs to follow and listen to these omens. The boy does what he is told and through following his heart, listening to the omens, and telling the truth he finds his treasure. This book was a 5 out of 5 and I want to add it to my collection just so I can always refer to it when I am down.