The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson

The third and final book of the interesting and exciting Millennium trilogy wraps things up nicely for those who stuck it out to the end.  I have to admit that the main plot of this book was nowhere near as intriguing as the prior two, but that is not to say that it is not great; and in fact in compliments the others perfectly.  Again with this book as was with the others, the namesake for the series, Lisbeth, seems to take a back seat and is not featured all that much throughout the story amongst all of the other characters, but rather her actions and history are in the forefront, and all of the twists and turns of the tale keep the reader wanting to know how it will all end.  If you have read the first two books, you will likely enjoy this one, and you owe it to yourself to see how it all ends.

Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire

To be perfectly honest if this book was not the last of the series I likely would have not bothered finishing it and I would have abandoned the series. It is slow and not very entertaining, and it just takes the already established characters and just draws out their lives to wrap things up.  This book is really only worth reading if you want to close the lid on the series that started off amazing with Wicked, and then gradually tapered off towards mediocrity.

Misery by Stephen King

Stephen King has an ability unlike any other to create two extreme characters; one who you love and feel the pain of and share their every emotion, and then the one who is the epitome of evil, that you hate more than anything.  Every terrible thing that happened to Paul as he slowly broke mentally and gave up hope just filled me with more rage for retaliation over Annie, but being a Stephen King novel, you really never know what to expect and a happy ending it not always guaranteed.  The other amazing aspect of this story is how King was able to write a story within the story which mimicked the main story, and at the same time talking in the main plot about the difference between things that happen in books and those that happen in real life; it was pretty genius.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

A very interesting book. Who does not love a story about humans making the most efficient existence by weeding out emotions? This story seems very insightful considering the time it was written.

The good and bad of the book were that tremendous detail given regarding the science and social aspects of the background, but it seemed to over shadow the story at times. Not to say it was not enjoyable, the story just seemed to jump around too quickly. Other than that it was great.