Book list

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I read just one book this month. It was a combination of procrastination, not feeling like it, busyness and a sort of "off" library schedule (too many books, not enough books) that kept me from getting anything else finished.

The Host - Stephenie Meyer - 23.5 hours (20 CDs)
This story is about aliens who have come to earth and inhabited the human bodies with the intention of taking over all human bodies. Typically the human's awareness dies off and only their memories are left for the alien to sort through and live with, but in the main character's case, the human is fighting to stay alive and so there's an internal dialogue and struggle between the two of them. The human, Melanie, wants to find her brother and boyfriend (who have, as far as she knows, hidden out and not been taken over by aliens), and through her memories and persuasion is able to make the alien care enough about this brother and boyfriend to cooperate and search. I liked this book a lot. I'm not really a sci-fi person, but this is much more about relationships, mixed with some adventure. There were definitely some parts that I was squeamish about, but overall I was really into it from start to finish. It gave me lots of happy feelings. Meyer is obviously very imaginative and did a great job with this, I thought. I thought the chosen narrator for the book was okay, but her voice wasn't really as youthful as it should've been (the main human character is about 20). But I got over it.

Oh and with my 15-minute commute, it took awhile to finish this. :) Good thing I go home at lunch!

Total books for April: 1
Total books for 2009: 17

I'm still on target for 50 books by the end of the year, but no more one-book months for me!

Everyone please remember to post your own book lists here. :) I like reading them!