I love reading (auto)biographies, and I've had pretty good luck with finding good ones. Rob Lowe? Amazing. Portia de Rossi? Enlightening.
I guess you could say I had some high hopes for this one. Tina Fey is a funny lady! I loved 30 Rock! I couldn't wait to dive in and get a glimpse of who Ms. Fey is as a person.
But I was kind of disappointed.
Her humor didn't come across on a written page very well. She was very vague about her past, and when she did talk about something it wasn't in much detail.
I got half way through the book, and still didn't know if I was enjoying it or not.
But then… FINALLY! She started talking about the days leading up to the brilliantly hilarious 30 Rock television series. And FINALLY it was the kind of funny I had expected all along.
If I had to rate this book on a scale of 1-10, I would give it a 5.
This series… oh my goodness.
It's amazing.
The writing. The characters. The plots.
This is the second time I've read this series.
Reading these books is like watching a movie in your head. I wish they'd make movies out of this series instead of the stupid Fifty Shades of Grey series.
Oh yeah… This series is like Fifty Shades of Grey. If that's not your thing, that's okay. I enjoy reading a bunch of different genres, and usually steamy romance is not for me. But my goodness are these books good. There's a 4th book coming out… soon. I hope it's soon anyway. The author's website still says TBA.
You know who I picture as Gideon Cross? Ian Somerhalder.
I really saved the best for last.
Have you read Divergent yet? If you haven't you have been living under a rock.
Have you read the Hunger Games? Again. Under a rock.
The Divergent series is a lot like Hunger Games. But darker, and more emotionally stirring. You can really imagine yourself in Tris or Four's shoes. You can really imagine something like that occurring in today's world. That's what makes it so scary. (And not BOO scary. Hopefully you know what I mean.)
Allegiant is the last book. There's a sense of finality about it that is hard to miss.
SPOILER ALERT!
DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE RUINED FOREVER!
SPOILER ALERT!
My sister and I have mad respect for Ms. Roth. Killing off your main character takes guts, man. Maybe that's what gives it the finality I mentioned. You read about how it happens. How the character feels as it happens. How the remaining characters are affected by such a profound death.
On the other hand, it was so very anticlimactic. I read all that for THAT? I don't know. It was a hero's death. A brave death. But the killer? Him? REALLY?
I'm glad the author went on to write about a couple years after it happened. How the loved one of the dead character is changing their life and moving on. For someone who has issues with thinking and talking about death, it was nice to see what happens when someone you love is left behind.
These books are just the beginning. I've started a new series called The A.D. Chronicles by Brock and Bodie Thoene, and so far it is amazing. I love these authors, and own a large collection of their books.
I highly recommend reading:
*Shiloh Legacy - In My Father's House, A Thousand Shall Fall, and Say to this Mountain
*Zion Covenant - Vienna Prelude, Prague Counterpoint, Munich Signature, Jerusalem Interlude, Danzig Passage, Warsaw Requiem, London Refrain, Paris Encore, and Dunkirk Crescendo
*Zion Chronicles - The Gates of Zion, A Daughter of Zion, The Return to Zion, A Light in Zion, and The Key to Zion
I'd also like to read Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's (it's my favorite movie), and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (can you believe I've never read it?)
I'll be sure to write more reviews as I finish books!
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