Tear, Tear, Tear

On Friday, I had a Chemistry test, after which, I decided to read my independent reading book, Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs. Towards the end of the period, I came across a plot twist. My favorite secondary character was shot!!! And he died. His death shook and stirred the world of Temperance Brennan. Throughout the book, a point is made that she is a recovering alcoholic (a little irony in her name, no?), and takes a Perrier or Diet Coke with Lime to a glass of Merlot. Tempe is sorounded in grief. She is visited by her ex-Husband, Pete and she starts to drink. I'm sure this will have some sort of repercussion in the time to follow. There was that moment where you thought "No, Tempe, no!" but the fate of the character was already written and there was nothing you could do about it.

Why I like Rinaldi. (Devil Bones, Kathy Reichs)

Rinaldi is a secondary charter in Devil Bones by Dr. Kathy Reichs, PhD. Rinaldi is the co-worker of the detective that Brennan works with, Sidell. He is described as tall skinny, and Italian. I can totally imagine him with like the greasy gelled back hair, with a black suit and black neck tie, totally pronounced yet totally attractive features.
I'm not entirley sure why I like the character, but I think that he plays a relatively important role in the story line. Perhaps he is actually the murder? Probably not...

Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs- Up to page 60

In the 2008 instalment in Dr. Reich's Temperance Brennan novels, Tempe must solve a horrific case based on a plumbers findings while he was renovating a home's bathroom of a teenager's skull and several dismembered livestock.

She has met with her daughter over dinner and was tempted, but Temperance defused to discuss the devilish case.

This book takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina, a place where I was fortunate enough to visit in summer 2009. Satanism, which is a key element in the book, I would imagine is quite disgruntling at the least to the people who are happy to eat their Chic-Fil-A. The people of North Carolina are generally super religious, and for the most part, Christian or Roman Catholic. Obviously, the pagan practices that were taking place right under their noses that lead to the murder of a teen would make these people take up arms.

Although I have not quite read enough of the book, I am not able to form an official opinion. However, I am sure that this will be a good book and worth reading!

Bones To Ashes by Kathy Reichs

After reading it this summer, Kathy Reichs has become one of my favorite authors. She is a forensic anthropologist and her novels about "what ifs" from her unusual line of work inspired the FOX drama, Bones.

In her 2007 instalment in the Temperance Brennan series, Tempe must solve a string of deaths from several badly decomposed skeletons that popped up in Quebec, where the book is set. One set of remains sends her for a ride down not-so-fond memory lane. The remains fit all the markers of a missing person (MP) whose description matches exactly that of her child hood friend, Evangeline Landry.

The story line is not always easy to follow, but a small dose of logic and a short time of thinking will get the reader back on track. Most of the forensic terms are defined and the ones that are not are easy to find if the reader breaks down the roots of the word.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes Bones, but also to those who enjoy a good mystery. People like fans of Agatha Christie would definitely like the story. However, the book does have some mature content, but nothing too out of the ordinary, as the book does describe roting corpses and some other things the every day person may not find so pleasant, but it is nothing that anyone over the age of thirteen hasn't heard before.

As the story is based off things that could have happened, there are not metaphors or similes that are blatantly obvious. In the writing, a leprosy epidemic is just a leprosy epidemic and nothing more.

Over all, this book is great and was an enjoyable and fast paced read.

Summer Reading: Why NOT?

Summer:

The time of the year associated with heat, freedom, ice cream, and most importantly, no school.

So why are most students forced to read over the summer?

This odd action is commonly called "Summer Reading" and is considered by some to be blasphemy.

As you may notice, I only completed one book this summer, because summer is my time to relax, and not be forced to comply with the rules of school. Aside from summer reading being unnecessary, it is also very constrictive. A student is given a list of books they are allowed to read. Not only are we subjected to reading now twelve months of the year, bust e are being told what we can and cannot read.

This is a disgrace to the fundamental beliefs of America and clearly contradict two of our inalienable rights to liberty and the pursuit of happiness and I, Hailey Wynn, refuse to take part in such an unAmerican practice.