Eragon - Christopher Paolini

This book is exactly half way between Harry Potter and Lord of the rings. So many similarities but its still a great story. Whats interesting is the vast difference in the beginning and the end. Eragon goes a long way from farm boy to a legend. The fight in the end of the book was amazing, kept me in goose bumps and I couldn't wait to see what happens next.

Anybody who enjoys fantasy reading will enjoy this, especially if they're looking for something like the LOTR series thats actually readable and not convoluted like Tolkien made it.

Godfather Returns - Mark Winegardner

Chronologically this book is placed in between all three movies. It fills in the gaps about Michaels family life and his struggle to take his family legit. I don't know what the reviewers who gave this thing a thumbs up were smoking but the writing is nothing like Mario Puzo. This moron has put the godfather saga to shame. He writes with forever annoying brackets (oh so many brackets). The new character, Geraci, was great and probably the only good thing in this novel.

The overall story wasn't bad but I'm never going to read a book written by this author again. I think I'll have to read 'The Godfather' again just to remove the bitter taste in my mouth.