February 2020 Wrap Up


February was a rough month for me, but books were my escape. I managed to read 17 books which is one of the highest months I've had in a long time. There were so many good books and a few that I just couldn't finish. Lets get on with the books.


The Road


Ender's Game

(Ender's Saga #1)

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an alien enemy seeking to destroy all human life. The only way to find out is to throw Ender into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. Ender Wiggin is six years old when it begins. He will grow up fast.

But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway almost as long. Ender's two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. While Peter was too uncontrollably violent, Valentine very nearly lacks the capability for violence altogether. Neither was found suitable for the military's purpose. But they are driven by their jealousy of Ender, and by their inbred drive for power. Peter seeks to control the political process, to become a ruler. Valentine's abilities turn more toward the subtle control of the beliefs of commoner and elite alike, through powerfully convincing essays. Hiding their youth and identities behind the anonymity of the computer networks, these two begin working together to shape the destiny of Earth-an Earth that has no future at all if their brother Ender fails.







 


 29/50 Books in my Read Around the Country challenge
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13/196 in my Star Wars Legends challenge
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1/20 in my Scotland challenge
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31/341 Gilmore Girls challenge
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33/100 in my 100 books before you die challenge


It was an amazing February. Almost all the books I read were 4 stars or higher. I really enjoyed most everything I read.


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