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The following is a list of the books I have read this year. You can see what I thought in more detail on my Goodreads page, or feel free to ask me. Each is a clickable link to where you can buy the book (if available). Each year I challenge myself to read a certain number of books. This year it was forty-five.
2014
The Best of Hammer & Bolter: Volume 1 – Edited by Christian Dunn
The Iron Man – by Ted Hughes
A Study in Scarlet – by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Black Library Anthology 2013/14 – by Graham McNeill et al.
Flowers for Algernon – by Daniel Keyes
Zen in the Art of Writing – by Ray Bradbury
Gone Girl – by Gillian Flynn
Scars – by Chris Wraight
Countdown – by Robert Orci
Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 1: Legacy – by Dan Abnett
A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold – by George R.R. Martin
Knights of the Imperium – by Graham McNeil
War Horse – by Michael Morpurgo
Vengeful Spirit – by Graham McNeil
Secret Invasion: The Infiltration – by Brian Michael Bendis
Slaughterhouse Five – by Kurt Vonnegut
The Last Fighting Tommy – by Richard Van Emden
A Feast for Crows – by George R.R. Martin
Ravenlord – by Gav Thorpe
Sedition’s Gate – by Nick
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Review: Daniel Keyes’ “Flowers for Algernon”
Daniel Keyes’ profound and moving work is one that a lot of people have to read sometime in school. Unfortunately, my school never assigned it. Instead one of my friends recommended I read it, and I couldn’t be more happy that I did. “Flowers for Algernon” is a book you can’t put down, and one you won’t want to. Reading the beautiful, and sad-yet-happy story of Charlie Gordon really can change your perspective on a lot of things. So, without further ado, read on.
Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence–a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.
As the treatment takes effect, Charlie’s intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?
I really can’t start this review without saying that this is a classic everyone needs to read. Daniel K
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