Fiction books

Outside of class I have recently finished two books.  The first was The Last Patriot by Brad Thor.  It is a fiction book about other religions trying to subtly undermine the framework of the USA.  I really liked the book because it used true historical events from between the times of Thomas Jefferson and September 11, 2001.  The author made everything seem connected and was able to make it exciting and relevant.  There was also a lot of action and a very intricate fictional plot to go alone with the true events.

The book I more recently finished was Just After Sunset by Stephen King.  This book actually matched up with our class because it is a compilation of 13 of his short stories.  Most of the stories were published in previously in magazines and other places, and one story was brand new in this book.  I really liked that some stories were as short as 20 pages and some as long as 120.  So that means that his stories were written very differently.  The short ones had fewer characters and they were directly introduced.  The longer ones had more characters, which were described through their actions, and more complicated plots.  I think that the stories were very different from each other but still had the same basic principles, about expectations and perception.  I liked this book a lot.