So here is a list of books that I have read that need to be reviewed:

1. Ender's Game
   
2. Speaker for the Dead
   
3. Xenocide
   
4. Children of the Mind.
   
5. Detailed reviews for World of Time series
   

So you can see that there will be a lot of posts coming soon. Thanks for being patient!

Even though I had never read any of his novels previously I knew Orson Scott Card was an amazing writer. I had bought two of his creative writing help books (Elements of Writing Fiction - Characters & Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing) & How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (Genre Writing Series)) which were great because of the way they were written and because he didn't tie you down to writing in a specific way. I've been wanting to read some of his books for quite awhile and recently we went to Paperbacks Unlimited in Santa Rosa to see if they had any that could be added to our collection of 2, previously to that we hit up Borders to buy Ender's Game and we already had Children of the Mind.

Surprisingly they had the two other books we needed to complete the original quartet. I devoured Ender's Game. I absolutely love the way Orson Scott Card writes. You simply join in with the story from a couple of different angles. One view is Ender himself, another view are the people who brought him to the Battle School hoping he is the Earth's salvation and then you get to see what's going on with his family, specifically Valentine and Peter.

The way the story goes you root for Ender to overcome his obstacles, you hope he doesn't crack and go insane under the huge amount of stress that is put on him during his years in the Battle School. He is separated from the group by just a few statements from the man that brought him to the Battle School and ends up being friendless for awhile. He does what needs to be done, what is required of him to accomplish and attempts to make friends. Everytime things get better for him they uproot him and force him to start all over again.

Finally he is given a short reprieve and returns to Earth for a few months. The officers use his sister to convince Ender to go on, to save the Earth, although she does love her brother, she also sympathizes with what he's going through. They are as close as brother and sister can be. Ender goes on to the Command School in order to learn how to command the fleet that will take out the Buggers and eliminate the threat they pose to humans.

This is where I will stop regarding Ender's Game. If you want to know more, simply grab a copy at Borders or order it from Amazon (Ender's Game). You'll follow Ender to a new colony, learn what his dreams mean and find out how he becomes the first Speaker for the Dead.