![]() On the run with her brother Jamie and boyfriend Jared, Melanie survived by stealing food and laying low. Only a few un-possessed humans remain, and Melanie is one of them. ![]() The setting is present day, and virtually all of humanity has been taken over by the souls, who reside in human hosts, controlling their every move. The book begins with an alien (in this book they are called “souls”) being inserted into a human body. Nonetheless, I was surprised to find The Host to be thoughtful and interesting. I’m sure I’m not the only one who cringes when someone says, “I don’t usually read, but I loved this book!” This book is entirely unrelated to the popular vampire series. That’s not really a bad thing, but it does sometimes raise my more elitist, bibliophile hackles. The reason, I think, is that the Twilight series appeals to people who do not usually read. The funny thing is that it was undoubtedly our best attended book club ever all kinds of people came out of the woodwork that we’ve never seen before or since. And I had no real desire to read the other ones (conveniently, my daughter already had, so she summed them up in a couple of sentences). I read the first one, because it was a selection for my book club. In the last year these books have seen incredible buzz, and everyone and their dog seemed to be reading them. ![]() ![]() Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably seen the Twilight phenomenon in action. I liked this book much more than I expected too. ![]()
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