This summer was an amazing season for enriching reads. The first book I read was The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan, followed up by it's sequel. The former follows the story of Charlie West, a high school student. He awakes in a dark room with people trying to torture and kill him as he tries to remember how he got to this point. The reason this read was so great was because it follows two story lines, one with West escaping his prison and the other his slowly returning memories. West follows his values even in the toughest of situations, from which I took great appreciation.
The second book I read last summer was Ender's Game by Orison Scott Card. Though it seems to have been a popular book to read, there is a reason. Ender's Game follows the life's story of Ender Wiggin, a reluctant tactical genius scooped up by the global government to protect the Earth from a series of alien invasions. He is pushed to his limits throughout his military carrier by a series of overseers, but the surprise ending was extremely powerful. It was so powerful that I intend to continue the series.
