With the hopefully imminent release of the newest Zelda, I hope to be blissfully unaware of the world around me in a few weeks. I also will most likely be wrenched away from the current reading phase I've been in. So here are a few reviews of what I've been reading.

Dune prequels (The Butlerian Jihad, The Machine Crusade, The Battle of Corrin)
I never read any of Frank Herbert's Dune sequels but I heard they weren't very good. His son's attempts have so far been quite entertaining. Like any subsequent books based on a classic, it may rely a little too much on the innovations of it's predecessor and not develop much on it's own, but it was fun for me to read about how the universe of Dune came to be.

Double Star
A short book about a man hired to impersonate a famous politician. I remember liking this book while I read it but right now I couldn't tell you why. I started off hating the main character but by the end reluctantly liking him. The book explores the possibility that if we are forced to constantly play a different person to the outside world, we eventually take on that person's thoughts and even moral outlook. It's interesting to contemplate the pliability of personality, plus there are Martians :)

Atlas Shrugged (currently reading part I)
I can see how people may find this classic hard to get through, perhaps if I were reading it instead of listening to it on my iPod I'd agree. But so far I find it fascinating. The characters drive the incredibly slow moving plot and I can't help wanting to learn more about them. If you do not like long slow moving books with lots of set up, do not read this book.

Blink (currently reading - recommended by Brian)
This non-fiction book about making quick and illogical decisions is very good so far. One of few non-fiction books that I've found hard to put down. It's littered with interesting, real life examples that pull you in. This book delves into what makes us tick and is worth anyone's time. I hear that The Tipping Point, also by Gladwell, is very good too.

So is anyone else out there as excited as I am about The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess? If they delay it again, I'm going to scream!