Water for Elephants

So this book was suppose to be our new book club book, but I had to veto it because of content. Warning chapter 3 is a very descriptive stripper scene. Not really appropriate for a church book club. Also it is laced with the f-word. All in all it really is on the morally low books, the plot is an affair and a murder, you get the picture. While I wouldn't recommended the book, the author's notes on the book were fascinating. She studied circus's in the 1930's. There are real photo's and some of the plot was based around actual events. The circus's back then truly were a freak show. From parasitic twins, to electrocution of elephants (no animal rights) it was graphically fascinating to me. I would recommend reading the research the author put into this book. But the book itself a little to crass for me.

Scotch Trials

So this is the second book in the Maze runner series. Number 3 is not yet out. This one follows the characters from book one through another trial, also known as the scorch. They are trying to illuminate the week, but they are not accomplishing this as quickly as I guess they would like. I liked it, and it keeps the story going but it was not nearly as good as the Maze runner.