Polar Shift

Just finished the Clive Cussler book, "Polar Shift". It was good, though the ending was not very satisfying. It is a Kurt Austin book. While the Austin/Zavala books are good, I am partial to Dirk Pitt/Al Giordino. Dirk and Al have been so developed as chracters over the years, through so many stories and adventures, I feel like I know them.

Cussler is a master story teller, lots of fluff with little emotional involvement. Very satisfying and shallow.

Before Polar Shift, I read the Terry Brooks book, "Armageddon's Children". First one in a new trilogy. If you are familiar with his work, trilogies are his thing. This group seems like it will link the Word/Void stories with Shannara. I love his writing, though I read his work differently than Cussler. Cussler books, I just run through nonstop. Not much thinking or reflection. Terry Brooks, like Tolkien,  requires some investment from me, kind of like taking a deep breath before you start. I rush through them in anticipation of a great story/epic, that I end up immediately reading them a second time, much slower, just to absorb more of the details. Very enjoyable, but a little tiring, needing a few days emotional break after the second time through, hence the Cussler reading.

Next is Glenn Beck's "An Inconvenient Book". I don't read a lot of books like this, but I really enjoy his radio show.