Book 34: Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

I read this book because it is up for a Truman award in my state and my librarian recommended it.  It started off pretty slow, but then it got interesting.

This is the story of a young girl who works for an international agency "tagging and bagging" paranormals such as vampires, werewolves, mermaids, etc. so that the rest of the world is not harmed by these creatures. 

I don't want to tell too much more of the story because I really believe in letting a story unfold for each reader.

I enjoyed it, but I don't think I'll rush out to read the second or third book because I felt like the story ended well enough.

Book 33: Inside Scientology by Janet Reitman

I hesitate to write this entry after reading/listening to this book for fear that I will be targeted by scientologists...

I decided to pick up this book after years of bad-mouthing scientology with little knowledge about the "religion."  I figured that I should learn something about it...  Now I feel like I can talk bad about scientology.  This "religion" is seriously messed up.  Forced abortions, kidnapping, extortion, money laundering, etc...  And because there are a few rich and famous scientologists, they get what they want.  In fact, their method of brainwashing new recruits is being sold to Title One schools as a way to help students pass standardized tests under a non-scientology name.  Crazy. 

If you are at all interested in scientology, I would recommend this book.  It does get bogged down in some details, but with a genuine reporter as the author, I would expect no less.