Just finished two very long books this weekend. About to start The Smartest Guys in the Room, here tonight for my daily 1hr reading, and The Call of the Wild sometime next week, a perfect little short one to get my number back on pace.

The Book of Life, written by Upton Sinclair in the early 1920s is good/bad. Obviously, there was much less knowledge in most things back then, so you cannot fault the author. The book was written to help less educated common citizens to understand so much about the world they lived into better themselves, and I believe it hit that right on the money, explaining healthy relationships, money, work, religion, politics, and just about anything most probably knew little about. Some still apply today, though some are completely wrong nearly 100 years later. I enjoyed the simplicity of the book, but I can't say it's earned a place in my library. (4/10 rating)

The Ecliptic, written by Benjamin Wood was okay. I saw the ending coming before the end came. It's about a young talented woman that struggles with a disorder, and how she copes with her life. I found it to be quite good and given its nearly 500 pages, I was hooked up until I realized exactly what was happening. I would put this in my library, but I'm afraid my dog made it an afternoon snack one day and the cover is pretty torn. Oh well, it was good. (7/10 rating)