Enders Game, By Orson Scott Card

A child, a prodigy, a monster.  Ender Wiggin could be called all of these.  A child used by adults to do things which they could not do themselves.  Ender is forced to endure things which would break any man.  He and his fellow students will draw you in cheering for them as the teachers of the battle school do their best to break them down.  Against all they throw at him, his determination and will are the only things that save him.  You will be drawn into Enders world from the start.  You will laugh, groan, and cheer as he struggles through things few people will ever endure.  This book will change your perceptions of the world, I know it did mine.

The Name of The Wind, By Patrick Rothfuss

 I have been a avid reader of all Genre's for over thirty years.  Over the last ten it has been harder and harder to find books that I am salivating over.  Patrick Rothfuss went far beyond that driving me into a world in which my mind drifts to long after the last word on the last page has been read.  He ensnared me with his opening words and held me captive from beginning to end.  That being said dear reader, when you get this book, set aside the time to read it, for from the first word, the rest of the world will lose you.