11/22/63 by Stephen King

Author:  Stephen King

Genre:  Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, 

Suspense, Thriller

Reading Experience:  7/10

Story:  8/10

Writing:  7/10

My Verdict:  7.5/10

We all know what happened that 22nd of November in 1963.  The world stood still and fell silent, to mourn John Fitzgerald Kennedy, as he was assassinated while strolling down the street of Dealy Plaza in Dallas, Texas, in his motorcade.  It shook not only the United States to its core, but also the world.  Every human held their breath, as they watched in horror the development of this tragedy.

Theories and conspiracies began to surface about the man that shot JFK.  Why did he do it?  Was he hired?  Who hired him?  Was it an inside job?  Was he working alone or someone from the government hired him?  They kept coming; more questions and less answers.  But it all lead to the man that pulled the trigger: Lee Harvey Oswald.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Author: Jane Austen

Genre:  Romance, Historical Fiction

Target Audience:  From Adults to young readers

Reading Experience:  7.5/10

Story: 7.5/10

Writing: 6/10

My Verdict: 7/10

Okay, so you'll read a LOT of contradictions here, in this review.  So bear with me 'till the end.  I'm not really sure where I stand with this book, but I'll let you decide.

So, Pride and Prejudice.  We've all heard it.  Many of you had to read it in school or for a course in college.  It was, simply put, an obligation to do so.  Since English literature is not in Puerto Rico's curriculum (we had other excruciatingly boring books to read), I wasn't "obligated" to read this book.  English literature was pretty much non-existent in Puerto Rico.  We were too busy reading the same novel over and over; one was about an epileptic girl in a very poor village, another was a collection of poems from a woman that was depressed practically her whole life.  An occasional "decent" book made it to our hands, but the rest was excruciating, a real challenge.