Book 1 – Eye of the Needle
I decided to start reading again. It’s a great practice to keep up, especially when you have children around. I was inspired by a friend who read 50 books in 2010. As a father of 2 who works full time and runs a small business, I don’t think I can manage 50 books, so I’m shooting for 25. My goal is to read a variety of topics, at least 200+ pages.
My first book was “Eye of the Needle” by Ken Follett. I came across this author while looking for books online. His newest book looked good but were all checked out online so I looked up other books and this one stood out. It was written in the 70s but based in the 40s during WWII. It is a fictitious story of what may have happened leading up to the Allies invasion of Normandy.
The main storyline follows a German spy who stumbles across a fake Allied invasion army that he must tell the German officials about as it would be the difference between winning and losing the war. The English discover that this spy has found this information and is frantically hunting him down. Intermixed are a couple of love stories, gruesome murders, comical situations, and a good ole classic climax involving a major storm, shotguns and sleeping pills?
All in all I very much enjoyed this book. I read half of it in the first 2 days and spent another 4 finishing it off. If you’re into spy dramas with great action or WWII stories, you might like this book. It was written by a UK author and based in England, so you get some of their language mixed in. Also, its not for children or even teens I’d think. It has some pretty salty language and a rather detailed sex scene or 2. They are short though and you can skip over them without missing any of the story.
Next Up: I’m actually going to be reading 2 at once.
- “Don Quixote”, by Cervantes. I’m going to attempt this as it was suggested by someone who’s opinion I value. It’s much more of a book than I’m used to which is why I’m going to read it in conjunction with another, to keep me from giving up 
- “The Wrong Stuff”, by Truman Smith.
