Diego's Reading Blog

So. Since I need to read two more books in the span of two more weeks and I'm a slow reader, I decided to pick up a book that wasn't 500 pages long. Sorry, Bourne Identity , but I'll have to finish you in the second semester. So instead, I'm going to read Grendel . This book... I was reluctant to start this book because I've seen the movie of the story this book is a spin-off of. Let me tell you, Beowulf  is one gory movie. Grendel as depicted in the book. Trust me, you don't want to see him in Beowulf. He looks 10000% more disgusting. Grendel  is based off of the story Beowulf , except instead of the perspective of the "heroes", it is in the perspective of the "monster", Grendel. Grendel is... a monster. I don't know how else to describe him. He didn't really describe himself at the beginning of the book, so I'm going off of the cover. He seems to be a sort of human shaped beast. It is also stated that he is much larger th...

So in the next pages I've read into The Bourne Legacy  were more focused on the nameless man, who we later find out that his last name is Bourne. Anyways, to summarize what I read very briefly... - the nameless man beats up a bunch of fisherman on their ship because he got hit in the sun don't shine - he needs to get out of town because he beat up those fisherman real good  and he doesn't want their relatives and friends to come after him - he leaves Washburn (sad) and leaves toward Zurich, where the chip found in his body suggested he go to in order to find out about his past - while gathering supplies to head to Zurich he stops by a few towns, stealing money and clothes from a rich guy and creating a fake passport - he is still confused as to how he did that If you're curious as to where Zurich is, here's a map. Bourne came to Zurich from France. I left off on the man reaching a hotel in Zurich to find that he's actually been there before and the ho...