Book of the Week: Separation of Power

Every Thursday from now on I'll be suggesting books I've read, we will have more content on Thursday so if you're not the "reader" type you'll still be entertained.

This week's pick is:
Separation of Power
by Vince Flynn

It's an action packed book, from start to finish. If you're into espionage, CIA conspiracy theories and the likes, you'll definitely enjoy it. It is the typical spy story: Spy is about to quit the game, someone wants to kill him, spy wants to find out who wanted him dead, spy finds girl, girl leaves spy because he is too secretive, spy is caught between the girl and the game. He finds out that first he needs to find who wants to kill him before he can live a wonderful life with the girl. If you ever do read this book, you'll see that I'm not kidding.

Downfall
The only thing I did not like about this book, which might have been corrected on later versions, is the part where the author is describing the main character. He said "Mitch Rapp was 32 years old, but he felt a lot older, he joined the agency when he was 19 years old, now 15 years later he looked at himself like a veteran". If you're any good with math you'll see that there is something wrong, and to make matters worse, later on he said "He has been helping out his country ever since he was a teenager, his bones ache and he is not even 30". He never got the age thing right, but other than that it is a great book, nice twists and loaded with suspense.

Feel free to add your favorite book or one that has caught your attention.

Literature

by Ivan18

I had something totally different planned for today. I was going to go to the movies with some friends and watch a Honduran Movie (only two have ever been made). Then I would come back here and rate the movie. When we got to the movies, 1 hour earlier, it was sold out. We decided to crash at one of our friend's house and re-plan the night.

While at his house, I noticed a small but old library, many books ranging from medicine to math. One book in particular caught my attention:

Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
To clear everything up I'm not a Hitler aficionado but it is really hard to turn away from greatness. Even if this greatness lead to millions of deaths. The book was published in 1925, well before WWII. Mein Kampf means My Struggle, here is an excerpt which intrigued me:

"The function of propaganda does not lie in the scientific training of the individual, but in calling the masses' attention to certain facts, processes, necessities, etc., whose significance is thus for the first time placed within their field of vision. The whole art consists in doing this so skillfully that everyone will be convinced that the fact is real, the process necessary, the necessity correct, etc."

I'll keep you posted this week if I find anything interesting in this book. Let me know if you have any books that you would like to recommend. Comments are always welcomed.