1st post - Ender's Game

Somer and I went to a little book store in Sugarhouse and I managed to pick up a copy of Ender's Game by Orsen Scott Card. I had heard a lot about this book from friends, and have been meaning to read it for awhile.

I sat down at the store and read the first chapter, and it was so good that I needed to buy it and now I have read for about an hour and am on page 62.

So far, the book is about a 6 year old boy that was the third born in his family. It hasn't actually said anything about what year it is in the book, but it starts out on Earth. Aparently families are not allowed to have more than 2 children without government approval, but since Ender's older brother Peter and older sister Valentine were both very smart and considered "genious" they were granted permission to have a third child. His brother hates me because it makes him feel like he wasn't good enough, and his sister loves him very much.

The book actually starts with some people talking about Ender, and how it was time to have his "monitor" taken out. The monitor apparently allowed these people to hear, see, and feel everything that ender heard, saw, or felt. Now that nobody is watching out for Ender mean kids at school pick on him for being a "Third" and his brother threatens to kill him. There was a really fun part in the book right after he had his "monitor" removed were a group of bullies attacked him and he fought back by kicking the older leader of the bullies square in the chest knocking him to the ground. He doesn't stop there however because he wants to end all the future fights with these boys, and continues to kick him in the ribs, groin, and face, telling the other kids to leave him alone or else it will be worse for thim.

Later that evening a government official comes to the house to talk to Ender about why he continued to beat on the boy, even though he had already won the fight. His answer was enough to convince the official that Ender was special and recruit him for training. The Earth is at war with a group of aliens known as the Buggars, and Ender could be the one that could stop them.

Where I am now, he is in training and doing well but noboby likes him because he is so good. I'll update later with what I read. This has definetly been one of the better books I've read lately and I plan on finishing it really quickly.

Thomas -- 1 hour of reading complete :P