Authority (Southern Reach #2) by Jeff VanderMeer

You know what this book reminded me of... one of those episodes of Lost that take place off the island. At first you're excited to get some answers... and you do but they kind of take the thrill out of the initial mystery. And of course off the island things are also kind of weird for some reason and you get other mysteries that are slightly less interesting. This also ends on a cliff hanger so the feeling of it being incomplete lingers. Let's say I enjoyed it but not as much as the first one. B

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

Since I'm slowly making my way through the whole Dark Tower series I figured I should probably read The Eyes of the Dragon too. And I started out really enjoying the book... the whole set up is fun - A king's evil magician conspires to kill the king and place the youngest prince in power as his puppet. But somehow I was led to believe that there would be a bit more fantasy quest type action that never really materializes. Like I kept expecting a dragon to show up and one never does. And even though it isn't really a long book it could have used a little bit of condensing. I'll go with a B+.