"Old Man's War"

Old Man's War (John Scalzi)

I guess I'm kind of an impatient reader, because when I start a new book, I want to be interested and gripped right away, and if I'm not interested by page 50, I usually put the book down. The kind of opening I appreciate is one that grabs you immediately, such at this book, which starts with "I did two things on my 75th birthday. First I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army." Boom, I want to see what happens right from the first three sentences. The book held my interest from there, as our hero signs up, finds out why the army is recruiting senior citizens, and is catapulted out into space where, uh, I can't think of a way to finish this sentence without either giving away too much of what happens to our hero or sounding like the back of a book promising an action-packed rollercoaster ride!!1. Let's just say I liked the book a lot and slap on a well deserved

Grade: A