Thunderball and the Spy Who Loved Me,

I was sitting in Greece and reading Thunderball, I just had issues with trying to finish the book.  It is not horribly written, it was just hard for me to finish it.  I’m not sure why.  I would put the book down for a few days and try again to read it.  While I was trying to finish it, it would put me to sleep.  Finally, I got to a point into the story that it got exciting in the story and finally finished it.  This one is not a good as the previous novels.  Although, you do get to know a little more about Ernst Stavro Blofeld than the movies ever let you know.  Also, this is one of the SPECTRE novels.  Something interesting is SPECTRE actually means  SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion.  There are many parts of the book that are in the movie which makes reading it even more enjoyable.

The Spy Who Loved Me, on the other hand, was a delicious read.  I was skeptical at first because I knew the story was from the view of a woman and not Bonds.  However, I was very surprised on how fast the story picked up and then I was just wondering when Bond was going to get into the story.  When he is finally introduced, it was like reading the style of Casino Royal again, Bond has to react to what is happening around him.  It was wonderful to read and I finished it in a day.  The other interesting part about this book is the movie has no basis from the book.  Not even the female characters name is the same.

Now, on to Her Majesty’s Secret Service.