ZOO (James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge) - September 15/12

It's weird jumping directly from Anna Karenina to this, since the writing here is...less than accomplished, comparatively speaking. But the story moves fast and the protagonist is likeable. I was a little frustrated, though, how the book's second half kept introducing characters and devoting whole chapters to them, when the first half was devoted almost entirely to the main character's first-person exploits. It just seemed like the authors were attempting to pad out the novel. And the Crichton-like emphasis on the science behind everything felt forced and needless. Still, it's a quick read that I got through in a couple of days. **1/2 out of ****