Do You Enjoy What You're Reading? Why or Why Not? (Heat)

"Heat", is a new book that I've started reading for a competition, Battle of the Books.  So far, I've really liked it.  Mostly because of how I can make connections to the some topics of the book.  For example, baseball is one of my favorite sports or hobbies to participate in, and since this book practically revolves around the sport of baseball, I seem to get along with it very well.

Another aspect of this novel is how they have more than one conflict or event going on at once.  It's not a huge jumble of things smashed together, but it's a balanced mix.  There's different concepts being introduced to the story at different times.  A lot of good books use this trait or method, and they are usually the ones that I enjoy the most.

I mean, it's not one of those really dramatic books that makes you laugh really hard, or cry because of the ending.  I just enjoy hearing a story like this, about a boy and his life.  It does put a little emotion in you when you read, and like other good books, it gives you an opinion on what's happening.  I'm sure you've experience more than a few times, where in a movie, or book, you've said, "No!  Why would you do that?!"  Or if you know something that a character doesn't, you get so enveloped in the story, that you really want to somehow tell them about it.  That's what this book'll do to you.

I'm not very far into the book, so I have no doubt that there's more to come.  Things are just starting to build up and become introduced, and as I read further, things will start to unravel and become even more exciting.  Therefore, I'm quite excited to discover what lays in wait, in the pages further throughout the book.