[Brown Rat]

I read the initial three Alvin books when they first came out, then sort of lost interest.

More recently, I read Card's Lost Boys and Folk of the Fringe. Lost Boys is very scary; the realistic setting made the supernatural elements all the more suspenseful. And, not being a member of LDS, I was intrigued by the book's insights into that church. Folk of the Fringe, a collection of long stories linked by a few recurring characters and a postapocalyptic world, was less interesting to me--but still worth reading for Card's ability to create believable characters.