Date Started: 9/9/12
Date Finished: 9/13/12
Being that this is the third book I've read in the last year or so that relates to Rome and Ancient Egypt, one could probably guess that this is a time period that interests me. Having read Cleopatra: A Life, it was interesting to move to this historical fiction account of her daughter's life.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer - Steven Millhauser
Date Started: 9/4/12
Date Finished: 9/8/12
This book came highly recommended and the cover touts "Winner of the Pulitzer Prize"(!). It seemed a little out of my typical reading fare, so I decided why not. And I have to say, I liked it a lot. Didn't love the ending, but we'll get there.
Date Finished: 9/8/12
This book came highly recommended and the cover touts "Winner of the Pulitzer Prize"(!). It seemed a little out of my typical reading fare, so I decided why not. And I have to say, I liked it a lot. Didn't love the ending, but we'll get there.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Game of Thrones - Season 1 Comparison
I think this is tangentially related to books, so I'm going to go ahead and post on this: a comparison of the first book of Game of Thrones with the first season of the series on HBO, plus other observations. Obviously, this ruins both the book and season one, so don't read if you don't want to see spoilers. Let's get started:
Friday, August 31, 2012
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
Date Started: 8/27/12
Date Finished: 8/30/12
So this appears to be the rare case for me where I actually read a popular book at the very minute it is popular. My mother had purchased this one and having finished it, was raving about it. Since I'm home on vacation I decided to make a quick read of it (didn't want to drag the hardback copy back to NY with me). It was an engaging read and while certain elements were predictable, I did find myself surprised by the ending. Spoilers ahead...(seriously, the whole plot and ending).
Date Finished: 8/30/12
So this appears to be the rare case for me where I actually read a popular book at the very minute it is popular. My mother had purchased this one and having finished it, was raving about it. Since I'm home on vacation I decided to make a quick read of it (didn't want to drag the hardback copy back to NY with me). It was an engaging read and while certain elements were predictable, I did find myself surprised by the ending. Spoilers ahead...(seriously, the whole plot and ending).
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Journey to the Center of the Earth - Jules Verne
Date Started: 8/13/12
Date Finished: 8/27/12
Now the interesting thing about reading this book is that I grew up watching the 1959 movie. And when I say I "grew up watching" it, I mean I watched it a LOT. Like I know basically every line of dialogue. It was recently on TV (which is so much more exciting than popping in the DVD you already own, right?) so I re-watched it for the first time in a while. Still loved it. But watching it made me think - "you know, I've never actually read the book this is based on." Given how much I love 19th Century writing, this seemed like it would be right up my alley, and that was right.
And ALSO, after tearing through the first two books in Game of Thrones, I knew I needed to take a break, otherwise I'd finish the series without stopping.
So here we go...
Date Finished: 8/27/12
Now the interesting thing about reading this book is that I grew up watching the 1959 movie. And when I say I "grew up watching" it, I mean I watched it a LOT. Like I know basically every line of dialogue. It was recently on TV (which is so much more exciting than popping in the DVD you already own, right?) so I re-watched it for the first time in a while. Still loved it. But watching it made me think - "you know, I've never actually read the book this is based on." Given how much I love 19th Century writing, this seemed like it would be right up my alley, and that was right.
And ALSO, after tearing through the first two books in Game of Thrones, I knew I needed to take a break, otherwise I'd finish the series without stopping.
So here we go...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
A Clash of Kings - George R. R. Martin
Date Started: 7/31/12
Date Finished: 8/8/12
As predicted, once I started this series, that was the end of me. I'm loving them. The only sad part about reading them so quickly is that once I'm fnished with the series, that's it. Now, before I get to my "summary" (loosely termed, since again, no real way to summarize a book of this scope), I want to relay an interesting story as it relates to my reading of this book.
Date Finished: 8/8/12
As predicted, once I started this series, that was the end of me. I'm loving them. The only sad part about reading them so quickly is that once I'm fnished with the series, that's it. Now, before I get to my "summary" (loosely termed, since again, no real way to summarize a book of this scope), I want to relay an interesting story as it relates to my reading of this book.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The Grove - John Rector
Date Started: 7/30/12
Date Finished: 7/31/12
Ok, it's confession time. I started this blog to keep track of the books that I've read. The great thing about the blog is that it really does help me keep track of all of the books I've read, and remember more details about them than I otherwise would. The bad thing is that I can now compare how many books I've read year to year. And what I realized this month was that I am pretty far behind where I was last year. Not that it is some kind of competition with myself, but still. I think it's because of the Russian literature I started the year off with, but who knows. The Paris Reviews have also been quite long. In any case, I wanted a book I could get through quickly and based on the amazon reviews, this one looked like it fit the bill. So chalk another one up for July.
Date Finished: 7/31/12
Ok, it's confession time. I started this blog to keep track of the books that I've read. The great thing about the blog is that it really does help me keep track of all of the books I've read, and remember more details about them than I otherwise would. The bad thing is that I can now compare how many books I've read year to year. And what I realized this month was that I am pretty far behind where I was last year. Not that it is some kind of competition with myself, but still. I think it's because of the Russian literature I started the year off with, but who knows. The Paris Reviews have also been quite long. In any case, I wanted a book I could get through quickly and based on the amazon reviews, this one looked like it fit the bill. So chalk another one up for July.
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