Date Started: 9/19/11
Date Finished: 9/26/11
One-Word Summary: Bizarre
So this was an Amazon Best of the Month, August 2009 choice. I'm a little behind the curve reading it I supposed but whatever. I read a little about the book - it seemed like a combination of Harry Potter and the Chronicles of Narnia - cool right? Well, yes, but this one was bizarre, and NOT appropriate for children.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Persuasion - Jane Austen
Date Started: 9/12/11
Date Finished: 9/17/11
One-Word Summary: Austen-y
I remember reading Pride and Prejudice in high school and thinking it was SO difficult to get through. Fast forward a decade (and a few more years) and I can't get enough Jane Austen. And I find it incredibly easy to read - what was my deal in high school? While that may never be known at long last I finally read the last of her classics, Persuasion (written in 1816, the year before she died).
Date Finished: 9/17/11
One-Word Summary: Austen-y
I remember reading Pride and Prejudice in high school and thinking it was SO difficult to get through. Fast forward a decade (and a few more years) and I can't get enough Jane Austen. And I find it incredibly easy to read - what was my deal in high school? While that may never be known at long last I finally read the last of her classics, Persuasion (written in 1816, the year before she died).
Saturday, September 10, 2011
The Passage - Justin Cronin
Date Started: 8/29/11
Date Finished: 9/4/11
One-Word Summary: Terrifying
I had this book sitting in my Amazon wish list for a while so I was excited when my mom sent it to me after she had finished it. I started it immediately and all I can say is wow. This was an amazing book. Terrifying, yes, but amazing.
Date Finished: 9/4/11
One-Word Summary: Terrifying
I had this book sitting in my Amazon wish list for a while so I was excited when my mom sent it to me after she had finished it. I started it immediately and all I can say is wow. This was an amazing book. Terrifying, yes, but amazing.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
State of Wonder - Ann Patchett
Date Started: 8/22/11
Date Finished: 8/24/11
One-Word Summary: Whaaaaaaat?!?
Since this is a fairly recent "hit" book I am going to be very clear here: Do NOT Click on the Link if You Want to Avoid Spoilers!
Date Finished: 8/24/11
One-Word Summary: Whaaaaaaat?!?
Since this is a fairly recent "hit" book I am going to be very clear here: Do NOT Click on the Link if You Want to Avoid Spoilers!
Friday, August 12, 2011
Winter Sea - Susanna Kearsley
Date Started: 8/6/11
Date Finished: 8/12/11
One-Word Summary: Scottish!
So another thing about me: I am obsessed with Scotland. I've been twice and I absolutely love it there. I love the landscape, the friendliness of the people and the gray cities. There is some part of me that feels like I am home when I am in Scotland, though I don't think any part of my family tree hails from there. In any case, I've never had the pleasure of reading a book set there, and since Winter Sea was, it automatically had a head start in terms of me liking the book.
The story is split in two: there is modern-day Carrie, a successful historical-fiction writer, and Sophia, the narrator of Carrie's latest story, set in Scotland at the time of the '08 attempt to bring King James back to the throne. At first Carrie thinks the characters are simply speaking to her more strongly in this book but she comes to find that she has a far closer attachment than she would have thought.
Date Finished: 8/12/11
One-Word Summary: Scottish!
So another thing about me: I am obsessed with Scotland. I've been twice and I absolutely love it there. I love the landscape, the friendliness of the people and the gray cities. There is some part of me that feels like I am home when I am in Scotland, though I don't think any part of my family tree hails from there. In any case, I've never had the pleasure of reading a book set there, and since Winter Sea was, it automatically had a head start in terms of me liking the book.
The story is split in two: there is modern-day Carrie, a successful historical-fiction writer, and Sophia, the narrator of Carrie's latest story, set in Scotland at the time of the '08 attempt to bring King James back to the throne. At first Carrie thinks the characters are simply speaking to her more strongly in this book but she comes to find that she has a far closer attachment than she would have thought.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
As Husbands Go - Susan Isaacs
Date Started: July 24
Date Finished: July 24
One-Word Summary: Fast
The word "fast" comes to mind when I think of how to summarize this book for two main reasons. First, because I finished it so quickly and second, because it felt like the narrator was on over-drive. There were times when I felt like I was reading a giant run-on sentence that just didn't end. She went on and on and on with so many details that it was at points exhausting. But fortunately for me, I was flying back to NYC today so I was able to commit to finishing it in one day. Donezo.
Date Finished: July 24
One-Word Summary: Fast
The word "fast" comes to mind when I think of how to summarize this book for two main reasons. First, because I finished it so quickly and second, because it felt like the narrator was on over-drive. There were times when I felt like I was reading a giant run-on sentence that just didn't end. She went on and on and on with so many details that it was at points exhausting. But fortunately for me, I was flying back to NYC today so I was able to commit to finishing it in one day. Donezo.
No Time for Goodbye - Linwood Barclay
Date Started: July 8
Date Finished: July 9
One-Word Summary: Should-Have-Posted-Earlier-Oops
Confession time -- the date of this writing is July 24th and obviously I finished this book way earlier this month. Add to the fact that the book wasn't particularly memorable and you have a recipe for a bad post. That said I'll do my best. Reminder: spoilers after the jump!
So the whole premise is that this teenage girl wakes up to find her whole family missing and no one knows what happened. Fast forward to her adulthood where she is the epitome of a helicopter mom to her daughter. Then, out of nowhere (or else we wouldn't have a plot) someone starts to threaten the family. Is it related to Cynthia's family's disappearance all those years ago? Of course!
Date Finished: July 9
One-Word Summary: Should-Have-Posted-Earlier-Oops
Confession time -- the date of this writing is July 24th and obviously I finished this book way earlier this month. Add to the fact that the book wasn't particularly memorable and you have a recipe for a bad post. That said I'll do my best. Reminder: spoilers after the jump!
So the whole premise is that this teenage girl wakes up to find her whole family missing and no one knows what happened. Fast forward to her adulthood where she is the epitome of a helicopter mom to her daughter. Then, out of nowhere (or else we wouldn't have a plot) someone starts to threaten the family. Is it related to Cynthia's family's disappearance all those years ago? Of course!
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