The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Summary: Juliet, a popular newspaper writer, finds the story she has been looking for as she inadvertently connects with a literary society on the island of Guernsey.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Comments: I just didn't love this book, and I had such high hopes going into reading it. I just didn't connect with it.
Monday, November 16, 2009
When You Reach Me
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Summary: Miranda, a sixth grader, receives strange notes about her future and must conclude that someone who knows her also somehow knows what is going to happen in her life.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Comments: Loved it more than I can say.
Summary: Miranda, a sixth grader, receives strange notes about her future and must conclude that someone who knows her also somehow knows what is going to happen in her life.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Comments: Loved it more than I can say.
Catching Fire
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Summary: After wining the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta return home to find that nothing is as it was before, and their lives are more in danger than ever.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Comments: Almost as good as the first book, loved every single page!
Summary: After wining the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta return home to find that nothing is as it was before, and their lives are more in danger than ever.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Comments: Almost as good as the first book, loved every single page!
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Summary: The love story between a woman and a man who involuntarily travels through time.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Comments: I had put off reading this book after hearing about its numerous offensive content (sex and F-words). But I finally gave in, deciding I would try to see past it. Now, having read it, I can't in good conscience recommend it to anyone. The sex and the F-words are both, in my opinion, way over the top and ruin what could have been an amazing book, one that is life changing. In other words, I couldn't see past it.
That being said, if you are not particularly sensitive to language and sex, it is an incredible story that sucked me in emotionally, even though I was determined not to get involved. Although the book jumps around in time, it is easy enough to follow and the ending, which ties everything together, is so fresh and new it is almost enough to salvage the rest of the book for me. Almost, but not quite.
Summary: The love story between a woman and a man who involuntarily travels through time.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Comments: I had put off reading this book after hearing about its numerous offensive content (sex and F-words). But I finally gave in, deciding I would try to see past it. Now, having read it, I can't in good conscience recommend it to anyone. The sex and the F-words are both, in my opinion, way over the top and ruin what could have been an amazing book, one that is life changing. In other words, I couldn't see past it.
That being said, if you are not particularly sensitive to language and sex, it is an incredible story that sucked me in emotionally, even though I was determined not to get involved. Although the book jumps around in time, it is easy enough to follow and the ending, which ties everything together, is so fresh and new it is almost enough to salvage the rest of the book for me. Almost, but not quite.
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Summary: Becky Bloomwood is a journalist at a financial magazine, but can't seem to get her own finances under control.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Comments: Much different from the movie. Fun read, nothing too spectacular.
Summary: Becky Bloomwood is a journalist at a financial magazine, but can't seem to get her own finances under control.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Comments: Much different from the movie. Fun read, nothing too spectacular.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Summary: The author's memoir of growing up in a series of homes where indoor plumbing and consistent meals were optional.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Comments: Not since reading Faulker in high school have I wanted to throw a book at the wall. This book made me want to do just that. No one should have to grow up the way the author did, and my heart breaks just thinking about it.
Summary: The author's memoir of growing up in a series of homes where indoor plumbing and consistent meals were optional.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Comments: Not since reading Faulker in high school have I wanted to throw a book at the wall. This book made me want to do just that. No one should have to grow up the way the author did, and my heart breaks just thinking about it.
Extras
Extras by Scott Westerfield
Summary: Aya is obsessed with increasing her popularity and is certain that by tagging along with a group of daredevil girls, she will be able to break a story that will make her famous.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Comments: Once again, I appreciate the world Westerfeld created, but I wasn't nearly as impressed with this book as I was with the first couple in the series.
Summary: Aya is obsessed with increasing her popularity and is certain that by tagging along with a group of daredevil girls, she will be able to break a story that will make her famous.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Comments: Once again, I appreciate the world Westerfeld created, but I wasn't nearly as impressed with this book as I was with the first couple in the series.
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