February 2011
11 posts
The Gunslinger: Stephen King
Title: The Gunslinger (Dark Tower Series Bk 1) Author: Stephen King Publisher: Signet Length: 300 pages (mass market paperback) Rating: 4 1/2 Stars
“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed”.
Stephen King’s The Gunslinger is what you get when you take Tolkien, Browning, Eliot, Poe, The Bible, Clint Eastwood and King Arthur and mix it all together, and then you...
The Peace War: Vernor Vinge
Title: The Peace War Author: Vernor Vinge Publisher: Tor Books
Thoughts:
I found Vernor Vinge’s novel terrifying because despite the imaginary environment, like most SF dystopian novels, it does show us something fundamentally true about the world we live in. Like Dr. Frankenstein, Paul Hoehler has created powerful weapon which has gone out of his control. To make matters worse, war and...
City of Bones: Cassandra Clare
Title: City of Bones Author: Cassandra Clare Rating: 4 1/2 Stars
Summary (Goodreads):
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder - much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the...
The Zero Dog War: Keith Melton
Title: The Zero Dog War Author: Keith Melton Rating: 5 Stars
I’m going to start by saying: I loved this book! Here’s why. The plot is brilliant; we get a lot of very random and interesting things happening throughout the book, lots of excellent explosions and fight scenes that weren’t overly drawn out (I hate those…). I liked the entire societal concept, that things generally are...
Commited: Elizabeth Gilbert
Title:Committed Author:Elizabeth Gilbert Rating:3 1/2 Stars
I really enjoyed Eat, Pray, Love and in this follow up book Gilbert once again manages to take us on a journey through uncharted waters. This time though, instead of roaming through Rome and travelling across Tibet (why yes, I do amuse myself…) she takes us into the mystical and complicated land of marriage. I have never really...
The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger
Title:The Catcher in the Rye Author:J.D. Salinger Publisher:Little, Brown and Company Length:214 pages Rating:3 1/2 Stars
Thoughts: I loved the language, the run-on though paragraphs. K tells me this is fancily called the stream of consciousness. I’m not sure about the fancy but I loved the way that this really drew me into the descriptive experiences that Holden was thinking about. Holden...
The Lover's Dictionary: David Levithan
Title: The Lover’s Dictionary Author: David Levithan Rating: 4 Stars
About (Goodreads):
A sweet and touching modern love story, told through dictionary entries.
basis, n. There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself.
If the moment doesn’t pass, that’s it—you’re done. And if the moment does...
Kat, Incorrigible aka A Most Improper Magick:...
Title: Kat, Incorrigible (US) or A Most Improper Magick (UK) Author:Stephanie Burgis Rating:3 Stars
This was a cute fun read, perhaps more suited to middle grade readers than young adult. I still enjoyed it thoroughly though! The characters were each complete individuals, with Kat and her sisters working off each other nicely. Kat just wants to help and is determined to figure life out by...
Delirium: Lauren Oliver
Title:Delirium Author:Lauren Oliver Rating:5 stars
About (Goodreads):Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn’t understand that once love — the deliria — blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the governments demands that all citizens receive the cure upon...
The Reckoning: Kelley Armstrong
Title:The Reckoning (Darkest Powers #3) Author:Kelley Armstrong Publisher:HaperCollins Publishers Rating: 4 stars
*** Spoiler Warning ***
This is a review for the third book in the Darkest Powers series. If you haven’t read The Summoning or The Awakening yet you might not want to read this as it may give away events from the first two books.
About (Goodreads): Only two weeks ago, life...
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: Alan...
Title: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Author: Alan Bradley Rating: 5 Stars
There are no words for how much I love this series! I love a nice strong heroine and Flavia De Luce doesn’t disappoint. And she’s 11! I read the second one first by accident but that didn’t dim my enjoyment of this first book in the series. Looking back, the second one would have made a little...
