Woohoo! My second challenge completed. I had so much fun reading these books for the challenge. It’s normally a genre that I tend to ignore, but I read some really good books for the challenge. I think my favourite was The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but I also really enjoyed The Moonstone. Thanks Carl [...]
Archive > October 2009
Book Review: Her Fearful Symmetry
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
Read for: RIP Challenge
I’m not really sure where to start on a summary for this one. As the book begins, Elspeth has died. In her will, she leaves her flat to her estranged twin’s American daughters (also twins). The only stipulation is that they have to live in the flat [...]
Book Review: Deja Dead
Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
Read for: RIP Challenge
My mom and my brother has recently convinced me that I was totally missing out by not watching the TV series Bones. So I borrowed Season 1 and flew through it and I’m not just starting Season 2. And I agree, I was missing out! But then I [...]
Good Luck Readathoners!!
Is that even a word?
Anyway, I just wanted to wish all you readathoners good luck with your reading today. I think if I told my husband I wanted to spend 24 hours reading and blogging today he’d probably say “And how is that different from every other day of your life?” but unfortunately I do [...]
Book Review: The Moonstone
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Read for: RIP IV and 1% Well Read Challenge
The Moonstone is a huge yellow diamond (valued at 30,000 pounds in 1848 – (I have no idea what that translates to in today’s money but 30,000 pounds today is a lot of money!) with a history. Originally set in the forehead of [...]
Book Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Read for: R.I.P. IV
Wow! I’ve heard a lot of good about this book, but I still wasn’t expecting it to be quite as good as I found it to be! Also, I obviously didn’t read the summaries of the book because it was not at all what [...]
What am I reading on Monday?
Currently I’m reading The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. My son and I are reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume.
This past week I finished The Year of the Flood – Margaret Atwood, The Guinea Pig Diaries – A. J. Jacobs and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson (review coming [...]
Book Review: The Guinea Pig Diaries
The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by A. J. Jacobs
This is the third book by Jacobs that I have read and I found it just as entertaining as the first two. I think the sub-title for this book pretty much summarizes what it’s about. Some of the experiments that he does are [...]
Friday Finds
Friday Finds is a weekly event hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading. Check out the other entries from this week.
Ok, I’ve skipped a couple of weeks so some of these reviews are from a couple of weeks ago. Sorry!
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters reviewed at Well-Mannered Frivolity
I’ve attempted a Sarah Waters book [...]
Book Review: The Year of the Flood
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Read for: The Canadian Books Challenge
I find the more Atwood I read, the more I appreciate her writing. Sometimes I don’t love the plot but her writing is brilliant. If you’ve read Oryx and Crake you might recognize the setting and some of the characters in this novel. [...]
