By Rainbow Rowell
Okay, it's official. I love Young Adult books. This one was really good. It actually made me cry at times, but not like some cheap tear jerker. And I loved it even though there were things I couldn't understand, at least not until the end. And the ending was just perfect. On the surface it looks like just a teenage love story. Or you could look at it as a broken-house story. But it's actually so much more than that. [YA/328pp.]
Link to book.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Watership Down
By Richard Adams
I loved the book. At times it was a bit too intense for me. But it's about bunnies! I love bunnies. Not so much when they become fascist. But still, they're bunnies.
The book felt so authentic. It made me think of The White Bone. It really warms my heart to read books about animals, where the authors made it clear that they did their research, they're not just making stuff up, or anthropomorphizing the animals. Even thought some of the characters are based on people the author knows. I liked that, too. [476 pp.]
Link to book.
I loved the book. At times it was a bit too intense for me. But it's about bunnies! I love bunnies. Not so much when they become fascist. But still, they're bunnies.
The book felt so authentic. It made me think of The White Bone. It really warms my heart to read books about animals, where the authors made it clear that they did their research, they're not just making stuff up, or anthropomorphizing the animals. Even thought some of the characters are based on people the author knows. I liked that, too. [476 pp.]
Link to book.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
By Sherman Alexie
This is such a beautiful, well-written story. It indeed reads like a diary, and it is so refreshing to see the point of view of a teenage reservation boy. It took me to a completely different world. It is a very sad world, to be sure, and yet full of humor and hope. [YA/ 240 pp.]
Link to book.
This is such a beautiful, well-written story. It indeed reads like a diary, and it is so refreshing to see the point of view of a teenage reservation boy. It took me to a completely different world. It is a very sad world, to be sure, and yet full of humor and hope. [YA/ 240 pp.]
Link to book.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
The Custom of the Country
By Edith Wharton
This is a tale of a young lady whose driven by chronic ambition to have anything she currently doesn't possess. She will stop at nearly nothing to get what she wants, with hardly any regard - though without maliciousness, either - to other people's wellbeing.
This book took me a while to finish because it is fairly long (don't remember how many pages exactly, as I returned the book to the library and cannot find the edition I read online) and the language deserves full attention. I really enjoyed some paragraphs. [300-400 pp. (?)]
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This is a tale of a young lady whose driven by chronic ambition to have anything she currently doesn't possess. She will stop at nearly nothing to get what she wants, with hardly any regard - though without maliciousness, either - to other people's wellbeing.
This book took me a while to finish because it is fairly long (don't remember how many pages exactly, as I returned the book to the library and cannot find the edition I read online) and the language deserves full attention. I really enjoyed some paragraphs. [300-400 pp. (?)]
Link to book
Saturday, May 7, 2016
Attack of the Growling Eyeballs
By Lin Oliver
Illustrated by Stephen Gilpin
Book 1 of Who Shrunk Daniel Funk. This is an amusing story of a kid who gets shrunk after eating his great grandmother's goulash. He discovers that he actually has a permanently shrunk twin brother, and with him Daniel experiences daily life from a different perspective, one that is more adventurous. I enjoyed the kid's voice and his funky facts, but hoped to get a clearer idea of what Daniel really wants or how the events affected his life at a deeper level. Of course, I am not a 3rd grader, so I might have been looking for something that's not supposed to be there. I found the illustrations delightful. [CB; 147 pp.]
Link to the book series.
Illustrated by Stephen Gilpin
Book 1 of Who Shrunk Daniel Funk. This is an amusing story of a kid who gets shrunk after eating his great grandmother's goulash. He discovers that he actually has a permanently shrunk twin brother, and with him Daniel experiences daily life from a different perspective, one that is more adventurous. I enjoyed the kid's voice and his funky facts, but hoped to get a clearer idea of what Daniel really wants or how the events affected his life at a deeper level. Of course, I am not a 3rd grader, so I might have been looking for something that's not supposed to be there. I found the illustrations delightful. [CB; 147 pp.]
Link to the book series.
Monday, April 25, 2016
Cannery Row
By John Steinbeck
A series of stories based on the author's memories and friends in Cannery Row in Monterey, CA (despite the disclaimer at the beginning that all the characters are fictional). There are many funny and sad moments in this book, and All the characters are portrayed with love, despite their many shortcomings. It is well written and enjoyable. The introduction, though it took me a while to go through, was well worth the read. [185 pp.]
Link to book
A series of stories based on the author's memories and friends in Cannery Row in Monterey, CA (despite the disclaimer at the beginning that all the characters are fictional). There are many funny and sad moments in this book, and All the characters are portrayed with love, despite their many shortcomings. It is well written and enjoyable. The introduction, though it took me a while to go through, was well worth the read. [185 pp.]
Link to book
Saturday, April 16, 2016
In Mike We Trust
By P.E. Ryan
Yes, I chose the book because it was right next to the Sara Ryan's books, and I liked the cover. It was pretty good. Some parts seemed to be a bit contrived, but overall it was pretty entertaining, and discusses some important issues. It's about Garth, a high school student who recently came out to his best friend and mother. The latter didn't take it all that well, and so Garth feels relieved and comfortable when his uncle comes to visit. But pretty soon the lies begin and complications follow. [YA/ 336 pp.]
Link to book.
Yes, I chose the book because it was right next to the Sara Ryan's books, and I liked the cover. It was pretty good. Some parts seemed to be a bit contrived, but overall it was pretty entertaining, and discusses some important issues. It's about Garth, a high school student who recently came out to his best friend and mother. The latter didn't take it all that well, and so Garth feels relieved and comfortable when his uncle comes to visit. But pretty soon the lies begin and complications follow. [YA/ 336 pp.]
Link to book.
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