I finished this up yesterday and found I enjoyed the book a lot. I hope I’ll be able to fit in reading more books in the series at some point. (Happily, except for this first one that I had to borrow from the library, the rest are all available for Kindle - and I’m even allowed [...]
Posts Tagged ‘reading in 2011’
25 Aug
Finished, The Help
The Help I was very impressed by The Help. I’d passed over it in my reading considerations perviously as it was not a topic or setting with which I had any familiarity or understanding whatsoever, it not being part of my family’s or country’s history. So many thanks to that sadly anonymous blogger whose review [...]
21 Aug
Started & Finished, A Friend Like Henry
I first heard about this book from my mother, and immediately put it on my library hold queue. I just finished it today and I can only say that I’m very glad I did. This is the story of parents who discover their son has severe autism. After so many struggles, they get a golden [...]
6 Aug
Finished, Storm’s Heart
This proved to be exactly what I was looking for at this particular moment. Fun, fast-paced and something where I could sit back, go along for the ride and enjoy the story. In all honesty, I don’t think these are the best books ever written, but they are a whole lot of fun and that [...]
3 Aug
Started & Finished: Countdown
Countdown Apparently this novella was originally available on the author’s website and has now been released as a short ebook. I didn’t know anything about it, so was happy to see it turn up for sale. This is the story of the actual zombie Rising that forms the background and basis of Grant’s Newsflesh trilogy. Despite [...]
2 Aug
Finished, Bonk
Bonk I don’t really have much to say about this one. I didn’t like it nearly as much as I did Mary Roach’s other books. I think part of the problem was that both she and I were more self-conscious about the topic. That meant the occasional squirm on my part and a lack of the [...]
30 Jul
Finished, Blood Law
Blood Law As I said in my “Started” post for this book, I discovered Jeannie Holmes through a couple of degrees of social networking (and it’s gone a step further as Mel tells me she’s ordered a copy for her mother after reading my first post). Hooray for social media then, because I’ve found a [...]
28 Jul
Started & Finished, The Real Macaw
The Real Macaw I’ve been reading Donna Andrews’ Meg Langslow series for years now and each time a new book comes out I look forward to reading it. Since I got caught up and the books went to hardcover, I’d taken to borrowing them from the library as soon as they came out and then [...]
14 Jul
Started & Finished, Anything Goes
Anything Goes I bought this back in April when it was on sale. I’ve enjoyed watching John Barrowman as Captain Jack in both Doctor Who and Torchwood (although I never managed to get up the courage to watch the last episode of Children of Earth) and I’d heard he was quite a character. His unique [...]
14 Jul
Finished, The Darkest Road
The Darkest Road The whole point of this blog was to take away the stress of blogging. I’m very tired at the moment (Marcus just had three days home from school sick) and as much as I loved finishing the story of the Fionavar Tapestry, I can’t think of anything wise or clever (or really [...]
8 Jul
Finished, Archangel’s Consort
Archangel’s Consort I always enjoy Nalini Singh’s books. She does really good, solid world-building and she makes the effort to stay consistent from book to book, something that I really appreciate. There was a moment in the book where Elena reflects of what Raphael might be like in a thousand years. I found myself wondering [...]
5 Jul
Finished, The 10PM Question
I can’t think of what I want to say about this book, and since the point of this blog is to share my enjoyment of books without stressing myself out (and today has already been highly stressful for other reasons), so I shall leave my comment simple. Read this book! Kate de Goldi has written [...]
