- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Published: 1883
- Genre: Adventure
- Why I picked it up: Fan of Muppet Treasure Island since I was little (Tim Curry!!), never read the book
- Rating: 3 stars
- Challenges: TBR Double Dare
- My Thoughts:
- Yes, somehow Muppet Treasure Island is one of my favourite movies. I used to watch it all the time as a kid, renting it at the movie store. When I saw it on DVD at HMV when I was in grade six, I bought it. I still love watching it, it’s just so funny and it’s got pirates and I love Jim Hawkins and Silver played by Tim Curry, he’s fantastic.
- I wasn’t really expecting too many similarities between the novel and the Muppet movie but I was expecting a slightly more similar plot line. Compared to the 90s film, this book from the 1800s seemed a little flat. Silver was great, and I still liked Hawkins. But the style just didn’t really stir up a lot of excitement for me, despite the subject matter.
- I mostly read this book because I felt obligated to. Classic literature just isn’t really my thing :/ But I appreciate the origins of one of my favourite movies 😉
Month: March 2012
Extra Books – March 19 to 25
Schott’s Quintessential Miscellany by Ben Schott Published: 2011 Genre: Non-fiction/trivia Why I picked it up: Fan of the series Rating: 4 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare My Thoughts: I first in love with Schott’s Miscellanies when my mom bought my Schott’s Food and Drink Miscellany. As soon as I found out there were other books in the series, I made it my mission to pick them up. I own: Schott’s […]
Alexander McCall Smith – The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Author: Alexander McCall SmithTitle: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective AgencySeries: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Published: 1999 Publisher: Anchor Books Length: 256 pages Genre: Fiction/mystery Why I picked it up: Read A Guide to the Bird of East Africa; this was recommended as similarRating: 3.5 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! Hooray, this is my sort of light-reading. At first glance […]
J.R.R. Tolkien – The Two Towers
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien Title: The Two Towers Published: November 1954 Publisher: Allen & Unwin (HarperCollins) Length: 439 pages (greatly varies; this is for a trade paperback edition) Genre: High fantasy Why I picked it up: Reading the trilogy Rating: 4 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare I don’t really have a lot to say on The Two Towers, but as I actually finished the book today and not Sunday, I wanted to […]
Extra Books – March 5 to 11
Hmm, my last four posts on books have all been ‘extra books’ posts…my weeks are busy now with kendo, classes and tutoring so I’ve been finishing up books on Saturday/Sunday, but I’m still writing as much as I would had I written this as a ‘full’ book post (and you’re probably wondering why I don’t just do that, it’s ‘cos I’m a sucker for things staying the same and orderly […]