Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince by J.K. Rowling Published: July 2005 Genre: Magical fantasy Why I picked it up: Rereading the series Rating: 3.5 stars Challenges: Harry Potter 2011 | 100+ My Thoughts: Spoiler alert!! Snape kills Dumbledore – what a fantastic, dramatic, shocking twist. So good. I was never sad about the whole thing, and I had it spoiled for me the day the book was released, but […]
Author: Michael Pollan Title: The Omnivore’s Dilemma Published: 2006 Publisher: Penguin Press Length: 408 pages Genre: Non-fiction (investigative) Why I picked it up: Interest in these sort of ‘food books’Rating: 3.5 stars Challenges: 100+ | Foodie’s Buy: Barnes and Noble | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! I was in the midst of writing this post and then I found out that I am to get a third roommate. This […]
Author: Ursula Le Guin Title: A Wizard of Earthsea Published: 1968 Publisher: Parnassus Press Length: 183 pages Genre: Fantasy Why I picked it up: On my TBR listRating: 3.5 stars Challenges: 2011 TBR Pile | 100+ Buy: Barnes and Noble | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! [Apologies for this rushed review, busy this week. It’s tough to blog properly without regular internet access :/] This is the first […]
(I didn’t read these all in the past week, they’re from the past who knows how long [as well as this week], but I’m finally noting them down now.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling Published: July 2008 Genre: Magical fantasy Why I picked it up: Rereading the series Rating: 3 stars Challenges: Harry Potter 2011 | 100+ My Thoughts: Ehm. I read this a month […]
Author: Walter Mosley Title: The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey Published: November 2010 Publisher: Riverhead Length: 277pages Genre: Fiction Why I picked it up: Liked the titleRating: 3.5 stars Challenges: 100+ Buy: Barnes and Noble | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! Over the past year or so, I’ve found myself appreciating novels such as this one more than I ever have before. I used to find these books dry […]