*The following information applies to the English softcover edition (the novel was originally published in Portuguese in 2004).*  Author: Jose SaramagoTitle: Seeing Published: April 2007 Publisher: Harcourt Length: 307 pages Genre: Fiction Why I picked it up: Favourite authorRating: 4 stars Buy:  IndieBound |  Chapters | Check your local bookstore! I read Blindness, the book that this one is a sequel (or perhaps the better term would be spiritual successor? It’s […]

  Author: Sarah GruenTitle:Water for Elephants Published: May 2006 Publisher: HarperCollins Length: 331 pages Genre: ‘Historical’ fiction Why I picked it up: Heard a lot about it, who doesn’t like a book about a circus?Rating: 3 stars Buy:  IndieBound |  Chapters | Check your local bookstore! ***SPOILERS THROUGHOUT*** Surprisingly, this book was exactly what I expected. I might have had slightly higher wishes, as I had wished it would be better […]

  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 […]

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 […]