Author: John ConnollyTitle: The Book of Lost Things Published: November 2006 Publisher: Atria Books Length: 339 pages Genre: Fantasy/fiction Why I picked it up: Recommended by Neil Gaiman (I think…maybe it was somebody else)Rating: 4 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare Buy: Chapters | Check your local bookstore! While I have read a few good fantasy books over the past year or two, I can’t recall the last time I read […]
Author: Christopher Paolini Title: InheritanceSeries: Inheritance Cycle Published: November 2011 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Length: 849 pages Genre: Fantasy Why I picked it up: Fan of the seriesRating: 3/4 stars Challenges: 100+ Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! At long last! We have reached the end of what came to be known as the Inheritance Cycle. It was a long haul, but I think in the […]
Author: Isaac AsimovTitle: I, RobotPublished: 1950 (Edition I read: June 2004) Publisher: Gnome Press (Edition I read: Bantam Books) Length: 272 pages (Edition I read: 224 pages) Genre: Science-fiction Why I picked it up: On my TBR listRating: 4 stars Challenges: 2011 TBR Pile | 100+ Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! Some quick thoughts as it is Christmas Eveeee and I still have not posted this: I thought this […]
*The following information applies to the English hardcover edition. (the novel was originally published in Japanese in 2009/2010).* Author: Haruki MurakamiTranslator: Jay Rubin (Books 1 and 2) and Phillip Gabriel (Book 3) Title: 1Q84 Published: October 2011 Publisher: Knopf Length: 925 pages Genre: Post-modern surrealism Target age: AdultWhy I picked it up: Fan of the author, massively hypedRating: 2 stars Buy: Chapters | IndieBound | Check your local bookstore! Weehoo, I […]
Author: Michael Pollan Title: In Defense of Food Published: January 1 2008 Publisher: Penguin Press Length: 201 pages Genre: Non-fiction Why I picked it up: Interested in Pollan’s writing Rating: 3.5 stars Challenges: Foodie’s | 100+ This is the follow-up book to The Omnivore’s Dilemma. While The Omnivore’s Dilemma examined where our food can and does come from, In Defense of Food presents Pollan’s opinion on what food we should […]