Road Trip Rwanda by Will Ferguson ★★★★ Will Ferguson writes fiction and non-fiction, but I most enjoy his travel writing. His book, Hitching Rides with Buddha, probably had the biggest influence on my interest in Japan in that it really got me interested in the country at a time when I was just starting to watch anime and read manga. Not just a history of Rwanda, but Ferguson gives a […]
This book had been on the corner of my interest for some time. Once I discovered the movie release date (December 2015), I decided to prioritize it in the TBR queue. Page numbers given refer to my large font Overdrive ebook…not very helpful but I felt strange not including them! In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick Rating: ★★★★ A compelling yet gruesome story (not recommended for the […]
Huh, it’s November now? I definitely fell short on this challenge, with my reading habits suffering through October. I did read one of my RIP selections during the Read-a-thon – Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow, the only book I read that I had originally selected for the challenge. I thought I would certainly have read The Fall of the House of Usher during the Read-a-thon, but I conked […]
I did it! I finally read a Gillian Flynn novel. I had this one on hold since last year. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn Rating: ★★★ I chose to read this Flynn novel because I’d heard it was her best and didn’t contain the aspects of Gone Girl that didn’t appeal to me. If I regularly liked to read mysteries/thrillers, this is the kind I would read. The story is […]
This review felt strange to write, and perhaps that’s because this is a strange book. There are some things I didn’t 100% love about it, but overall I enjoyed reading it so here I’ll try to sort out the specific whys of that. Beastkeeper by Cat Hellison Rating: ★★★½ If you like fairy tale re-tellings at all, give this one a go. I read in some interview that Hellisen was […]