Child of the Jungle by Sabine Kuegler Published: 1954 Genre: Autobiography Why I picked it up: Can’t remember, read about it somewhere and it sounded interesting Rating: 3 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare My Thoughts: An easy breezy read, short chapters relaying little stories – I haven’t read a book like this in awhile so it was refreshing. The author notes that she had never considered writing a book about her […]
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien Published: 1954 Genre: Fantasy Why I picked it up: Interest in Tolkien’s work, never made it through the whole book/trilogy Rating: 4 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare My Thoughts: Leaving Bag End and Hobbiton was a very sad process for me. See this post for why ‘that feeling’ always gets me. One of the things that threw me off was the very drawn […]
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen Published: 1993 Genre: Memoir Why I picked it up: On my TBR list Rating: 3.5 stars Challenges: 2012 TBR Pile Challenge | TBR Double Dare My Thoughts: I didn’t make any notes while reading this one. They would have been somewhat/very similar to what I wrote about The Bell Jar. I didn’t get as much out of this memoir as I did Plath’s novel; this story felt more detached (as […]
Everfound by Neal Shusterman Published: May 2011 Genre: Young adult fiction (after death story) Why I picked it up: Love the series Rating: 4 stars Challenges: 100+ My Thoughts: The first book was relatively juvenile (which is appropriate, given the intended audience), the second book got increasingly dark towards the end and this book, the final in the trilogy, was very very dark and that is part of the reason why […]
(Christmas Day will be included in the final round-up) The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai Published: June 2011 Genre: Fiction Why I picked it up: Read a review in the newspaper, sounded interesting Rating: 3.5 stars Challenges: 100+ My Thoughts: A relatively light and easy read, I was expecting this story to be more moving/mature. The ending was underwhelming, but I did enjoy reading this book mainly because of its somewhat outrageous […]