Blindness by Jose Saramago Published: October 1997 (English) Genre: Realism Why I picked it up: Current favourite author Rating: 4 stars Challenges: Global | 100+ My Thoughts: Still in love with Saramago’s writing style. ‘Nuff said about that. What sets this novel apart from the previous two I read by this author is that it is much darker and sinister. I was about 40 pages in when I started to […]
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling Published: 1997 Genre: Magical fantasy Why I picked it up: Figured it was time to give the series another shot Rating: 3.5 stars Challenges: 100+ | Harry Potter 2011 My Thoughts: When I first started reading Harry Potter, there were four books out. I read each of them once (although I might have read the third one a few times…I actually […]
Hullo! Is it the end of the year already? That was fast. Christmas came and then things were very busy for awhile and now that I have time to sit down at the computer I find 2010 is over. Well. I suppose I should tie up some loose ends now. Here’s a few things I just finished up: Finished Falling for Snow review (almost…I’m so tired, my apologies…..) Posted a […]