Here it is, the last post for today, I promise! 😉 I have greatly neglected blogging the past few months and let the posts pile up, leading to this deluge of five on the final day of the year. I’m pleased to have made it to 50 posts, though. I hate to see how my blogging habits always wane at the beginning of summer and never quite get back into […]
Author: Eowyn Ivey Title: The Snow Child Date read: 26 December to 29 December Published: February 2012 Publisher: Back Bay Books Length: 212 pages Genre: Historical fiction/fantasy? Why I picked it up: Sounded intriguing, pretty coverRating: 4 stars Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! My notes for this book are primarily chronological, documenting my thoughts on aspects of the story as they emerge. SPOILERS AHEAD! Well. Not […]
There are two books I have spent a good portion of the year reading, at a daily pace. The Intellectual Devotional I have read a page a day since January 1st, whereas I started The History of the Hobbit in May, took a lengthy break and then took up a daily schedule in September in order to finish it by the end of the year without reading too much at once […]
Author: Peter S. Beagle Title: The Last Unicorn Date read: 17 December to 21 December Published: 1968 Publisher: Penguin Length: 212 pages Genre: Fantasy Why I picked it up: Favourite of Neil Gaiman’s Rating: 3 stars This book started off very promising…I even made a Goodreads update around page 50 professing how charming I found the tale to be. But this eventually tapers off and we are stuck with too […]
The Stranger by Albert Camus Date read: 9 December (part of the 3rd Annual Holiday Readathon hosted by Liz @ WhoRuBlog) Published: 1942 Genre: Philosophical fiction Why I picked it up: Interest in existentialism, this book often referenced Rating: 3 stars My Thoughts: Not really sure what I was expecting but this was totally different from any unconscious expectations I held! Actually, I was expecting something more like The Trial…and while I think […]