In addition to the books below, I have been rereading A Series of Unfortunate Events because a) The Mysterious Benedict Society made me want some very good child lit about orphans, b) Snicket’s autobiography is coming out in October and c) I just really felt like it. I’ve been doing this over the past two weeks; I’ve just finished The Miserable Mill. I forgot how wonderfully, disgustingly evil Count Olaf is. […]
Author: J.R.R. TolkienTitle: The Return of the King Published: October 1955 Publisher: Allen & Unwin (HarperCollins) Length: 378 pages (not including appendices; greatly varies, this is for a trade paperback edition) Genre: High fantasy Why I picked it up: Reading the trilogyRating: 4.5 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! NOTE: I just finished writing this post. It’s ridiculous. I couldn’t convey properly […]
*The following information applies to the English softcover edition (the novel was originally published in Portuguese in 2004).* Author: Jose SaramagoTitle: Seeing Published: April 2007 Publisher: Harcourt Length: 307 pages Genre: Fiction Why I picked it up: Favourite authorRating: 4 stars Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! I read Blindness, the book that this one is a sequel (or perhaps the better term would be spiritual successor? It’s […]
Here’s what I read while rushing through exams and final papers this month… Running the Books by Avi Steinberg Published: October 2011 Genre: Non-fiction/auto-biography Why I picked it up: Read a review, sounded interesting Rating: 3 stars My Thoughts: I read this book for something a bit lighter than The Dodecahedron (see below). Not a whole lot to say. The subject matter was interesting, but I’m not sure if I was […]
Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. by Sam Wasson Published: 2010 Genre: Non-fiction Why I picked it up: Interested in Breakfast at Tiffany’s Rating: 3.5 stars My Thoughts: I read the book Breakfast at Tiffany’s almost a year ago and enjoyed it (click here for my thoughts) but astonishingly I have yet to see the movie. Some day soon, I hope! I’ve never really been interested in older films, but that Audrey […]