Author: Lemony Snicket Title: Who Could That Be At This Hour?Series: All the Wrong Questions Date read: 23 October to 24 OctoberPublished: October 2012 Publisher: Little, Brown Length: 261 pages Genre: Noir/children’s literature Why I picked it up: Fan of the authorRating: 3 stars Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! I spent my summer preparing for the release of this book by rereading A Series of Unfortunate […]
Author: Catherynne M. Valente Title: The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There Date read: 9 October to 13 October Published: October 2012 Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Length: 272 pages Genre: Fantasy, fairy tale Why I picked it up: Fan of the series Rating: 3 stars **THIS REVIEW CONTAINS CONTENT (as opposed to plot) SPOILERS** When I was about 75 pages into this book, I gave it a […]
*The following information applies to the English Vintage softcover edition. (the novel was originally published in Japanese in 1994).* Author: Haruki MurakamiTranslator: Jay Rubin Title: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Published: 1997 Publisher: Vintage International Length: 607 pages Genre: Science fiction/Fantasy Why I picked it up: Fan of the authorRating: 3 stars Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! I don’t have a whole lot to say on this […]
I always find it odd at how I become worse at blogging (and even reading…I got drowned in work for the last two months of summer, basically the second half) when I’m not in school…I suppose working takes a lot more of my time than school does and blogging is more difficult to do when I’m not already writing other things like assignments and such…anyhow. Only less than a handful […]
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith Finished on: July 23 Published: 2004 Genre: Slice-of-life fiction Why I picked it up: Reading the series Rating: 3.5 stars My Thoughts: Normally I wouldn’t make any note of this on my blog, just mark it as read on Goodreads BUT there was a part where I did my little gasp-and-look-up-from-the-book which I never expected to do with this series. SPOILER: […]