Author: Eoin Colfer Title: The Last Guardian Series: Artemis Fowl Published: July 2012 Publisher: Hyperion Length: 336 pages Genre: Science fiction/Fantasy Why I picked it up: Fan of the series Rating: 3 stars The first book I reviewed on this blog was The Atlantis Complex, the penultimate book in the Artemis Fowl series. It was one of the more awful books I’ve ever read. It made me dread the next […]
*The following information refers to the original French edition* Author: Gaston Leroux Title: The Phantom of the Opera Published: 1911 Publisher: Pierre Lafitte and Cie Length: 260 pages Genre: Gothic (mystery/horror) Why I picked it up: Currently obsessed with the musicalRating: 4 stars Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! As I described in my post about The Phantom of the Opera, I am going through a bit […]
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 […]