Author: Sarah GruenTitle:Water for Elephants Published: May 2006 Publisher: HarperCollins Length: 331 pages Genre: ‘Historical’ fiction Why I picked it up: Heard a lot about it, who doesn’t like a book about a circus?Rating: 3 stars Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! ***SPOILERS THROUGHOUT*** Surprisingly, this book was exactly what I expected. I might have had slightly higher wishes, as I had wished it would be better […]
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Published: 1883 Genre: Adventure Why I picked it up: Fan of Muppet Treasure Island since I was little (Tim Curry!!), never read the book Rating: 3 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare My Thoughts: Yes, somehow Muppet Treasure Island is one of my favourite movies. I used to watch it all the time as a kid, renting it at the movie store. When I saw […]
Schott’s Quintessential Miscellany by Ben Schott Published: 2011 Genre: Non-fiction/trivia Why I picked it up: Fan of the series Rating: 4 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare My Thoughts: I first in love with Schott’s Miscellanies when my mom bought my Schott’s Food and Drink Miscellany. As soon as I found out there were other books in the series, I made it my mission to pick them up. I own: Schott’s […]
Author: Alexander McCall SmithTitle: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective AgencySeries: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Published: 1999 Publisher: Anchor Books Length: 256 pages Genre: Fiction/mystery Why I picked it up: Read A Guide to the Bird of East Africa; this was recommended as similarRating: 3.5 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! Hooray, this is my sort of light-reading. At first glance […]
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien Title: The Two Towers Published: November 1954 Publisher: Allen & Unwin (HarperCollins) Length: 439 pages (greatly varies; this is for a trade paperback edition) Genre: High fantasy Why I picked it up: Reading the trilogy Rating: 4 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare I don’t really have a lot to say on The Two Towers, but as I actually finished the book today and not Sunday, I wanted to […]