The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien Published: 1954 Genre: Fantasy Why I picked it up: Interest in Tolkien’s work, never made it through the whole book/trilogy Rating: 4 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare My Thoughts: Leaving Bag End and Hobbiton was a very sad process for me. See this post for why ‘that feeling’ always gets me. One of the things that threw me off was the very drawn […]
*The following information refers only to the first edition.* Author: Douglas A. AndersenTitle: The Annotated HobbitPublished: 1988 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Genre: Fantasy Why I picked it up: The Hobbit is one of my favourite books; working my way through different editionsRating: The Hobbit – 5 stars, annotations – 3.5 starsChallenges: TBR Double Dare Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! [Links to the second edition] I had the updated, totally redesigned second edition on hold at the library but I […]
Author: Helen Oyeyemi Title: Mr. Fox Published: September 2011 Publisher: Penguin Length: 324 pages Genre: Magical realism? Why I picked it up: Fan of the author Rating: 4 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare Let’s pause here and take a moment to appreciate this book’s cover. (I didn’t mean to make the image so huge, but the smaller size is too small for proper appreciation.) I love the simple illustrations and the […]
*The following applies to the English hardcover edition. (The novel was originally published in Japan in 1985.)* Author: Haruki MurakamiTitle: Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the WorldPublished: September 1991 Publisher: Kodansha Length: 400 pages Genre: Post-modern surrealism Why I picked it up: Fan of the authorRating: 4 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! I felt far more comfortable reading this novel […]
Author: Catherynne M. ValenteTitle: In the Night GardenSeries: The Orphan’s Tales Published: November 2006 Publisher: Bantam Dell Length: 483 pages Genre: Fantasy Why I picked it up: Fan of the authorRating: 5 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! Whooaa, this is the fourth book I’m giving five stars! For me, that fifth star is very precious and can only be awarded to […]