The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Published: May 1989 Genre: Literary fiction (historical/biographical) Why I picked it up: Loved Never Let Me Go; heard this is his other ‘big’ novel Rating: 4.5 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare My Thoughts: I had no idea what this book was going to be about when I first picked it up. I only knew I liked the author and this book was […]
Child of the Jungle by Sabine Kuegler Published: 1954 Genre: Autobiography Why I picked it up: Can’t remember, read about it somewhere and it sounded interesting Rating: 3 stars Challenges: TBR Double Dare My Thoughts: An easy breezy read, short chapters relaying little stories – I haven’t read a book like this in awhile so it was refreshing. The author notes that she had never considered writing a book about her […]
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 […]