Author: Sylvia Plath Title: The Bell Jar Published: 1963 Publisher: Heinemann Length: 244 pages Genre: Semi-autobiographical fiction Why I picked it up: A ‘classic’, sounded goodRating: 4 stars Challenges: 100+ Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! I sometimes wonder if I might ever loose my grounding or go crazy or have a nervous breakdown. I think everyone does. What struck me about this book was how well […]
Author: Eli Pariser Title: The Filter Bubble Published: May 2011 Publisher: Penguin Press Length: 243 pages Genre: Non-fiction Why I picked it up: Saw his TED talk, interested in topic Rating: 3 stars Challenges: 100+ The Filter Bubble book is about personal information gathered online and the invisible filtering algorithms that make use of that information. Facebook uses filters, Google uses filters, advertisers use filters. Who knows who will use […]
The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa Published: June 2011 (English) Genre: Science fiction Why I picked it up: Reading the series Rating: 3.5 stars Challenges: Global | 100+ My Thoughts: Oh look, another Haruhi book…this is the last one currently available in English, so I promise there won’t be anymore for a little while 😛 I like that the ‘Haruhi likes Kyon’…thing (I don’t know what to call […]
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa Published: November 2010 (English) Genre: Science fiction Why I picked it up: Enjoyed the first book in the series Rating: 3.5 stars Challenges: Global | 100+ My Thoughts: I blazed through this volume! It had an intriguing premise: alternate universe-type where Haruhi goes to a different school and isn’t really very Haruhi-like. Which sounds dull, but you can count on Tanigawa to […]
Author: Philip Jose Farmer Title: To Your Scattered Bodies GoSeries: Riverworld Published: June 19712011 Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Length: 201 pages Genre: Science-fiction w/ historical characters Target age: Adult Why I picked it up: On my TBR listRating: 3.5 starsChallenges: 2011 TBR Pile | 100+ Buy: Chapters | IndieBound | Check your local bookstore! When it comes to straight up science fiction, I am generally not interested. I was going […]