Author: Christopher Paolini Title: InheritanceSeries: Inheritance Cycle Published: November 2011 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Length: 849 pages Genre: Fantasy Why I picked it up: Fan of the seriesRating: 3/4 stars Challenges: 100+ Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! At long last! We have reached the end of what came to be known as the Inheritance Cycle. It was a long haul, but I think in the […]
(Christmas Day will be included in the final round-up) The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai Published: June 2011 Genre: Fiction Why I picked it up: Read a review in the newspaper, sounded interesting Rating: 3.5 stars Challenges: 100+ My Thoughts: A relatively light and easy read, I was expecting this story to be more moving/mature. The ending was underwhelming, but I did enjoy reading this book mainly because of its somewhat outrageous […]
Author: Isaac AsimovTitle: I, RobotPublished: 1950 (Edition I read: June 2004) Publisher: Gnome Press (Edition I read: Bantam Books) Length: 272 pages (Edition I read: 224 pages) Genre: Science-fiction Why I picked it up: On my TBR listRating: 4 stars Challenges: 2011 TBR Pile | 100+ Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! Some quick thoughts as it is Christmas Eveeee and I still have not posted this: I thought this […]
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells Published: Genre: Science fiction Why I picked it up: On my TBR list Rating: 3 stars Challenges: 2011 TBR Pile | 100+ My Thoughts: I’ve never read anything by H.G. Wells before. Hey, there’s a first time for everything. I liked Griffin recounting how he became invisible and what happened before Iping and I liked the last part, especially ‘The Hunting of the Invisible […]
*The following information applies to the English hardcover edition. (the novel was originally published in Japanese in 2009/2010).* Author: Haruki MurakamiTranslator: Jay Rubin (Books 1 and 2) and Phillip Gabriel (Book 3) Title: 1Q84 Published: October 2011 Publisher: Knopf Length: 925 pages Genre: Post-modern surrealism Target age: AdultWhy I picked it up: Fan of the author, massively hypedRating: 2 stars Buy: Chapters | IndieBound | Check your local bookstore! Weehoo, I […]