Author: Ray Bradbury Title: Something Wicked This Way Comes Published: 1962 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Length: 289 pages Genre: Light fantasy/horror Target age: 12+Why I picked it up: Inspired Neil GaimanRating: 3.5 starsChallenges: 100+ Buy: Chapters | Barnes and Noble […]
The Liar’s Club by Mary Karr Published: 1995 Genre: Memoir Why I picked it up: Had to read it for school, didn’t, am now Rating: 2.5 stars Challenges: Memorable Memoirs | 100+ My Thoughts: Meh. This book was unsatisfying for […]
Author: Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver Title: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Published: April 2007 Publisher: HarperCollins Length: 352 pages Genre: Food memoir Why I picked it up: Browsing Amazon for ‘food’ books, this one looked goodRating: 3.5 […]
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling Published: July 1998 Genre: Magical fantasy Why I picked it up: Rereading the series Rating: 3.5 stars Challenges: Harry Potter 2011 | 100+ My Thoughts: What I find most interesting […]
*The following information applies to the English hardcover edition. (the novel was originally published in Japanese in 2002).* Author: Haruki Murakami Translator: Philip Gabriel Title: Kafka on the Shore Published: 2005 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Length: 436 pages Genre: Post-modern […]