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 […]
Author: Jared Diamon Title: Guns, Germs and Steel Published: March 1997 Publisher: W.W. Norton Length: 441 pages Genre: Non-fiction (world history/anthropology/culture) Why I picked it up: Interest in the topic Rating: 4 stars Challenges: 100+ This is a book I’ve owned for a few years but haven’t been quite ready to tackle until now. I signed it out from the high school library, read about 50 pages, realized it was […]
Now that I’m home, I’ve decided that I should tackle some of the books on my bookshelf that have yet to be read…these two books from the shelf. The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa Published: October 2009 (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 first encountered the Haruhi Suzumiya […]