Catherynne M. Valente – The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In a Ship of Her Own Making

19 August 2011 / book friday archive / 1 Comment
Catherynne M. Valente – The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In a Ship of Her Own Making

Author: Catherynne M. Valente Title: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In a Ship of Her Own Making Published: May 2011 Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Length: 256 pages Genre: Fantasy, fairy tale Target age: Preteen (10+)Why I picked it up: Browsing Amazon, sounded like something I would loveRating: 4.5 starsChallenges: 100+ Buy: Chapters | IndieBound | Check your local bookstore! It may be that I have a weakness for these kind of […]

J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (AKA, My Reflections On Harry Potter As)

J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (AKA, My Reflections On Harry Potter As)

Author: J.K. Rowling Title:  Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsPublished: July 2007 Publisher: Raincoast Length: 759 pages Genre: Magical fantasy Target age: Children (of all ages~ :P)Why I picked it up: Rereading the seriesRating: 3.5 starsChallenges: Harry Potter 2011 | 100+ Buy: Chapters | Barnes and Noble | Check your local bookstore! Here we go. The big Harry Potter post. This post will be a very messy mash up of […]

Extra Books – June 13 to 19

19 June 2011 / more books archive / 1 Comment

Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince by J.K. Rowling Published: July 2005 Genre: Magical fantasy Why I picked it up: Rereading the series Rating: 3.5 stars Challenges: Harry Potter 2011 | 100+ My Thoughts:  Spoiler alert!! Snape kills Dumbledore – what a fantastic, dramatic, shocking twist. So good. I was never sad about the whole thing, and I had it spoiled for me the day the book was released, but […]

Michael Pollan – The Omnivore’s Dilemma

Michael Pollan – The Omnivore’s Dilemma

Author: Michael Pollan Title: The Omnivore’s Dilemma Published: 2006 Publisher: Penguin Press Length: 408 pages Genre: Non-fiction (investigative) Why I picked it up: Interest in these sort of ‘food books’Rating: 3.5 stars Challenges: 100+ | Foodie’s  Buy: Barnes and Noble | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! I was in the midst of writing this post and then I found out that I am to get a third roommate. This […]

Ursula Le Guin – A Wizard of Earthsea

Ursula Le Guin – A Wizard of Earthsea

  Author: Ursula Le Guin Title: A Wizard of Earthsea Published: 1968 Publisher: Parnassus Press Length: 183 pages Genre: Fantasy Why I picked it up: On my TBR listRating: 3.5 stars Challenges: 2011 TBR Pile | 100+ Buy: Barnes and Noble | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! [Apologies for this rushed review, busy this week. It’s tough to blog properly without regular internet access :/] This is the first […]