Currently reading
Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure That Took the Victorian World by Storm
The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
I'm still trying to figure out what I think about this book. I'm glad I read it, I can claim it's done, but I doubt I would recommend it to anyone else.It's confusing and disjointed (on purpose) and it does move fairly quickly. I think it would make a great independent comedy film.
The Snow Child: A Novel
This is one of the best books I've read in ages. It's so whimsical but so melancholy at the same time. From the first page of the first chapter I could feel the rawness of the emotions coming off the paper towards me. By the epilogue I was sobbing bittersweet tears. Seriously, this is a must read.
Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles
I went into this expecting some standard, entertaining YA fluff and I was blown out of the water by how good this book was.All I can say is that Marissa Meyer has brilliantly creating a wonderful dystopian world and the perfect marriage of scifi and fairy tale. I am looking forward to the next three books!
Hello, My Name Is Pabst: Baby Names for Nonconformist, Indie, Geeky, DIY, Hipster, and Alterna-Parents of Every Kind
I don't even plan on having a kid for a while, but this book is so awesome. So awesome.
Murder Below Montparnasse (Aimee Leduc)
It was good. A lot of elements and characters that felt too shallowly developed for my taste, but that may be a result of me never reading the first 12, yes 12, books in this series.And this may be me being picky, but I felt like Ms. Black was overly determined to stress the French-ness of this Parisian lady detective. Good read though, nice use of French expressions and really got a genuine feel for Paris.
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
I read through this quickly. It's intended for a pretty young audience. It was cute, as an adult I felt frustrated by the mother's attitude and very sorry for the "evil one". I keep trying to imagine what it would be like to read this as a kid and I'm not sure that the protagonist is all that likable. I think even children would be frustrated by how naive and ignorant he can be. But like I said, it was cute.
Jam
I really liked it. Interesting premise, Australian setting and humorous writing. I do wish the protagonist had been a bit less spineless and that the ending had flushed out a bit more... Maybe we'll get a sequel, I'd definitely read it.
Garment of Shadows: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
I am so pleased with this book. I'll admit I wasn't a huge fan of Pirate King. It seemed short and shallow to me. But this book is in the true LRK spirit and brought back the Hazr brothers!
Pirate King: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (Russell & Holmes, Book 11)
Not my favorite, seemed short compared to the others...
