While the story is imaginative and interesting, this book is mediocre. I love me a good mystical/scifi/fantasy book (note the usage of the word ‘good’) but this one was subpar in my estimations. Maybe it is because it was written in 1965 and the genre was just developing, or maybe it is because I don’t
Brava! This book was EVERYTHING! the last book wasn’t! Hilarious Had strong feminist insights (like how Miss Piggy is too awesome for the lazy hipster unappreciative Kermit) Full of explicit sexual encounters A “character” with a perspective I can relate to. Is this book going to change your life? Probably not. But it was exactly
I just want John Green to write one book that’s not set in high school centered around outcasts about death/dying. It’s probably the reason why he is so popular because not only is the material easy to read, but it’s incredibly relate-able. Come on, even Nicholas Sparks, as depressing as his stuff is, has more
I could not recommend this book more to anyone interested in a human story. This is a biography of “A Black Man’s White Mother” as well has his story growing up. The mother was born in 1942 and raised Orthodox Jewish in the deep south. She met a man literally on “the other side of
Just wanted to share this list with you guys. I’ve read at least 4 of the books on this list. I thought it might help people pick more books. http://www.buzzfeed.com/lincolnthompson/53-books-you-wont-be-able-to-put-down#.akMVrRPlr
I might need a new book mark, this one seems defective. The Swallows of Kabul Ysmina Khadra Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro The Martian Andy Weir Shaman Kim Stanley Robinson Ready Player One Ernest Cline The Meaning of Human Existence E.O. Wilson I’m still waiting for three books to find
Rating: 1/5…Unless, Can I give zero? Why I chose the book: The masochist that I am often likes to read about other people’s dating trials and tribulations perhaps in search of some solace of the “it gets better” variety. What I expected: From the title I thought this was going to be a story about
Wow. There was once a hollow place in my heart where the dead took pieces to create more caverns. These caverns are temporarily covered with a warm blanket that is The Lovely Bones. The Lovely Bones is not for the faint of heart as it covers every woman’s worst nightmare of rape and unsolved murder
Overall rating: 2.5/5 Ok, so to be totally honest, I have no idea where the fuck to begin with this book. So this is just kind of a battery of comments: 1) I enjoyed July’s collection of short stories (No One Belongs Here More Than You). However, in contrast, I think this book tries wayyyyyy
I bulldozed through this book. I don’t know if it was because we hadn’t gotten Internet yet or John Green is that good of a story teller. Although it did keep my interest (which is difficult on a 3 month old’s schedule), I didn’t like the overall outcome of the story. As my sister put
Seasonal Reading 