After I was a little into listening to the audio book, I looked up reviews about the book to find out exactly what was going on because it was slightly confusing. I was shocked to find that this book was written in 1985, 30 ago, yet it is somehow a timeless read. Magically seamless and timeless. This book reads as a memoir or diary from the point of view from Offred, a woman who was forced to become a handmaid…
You guys know how much I love my anything-to-do-with-France-but-especially-eating books! When in France, Karen kept saying that her girls “can’t” or “won’t” do certain things. I didn’t feel like she was being fair to them and didn’t believe enough in them or their ability to adapt to their new surroundings. I found myself feeling embarrassed for her many times because I didn’t feel like she was embarrassed enough about certain situations. At the same time, I can only imagine how…
Continuing on my French memoir kick (it’ll last as long as the books do!), I read this follow-up to Lunch in Paris. It was written I the same fun way that LIP was, complete with delicious-sounding recipes (I love how she tells a wonderful story surrounding food then shares the recipe), but this book mostly takes place after they move to a tiny village in provence and their quest to adjust and fit into village life. One day, Elizabeth and…
This book sounds awesome; set in Paris in a post-apocalyptic world that is ruled by The Fallen (fallen angels). There are several main Houses, kind of a gang for the elite, that always seem to be feuding or at war with each other. So, yes, awesome story idea but I feel that it was poorly executed. It reads as though you’re at such a distance while you’re watching the story unfold. I didn’t feel a connection to any of the…
This is something I walked into Emerald City Comicon knowing nothing about and coming out a GIGANTIC fan. I had already been reading The Autumnlands comic (in which Dewey is the artist) so I was excited to visit his booth and get issue 3, the one that got me into reading it, signed. I was telling him how new I was to comics and that the artwork is what attracted me to The Autumnlands, when he pulled out two…
On the heels of reading/listening to the Paradox trilogy, I was in the mood for more spacey books. Space and French memoirs- that’s been my reading life lately! Dr. Jane Holloway, a linguist and someone who learning new languages comes unusually easy, was recruited by NASA to make a trip to an alien spaceship to make contact. What happened on the ship wasn’t in any of their “what if” scenarios. When they arrive, they find that the ship’s crew is…
My snazzy new kindle…the only good thing to come from the joke that was “Prime Day.” I just finished the audio book for Red Rising and… I don’t really know where to start or what to say. Honestly, it was a slow start for me. Where the main character, Darrow, is from, is not a pretty or pleasant place and was hard to hear so much about it. Once things picked up a bit, I was totally hooked. So Darrow…
source I was so, so disappointed in this book. It was on my TBR list for probably two years before I got around to listening to it. I don’t feel like the author connected the readers to her characters so the whole time I was listening to what happened to people I didn’t care about. When you don’t feel anything about the characters, none of what they go through makes you excited, anxious, or concerned. This makes for a very…
Lately I have been reading more and more short stories. I didn’t have a problem with them in the past, I would just always choose a novel over several shorter tales. Neil Gaiman’s Trigger Warning really got me in the mood so I decided to read this one from my TBR shelf. I’m glad I finally read it because it’s my favorite so far; I enjoyed the unique stories so much. Loory gives human qualities to unthinkable things like a house…
In the future, NYPD is made up by teenagers. One of the officers, Deyoung, goes back in time to 1986 to investigate a claim that the largest quantum mechanics company did something illegal that drastically altered the future. Only it doesn’t explain what, exactly. This was one of those book where, after reading it, I read the description on the back and thought, “Huh. I didn’t get that from what I just read…” The idea is neat and the art…