Becky's Blog: le mie nuove scarpe

Sweet Heaven ...

goodreads

Becky's bookshelf: read

The Unremembered

by Peter Orullian

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. In the beginning I felt like some parts were a little stilted and not quite as coherent as they could be. I felt like I was clobbered over the head with the buddy-buddiness of Tahn and Sutter for the fir...

Cancer Ward

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

tagged: banned, classics, historical-fiction, will-come-back-to-when-i-have-ti...

The Screwtape Letters

by C.S. Lewis

I thought the first half of this book was pretty interesting. It held my attention for about a week or two. But for the last section, I don't feel like it's adding anything new. I'm reviewing it now, even though I still have a few chapters ...

tagged: book-club, church-books, classics, and got-bored-stopped-reading

Water for Elephants

by Sara Gruen

tagged: book-club and got-bored-stopped-reading

The Book of Three

by Lloyd Alexander

Was impressed with the horned king, dori, and gwydion. and sometimes fflewddur fflam.

Was bothered by eilonwy, gurgi, and most of the time taran.

I like more in-depth fantasy. this book seems like it takes place is an ...

tagged: adventure, fantasy, series, and young-adult

I Don't Want to Kill You

by Dan Wells

tagged: favorites, horror, psychos, series, and supernatural

The Wise Man's Fear

by Patrick Rothfuss

Kvothe's world is exciting and it draws you in; Kvothe himself is endearing in way that is sort of frustrating, because he's really just a self-centered kid who thinks he rules everything. But I think the author knows this, and writes him t...

tagged: adventure, fantasy, series, and supernatural

The Name of the Wind

by Patrick Rothfuss

tagged: adventure, fantasy, favorites, and science-fiction

Keys to the Demon Prison

by Brandon Mull

Overall, I think this series is really fun. I think, as an adult reader, it is best to think about them as one big story, rather than separate books. You don't quite get the depth and character development you'd normally get in an adult nov...

tagged: adventure, fantasy, favorites, supernatural, and young-adult

Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary

by Brandon Mull

Wow, I am impressed with this one :) I wasn't expecting the ending. Like, at all.

I'm impressed with the details like the dragons, potions, weapons, and monsters. I still think the story is lacking in realistic dialogue and char...

tagged: fantasy, favorites, series, supernatural, and young-adult

book club

Pages

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

le mie nuove scarpe

1 comment:

Books we've read

married

together