(Harry Potter, book 7)
I am reserving judgment until I read it again since I really did not like books 5 or 6 the first time I read them, either.
July 30, 2007
July 29, 2007
July 27, 2007
July 24, 2007
July 22, 2007
July 21, 2007
July 20, 2007
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
(Harry Potter, book 1)
Just re-reading the first 6 so I can read my copy of 7.
July 19, 2007
July 18, 2007
Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
(The Dresden Files, book 8 )
I love Harry Dresden. He is just a fun, smart character. Like Spenser moved into Laurell K. Hamilton’s world, only better.
July 17, 2007
Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke
(a Hannah Swenson mystery)
Yes, I read kitchen cozy mysteries with improbable amateur sleuths and gourmet recipes. Your point?
July 14, 2007
New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
(2 of 3)
Darker than the other, and a bit more violent, but still pretty clean.
July 13, 2007
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
(1 of 3)
There was a lot of buzz about this book/series and I, obviously, am a vampire fiction fan so I had to check it out. It is a bit, okay, actually more than a bit, on the angsty side, but what can you expect from teen fic?
I do like the fact that NO ONE has sex. The MC can barely kiss her boyfriend. Nice to see a little modesty in a category (YA / teen fic) that is getting racier and racier. Not that I didn’t read formulaic Silhouette romances and bodice-rippers when I was that age, but still… at least they weren’t intended for my age group.
July 12, 2007
The Harlequin by Laurell K. Hamilton
(an Anita Blake novel)
See previous notes on any other book in this series outside the first two or three – all the same comments still apply.
July 11, 2007
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
This was a re-read for me, for my book club and I enjoyed it almost as much the second time around. Not ~quite~ as much because I remembered a bit of the ‘twist’ from my last read, but still a good, fun, smart read.
July 5, 2007
The Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
I was surprised that I liked this. Literary fiction is not generally my ‘thing’, but this was good.
I read it because some of the concepts proposed in it, about predators and ecosystems, were referenced in something else I read (a forum post, possibly?) and I was intrigued.
While the predator information was fascinating, “Predators”, one of the book’s three parallel story lines, left me cold. I knew from the beginning how it would end, and all the drama along the way was very staged feeling.
“Old Chestnuts” was wonderful for the way it showed people aging and still capable of learning and changing, but my favorite story line was “Moth Love”. Lusa was a wonderfully sympathetic character, and even though you could see the end coming on this one too, she was so well-drawn I wanted to read every word that got her to that ending.
Since I’m not a huge litfic fan, I’m not at all sure why I liked this one. The only answer I can think of is that is has a lot of science and I’m a science geek at heart.
