8
Mar
2010
The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
I really wanted to love this book. But I just couldn’t. It needs a couple of more drafts before really getting there.
9
Feb
2010
The Forgotten Legion by Ben Kane
About 200 pages into this 500+ page epic, I figured out that this most be book 1 of a series. The main characters had not even joined the army yet.
25
Jan
2010
Odd & the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Odd, in this case, may indeed be odd, but that is not what his name implies. In Old Norse, it means “lucky.” Unfortunately for Odd, he’s not.
23
Jan
2010
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
I’m a bit behind in reviews…for instance, I read this one some time last month. Part of this is procrastination on my part. But part of this is also that I wanted to let it digest in my brain.
20
Jan
2010
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The Panama Hotel, the hotel in question in this book, is located in the International District, in Seattle, my adopted city. I’d heard of it before, but never given it much thought.
30
Dec
2009
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler was…a decent story just adequately written.
18
Nov
2009
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Will somebody please tell me what the Hell this is supposed to be on the cover of this book? I get that it’s supposed to be gold leaf and lapis or whatever, but what is it a picture of?
22
Oct
2009
Unpredictable Crossing by Jonna-Lynn K Mandelbaum
Well, I have some good things and bad things to say about this book.
20
Oct
2009
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel
It’s tough when you have a understanding of something to not let inconsistancies or violations bug you when you just want to be entertained. For example, whenever we watch movies about, say, the American Revolution, my husband will point out that they are using the wrong guns. And so, because of my basic knowledge of anthropology and evolution I was often irked while reading this book.
13
Oct
2009
All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
This is an epic, character-driven, beautifully-written, philosophical, sad, political, morally-ambiguous, expertly-foreshadowed, thematic,hard to get immersed in, dramatic, ironic, difficult, sweeping book.
