unfortuntately havent finished another book thus the delay in posting...but on the bright side ive actually been reading TWO books from the list.
american pastoral and a death in the family
completely unintentionally though...forgot one book at davids and i didnt want to get even more behind so it was on to the next one!
so far i like both...at first i liked death in the family more but now i like american pastoral...so i still keep switching back and forth between the two!
okay...mini goal to finish one book by sunday night!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Number 6 (sorta...skipping 4 and 5) done!
Lera, where you at?!
Blind Assassin finito! That was a pretty long one and probably the most interesting of the books I've read so far (not including Fountainhead). But still not a must read from my perspective.
There were basically 3 different story lines going on at once and so it would skip around from one story to the next, which was good because I wanted to know what was going on with the other story so I wanted to keep reading. But since it was so long I fell into my usual pattern of reading and then napping, reading and then napping... =]
BUT maybe that was also because I was reading on the plane to Kauai (whoo whoo was so much fun!) and 5 hours is a long time to be continuously reading! I think I've probably only done that for harry potter =P
Anwyhoo back to the book...at first I was kind of confused with the story line and what was going on, but as you read further things start to make a lot more sense and you begin to connect the dots. But for whatever reason I still didnt love this book...I think it might also be because of the circumstances....the story takes place pre and post WWII so women did not have a lot of rights. Which I guess in general just pisses me off. I know it happened and things are different now...yada yada...but just the idea that women had no way to control their future unless they had a man...argh!! How obnoxious!
Alright here's hoping American Pastoral is more my cup of tea...
Blind Assassin finito! That was a pretty long one and probably the most interesting of the books I've read so far (not including Fountainhead). But still not a must read from my perspective.
There were basically 3 different story lines going on at once and so it would skip around from one story to the next, which was good because I wanted to know what was going on with the other story so I wanted to keep reading. But since it was so long I fell into my usual pattern of reading and then napping, reading and then napping... =]
BUT maybe that was also because I was reading on the plane to Kauai (whoo whoo was so much fun!) and 5 hours is a long time to be continuously reading! I think I've probably only done that for harry potter =P
Anwyhoo back to the book...at first I was kind of confused with the story line and what was going on, but as you read further things start to make a lot more sense and you begin to connect the dots. But for whatever reason I still didnt love this book...I think it might also be because of the circumstances....the story takes place pre and post WWII so women did not have a lot of rights. Which I guess in general just pisses me off. I know it happened and things are different now...yada yada...but just the idea that women had no way to control their future unless they had a man...argh!! How obnoxious!
Alright here's hoping American Pastoral is more my cup of tea...
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Number 3 Done!
Finally finished today! It took several naps between reading and some additional weird dreams....don't know what thats about!
Anywhoo I did not love this book....and actually I feel like the author was not a fan of women. The women characters were always...not evil...not wrong...just something was always off about them. They never seemed to be portrayed in a positive light. Now a lot of the characters (including male) were probably not portrayed in a positive light. And maybe thats just because its life and everyone has their goods and bads...and maybe I'm just remembering the bads?
Well whatever the case...onward to the next one. Actually next next one. I went to the library last week and the next 2 on the list were both checked out! I'll check again but for now I'm skipping ahead to the Blind Assassin!
Anywhoo I did not love this book....and actually I feel like the author was not a fan of women. The women characters were always...not evil...not wrong...just something was always off about them. They never seemed to be portrayed in a positive light. Now a lot of the characters (including male) were probably not portrayed in a positive light. And maybe thats just because its life and everyone has their goods and bads...and maybe I'm just remembering the bads?
Well whatever the case...onward to the next one. Actually next next one. I went to the library last week and the next 2 on the list were both checked out! I'll check again but for now I'm skipping ahead to the Blind Assassin!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
My Subconscious Must Be Trying to Tell Me Something...
Winesburg, Ohio pg 119
Okay...so this time I have a sorta good reason! I was reading this book over the weekend and I dozed off...and then I had a nightmare!
So basically in my dream/nightmare I was still me, but now living in a small town (even smaller than Danville small town) and my sister and mom were coming into (my?) house telling me to be careful and to watch out for (something?!) Anyways it was just weird and creepy, I woke up feeling super anxious and nervous! So needless to say I have not wanted to pick up this book since...
Random Side Note: I saw in my other reading ventures (In Style, whoo hoo!) Emma Watson is reading Fountainhead right now! She obviously got the idea from us =]
Okay...so this time I have a sorta good reason! I was reading this book over the weekend and I dozed off...and then I had a nightmare!
So basically in my dream/nightmare I was still me, but now living in a small town (even smaller than Danville small town) and my sister and mom were coming into (my?) house telling me to be careful and to watch out for (something?!) Anyways it was just weird and creepy, I woke up feeling super anxious and nervous! So needless to say I have not wanted to pick up this book since...
Random Side Note: I saw in my other reading ventures (In Style, whoo hoo!) Emma Watson is reading Fountainhead right now! She obviously got the idea from us =]
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Phew! 2 out fo 50!
Well I think this book is geared towards boys, so being girls maybe this is why we didn't relate?
Overall...I didn't love it...didn't hate it. It was just like okay, it's a story. I thought it was kind of slow in the beginning but the story picked up and I wanted to know more about what was going on. But then how it all played out in the end, just seemed...maybe a bit kitschy...a bit anti-climatic?
I wouldn't discourage anyone from reading it...but I can't say that this is a must-read in my book either.
So onward we go! Eek, don't think I'm going to be meeting the goal of 4 books by end of January...so 6 books in February it is! =]
Overall...I didn't love it...didn't hate it. It was just like okay, it's a story. I thought it was kind of slow in the beginning but the story picked up and I wanted to know more about what was going on. But then how it all played out in the end, just seemed...maybe a bit kitschy...a bit anti-climatic?
I wouldn't discourage anyone from reading it...but I can't say that this is a must-read in my book either.
So onward we go! Eek, don't think I'm going to be meeting the goal of 4 books by end of January...so 6 books in February it is! =]
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Book 2, Down!
Umm, well I guess we have something to look forward too, Lolita I mean. That is totally a joke, umm we'll see maybe if it's really bad we can switch it out.
So not sure if I liked this book, The Fountainhead was much much much better, I mean this book was about a third in length but took me the same amount of time to finish! I think it's for a younger crowd, or maybe just not my style of book.
I won't go into what I thought was lame till you finish it. But, ohh book #3 is next!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Slowing down...
Something Wicked This Way Comes, pg 28
I seem to have hit a slow patch after finishing Fountainhead! So I went to the library last week, renewed my library card, tried to remember how to use the computers/check out system (haven't been to this library since middle school!) and I got the next 2 books and they have been patiently waiting for me to open them ever since.
Sooo finally I opened Something Wicked last night. Its been pretty good so far, Bradbury has a pretty interesting/unique writing style. At first it kind of caught me off guard and I had to reread a couple paragraphs (basically doing a double take) before I got the hang of it.
But now I am home again and feeling lazy and not particularly wanting to read. Eeek! Hopefully motivation finds me very soon!
PS. Lera, someone else agreed with me and said that Lolita is about a pedophile!!!
I seem to have hit a slow patch after finishing Fountainhead! So I went to the library last week, renewed my library card, tried to remember how to use the computers/check out system (haven't been to this library since middle school!) and I got the next 2 books and they have been patiently waiting for me to open them ever since.
Sooo finally I opened Something Wicked last night. Its been pretty good so far, Bradbury has a pretty interesting/unique writing style. At first it kind of caught me off guard and I had to reread a couple paragraphs (basically doing a double take) before I got the hang of it.
But now I am home again and feeling lazy and not particularly wanting to read. Eeek! Hopefully motivation finds me very soon!
PS. Lera, someone else agreed with me and said that Lolita is about a pedophile!!!
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