The Humans by Matt Haig Goodreads has a pretty perfect summary of the story, so I'm just going to jump right into my thoughts/reaction. I liked it. It was funny in an absurd way, just the right amount of heart-breaking, and not at all boring. I personally get a kick...
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstoreby Robin Sloan This is a weird and delightful read. As you might deduce from the name, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is not your typical bookstore. Clay, recently unemployed and now the new night clerk, notices something odd: most of...
I saw this survey over on Katie's Book Blog, and thought it sounded fun, so here we go with the bookish things: Author You've Read The Most Books From Hmm, tricky. Probably Jim Butcher, but also maybe Steven Brust or Robin Hobb. Best Sequel Ever This is hard one. I'm...
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton I really wanted to like this book more than I did. Having marathoned through 3 seasons of Downton Abbey awhile back, I was ready for more period drama with an upstairs/downstairs angle. And The House at Riverton did have that. But...
Graceling Realm Graceling (#1); Fire (#2); Bitterblue (#3) By Kristin Cashore In the Seven Kingdoms, there are occasionally those born with a Grace - a special heightened skill marked by eyes of different colors. The skill can be anything: fighting, playing an...
I am linking up with April for the Book Blogger Challenge. Day 1 was 15 book-related confessions, and I'm a few days late, but here are my confessions: I think, if I made a pie chart of all the times I've cried in my life, the slice for those incidents caused by books...
The Happiness Project Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin Ok, I'll be honest: I don't read much non-fiction, because I find most of it to be incredibly dull...
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate #1) by Gail Carriger This was the June Blogger Book Club pick, in the Paranormal genre. And personally, I thought it was a treat - just a delightfully fun read. Soulless has the witty flavor of Jane Austen mixed with steampunk, mystery,...
The Host by Stephenie Meyer Ok, let's just get some things out of the way up front: yes, this is by the author of the Twilight series. Yes, I enjoyed that saga, if not the prose itself. No, this book is not related to that series at all. No, there are not vampires or...
1984 by George Orwell This was the May Blogger Book Club pick, in the Classics genre. I was excited about this pick, because though I'd read 1984 back in high school, it's been quite awhile and was due for a re-read. I remembered liking it, and thinking that it was...
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