2016 Reading: The Good Neighbor

#32 The first book you see in a bookstore

I walked into the bookstore with my eyes closed. I know that sounds like a mad idea, but I didn't want the first book I saw to be some random politic crap that usually resides by the from door of Barnes & Noble. I kept my head down and only looked at the carpet until I knew I was safe in the regular fiction section and THEN I raised my head and this was the first thing I saw.

I suppose it was a good story, not really my thing but at least it was a quick read. Typical chick-lit stuff. Woman trying to get over her ex, kid in the picture, meeting new people through friends, big secrets kept and a reveal at the end that makes everything okay once her friends forgive her and yay, new love interest.

I wanted to get this one over with so that I could move on the bigger and better things. And so I shall.

2016 Reading: The Canterbury Tales

#6 A book translated to English

Okay, so it was technically translate from OLD English into NEW English, but damnit, I think that should count for something.

I have read bits and pieces of this book over the years for various English Literature classes, but I had never actually sat down to read the book in its entirety. I've had it on the shelf for a while and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to finally sit down with it.

It was a mish-mash of different things, as you would expect. Some tales were hilarious (Miller's Tale), some were sad (Physician's Tale), some were overly religious (Second Nun's Tale), and some were meh.

I'm mostly sad that Chaucer didn't tell what happened once everyone had finally reach Canterbury and find out who the Host picked to win the contest. But, nothing to be done for it now.

2016 Reading: Supernatural

I had this as a little go between book to get my mind off Game of Thrones for a while. As like the other vampire book I read earlier this year, this really didn't tell me much more than I already knew about the subject of monsters and phenomena but it was still fun to flip through all the pages and see the pictures that they have in there. Bigfoot, chupacabras, loch ness monster, vampires, zombies... I love reading kids books that pretend to be serious about all these things.

Not much else to tell about this book other than it was a quick read that I enjoyed and now I am off to other things.

2016 Reading: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

#3 A YA bestseller

This was a very unique and strange book. Parts of it were a little confusing but then by the end, I felt like I could identify with it.

It's no secret that the main character had WAY too many problems to count. I thought that the foray into teenage smoking and drug use was very realistic and I like that they didn't really make a big thing about it or exaggerate it to the point of ridiculousness.

There are some questions that I would like answered, but the way the book is written, I think I already know the answers by figuring them out myself.

A good short read. I don't know if I want to watch the movie or not, but I guess time will tell.

2016 Reading: A Game of Thrones

#18 A book that's more than 600 pages

This was a very good book and I plan to definitely read the others in the series, but I could not get done with this book fast enough.

It was a little easier to understand because I've seen the show so I could put a face to the names of the characters, plus I wasn't surprised at how it ended, but on the flip side, that also made it a little boring because I knew what was going to happen.

I was fascinated by some of the descriptions of the characters, though. Like, I had no idea that the characters were actually so young! Jon was only 14 and and Dany was 13! It boggled my mind about some of those.

Like I said, I am going to be reading the rest of the books but I'm going to wait until I am completely done with the reading challenge for the year.

2016 Reading: Santa's Twin & Robot Santa (2 books)

Okay, so these books look HORRIFYING. I saw Robot Santa on the shelf and I knew that I needed to put it in my eyes as quickly as possible.

Cute stories, rad drawings (which were just the right amount of creepy for me), and a quick read to add to my yearly count.

2016 Reading: The Knife of Never Letting Go

#12 A book recommended by someone you just met

This book was recommended to me by a girl that I work with. The concept was interesting (though difficult to get through sometimes). The main character, being an uneducated young child, often writes the way he speaks. There are lots of misspelled words, accent-driven spellings and even some creative ways to curse.

I've said before that I don't really like dystopian literature and I still contest to that statement. It's just not something that interests me.

This book is the first one in a series, but I don't think that I'll be finishing the other books any time soon if at all. I've got too many other things to get through to finish it this year and then by the time those are all over, I will have completely forgotten everything about the story anyway.

On to the next.