This book was so cute and I hope that people read this and realize that everything is awesome when it comes to kids.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
2019 Reading: Jacob's New Dress
This book was so cute and I hope that people read this and realize that everything is awesome when it comes to kids.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
2019 Reading: The Dinner
#24 A book that takes place in a single day
This book really reminded me of a Bret Easton Ellis book. I don't really know how to describe it in a way that would make sense. It was just the way the narrative went. The main character and his thoughts, how they would bounce back and forth and sometimes go from one thing to another and often get angry or violent for no reason and how nothing seemed to really mean anything to him... It all just seemed like it was coming from another Patrick Bateman. Only this one was sane. And way more interesting.
I liked the ending. It was very dark and the whole book was just something that pulled me in and kept me on edge because you were never quite sure what was happening. Then, when you were told what WAS happening, you had to stay to find out what the result would be. I'm glad that I took a fellow Goodreads person's suggestion for this book because I don't think I would have ever found it otherwise.
This book really reminded me of a Bret Easton Ellis book. I don't really know how to describe it in a way that would make sense. It was just the way the narrative went. The main character and his thoughts, how they would bounce back and forth and sometimes go from one thing to another and often get angry or violent for no reason and how nothing seemed to really mean anything to him... It all just seemed like it was coming from another Patrick Bateman. Only this one was sane. And way more interesting.
I liked the ending. It was very dark and the whole book was just something that pulled me in and kept me on edge because you were never quite sure what was happening. Then, when you were told what WAS happening, you had to stay to find out what the result would be. I'm glad that I took a fellow Goodreads person's suggestion for this book because I don't think I would have ever found it otherwise.
Saturday, March 2, 2019
2019 Reading: Feed
#20 A book set in space
From the very first page, I think I knew I was going to have a little bit of trouble getting through this one. It's not like it was very hard or long or anything, but there was a special type of "futuristic" teenage lingo happening that I had to mentally translate as I read. It can get pretty boring after a while until you can see one word and say another in your head as you read. I know that colloquialisms change all the time and that if you don't know the origins and they are just thrust upon you then you can have difficulty adapting to them, but given context clues and the way they are used, it's pretty easy to figure them out. Like reading A Clockwork Orange for the first time.
Having said that, I ended up REALLY enjoying the book. It gave really good insight as to the way the world is progressing and how humans interact with one another and I think that some of these things will definitely come to pass if we are not careful. The hopelessness of the characters near the end reflected the emptiness that the main character was feeling at the beginning, despite being sent a steady and overwhelming stream of data at all times of the day, every day.
I really enjoyed this book.
From the very first page, I think I knew I was going to have a little bit of trouble getting through this one. It's not like it was very hard or long or anything, but there was a special type of "futuristic" teenage lingo happening that I had to mentally translate as I read. It can get pretty boring after a while until you can see one word and say another in your head as you read. I know that colloquialisms change all the time and that if you don't know the origins and they are just thrust upon you then you can have difficulty adapting to them, but given context clues and the way they are used, it's pretty easy to figure them out. Like reading A Clockwork Orange for the first time.
Having said that, I ended up REALLY enjoying the book. It gave really good insight as to the way the world is progressing and how humans interact with one another and I think that some of these things will definitely come to pass if we are not careful. The hopelessness of the characters near the end reflected the emptiness that the main character was feeling at the beginning, despite being sent a steady and overwhelming stream of data at all times of the day, every day.
I really enjoyed this book.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
2019 Reading: Thirteen Chairs
#36 A ghost story
Hey, look! My first book of the year!
Finally...
A colleague of mine was reading this and thought I would like it and it just so happened to fit into the reading challenge, so of course I was going to read it. I found the stories within the book a little dated and familiar, but maybe that was the point? The ending was kind of predictable, though most ghost stories are nowadays. Still, it was a good start to the year and now that I have finally finished the first one, I can hopefully get my ass into gear and pick up the pace with the rest of the books that I need to read this year.
Tuesday, January 1, 2019
2018 Reading Challenge: List
#1 A book made into a movie you've already seen : Maurice
#2 True Crime : Inside the Mind of BTK
#3 The next book in a series you started : The Kill Order
#4 A book involving a heist : Bringing Down the House
#5 Nordic noir : The Girl Who Played With Fire
#6 A novel based on a real person : Room
#7 A book set in a country that fascinates you : A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
#8 A book with a time of day in the title : The Voices at 3:00AM
#9 A book about a villain or antihero : Deviant
#10 A book about death or grief : The Pocket Book of Death
#11 A book with your favorite color in the title : Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia
#12 A book with alliteration in the title : Women in the Walls
#13 A book about time travel : Hollow City
#14 A book with a weather element in the title : Let It Snow
#15 A book set at sea : Death on the Nile
#16 A book with an animal in the title : The Crow: Lazarus Heart
#17 A book set on a different planet : The Colour of Magic (Discworld)
#18 A book with song lyrics in the title : Turtles All the Way Down
#19 A book about or set on Halloween : Scary Stories Treasury
#20 A book with characters who are twins : Twelfth Night
#21 A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym : Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
#22 A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist : Every Nine Seconds
#23 A book that is also a stage play or musical : Sweeney Todd
#24 A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you : The Art of Fushigi Yugi
#25 A book about feminism : Mrs. Dalloway
#26 A book about mental health : The Sociopath Next Door
#27 A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift : The Merchant of Venice
#28 A book by two authors : Triads
#29 A book about or involving a sport : Quidditch Through the Ages
#30 A book by a local author : Dead Ever After
#31 A book mentioned in another book : The Invisible Man
#32 A book from a celebrity book club : The Road
#33 A childhood classic you've never read : The Tale of Despereaux
#34 A book that's published in 2018 : Leah on the Offbeat
#35 A past Goodreads Choice Award winner : The Pigeon Needs A Bath
#36 A book set in the decade you were born : Less Than Zero
#37 A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to : Talking As Fast As I Can
#38 A book with an ugly cover : The Prize
#39 A book that involves a bookstore of library : Of Books and Bagpipes
#40 Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge : Audition
#41 A bestseller from the year you graduated high school : The Polar Express
#42 A cyberpunk book : Ready Player One
#43 A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place : Lady Killers
#44 A book tied to your ancestry : The Book Thief
#45 A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title : It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
#46 An allegory : The Screwtape Letters
#47 A book by an author with the same first or last name as you : Rosebush
#48 A microhistory : New Kids on the Block
#49 A book about a problem facing society today : Breathing Underwater
#50 A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge : Eat, Pray, Love
Date Started: January 1, 2018
Date completed: December 31, 2018
Books finished in challenge: 50 of 50
Books finished in total for year: 75
#2 True Crime : Inside the Mind of BTK
#3 The next book in a series you started : The Kill Order
#4 A book involving a heist : Bringing Down the House
#5 Nordic noir : The Girl Who Played With Fire
#6 A novel based on a real person : Room
#7 A book set in a country that fascinates you : A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
#8 A book with a time of day in the title : The Voices at 3:00AM
#9 A book about a villain or antihero : Deviant
#10 A book about death or grief : The Pocket Book of Death
#11 A book with your favorite color in the title : Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia
#12 A book with alliteration in the title : Women in the Walls
#13 A book about time travel : Hollow City
#14 A book with a weather element in the title : Let It Snow
#15 A book set at sea : Death on the Nile
#16 A book with an animal in the title : The Crow: Lazarus Heart
#17 A book set on a different planet : The Colour of Magic (Discworld)
#18 A book with song lyrics in the title : Turtles All the Way Down
#19 A book about or set on Halloween : Scary Stories Treasury
#20 A book with characters who are twins : Twelfth Night
#21 A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym : Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
#22 A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist : Every Nine Seconds
#23 A book that is also a stage play or musical : Sweeney Todd
#24 A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you : The Art of Fushigi Yugi
#25 A book about feminism : Mrs. Dalloway
#26 A book about mental health : The Sociopath Next Door
#27 A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift : The Merchant of Venice
#28 A book by two authors : Triads
#29 A book about or involving a sport : Quidditch Through the Ages
#30 A book by a local author : Dead Ever After
#31 A book mentioned in another book : The Invisible Man
#32 A book from a celebrity book club : The Road
#33 A childhood classic you've never read : The Tale of Despereaux
#34 A book that's published in 2018 : Leah on the Offbeat
#35 A past Goodreads Choice Award winner : The Pigeon Needs A Bath
#36 A book set in the decade you were born : Less Than Zero
#37 A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to : Talking As Fast As I Can
#38 A book with an ugly cover : The Prize
#39 A book that involves a bookstore of library : Of Books and Bagpipes
#40 Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge : Audition
#41 A bestseller from the year you graduated high school : The Polar Express
#42 A cyberpunk book : Ready Player One
#43 A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place : Lady Killers
#44 A book tied to your ancestry : The Book Thief
#45 A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title : It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
#46 An allegory : The Screwtape Letters
#47 A book by an author with the same first or last name as you : Rosebush
#48 A microhistory : New Kids on the Block
#49 A book about a problem facing society today : Breathing Underwater
#50 A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge : Eat, Pray, Love
Date Started: January 1, 2018
Date completed: December 31, 2018
Books finished in challenge: 50 of 50
Books finished in total for year: 75
Friday, December 28, 2018
2018 Reading: By Royal Command
Another piece of trash to pass the time until I can started the 2019 Reading Challenge.
Ugh. Just ugh.
2018 Reading: The House with the Clock in its Walls
Jenny and I watched the movie last night and I was surprised that it was better than I was thinking. Jack Black can either make a movie better or he can completely ruin a project. I think it's only when he's actively trying to be someone else that it just doesn't work for him. This character was basically Jack Black, but in the 50's so it fit him perfectly. That being said, I was almost hesitant to read the book because I liked the movie so much. But I figured I'd give it a shot.
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