Title: Going Home
Author: Harriet Evans
Thoughts: Mixed thoughts on this one. I really enjoyed the book, but I also felt it probably could have been made tighter in places. Generally speaking, if I can put a book down, that's where something could have been edited. But it's a minor quibble, because when all's said and done, this book did a lot of other things right: it was well written and engaging, and I liked it enough that I'll keep an eye out for Evans in the future.
Monday, 25 August 2008
Title: Secrets of a Shoe Addict
Title: Secrets of a Shoe Addict
Author: Beth Harbison
Thoughts: I read Harbison's first book earlier in the year and quite enjoyed it. She uses familiar characters in this one, but it's definitely a different story. Because I live in a place where it's been difficult to make friends, I have a real soft spot for lovely little stories of women building friendships. I think Harbison does a nice job of tackling a sequel without making it too much of the same. I look forward to seeing what she does next!
Author: Beth Harbison
Thoughts: I read Harbison's first book earlier in the year and quite enjoyed it. She uses familiar characters in this one, but it's definitely a different story. Because I live in a place where it's been difficult to make friends, I have a real soft spot for lovely little stories of women building friendships. I think Harbison does a nice job of tackling a sequel without making it too much of the same. I look forward to seeing what she does next!
Title: Mistress of the Sun
Title: Mistress of the Sun
Author: Sandra Gulland
Thoughts: Gulland is the author of one of my very favorite series of books: The Josephine B. Trilogy, so I was terribly excited when I saw she'd written a new one. It certainly does not disappoint. She has a lovely way with words, and the way she tackles historical fiction bowls me over. She always has such perfect tone and layers everything with richness and detail, without losing the readability and just plain good storytelling so necessary in a good book. Absolutely recommended. (And if you haven't read the Josephine books, what on EARTH are you waiting for?!)
Author: Sandra Gulland
Thoughts: Gulland is the author of one of my very favorite series of books: The Josephine B. Trilogy, so I was terribly excited when I saw she'd written a new one. It certainly does not disappoint. She has a lovely way with words, and the way she tackles historical fiction bowls me over. She always has such perfect tone and layers everything with richness and detail, without losing the readability and just plain good storytelling so necessary in a good book. Absolutely recommended. (And if you haven't read the Josephine books, what on EARTH are you waiting for?!)
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Things I read/watched on my summer vacation:
Answer: not much.
Gemma Townley's new book The Importance of Being Married. Love her, usually, but this one relied too heavily on lies to further the plot. Don't like deception, much.
Tracy Chevalier's Burning Bright. Loved this one. That lady can describe, oh yes she can.
The X-Files Movie
Dark Knight
Mamma Mia!
All enjoyable for different reasons, though, as a former fan, I would have changed A LOT about the X-Files flick. Still. It was okay.
It's been a busy month and a half, where the first bit was spent planning/executing my sister's wedding, and the second half was spent in the hospital with my sister's daughter. Not exactly good times for reading/movie watching. I am back in New York now, though, and barring disaster, should be reading more.
Gemma Townley's new book The Importance of Being Married. Love her, usually, but this one relied too heavily on lies to further the plot. Don't like deception, much.
Tracy Chevalier's Burning Bright. Loved this one. That lady can describe, oh yes she can.
The X-Files Movie
Dark Knight
Mamma Mia!
All enjoyable for different reasons, though, as a former fan, I would have changed A LOT about the X-Files flick. Still. It was okay.
It's been a busy month and a half, where the first bit was spent planning/executing my sister's wedding, and the second half was spent in the hospital with my sister's daughter. Not exactly good times for reading/movie watching. I am back in New York now, though, and barring disaster, should be reading more.
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