Well since the sunshine last weekend, we've seen the cold weather return sans rain. So yes it was cold but the days were clear and not miserable; so in my opinion a definate improvement on the week before.
So whilst it's been a bit chill, and there's been utter rubbish on TV - I have been reading on the bus to work, finding a place in the sun at lunch and reading, bit more reading on the bus coming home - then well nothing on TV so getting in my flannie jim jams and crawling into bed with a book (and hot water bottle). Hence I have a few reviews to tell you about. So....
TITLE: The Forgotten Garden
AUTHOR: Kate Morton
RELEASED: 2008
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin
IMAGE: thereadingexperiment.com
On the upside I liked the fairytales interwoven into the story. I thought the intricate layering of different times and places was clever. But it felt like pretty much every character had mother/child abandonment issues.
An OK read, but just a bit average. I'm thinking 3/5.
And then, the girl I sit next to at work and I were having a book discussion, which ended with her lending me a copy of one of her favourite books & me lending her one of my favs. I told her about The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - she definately got the better end of the deal.
TITLE: Tomorrow When the War Began
AUTHOR: John Marsden
RELEASED: 1993
PUBLISHER: Pan Macmillan
IMAGE: books.google.com
So this was a school read for the girl at work, and she has re-read it several times. I didn't like to tell her I was out of school when it was published - I'd heard of it and that was about it (and truthfully that was probably more due to the movie coming out last year).
It did have convincing teenage characters & I can see it would be great for teenagers. However I'm thinking if I read it when I was a teenager, it may have been good but I'm suspecting I'm just too old, and don't really go for the dystopian novels.
My thoughts are it was OK, but won't rush out to buy (or even borrow) remaining books in series...2.5/5.
And my last one a bit of a wash out. Well OK it was the book that never makes you want to try new books.
TITLE: Let's Pretend This Never Happened
AUTHOR: Jenny Lawson
RELEASED: 2012
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins
IMAGE: goodreads.com
Hmmmm, read the reviews which indicated irrevant but a good read. I wish I could get my money back! A couple of smirks, but heaps of language and she kept referring to her "fanny". What is that about? The couple of smirks just didn't outweigh all the other rubbish for me.
I didn't even finish it because I just didn't care. For me the title did actually say it all! I've deleted it off my e-reader as there is a snowflakes chance in hell I'd ever be bothered to read it again.
On the upside interesting cover, although I spent more wondering about the photoshoping on the cover than the contents of the book.
Safe to say a 1, and only because there were a couple of chuckles.
So a huge post covering a couple of weeks of books. Bring on the weekend :)
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