a few more
okay - it seems as though five books in is the point at which i get tired of typing up book reviews. i should keep that in mind for next time ... thus, in order to bring you up to date, i'm rushing through these last ones with just a few comments. as always, feel free to ask for details if you really want to know more. although probably you're tired at this point too. also, my computer is being slow and it's making me rather batty.
howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones - been meaning to read this for a long time. finally did and it was totally not what i expected and i super enjoyed it and will probably read more by diana wynne jones when i'm feeling the fantasy. very charming and witty and now i must watch the movie.
chain mail: addicted to you by hiroshi ishizaki - japanese teenagers and the internet - can't go wrong there, right? well, maybe. lots of promise, somewhat disappointing execution. overall it's okay, but no great shakes.
murder at hazelmoor by agatha christie - yeah - i can't stay away completely from dame agatha. this one is very entertaining and is yet another one that does not feature any of her famous detectives. but, snow and murder and a teeney unexpectedness at the end. although not about the guilty party. enjoyable, but forgettable.
how to teach filthy rich girls by zoey dean - um, it's called how to teach filthy rich girls. and is by the author of the a-list novels. and has a gold bikini on the cover. and characters described as prettier, smarter hilton sisters. come on. it's exactly what you would expect with a pedigree like that. but whatever, dude - it is summer.
eat, pray, love: one woman's search for everything across italy, india and indonesia by elizabeth gilbert - i think i probably would've liked this book a lot more if i had read it when it first came out, instead of waiting for months and having a gazillion people tell me "oh my gosh, you have to read this book! it's sooooooo good." because it is good, but not like the best thing ever. and it didn't change my life or anything. yes, i could relate to gilbert enormously in parts. but in other parts (read: the india part, which just seemed to go on and on), not so much. she's a great writer and i'm really curious to read her other books now, but i'm not convinced that i ought to go around pressing this book into the hands of everyone (female) that i meet. i dunno. it's tricky because while i was really glad to read the book, i'm even more glad to have read the book, if that makes any sense? i'm not sure if it does, but i've been sitting here a long time and think i need to get up and go to the grocery store.
take-off: american all-girl bands during world war ii by tonya bolden - wow - fascinating subject matter done surprsingly badly. clumsy prose, lots of trying too hard and a most superficial of treatments, even for a kids book. great pictures (and captions: i think they were actually written better and were more intersting than the main text) though.
howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones - been meaning to read this for a long time. finally did and it was totally not what i expected and i super enjoyed it and will probably read more by diana wynne jones when i'm feeling the fantasy. very charming and witty and now i must watch the movie.
chain mail: addicted to you by hiroshi ishizaki - japanese teenagers and the internet - can't go wrong there, right? well, maybe. lots of promise, somewhat disappointing execution. overall it's okay, but no great shakes.
murder at hazelmoor by agatha christie - yeah - i can't stay away completely from dame agatha. this one is very entertaining and is yet another one that does not feature any of her famous detectives. but, snow and murder and a teeney unexpectedness at the end. although not about the guilty party. enjoyable, but forgettable.
how to teach filthy rich girls by zoey dean - um, it's called how to teach filthy rich girls. and is by the author of the a-list novels. and has a gold bikini on the cover. and characters described as prettier, smarter hilton sisters. come on. it's exactly what you would expect with a pedigree like that. but whatever, dude - it is summer.
eat, pray, love: one woman's search for everything across italy, india and indonesia by elizabeth gilbert - i think i probably would've liked this book a lot more if i had read it when it first came out, instead of waiting for months and having a gazillion people tell me "oh my gosh, you have to read this book! it's sooooooo good." because it is good, but not like the best thing ever. and it didn't change my life or anything. yes, i could relate to gilbert enormously in parts. but in other parts (read: the india part, which just seemed to go on and on), not so much. she's a great writer and i'm really curious to read her other books now, but i'm not convinced that i ought to go around pressing this book into the hands of everyone (female) that i meet. i dunno. it's tricky because while i was really glad to read the book, i'm even more glad to have read the book, if that makes any sense? i'm not sure if it does, but i've been sitting here a long time and think i need to get up and go to the grocery store.
take-off: american all-girl bands during world war ii by tonya bolden - wow - fascinating subject matter done surprsingly badly. clumsy prose, lots of trying too hard and a most superficial of treatments, even for a kids book. great pictures (and captions: i think they were actually written better and were more intersting than the main text) though.