I read Orange is the New Black yesterday. It was entirely chance, as every so often I download all the books off the New York Times Bestsellers List, and this happened to be on it ( Read more... )

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The 50 book challenge once again ( Read more... )

Somebody in Edinburgh has been making mysterious book-related paper sculptures.
Like this one:

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I finally got around to reading The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, which won the Booker Prize in 1997. I’m mostly glad I did. I like reading a bit of literary fiction occasionally, and that was certainly quality stuff - but it was also rather self-indulgent. To me, it felt like 300 pages of meandering (if exquisitely rendered) details. They ( Read more... )

I wanted to love this book. I really did ( Read more... )

It's been ages since I posted in here. But I just finished Feed by Mira Grant, which reminded me of my neglected livejournal. Hopefully I'll keep it up for the next couple of weeks at least - looks like my hours at work are going to plummet soon, so I won't really have any excuse. I guess being impoverished but prolific wouldn't be so terrible ( Read more... )

The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan

I recently finished Trudi Canavan’s Black Magician trilogy. The series is comprised of three books - The Magicians’ Guild (Book One), The Novice (Book Two), and The High Lord (Book Three) - which were clearly bestsellers for a reason; each is well-written, satisfying, and easy to read. She’s definitely ( Read more... )

King Rat by China Mieville

Synopsis:
Something is stirring in London’s dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul’s father, and left Saul to pay for the crime ( Read more... )

Yes! My occasional Craccum reviews are finally paying off!

Just got given the book Litte Criminals: The Story of a New Zealand Boys' Home by David Cohen. (Seriously, just how many sociologists have the surname Cohen?) It's published by Random House New Zealand; I got to pick it off their monthly mailing list of new books, and there's a little ( Read more... )