Books read in May

[ladysophiekitty]

Stealing this idea from katayla  and thinking of making this a monthly thing! I might not always have commentary, sometimes just a rating.

68. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
Rating: 5/5
Comments: As always, Riordan's books are fun and entertaining. I used to read a lot of Greek mythology, so it's fun being reminded of it or "I knew that!".  Look forward to the next book in the series! And it was nice seeing some familiar faces from Percy Jackson.

69. Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper
Rating: 3/5
Comments: I'd read a good review about this book and seeing as how I love Victorian era novels, I thought I'd check it out. It was...ok. The descriptions of poverty in Victorian London was good and it was certainly compelling, but also very cheesy and overdramatic and I felt like it was more of those penny novels that people sold at the time, with a girl who's poor but is such a true and good character that a fortune/man comes her way and she gets a happy ending.


70. The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Rating: 4/5
Comments: This was an interesting book, especially since it almost took a backwards story telling. Each section was a few years earlier.

71. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson ** (reread)
Rating: 5/5
Comments: This was a very difficult book to read because of the subject matter and how deep into the mindset of an eatng disorder, self cutting, depression, and the guilt of having someone die Anderson goes, but it was a good book, and  powerful.

72. Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Rating: 4/5
Comments: A very different take on the vampire novel from most stories I've read! I also spent most of the book quite hungry, since the main female character works in a bakery of her stepfather's restaurant.

73. Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman ** (reread)
Rating: 5/5
Comments: Not sure if this counts as a reread, actually, since it's been so long that I didn't remember a thing (other than her steady shooting hand). I'd read this in elementary school and it was fun reading it again! Will have to check out the rest of the series.


74. Landing by Emma Donnaghue
Rating: 3/5
Comments: This was the first book by this author that I've read, and I've heard she writes more Victorian era novels. (I think I just checked one out from the library, actually). It was entertaining, but there was something about this novel that made it so that it wasn't OMG LOVE. I'm not really sure what.

Comments

[katayla.livejournal.com]

Yay! I love seeing what people are reading. I used to copy and paste my GoodReads reviews for my lists, but it was too much work and nobody seemed to appreciate them much. So now it's a list and a rating and they can ask me if they want to know more. :D

And I actually just bought Sunshine this weekend! I read it when it first came out and enjoyed it, but that was before Twilight and the huge vampire craze, so I'm curious to see what I think about it now.

[avoria.livejournal.com]

The fact that you have even read this many books in May leaves me feeling shamed. The fact that I have not read that many in the last year is almost disturbing to me.

Still, I will take a look at your comments and, who knows? Maybe I'll pick a couple of them up :D

[library-of-sex.livejournal.com]

I tried Sunshine last year and couldn't get through the first few chapters. I really wanted to cuz I know it's considered to be way better than most vamp-centric books. Glad you at least enjoyed it!

The Lost Hero was fun, like all of Riordan's books!

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

Is it the first person or the rambly-ness that put you off? I know a lot of people found her asides and tangents very distracting. Just curious...

[library-of-sex.livejournal.com]

I didn't find anything off-putting actually. It just didn't grip me quickly enough, so I put it down.

[ladysophiekitty.livejournal.com]

I've read another book by Robin McKinley called Spindle's End (I think) and I remember it took her a little while to get into the plot and there was a lot of backstory that I was kind of prepared for that this time around :P

Kim, do you have a goodreads? Also, reading anything good right now? (goodreads has put me in a massive MUST TALK ABOUT BOOKS mood)

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

Eek, I do so adore Sunshine! Awesome book! I'm just so annoyed that it set the scene for a sequel that's never gonna happen, argh.