February 2012
3 posts
11. College Girl by Patricia Weitz
So I gave this book 3 stars on goodreads, but I’m not sure how close to that I feel that it deserves. Maybe more like 2.5. This was just a walking through the library and it caught my eye pick. I read the jacket description and I’ll be honest I think I thought it’d be more like The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing, which I really liked. It’s not like that. I kept...
10. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee...
This was another book that I’ve been eyeing for a while but even at used book prices I just couldn’t commit to reading it. So I borrowed it from the library for my Nook. It actually turned out better than I expected!
I guess with a phrase like Particular Sadness being in the title I shouldn’t have been surprised that it was a bit maudlin. It made me feel weird because of this...
9. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy by John Le Carré
I chose this book because I wanted to see the movie that’s out right now with Gary Oldman. I always try to read the book first if the movie is based on a book. This book has been around for so long and so many people love it, I assumed I would as well.
Unfortunately this is another book I had to force myself to finish. Maybe the movie can be made more interesting or maybe I’ve just...
January 2012
9 posts
8. City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) by...
I had been wanting to read this book for a while, but before I settled my debt with the library I was having to buy all my books. So I mostly went to thrift stores or used book stores and tried to get books as cheap as possible. I had been on the search for this for a while and finally found 2 of the books, so when I decided to do this whole 100 books in a year thing, I definitely had this on my...
7. Emily and Einstein by Linda Francis Lee
So in order to help save some money I took advantage of our library’s canned food drive. For every can you brought in you got a $1 off your late fees. I owed A LOT of $ in late fees, so after taking a big box of cans (seriously, I owed so much it’s very embarrassing), I was able to start borrowing books from the library again. All that to explain that I was so excited to get library...
6. What The Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
So Malcolm Gladwell’s been writing articles for a while now and this book is a collection of his previous articles (I think there might be a few new ones in there) but as I have never read any of those articles they were all new to me. I’ve read Freakonomics in the past and loved the facts that were brought up in that book and Malcolm Gladwell’s writing is similar to the essays...
5. Burn Notice: The Fix by Tod Goldberg
So normally I don’t like to read books based off TV series because it just always reads as fan fiction and I’m not into fan fiction really. But I picked up the first book written by this author a while back and he apparently works pretty closely with the show creator in writing these books and I think that really helps. It’s honestly like reading the TV show.
If you’re...
4. Matched by Ally Condie
This was a book I got for Christmas in 2010 (I also asked for it, because it was on a list of good YA reads in Entertainment Weekly). I’ve had it all this time and never read it until now. Side note: I didn’t know what I wanted to read next. So I picked my 3 top choices, put them in front of my dog, Zoe, and she licked two of them. So I then held up the 2 she licked and she licked...
3. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy...
I received this book for Christmas this year (I asked for it) and am so glad I did. I didn’t really know much about her, except for her role of Kelly on The Office and that she’s a writer for that show. This book is a set of essays about her life growing up, things she likes/enjoys, and other things she’s noticed/thought about.
I’ve read some reviews where people felt...
2. The Nerdist Way by Chris Hardwick (aka...
So this book is TOTALLY not what I thought it would be. I thought it would be essays on nerdly type things. It’s actually a self-help book and the thing is I might not have read it if I had known that beforehand. But I’m glad I didn’t know that, because it was honestly a really great book!
Last year when I thought I was losing my job, I freaked out and started reading a bunch...
1. Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
So my first book of 2012 was Robopocalypse. I’d give it a 3.5 out of 5 stars. It started out way too slow for my liking. I give books about 2 chapters or 30 pages before I give up on them. Maybe that’s not fair, but I’ve got too much to read! Anyway, once this book finally got going, it did get better. If you know me, you know one of my fears is machines becoming...
2012 goal: Read 100 books in one year
I try to set various goals for myself each year. Some of them have worked out (I’m now 8 half-marathons in!) and some haven’t (after bruising my tailbone I gave up Roller Derby dreams). I decided my goal for 2012 would be to read 100 books. Which averages out to about 2 books a week. I’m a pretty fast reader, so I’m not terribly worried about it.
Just some general rules...
