Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Could this be one of the first books in the paranormal romance genre? Maybe. It predates even Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Carmilla is a story about a girl who lives isolated in a large mansion with her father, some madames (house keepers? governesses? who knows) and other servants. One day, [...]
Dark Lover by J.R. Ward
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
This book was recommended several times as a *good* paranormal romance book to read in the worst paranormal series you’ve ever read thread, but after reading it I’m wondering if maybe I mis-read the thread.It was not the *worst* paranormal romance I’d read, but it certainly [...]
A Song for Lya: And Other Stories by George R.R. Martin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I wanted to try out George R. R. Martin’s other genre of books, so this novella set in a futuristic, sci fi world seemed like a good place to start. The beginning was strong and I was sucked in [...]
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I read this in school but apparently didn’t remember much about it at all, which is why I decided to re-read it. There are a lot of unlikeable characters in this book and all the female characters seem needy and too reliant on [...]
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book was picked for our office book club book for July, a pick that I’m glad about because I never would have read it otherwise. Cloud Atlas could be described as six interconnected novellas with a basic theme, but that’s putting it in the [...]
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
True, the first half of this book rehashes what we already knew from Hunger Games, except with more background to the characters. It also reveals that the end of the first book was only the tip of the iceberg.
Throughout parts of Catching Fire, I kept [...]
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
4 of 5 stars
Although I would describe Life As We Knew it as apocalyptic, I don’t really want to because it doesn’t really fit in with a lot of books of that genre I’ve read. The Event in the novel is an asteroid hitting the [...]
