The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
The first half of this book, which introduced the protagonist, Gen, and supporting characters, was incredibly dull. I didn’t particularly like Gen throughout most of this book. He was selfish, arrogant, whiney, and didn’t seem pleasant to be around at all. Because of him, [...]
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I don’t know what took me so long to read an Ursula Le Guin sci-fi novel, but I’m glad I finally did. The Lathe of Heaven starts off with George Orr, a seemingly ordinary guy with a very extraordinary talent: his dreams [...]
The Passage by Justin Cronin
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Someone give this man an editor! The whole book could have been cut down to half its length. There are pages after pages of needless filler, only making me roll my eyes at all the trite, cliched paragraphs I was actually reading. I know it’s supposed [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
