I am hoping that in the future I will do better, but for now, I am still playing catch-up. :(
27. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
What an incredible story!
This book brought out so many different emotions. I love books that can move me like this one did.
Rating: 5/5 stars
- a book based on a true story
28. Killing Floor by Lee Child
I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed this!
Mysteries and thrillers aren't really my type of genre, but this story pulled me in from the very beginning. I cannot wait to read more Jack Reacher novels.
Rating: 4/5 stars
- a mystery/thriller
29. Golden Son by Piece Brown
That ending - GAH!
Such a fast paced and exciting read! Never a dull moment in this book.
Rating: 5/5 stars
- a book with a color in the title
30. Shadow Study by Maria V. Snyder
It makes me sad to give this a low rating, because I LOVE Valek (and Yelena by extension), but this story was very different than the first three Study books.
It was told from three different POVs (Yelena, Valek and Janco), and while I could have overlooked it being just Yelena and Valek, I really did not understand why Janco was included. In my opinion, it didn't further the story any and seemed to drag it out more than was needed.
Also, while I enjoyed learning more about Valek's past, I did feel as though it was included just to make the story longer... again, it didn't really do anything to further the story. A few paragraphs, maybe a chapter would have been enough, but almost every Valek chapter had a flashback in it.
Like I said, it really hurt my heart to give this anything lower than a 3, but for me, this book was just okay. I will read the next book in the series, though, because I am too invested in Valek and Yelena to give up on them now.
Rating: 2.5/5 stars
31. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
| It took FOREVER for me to get into this book. The first three quarters of the book seemed rather dull. I spent the entire time prepared to give it 2 stars, but then the last few chapters picked up and I found myself drawn into the story. Rating: 3/5 stars 32. I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star by Judy Greer I really don't know what I was expecting, but it was definitely something different than this. I really wanted to like this book, because I love most of the movies in which Judy Greer is a co-star, but it seemed very disjointed and all over the place. Add to that the part where her "funny" stories weren't really funny. I guess I was hoping to read more about her actual life, you know, being a co-star to the "famous" in Hollywood - maybe more on how her career actually started, what she does to stay pertinent in the acting community, heck, maybe even something about all the people she has worked with - but this was just a bunch of short stories about random subjects from shopping at CVS to having a pink car and it didn't really entertain me. Nothing against Judy Greer, she seems like a fun person, but this book wasn't for me. Or maybe I just have something against memoirs... I don't know. Rating: 1.5/5 stars - a funny book 33. A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout Wow. What an amazing story of survival. It is so hard to read about the darkness and terror that can be found in this world. I am so impressed by Amanda's perseverance and will to survive in the face of such horrors and I wish nothing but the best for her continued recovery. Rating: 4/5 stars - a nonfiction book |
3 comments:
It's hard to review books, when you read them so quickly ;) at least you write good reviews and explain why you did or did not like it. I just put on word reviews!
So, what's the second Jack Reacher book for? Just for fun? Someday I will read more of that series. Especially since we own 8 or 9 of them.
Yep, just for fun. I have to break up the reading challenge to keep me interested.
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