Since I spent several years in grad school researching ancient manuscripts, I understand why I liked this book.

What I don't understand is why anyone else would. But whatever. It's a NY Times bestseller, so maybe a lot more people did the ancient-manuscripts-in-grad-school thing than I realized.

[People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks]

Before I started giving book reports here

I gave a few dozen elsewhere.

Since my brain has been kinda empty and my book reading seriously slowed, I thought I'd take a link.

I finished this book within twelve hours of starting it.

Which says something, I think. (just not sure what...)

When I finished this book, I reached immediately for the next book in the series. And oh yeah. It was 3AM.

[Fade, by Lisa McMann]

This book suffers from the "latest book in a successful trilogy" syndrome.

You know. The one I talked about here.

It was good. But it would have been better if the publishers remembered that the only thing separating them from the self-publishing houses is the FILTERING and EDITING they provide. Meaning: don't rush and under-edit a good author just because you want to make $$ faster. You're just undermining your own business value that way, people.

(and yes, I realize the irony of me saying this after my very last post was all about not being able to wait. but I would have waited for something better. I'm not *completely* a child.)

[mockingjay, suzanne collins]

GAH! It's going to take Amazon 5-7 days to get me the next book!! I'm not sure I'll make it...

[Catching Fire]

Dystopalicious

[Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins]

I am totally going to buy the sequel to this one

[Wake, Lisa McMann]

I really liked the first three books in this series

Which is why St. Martin's made the Casts write a gajillion new books for the series and only gave them twelve minutes time to do it.

When I grow up, one of my nightmareish writing scenarios will mirror the situation of this book. i.e. I'll write a kick-a trilogy. It'll sell like crazy. The publisher will push me to write moreandmoreandmoreandmore in lessandlessandless time. So my books will be under-edited, rushed, and, ultimately, just like this book. And my readers will be sad. And when sales fall the publishers will blame me.

But at least when my sales crash down into the crapper and I'm cut off by the publisher, I'll have time to write properly again, right? Under a new pseudonym, though. Pesky BookScan.

[Burned]

This book

gave me delightful flashbacks to all my white trash high school friends from the Bay Area.


[story of a girl]

This book was distressing

but it was supposed to be distressing.


[Everything is Fine]

This book rox

[the adoration of jenna fox]

I'm still a little upset about this book and I finished it, like, weeks ago

[a room on lorelei street]

This Book Won the National Book Award

and I'm OK with that.

[what I saw and how I lied]

Why haven't I posted book reports in awhile?

it's not because I haven't been reading. it's because I didn't want to review this book. OMG someone catch me I'm about to keel.



[The band: trading guys]

I read most of this book at night after taking Ambien

so, umm, I don't remember much of it. I think I liked it?


[city of bones]

I expected this book to make me all rage-y and angst-y like most feminist books do

But instead what happened is that it totally explained all the reasons my husband and I fight... all the things that have made our life since having kids so... *hard.* And then I didn't have to be mad at my husband anymore and I didn't have to be mad at myself anymore and it was just such a... *relief.* God bless you Joan Williams.

[unbending gender]

totally mindblowing

like, a total paradigm shift. wow.


[outliers]

I think these books all have the same plot

girl meets boy. girl is stunned by boy's beauty and, yanno, his superpowers. prickly and problematic romance ensues.



so what does it say about me if I thoroughly enjoyed all of them?

[vampire diaries]
[old magic]
[evermore]

There are 4,567 books about vampires, witches, or other supernatural hoohas at the B&N

fortunately, I chose one that didn't suck. (OMG, is that a pun? awesome.)

[the secret circle]

I think that Shannon has written better books than this one

but I still loved it.

[forest born]