Two stars = eh, it was okay
Three stars = liked it
Four stars = really, really liked it
Five stars = absolutely loved it
1-Star (0)
2-Star (0)
3-Star (5)
***Ready Player One (Fiction, E. Cline)
1 star for the incredibly original
plot. 1 star for the amazing pop culture
references. And 1 star for Wil Wheaton
reading it!! J
***Inheritance (Non-Fiction, D. Shapiro)
The first ¾ of this book were INCREDIBLY
slow. If it weren’t for that, I would
have given it 4 stars.
***Longbourn (Fiction, J. Baker)
This was a nice quick read about the
fictional servants at Longbourn (the home of the Bennett girls!)
***Tell Me More (Non-Fiction, K. Corrigan)
A good, quick and FUNNY read about
grief. Which sounds like it shouldn’t be
funny, and parts of it were truly heartbreaking, but Kelly Corrigan is a
great writer. I laughed out loud multiple times.
***The Dream Daughter (Fiction, D.
Chamberlain)
Time-travel.
Sigh. I wish I had read more
about this book before I started it.
Time travel is just not my thing, however it gets 3 stars because it
kept me entertained and was a quick read.
4-Star (3)
****To Kill a Mockingbird – The Graphic Novel (Fiction, H. Lee)
After I read and LOVED LOVED LOVE the Diary of Anne Frank Graphic
Novel, I insisted on reading the graphic novel for To Kill a Mockingbird. It was wonderful. I didn’t like it quite as much as the Anne
Frank one because it was MUCH larger and a lot more detailed. But the illustrations were great and the
author said he took the text directly from Harper Lee’s novel.
****Rebecca (Fiction, D. du Maurier)
Wow. My first Daphne du Maurier
book. I NEVER EVER would have guess this
book was published in 1938. I am
officially impressed. This book had a
few twists and turns that I was not expecting.
Just when I thought I had the ‘mystery’ of Rebecca figured out, I was
wrong. Great book (and no ghosts) and I
look forward to reading more of du Maurier’s books.
****America’s First Daughter (Fiction, S. Dray)
This is a LONG book and it’s a bit wordy especially in the
beginning. However, I really enjoyed it
and learned so much about Patsy Jefferson - her early years in Paris with her
father (and time spent with Abagail Adams) and then back home at Monticello and
then eventually acting as First Lady in the White House. She endured significant losses, had an
abusive husband, and took care of her father until his death. She was an amazing woman!
5-Star (0)
Total Books Read: 8 (6 fiction, 2 non-fiction)
DNF (Did Not Finish) : 4
The Dressmaker – stupid and frivolous
The Expats – I don’t think I’ve ever hated a main
character more than this one
Dark Corners – I couldn’t stomach how they talked
about how fat one of the characters had gotten and how disgusting she was
now. L
Heartless – I just could not get into this one,
and I tried a couple of times (because it’s Marissa Meyer!)
