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Making the Moose Out of Life by Nicholas OldlandMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Pictures are more fun than the actual story.
The Bear in the Book by Kate BanksMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
Eh. OK but I didn't love it.
Seizure by Kathy ReichsMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Read on the (hopefully) tail end of a monster headache so maybe that is why I'm giving it a 3 instead of a 4.
I mean ... it's fun. Pirates! Ghost tours! Secret tunnels!
Just something didn't quite gel for me.
Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search for a Cure by Jim MurphyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I thought it was quite interesting ... but with one caveat. I am the daughter of a doctor in public health. I grew up hearing about and watching concerns of spreading diseases and the importance of taking medications properly as well as getting vaccinations. There were some great primary source photographs and ads sprinkled throughout the pages. Plus I love reading historical fiction where consumption or delicate constitutions often played a part in the storyline.
If I did not have that background I'm not sure I would have found this as fascinating, though. Can't quite put my finger on or. Something about the delivery was not as compelling as, for example, JM's book about the great Chicago fire.
A Christmas Garland: A Novel by Anne PerryMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Anne Perry is one of my favorite writers. She conveys such a sense of place .... whether it be on the dank foggy streets of London, a barge on the Thames, or in India.
Interesting to meet Narraway as a younger man.
Just a lot of ... philosophical rumblings in this one. SOME would be important to the story. I just sort of feel like there was so much it distracted from the story.
The False Prince by Jennifer A. NielsenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
While the constant influx of fantasy "series" may get a little tiresome ... this one still WORKS. WIth a nice twist I didn't see coming. Maybe I should have but I didn't. ;]
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MY MANY READING PLANS FOR THE WEEK--Will I make a dent in this stack? ;]
The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver
Son by Lois Lowry
The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George
In A Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz(FINALLY! I started it on Netgalley but the E-ARC was more than a little frustrating so I gave up. :/)
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
The Second Spy by Jacqueline West
Benjamin Franklinstein Meets Thomas Deadison by Matthew McElligottHappy Reading! And Happy Thanksgiving Week!
I thought the Murphy tuberculosis one was really interesting, and I have NO public health background at all. Even some of my students have enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteReally? Hmmm. This is why I am a rubbish book reviewer. Can't always figure out why a gut feeling is a gut feeling. Or justify it. But I'm glad you and your students liked it anyway.
DeleteI LOVED I Hunt Killers. It's a refreshing change from all the crazy sci-fi/dystopian melodrama (which I totally love). Here is my list http://wp.me/pzUn5-1jm
ReplyDeleteWe have some similar reading plans! I just picked up a stack from the library!
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the books you have been reading, and the ones you hope to read this week! It's a long list. Some of them are on my TBR pile, too.
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
Hello there Miss O, looks like you have a lot of reading to do this week, wow! Son by Lois Lowry should definitely be among the first on the list. I have half a mind to re-read the entire Giver series before I sink my teeth on this one. Would probably read it with my ten year old daughter, I'm sure I'd see a different facet of the book this time around.
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