A coworker lent me this. It was so nice of her, especially since she hadn't read it yet. I enjoyed some of the stories in the book, but not all. Tom Hanks has a voice of his own, but since I can hardly consider myself qualified to judge short stories, I'll just say that they are a nice read. As always, I don't like reading more than one at a time. The presence of a typewriter in each story was a nice touch.
4*
(reread)
Since I got to read Us Against You by Backman this year, I thought it best to refresh my memory by rereading Beartown. Same love, happy to report.
Here's my review of the book.
The same coworker lent me this one as well. Jodi Picoult is her favourite author, and she told me to read this. It was good.
Again, I was taken by surprise by Jodi Picoult, but I picked this book up ready to be surprised. I was amazed by the thorough research that was done for this novel, and the way it tied elephants' lives to those of the characters'. I was expecting something very cheesy, but it wasn't so, thankfully.
I didn't like every character, nor every choice they made, but the novel was engrossing enough to keep me interested and turning one more page. I did think there were a few cliches, though, but those can be overlooked if you are more interested in the plot and how it ends rather than in depth and novel analysis.
Maybe it's a good idea to pick something lighter after you finish reading this novel.
4*
It was very boring. Very. Every character annoyed me, Prince Ralian is nothing a King of Narnia should be, the Marsh-Wiggle lost its funny whining after a while, the kids were nothing like a Son of Adam and Daughter of Eve should be. I kept waiting for more of Aslan, but I waited in vain.
I spent two months reading this, and during those two months I finished reading three other books. That should tell you how much I didn't like the book.
1*
(maybe Narnia is not for me; I only liked the first 3 books in the series)
At last! I can say I have read the Chronicles of Narnia. It was nice, it brought closure. I sure liked it better than the previous one in the series.
4*
I have watched all of Ken Robinson's TED talks and I love them! He's smart, creative, funny, and can deliver a message clearly. If you have watched Ken Robinson's TED talks you will read this book with his voice in your head. Just be warned. Some of the things and stories he shares in this book I've heard before in his talks, but no matter; it's Ken Robinson.
I plan to read his other books as well and continue fangirling.
4*
I first heard about this book from Ben Stuart during one of his sermons at Breakaway. It is a memoir of a father whose son is addicted to drugs. It's sad and frustrating, informative and mind blowing. It's hard sometimes, but worth reading, although it started to drag too long at one point.
2*
I learned about this book from Joanna Goddard. If you liked When Breath Becomes Air, you will also like this. However, The Bright Hour is a different voice, the essays read more smoothly, there is humour throughout the book. I liked this a lot. At various points while reading I was surprised to realise that the author is dead. It was a surprising thing every time.
4*
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