Wednesday, November 2, 2011

#0082A Before I Go to Sleep - S. J. Watson

I think I heard of this book from NPR's website or maybe it was really huge on Amazon. I'm not entirely sure. It was a kindle book, I know that. Since I'm so far back, I don't know how much I'll remember most of these books. I tend to forget what I read after I start a new one. I can tell you if the book was good or not, but things kind of spiral together into some mush.

I bought this book full price from Amazon, so I was really interested in the material. Woman wakes us and she's way older and she's sleeping next to a man she doesn't know. She comes to find out that she lives her life day to day and at when she goes to sleep, at the end of the day, she starts over again. She does not remember a thing. I guess you can say it's similar to Adam Sandler's 50 First Dates except this isn't a comedy.

The book was a little weird. I figured it out before Watson clued you in. I can't even remember how it ended so I must had not thought it was too great. Quick read, I remember. My GoodReads says I gave it 4 stars so it's not too horrible.

#0081A Eating the Dinosaur - Chuck Klosterman

I realize that I haven't been posting recently. I'm still trucking along reading almost everyday and I"m 17 books behind. I get busy and don't see home much. But today I am home and going to try to update as much and frequent as possible.

Eating the Dinosaur...I seriously bought this book because of the cover. What is that saying? "You can't judge a book by it's cover"? I'm not really sure what I read here. Even finishing I was a bit confused and if you are interested in this book, try reading the back. It seems like the author didn't know what was going on. It's mostly short essays of what it is important or interesting to Klosterman. Some were quite interesting to me except for one on sports, and even then it tells, in the first paragraph, what the essay is about and tells you that it's fine to skip it. I did. I don't enjoy sports, but I'm entitled to my own likes and dislikes so I'm sure if you are a fan of sports then the essay was fine. Would I read any more Klosterman books? If they are all just full of essays then probably not. I'm looking for a good story, good information. I"m not really looking for reading random things all in one book. It was, however, written well and it held my attention so 3 stars

Monday, August 29, 2011

#0080A You Suck - Christopher Moore

Guess who read ANOTHER Christopher Moore book? Ahhh book 2 of Moore's love story. This was another find at the used bookstore :) Although cheap, I was a little more disappointed in this book. It seemed to drag on in certain spots. They added a new character which I liked a whole lot. Abby Normal was probably the best part of this book, in my opinion.

I was also told that this book was the worst out of the three and since a friend bought me the 3rd book "Bite Me" as a birthday present, I will surely read that one too. I love the way Moore writes. I love smart asses in general and he's becoming one of my favorite authors. 3 stars

Saturday, August 13, 2011

#0079A The 5 People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom

I really wouldn't have read this book if a certain person wouldn't have told me to read it. It was a little disappointed with the other book that I read by Mitch Albom. But hey, I'll give him another shot since I was recommended

I'm so behind in making posts that I'm not remembering too much. I am still up to date on a book a week I'm just 8 books behind on writing about. I'm flying through books and really enjoying them or not and then I forget soon after because I've read so many books this year. Things are not soaking in like usual. I do recommend this book and it has a nice outlook and surprisingly it did not make me cry. I don't like sad books and there is a part in here that if I didn't pull myself out of the book, then it could have been bad for me. I have probably mentioned before that I become the characters, so if something horrible happens to them, it happens to me. That's why the ending is so important to me. It has to turn out well.

If this could possibly be true ever, I wonder who my five people are. 4 stars



#0078A Will Grayson, Will Grayson - John Green and David Levighan

Will Grayson, meet Will Grayson. Two different boys from two different cities meet unexpectedly and accidentally, who have the same name. This book was very cute and it just showed me that boys are just as complicated as girls are...well sometimes. Everyone is just trying to fit in and find that special person to share it with. People go in and out of your life all the time and sometimes you just have to grab on to them and not let go. And sometimes you can't choose who your friends are, but in the end you would pick them anyway. It's okay to tell your best friend that you love them. 4 stars

#0077A Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

I can honestly say that I should have wrote down about this book before reading more. This is just the second book of the Hunger Games and I remember I enjoyed it, but I seriously can't remember too much (I just finished Mockingjay and I have that more on my mind than this one) I wouldn't take this review into account if you haven't read it. But I recommend it. I feel like I can still give it a star because I still wanted more of the story after I finished. 4 star

#0076A Lamb - Christopher Moore

I'm a little behind, but I've had no internet in over a month and it's really hard to keep up writing when there's that factor. I'm still reading a book a week though.

This is one of my favorites out of 76 books this far. This is a (fictional) story of Jesus' life, through the eyes of his childhood pal, Biff. Moore offers an insight to what could have happened between when Joshua (Jesus) was born until he was 30, since they don't cover that too much in the Bible.

I like how Moore catches Joshua's sense of humor and I would like to think that Joshua was like this in real life. Now, about Biff. He's a...character all right. He's like the friend that you have that gets you into trouble and is a complete jerk, but he's your jerk, so it's okay. If you have a good sense of humor and don't take this book to heart then you'll love it. 5 stars