Articles tagged with: book review
Haldecraft Book Review – Watership Down
Watership Down by Richard Adams
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Technically a re-read, and if you want to get really technical about it, it’s a listen; I bought the audio book to listen to while working.
As …
Haldecraft Book Review – Mockingjay
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Here is what I wonder, sometimes, having grown up around writers. I wonder if the idea is there, but not fully formed, but the writer is getting …
Haldecraft Book Review – Catching Fire
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Even when you win, you lose.
Or, at least that is what President Snow would like to drill into Katniss, who spends a good portion of the …
Haldecraft Book Review – The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
If I were still a 13-year old girl I probably would have stayed up all night to read this book. As it is, I’m 42… …
2012 Spring New Voices Awards – Children and Teens Books
For the past few months, the 2012 New Voices Committee has been hard at work, reading more than 80 titles by first-time authors.
Their task? To pick the top debuts published between January 1 and June …
All About Emily
All about Emily by Connie Willis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A nice little appetizer to much upon while waiting for the next big book. This is a quick read – I devoured it in one …
Sacred Clowns
Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Again, totally reading these out of order. Or should I say, re-reading them, as I read most if not all of them in my early 20s.
More …
World Made by Hand
World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Technically the audio version, which I listed to while walking the dog and/or working in the ceramic studio.
I didn’t like this as much …
The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries – Book Review
The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries: The Blessing Way / Dance Hall of the Dead / Listening Woman (Navajo Mysteries, #1-3) by Tony Hillerman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Technically a re-read, as I first picked them up …
Black Coffee – Book Review
Black Coffee by Agatha Christie
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Chose in a pinch as I was in between other books, and as I hadn’t read any Agatha Christie in years I’m glad I picked it …
Halting State
Halting State by Charles Stross
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
From what I’ve gathered on other people’s review of this book, either you really dug it or the fact that it was written in second person …
Earthbound
It felt a little unfair for me to review this book. BUY THIS BOOK! MY UNCA WROTE IT! (I was afraid anything I might say would sound like that, no matter how I phrased it.)
Plus, …
A Clash of Kings
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Again, a re-read… or should I say a “re-listen” since I have it on audio in the car.
Perhaps it’s having seen the HBO …
A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle
A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
While personally this book had me at “Roddy Doyle,” I tried to read it objectively even though all I had to do was …
Behind Time
Behind Time by Lynn Abbey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I mentioned in my review of Out of Time that I fell into it like I hadn’t with a book in a while; which is why …
Duel Roles
Duel Roles by William Hatfield
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book picks up pretty much exactly where the first one left off, and carries on at much the same pace. If you liked the first …
