First book review! Last week I went to the local library to look at some crochet patterns. One book that particularly stood out to me was the Dutch book “Ik hou van Holland & haken”, which basically means “I love Holland and crochet”. This book contains lots of typical Dutch patterns – from a windmill… Read More Book Review: “Ik hou van Holland & haken”
The Golden Compass / Northern Lights by Philip Pullman Published by: Scholastic Point, July 1995 Pages: 399 Serie: His Dark Materials #1 Status: Read on December 6th, 2015 Goodreads Summary: Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford’s Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two… Read More Book Review: The Golden Compass
I had more than enough books on my to-read-list, but for some reason I still did this book challenge. I did not actually finish it and I read some books that I put in >1 category, but I think it’s close enough, since I did reach my goal of 50 books (actually read 51)! I… Read More 2015 Reading Challenge
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews Published by: Ace, April 2007 Pages: 260 Serie: Kate Daniels #1 Status: Read on December 1, 2015 Goodreads Summary: Atlanta would be a nice place to live, if it weren’t for magic… One moment magic dominates, and cars stall and guns fail. The next, technology takes over and the defensive… Read More Book Review: Magic Bites
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell Published by: St. Martin’s Press, February 2013 Pages: 328 Status: Read on November 23, 2015 Goodreads Summary: Two misfits. One extraordinary love. Eleanor… Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter… Read More Book Review: Eleanor and Park
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Published by: Broadway Books, August 2014 Pages: 560 Status: Read on February 12, 2015 Goodreads Summary: On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears… Read More Book Review: Gone Girl
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes Published by: Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, January 2012 Pages: 369 Serie: Me Before You #1 Status: Read on June 19, 2015 Goodreads Summary: Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered… Read More Book Review: Me Before You
Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch Published by: Balzer + Bray, October 2014 Pages: 416 Serie: Snow Like Ashes #1 Status: Read on June 30, 2015 Goodreads Summary: A heartbroken girl. A fierce warrior. A hero in the making. Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without… Read More Book Review: Snow Like Ashes
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Published by: Razorbill, October 2007 Pages: 288 Status: Read on July 1, 2015 Goodreads Summary:You can’t stop the future. You can’t rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret. . . is to press play. Clay Jensen doesn’t want anything to do with the tapes Hannah Baker… Read More Book Review: Thirteen Reasons Why
Where She Went by Gayle Forman Published by: Dutton Juvenile, April 2011 Pages: 264 Serie: If I Stay #2 Status: Read on March 5, 2015 Goodreads Summary: It’s been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam’s life forever. Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is… Read More Book Review: Where she went
Still Alice by Lisa Genova Published by: iUniverse, July 2007 Pages: 292 Status: Read on March 10, 2015 Goodreads Summary: Alice Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. At fifty years old, she’s a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a world-renowned expert in linguistics with a successful husband and… Read More Book Review: Still Alice