so it's been a touch over 2 years since my last blog entry. my last post was a list of books I wanted to read. Out of that list I have since read:
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult - I found this book interesting, especially since a lot of the book has to do with dog racing in Alaska, which I had no idea was a part of the book when I started reading it. A lot of times when Alaska is used as a setting, I immediately turn on my critic switch, ready to dispel any myths that are about to be presented in the forthcoming pages. However, with this book I remember being pleasantly surprised that it was well written and seemed to be well researched as well. I haven't ready anything else by Jodi Picoult, but I may give her another chance in the future.
White Noise by Don Delilo - I remember reading this book but also remember it being kind of depressing. I didn't really feel any connection to any of the characters and found them all to be just sad.
The Servants by Michael Marshall Smith - I just finished this one recently. I received it from my sister for Christmas this past year. I enjoyed this book even though it, too was kind of sad. It had to do with a little boy and his mother who had cancer. I thought it was an accurate reflection of what a child might be feeling and how he comes around to understanding in the end.
I do have The Historian on my bookshelf ready to be read but I think I had started it and then got bored... maybe will have to revisit it.
I spent Christmas break reading all of The Hunger Games books, as well as Matched . All of these are categorized Young Adult Fiction. I really really really enjoyed all of these books. Prior to those books I read the entire Millennium Trilogy (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, etc.) and really enjoyed those as well. I am very much looking forward to these books being made into American movies. I have watched the Swedish subtitled versions and enjoyed them as well.
After those engrossing series, I read Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, which was extremely entertaining and enlightening. Some of the things I felt I could relate with the author on, although of course her childhood experiences were very much more intense than mine. I'm sure all of us have times of extreme embarrassment caused by what our parents make us wear, or how they cut our hair, or what we are allowed to do or not do or listen to, etc.
I felt like continuing on in a lighthearted vein so I read Jennifer Weiner's Best Friends Forever. I enjoy everything she writes.
Since I finished her book at a time when I could not go to the store to pick up a new book, i revisited my bookshelf in search of something to re-read. I found The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro and remembered that I had brought it along with me a few years back on a trip to Seattle. I had read about a third of it, and had gotten bored with it. But that night on revisiting the bookshelf, decided to give it another go. I really enjoyed it this time. I event put the movie in our queue, so will be watching that soon, too.
Oh, and I also read Never Let Me Go also by Kazuo Ishiguro, which I enjoyed too. Thought provoking about human rights and all that. Movie is for rent on-demand right now. I'll probably do that.
Right now I'm reading I Am Number Four, another young adult selection.
