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The Bookman’s Tale by Charlie Lovett (received through NetGalley)
- Next Life Might be Kinder by Howard Norman (received through Goodreads)
Recent Reviews:
The Untold by Courtney Collins (received through LibraryThing)
4 stars
Jessie Hickman was an Australian woman during the early
1900’s who traded a rough childhood for even harder life as a horse thief. Although a real person, this fictionalized
account is narrated by a very unusual yet fascinating voice and encapsulates a
moment in time in the Australian wilderness.
Efficiently written, this novel takes an interesting backstory and turns
it into an account of an extraordinary woman the two men who try to chase her
down. I usually like chunky novels with
lots of details but this novel excels at creating imagery out of subtlety and I
found it hard to put down. I received
this novel through LibraryThing.
The Martian by Andy Weir (received through Blogging for Books)
What if you are an astronaut on a space mission and were left for dead by your crew? What if you were left on a planet that takes almost an entire year to reach? That is the premise of The Martian which has become my favorite reading experience this year. Mark Watney, an engineer and botanist, is a member of the third space mission to Mars. Once abandoned on the red planet, he is forced to use every skill and piece of knowledge that he possesses in order to survive. The pure amount of information in this book is astounding and the descriptions of the landscape and isolation felt extremely realistic. I am not a scientist so some of this was over my head but that in no way detracted from my pleasure in reading this book (which I did in two evening while attached to my lazy boy with my mouth hanging open). I can only rave about this book so much and I don’t dare give away the plot points but I will say that if you are in the mood for an adventure than I highly recommend this book. I received this book from the Blogging for Book program in exchange for an honest review.
For an interesting interview with the author: http://crownpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/A-Conversation-with-Andy-Weir.pdf
Dualed (excerpt) by Elsie Chapman (Dualed #1) (received through NetGalley)
No star ranking
I received an excerpt for the first book in this series through NetGalley. It seems like a promising start to a series but the first chapter is a little bit confusing. I normally like a little bit more character introduction at the beginning instead of being thrown into the middle of a conversation. However, this is based solely on the first chapter and I will attempt to read the rest of the book eventually.
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