false 37 516 507 true 5635847 read 1 true 2287826 currently-reading 8 true 2287825 to-read 154 false 2291599 loved- 133 false 2297701 kids 101 false 2297261 liked 85 false 2298159 mystery 68 false 2451649 most-recent 61 false 2298687 picture-books 49 false 2298129 ambivalent 48 false 2298032 hated 37 false 2379961 didn-t-finish 26 false 2313669 horror 11 false 2301191 non-fiction 10 false 2298754 holiday 3 false 2298397 short-stories http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78451949 to: We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback) by Shirley Jackson
bookshelves: liked
OK, I said I was going to start John The Revelator, but then this came up on my library list and I had to start it. My book does not have the Addams Family looking chicks on the cover, though, it's even weirder, it's like this Laura Ashley floral print hard cover, like what was on my childhood copy of Heidi. That alone is odd enough that it made my otherwise quite unobservant husband ask, "What the deal with this book? It looks really weird."

It was a creepy book. No real plot surprises, because either it was kind of predictable or has been ripped off so many times since it was first published. But, the writing was good and the characters new and deep enough to keep you interested, even if you had an idea where it was headed. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78357972 John the Revelator (Paperback) by Peter Murphy
bookshelves: currently-reading
Going to give it my three chapter minimum and see how it goes. Shrug. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78268378 to: The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1) by Terry Pratchett
bookshelves: ambivalent, didn-t-finish
Just not my thing. It seems very Doug Adams-esque, which is fine, it's just not something that I really care for. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77529408 to: Breakfast at Tiffany's (Paperback) by Truman Capote
bookshelves: loved-
Well, I loved it. I don't know why I never got to it sooner. But, it was perfect. His description of a woman with Borderline Personality Disorder was dead-on. Glamorous, witty, fun, lonely, desperate and dangerous.

I didn't read the other short stories in the book though, because while I loved this and loved the other Capote I've read, he's just so sad, and I'm not really in the mood for sad right now.

I'm reluctant to watch the movie. At least for a while. I need to give this time to sit and fade a little before I watch someone else's interpretation of it. Plus, I hear that the movie ending is totally different, which wouldn't make it the same story at all. It had to end the way that it did, otherwise it would have changed everything. And, they named the narrator in the movie. It seemed kind of meaningful that the narrator left his name out of the story in the novella version. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76566560 to: The Magicians (Hardcover) by Lev Grossman
bookshelves: liked
I ended up liking the book a whole lot. It was its own thing, but with definite nods towards Harry Potter and Narnia, but with mature characters, which made it very fun. It was a very creative, very well-written and very dense book, that I looked forward to getting into every day. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75078739 Lynn's review of Interesting Times (Discworld, #17)
by Terry Pratchett

Oooh, I will keep that in mind. See, I just read American Gods, it was my first Gaiman book, and I saw that he and Terry Pratchett worked together on some things, so I feel like I'm entering a whole new world with this stuff! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76289029 to: Keeper of Light and Dust (Hardcover) by Natasha Mostert
bookshelves: didn-t-finish
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75367143 to: Hater (Paperback) by David Moody
bookshelves: horror
The writing wasn't terrible, but it took a long time for the story to get to where it needed to be, and then it just ended with a "to be continued..." There was a lot of repetitive ruminating on the part of the main character, when instead the plot could have been moving along its rather cliched and predictable track. In the end, there were no answers or explanations, really, which was my one hope for the book, that it would maybe have a stellar ending where all was revealed. Nope. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75466951 to: Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember (Hardcover) by Steve Jenkins
I'm actually waiting for this book to be delivered to my library from the MN-Link intra-library system and honestly, I can't wait. I seriously cannot wait. I am terrified that between now and when it arrives I will come across a platypus or cone shell or some other animal and do exactly the wrong thing and be killed within moments. I'm not sure how we all live our lives without this book.

Katie is doing this assignment in her class called Read-O. It's like Bingo but with books. There's a chart with genres filled out and she has to read books in certain genres to get a Read-O. One of the genres she needs is "Non-fiction animal book." I think this will meet that criteria... and possibly save all our lives as well! ]]>