Books Read in May:
Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides:
2.5 Stars.
This was the book chosen for my Book Club in May. I was on holiday at the time so missed the meeting discussing it, but finished the book anyway. The book is well written, though it doesn’t seem so much to be a story at least not one with a clear ending. Though this is obviously on purpose, making the book read more like a memoir than a fiction, it did leave me feeling intimately disappointed after reading the rest of the book.
Favourite Quote: “‘Whoever named it morning sickness was a man,’ Lina declared. ‘He was just home in the morning to notice.’”
The Illumination of Ursula Flight – Anna Marie Crowhurst:
3 Stars.
I got this book to read from the Readers First website and my review of the book can be found here
The book is well written and generally quite quick to read, though the story is a bit slow and the ending did leave me a little disappointed.
Favourite Quote: “there was nothing I liked more than to see my own name drawn out by my own hand, and so I wrote it everywhere I could, including places I knew were forbidden”.
The Little Friend – Donna Tartt:
3 Stars.
I had had this book on my to read pile for over a year by the beginning of May so wanted to read it before I read anything else. If you are a fan of Donna Tartt’s writing then you will enjoy the writing in this story, though the story itself seemed a little convoluted and difficult to follow. I am glad I have read the book but will probably never read the book again.
Favourite Quote: “She did not care for children’s books in which the children grew up, as what “growing up” entailed (in life as in books) was a swift and inexplicable dwindling of character; out of a clear blue sky the heroes and heroines abandoned their adventures for some dull sweetheart, got married and had families, and generally started acting like a bunch of cows.”
TBR:
In June I will read:
War Storm – Victoria Aveyard:
This is the final book in The Red Queen series. The first book was my favourite book I read in 2015 and while I have read all the other books in the series including the short story prequels, the third book in the series was not as good as the first two. But I am invested in the series and need to finish this book this month so I can find out how everything turns out!
As They Say In Zanzibar – David Crystal:
This is essentially just a big book of proverbs from around the world and is a book I got from the library. I do linguistics and so when I went to the library for another book entirely, the chance to learn some proverbs from around the world was too good an opportunity to pass up.
City of Circles – Jess Richards:
This is the third book by an author I have met before and as this story is a love story set partly in a circus, I am looking forward to reading this book more than I was the first two.
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