My rating: 3 of 5 stars to Neil Gaiman‘s Neverwhere, a fantasy full of quirky characters and commentary on society, published in 1996. This was another book group selection (not mine), but by someone who has very good taste in books. I’d never read Gaiman before, but he seems to beContinue Reading
My rating: 3 of 5 stars to Audrey Niffenegger‘s novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife, published in 2003 and later made into a movie. This one is a hard book for me to rate. There was so many great things in it, but there was also a lot that made me stepContinue Reading
My rating: 3 of 5 stars to I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan, a fiction novel with some elements of fantasy buried about. Sometimes I don’t know how books fall into my lap, sometimes I do. With this one, it flew in the wind, also known as a former book club, andContinue Reading
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams My rating: 3 of 5 stars From what I can tell, I’m not in the majority when it comes to rating The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. I’m giving it a 3, which means I still liked it…Continue Reading
My rating: 4 of 5 stars to The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien‘s first novel in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, later made into a billion dollar movie franchise. I count myself lucky to have been able to read this book before it became a movie, though I lovedContinue Reading
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book may describe my perfect job goal: to be able to enter a book and meet the characters, ensuring they are following the author’s original intentions and not “on-the-loose” due to some sort of villain. How amazingContinue Reading
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells My rating: 4 of 5 stars H.G. Wells‘s The Time Machine was required reading in high school for most when I was in 9th grade (about 25 years ago), and one of my teachers chose this book as 1 of 10 books we readContinue Reading
The Philosopher’s Apprentice by James K. Morrow My rating: 5 of 5 stars 5 stars to James K. Morrow‘s The Philosopher’s Apprentice. I found this book one afternoon while walking through a book store. It sounded like a good read so I added it to my new pile. It satContinue Reading