Sunday, October 28, 2012

A Red Herring Without Mustard

A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce, #3)A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley


I read the Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and it was amazing. Then struggled through The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag, (it took me like 2 months to read it). And now i am putting my foot down and not going to suffer through another one of these books. It's a shame that Bradley could not carry the story the same way that Sweetness was written. Oh well. Lesson learned no more Bradley books for me. (I only read to page 52 by the way which has taken me over 4 days to complete.)

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Call Me Russell

Call Me RussellCall Me Russell by Russell Peters
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Russell Peters is my favourite comedian but I did not expect his book to get on the various emotional levels that it did. Gave me a bigger appreciation for him as a person. When it comes to women he was a dick but he's got a fiancee right now so good luck to her. It was nice to see that even though he is completely hilarious he relates most things back to his family which are the most important thing to him. Ohhhhh Russell!

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Range of Motion

Range Of MotionRange Of Motion by Elizabeth Berg
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I have to say there were certain parts of this book that I really liked and found quite interesting, ie. when jay is trying to communicate while in a coma, the introduction and use of the character of Evie, how the children handled visiting their dad while he was in a coma and then how they handled when he returned home.

Elizabeth Berg has a way of writing that speaks to your soul and has you look at things that you may not have considered. I found it exceptional all the work that Lainey did when Jay was in a coma, ie. bringing and putting on his shoes, getting him into his regular clothes, the best was the spices. It truly conveyed the huge responsibility and amount of work that is needed when someone is in a coma. Now I'm sure that not everyone goes to the extent that Lainey did, but she was so keen on the idea that Jay would return to her with the aid of all these things that were familiar. Even though he didn't remember when she introduced such things it was still worth the effort. You could see this reflected in Lainey, the nurses that helped Jay and her best friend Alice.

However, i did not like the ending. I found the epilogue tied up all the loose ends too quickly, and there needed to be more explanation for certain things. That is why the book only got 3 stars. I also did not like the sub-story line of Alice and her husband. It was totally irrelevant and pointless at times.

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Monday, October 8, 2012

Let's Pretend This Never Happened

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True MemoirLet's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book was an absolute hoot. Jenny Lawson has the funniest interpretation of things, and the pics embedded in the chapters are quite hilarious. My favs were: James Garfield (the wild boar), Hamlet von Schnitzel (the mouse in shakespearan garb) and of course Jean Louise (The Cuban Alligator wearing a beret and is an amputee). Lawson gives such inanimate objects a personality and actually considers them true friends. Sounds kooky but it makes the book different then many others. The book was like the Glass Castle and Shit My Dad Says combined but with a little more outrageous flair. Definitely had me laughing out loud a lot when I was reading it. A nice break from the harshness of reality.

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