Book Review #10

I've been reading, but I'm afraid I won't meet my goal this year of 35 books. (Insert nail biting cartoon here, I'm too lazy tonight to draw it) I blame the sweater I'm making and the my new iPad. Anyway....

Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt

Wow. Super powerful, completely depressing and hilarious at the same time. Incredible.

The Lake of Dreams - Kim Edwards

Her earlier book "Memory Keeper's Daughter" was better. This one was interesting, but I found the heroine became a little obsessive and at times just plain annoying. It took three borrows from the library to finish this one, I was always reading something else at the same time, it was a phase I went through. I'm over it now.

One Day - David Nichols

This was an impulse buy off Kobo. Light reading, an interesting love story but I was hoping for something more. Considering the description of the book, it sounded a little like Time Traveller's Wife so that's likely what hooked me. Alas. Overall: meh. I don't even have the drive to see the movie.

The Birth House - Ami McKay


This was a gift and it was also defended on Canada Reads so I was intrigued. It delivered, an interesting read. Any book with recipes at the end is a good bet.

State of Wonder - Ann Patchett

My second Ann Patchett book in the last couple months. I like her books, the plots are fast paced, but I do find that there is a lot of extra stuff in the middle that doesn't seem necessary. Still, I'll read more of her books in the future - from the library.

I attempted two books in the middle of all these and couldn't finish them because they were either too depressing (Mercy Among the Children - David Adams Richards) or too vanilla (The Happiness Project - Gretchen Rubin).

There were also three more, but I'll include them in my next book post. Happy reading out there!!