It is an extremely rare occurrence that I will start a book and decide not to continue on, but that is just what happened the other day. I had been wanting to read Interview with a Jewish vampire by Erica Manfred for a while because it sounded like it had potential to be rather funny, and it might be... But I stopped after just a few pages because the book was just too overbearing. Between its too strong an attempt to identify as Jewish and its ridiculous romantic scenes - I want to say love scenes but I stopped reading because it was just so bad.
The story had promise and I really wanted to trek on and see how the actual plot played out but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Perhaps in the future i'll make another attempt but for now, it's a book started and not to be finished.
Friday, January 29, 2016
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
It's a small world - Virunga National Park
I had never heard of Virunga National Park in Africa until reading The Chimera Sequence by Elliott Garber just a few weeks ago. Today while browsing stories on CNN I came across a story of a little boy who was attacked by a chimp near Virunga National Park who is now getting much needed medical treatment so he can hopefully live a somewhat normal life. (Story on CNN)
While reading the story on CNN I found out there is a documentary on Netflix about Virunga and the plight to save the endangered mountain gorillas living there. (http://virungamovie.com/) I will be watching this documentary in the near future as i'm sure it will fascinating, especially after having just read a book that partially takes place there.
Obviously, this is not a book review but since all these things are related to the book that I read, and if it wasn't for the book I wouldn't have heard about Virunga until reading the article about the little boy, and then I probably wouldn't be as interested in watching the documentary since those usually aren't my thing, I find it pretty interesting. Ok, run on sentence/rant about it being a small world due to the internet and being able to read about/ learn about just about anything from the convenience of your own home!
While reading the story on CNN I found out there is a documentary on Netflix about Virunga and the plight to save the endangered mountain gorillas living there. (http://virungamovie.com/) I will be watching this documentary in the near future as i'm sure it will fascinating, especially after having just read a book that partially takes place there.
Obviously, this is not a book review but since all these things are related to the book that I read, and if it wasn't for the book I wouldn't have heard about Virunga until reading the article about the little boy, and then I probably wouldn't be as interested in watching the documentary since those usually aren't my thing, I find it pretty interesting. Ok, run on sentence/rant about it being a small world due to the internet and being able to read about/ learn about just about anything from the convenience of your own home!
Monday, January 4, 2016
Off to a good start, first book done! (Red Moon Rising by Tristan J. Tarwater)
It's been quite sometime since I read the prequel and first two books in this series but I remember finding them an enjoyable read with interesting characters and a good plot which is why I wanted to continue on with the third book in the series: Red Moon Rising.
The previous book ended with Tavera's mentor/father figure getting caught and thrown in jail after a heist gone wrong so one would imagine that this book would be all about her finding a way to break him out and rescue him. It turned out to be a completely different story than I was expecting, and while it did involve a rescue - it just wasn't Derk that was being rescued.
This book did a great job further developing Tavera's character and having her figure out who she is and who she wants to be without Derk or anyone else from The Cup to guide/help her. It starts out with Tavera being extremely secretive and just trying to swindle herself and warm bed, some beer and food before she moves on to another town but the nice barkeep convinced her to stay. From there it could have turned into something romantic, instead it turns into an adventure with magic of some sort, clues to follow and a bunch weird cultists.
Once they set out on their rescue mission the book gets very lively, before that it has a more laid back tone with a lot of intrigue rather than action that keeps you reading. I would have given this book 5 stars, but the editing starts to go down hill a bit once you get about half way through. It's not bad enough to really distract from the book too much, just a little annoying at times.
I'm now 1/5 of the way to my goal of reading 5 books this year which is really awesome because i'm about to get bogged down with school. Hoping I can finish at least one book during the semester but only time will tell.
The previous book ended with Tavera's mentor/father figure getting caught and thrown in jail after a heist gone wrong so one would imagine that this book would be all about her finding a way to break him out and rescue him. It turned out to be a completely different story than I was expecting, and while it did involve a rescue - it just wasn't Derk that was being rescued.
This book did a great job further developing Tavera's character and having her figure out who she is and who she wants to be without Derk or anyone else from The Cup to guide/help her. It starts out with Tavera being extremely secretive and just trying to swindle herself and warm bed, some beer and food before she moves on to another town but the nice barkeep convinced her to stay. From there it could have turned into something romantic, instead it turns into an adventure with magic of some sort, clues to follow and a bunch weird cultists.
Once they set out on their rescue mission the book gets very lively, before that it has a more laid back tone with a lot of intrigue rather than action that keeps you reading. I would have given this book 5 stars, but the editing starts to go down hill a bit once you get about half way through. It's not bad enough to really distract from the book too much, just a little annoying at times.
I'm now 1/5 of the way to my goal of reading 5 books this year which is really awesome because i'm about to get bogged down with school. Hoping I can finish at least one book during the semester but only time will tell.
Saturday, January 2, 2016
Setting the bar low for 2016
Every year since joining Goodreads i've done one of their yearly reading challenges. Every year i've set crazy ridiculous goals of reading 100 books a year. Every year i've failed miserably at reaching my goal. Last year I went a lot easier and lowered it to just 15 books, but still I failed. This is going to be the year that I reach my goal, so i'm setting it super low, with just a measly 5 books as my target. I'm hoping to maybe eclipse that goal, but i'll be content simply to reach it.
Book #1 is Red Moon Rising by Tristan J. Tarwater. It is book three in the series, of which I read the rest several years ago when my original blog was up and running. They were very enjoyable books so i've decided to continue on with the series.
As for the other four books i'm going to attempt to read this year I haven't picked them out but i'm really, really, really hoping that one of them is going to be the next book in Game of Thrones, but i'm also not going to hold my breath on that one :(
Book #1 is Red Moon Rising by Tristan J. Tarwater. It is book three in the series, of which I read the rest several years ago when my original blog was up and running. They were very enjoyable books so i've decided to continue on with the series.
As for the other four books i'm going to attempt to read this year I haven't picked them out but i'm really, really, really hoping that one of them is going to be the next book in Game of Thrones, but i'm also not going to hold my breath on that one :(
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