I havent updated my book reading list since August, so I decided its probably time to do a wrap up for September, October and November!! Thanks to goodreads I actually remeber all the books I have read!
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
At the beginning of this book I wasn't sure I would like it. It seemed to go slow but as it went on I began to love it. While it seems they had the means and knowledge to farm, it might seem impossible to do but I didn't care, I want to learn. I was totally inspired and think I will make this a yearly read! My favorite food book so far!!
Bittersweet by Shauna Niequist
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I thought this book was good in some places but most of the time I was bored. It's nice to hear about friendships but some just felt shoved in to include everyone.
The book reads like individual blog post and chapters don't really flow. It's a nice change for some but just to disconnected for me.
Additional October Reads:
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I loved this book! I just started a new book club and decided this would be the first book we would read thanks to a couple of the girls raving about it. I am so glad they did because this book truly is a masterpiece. My heart ached so many times but in every way imaginable. I could not stop reading the book, I wanted to know more and more about each persons development. Each character had flaws but that really is what made them beautiful. I have decided my next year reading goal is going to be reading some more classic masterpieces.
Are You My Guru?: How Medicine, Meditation & Madonna Saved My Life by Wendy Shanker
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I think this really opened my eyes up to someone living with a lifelong disease. Her trials and tribulations were hard and I tried to imagine the cards she had been dealt. It was inspiring to say the least and she really fought her battle and I loved how she decided her body knew what was right. Everyone might have thought she had the perfect career and what not but in the end she realized that didn't matter. It takes a strong person to see that!
I am suppose to be reading Sh*t My Dad Says
but for me its a hard book to read in a sitting. This one needs to be like one chapater a week to not annoy me too much. Its a cute book and has fun little stories but I would be rolling my eyes if I read them all together!
Additional November Reads:
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a really cute book, Mindy is adorable and a genius! I totally find her different than Tina Fey but just as likable. It is funny because in the book she talks about how she is different than her character on the office but I still kept thinking she was Kelly!
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book really changed my idea on how I want to run. The beginning was a little bit slow but as it went on the weaving through stories, I fell in love. The information just seemed to make sense and I kept thinking wow, these people are amazing. I will never been any of these amazing ultra runners but for the first time ever my mind thought, i want to run an ultra! Only a few books really make me want to change the way I am and this was one of them!
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I just cant give this book more than 4 stars, I think I really would do 3.50. The beginning was so hard to get into that the first 200 or so pages were killing me. I wanted to put the book down but this past month I have realized that I miss out on some good books doing that, so I tracked on. I am glad I did because I really did love the middle of the book, it was great but the way the story ends was just too depressing to me and back to the boring financial talk. I know I should have liked it more than I did but I was engrossed in thinking how horrible people are and how it would be hard to watch a movie like this.
The Hunger Games by
Suzanne Collins My rating:
3 of 5 stars When I first heard about this book, I had no desire to actually read it. Everyone told me that while the premise of the book is odd sounding, it is worth a read so I decided to give it a try. I enjoyed how well written the book was and the plot was interesting (with a few holes that make it a bit unbelievable but still a good read. I haven't read the second books but I have a feeling they will not be a good as this one, because the end was starting to show its weakness.
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this book because anything relating to the holocaust is so interesting to me. I hope that I never witness how humans where able to do the things they did during that time period but I feel like these books give an idea of the lives that have been changed from it. I liked how the two main characters stories inter-weaved together, its seemed like a good flow. With that said thought, I do think anything regarding her husband was so out of place and just didn't fit in the book.
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I thought this books realness was so understandable. It made me see people with manic depression in a new way. The story went back and forth through characters to weave them together but at times I felt they were so disconnected even when they were not suppose to be. I think a few things where thrown in and very underdeveloped they could have been left out but the story was good and the writing was great.
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