The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman I fell in love with this book the moment I started reading it. It had been a long time since I had read a Neil Gaiman novel and I was reminded how much I enjoyed his writing. This story...
The Husband’s Secret
The Husband’s Secret Liane Moriarty I mostly wanted to read this story to learn about the secret. I had to know. As I went along in the book, it became less important about the actual secret. I wanted to know how the three main women and how all the people in their...
April Update for My Bookshelf
I have updated My Bookshelf with the books I’m currently reading: ...
Outlander (Outlander #1)
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon I’ve had a good friend talk about this book for years. Romance isn’t really a genre that I read. She had mentioned it had to do with time travel (briefly) and there was a lot of action and adventure in the Scottish Highlands. I still...
The Luminaries
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton Set in 1865-1866 in New Zealand during the gold rush, 13 men try to solve a bunch of local mysteries, involving an opium-addicted whore, a missing prospector, a recently deceased man with a wife that no one knew about and a scarred man...
Divergent
Divergent by Veronica Roth I had no intention to read a Hunger Games knock-off. I kept hearing it was good and when I read what it was about, it did intrigue me, even though the factions seemed arbitrary. I read this the same time as some friends on Twitter...
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Fire and Ice #3)
A Storm of Sword by George R.R. Martin It is not the book’s fault that it took me almost a year to read it. It is long but I did start reading it when I started watching the third season of Game of Thrones. I wanted to be surprised...
LaBrava
LaBrava by Elmore Leonard This was my first Elmore Leonard book, even though I don’t know what took me so long since I really enjoyed Out of Sight, Karen Sisco, and Justified. I liked how those characters were really good at one or two things, but also had some...
Building Stories
Building Stories by Chris Ware I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I picked up this graphic novel at the comic book store. It came in a huge box. It had 14 different pieces to it. They ranged from small books to newspapers to pamphlets....
The Orphan Master’s Son
The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson I was interested in this book since it was about a country that I don’t know much about, North Korea. Unfortunately, the author tried but doesn’t know as much as he wishes he did and that comes through. I couldn’t trust...