I’m linking up with Anne @ Modern Mrs. Darcy‘s linkup formerly known as twitterature. Now dubbed Quick Lit, the goal of the game is still the same: Share some mini book reviews for what you’ve been reading over the last month.
Here are 3 books I’ve read since last month, all three definitely worth fitting into your reading time before the new year rolls into town.
The Book Everyone’s Buzzing About:
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simion
This has been a much loved book around the blogosphere and I can see why. Although it took awhile to get used to the narrator’s voice which is as methodical and dry as you’d expect from a scientist with Asperger syndrome who decides for scientific reasons to find a wife. Not a girl friend, not true love, just a wife.
He makes a questionnaire for potential prospects to fill out to determine their qualifications for said position and conducts the whole thing like a scientific study. Then in true rom com fashion, he meets the perfect girl who doesn’t match any of said qualifications.
The story really clings to your heart after awhile – the author does a good job of fleshing out the characters, while remaining true to their inherent selves. I really, really enjoyed this one.
A Christmasy Classic:
Christmas with Anne by L.M. Montgomery
The perfect book for Anne Fans to curl up with during the holidays. There are two “Anne” stories and then several others that Montgomery wrote for magazines and newspapers over the years.
Each story is good, but the truth is they all tell basically the same story: Be good to people, even when they don’t deserve it. It’s better to give than to receive. Unexpected kindness is the best kind of kindness. Etc.
It occasionally borders on repetitive, but I still enjoyed each story and if you are a fan of Montgomery’s writing (and who isn’t?) you’ll probably enjoy this.
And One To Read With Your Kids:
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
I think I read this once before as a kid but it was even better reading it as an adult and parent. I read it with my 8 year old who thought the antics of the Herdmans was hysterical and I agree. This story has a lot of laugh out loud moments and a few heart string tugging moments as well. It’s a really cute story that will remind you of your own family and childhood even if you never knew a family like the Herdmans. Plus it’s a nice quick read with good flow for a read-a-loud.
A fitting ending to the series. The concept for the book’s overlying truths was fascinating and struck close to home with the Ebola outbreak all over the news as I was reading this. There are a lot of small details of this book that made it stick with me and linger throughout the day even when I wasn’t reading and weeks later I still think of it often.
A how to guide for starting your own political party meets political memoir meets soapbox. Some chapters of this book were more interesting than others and occasionally it felt a overly self praising, but overall it was interesting and informative and I definitely know a lot more about Gnarr, Reykjavik and politics than I did before reading.
Much like the other Rainbow Rowell books I’ve read, my only complaint with this book is that her writing tends to turn me into an obsessive junkie that must read the entire book in basically one sitting. Rowell’s characters have a way of becoming very dear to you very quickly and I cannot help but relate to them, even if we have little in common.
I loved this movie as a child but I either remember VERY little about the actual plot or the movie is vastly different from the book (or books as apparently Bedknob & Broomstick was originally two books). I thought the stories were interesting but something in the writing fell flat for me and it took me awhile to finish reading.
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