Last Book You Read and Your Review of It

[Miriel]

Some of these aren't super recent, but they're all books I've read in the last 3 months. Going from best to worst:



Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford
Re-read this one. Read it years ago but lost the book. Bought it again cause it's SO FREAKIN' FUNNY! It's one of those books that literally makes me laugh out loud. Cannot eat snacks while reading this book cause I'll spit it out. And it's awful because the book also makes you crazy hungry. It's funny, inspiring, educational. Really one of my all time favorites.

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
READ IT! It's such a fascinating read. Every half page or so, I'd stop and be like, "OMG DID YOU KNOW THAT.." to my boyfriend. It's full of crazy, gross, enlightening material. I feel like everyone should read this book. It should be mandatory.

Atonement by Ian McEwan
Beautiful.



The Hunger Games & Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
YA books, so they're really fast reads. I enjoyed it a lot though. It's pretty much a copy of Battle Royale, but who cares? I still liked the ride, even though it was pretty gruesome. Looking forward to the 3rd part in the trilogy to come out.

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Didn't think I'd like it, ended up really enjoying it. Nice easy read. The audiobook is even better! One of the best I've ever listened to.



What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng by Dave Eggers
The writing style was sometimes quirky and nice, other times it just felt too forced. But overall, I enjoyed the story, even though it made me sad. I do wonder though what the story would have been like if Achak had written it in his own voice, rather than telling his story to Dave Eggers and having him write it.


The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - by Stieg Larsson
Soooo many people love this book! Read it for my book club and everyone else loved it. I thought it was ok. I'm just not into murder/mystery type books I guess.



Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Latest installment in the Sookie Stackhouse, Southern Vampire series. Took me like 2 hours to read? I thought it was kinda empty and boring. But Sookie/Eric action always makes me happy. Crazy how fast the author churns out these books.

Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
Meh. The first book the the The Belgariad series. Didn't really make me all that interested to read the books that follow.




Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Hated the main character. Awful awful man. And he was supposed to be the hero? Only good thing about this book is the author's wonderful way with words.

Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
One of the worst books I've ever read. Please, avoid.