Last Book You Read and Your Review of It

[rubah]

Arthur Conan Doyle - Study in Scarlet

the first Sherlock Holmes novel introduces holmes and watson and takes us along the murder case of Enoch Drebber.

It was pretty awesome. I've never read any sherlock holmes so I'm just familiar with the charicatures of him that have showed up through the decades since these were published. It turns out he is a solitary, almost cocky, meticulous person.

It's a lot of fun to see how forensic science has progressed from a hundred years ago; how much sheer chemistry has been developed since then.

[spoilers]it even has MORMONS. I totally didn't see that coming. It was so interesting to see a portrait of the West by an englishman[/spoiler]

[I Took the Red Pill]

The Master and Margarita - One of the best things I've ever read. That's 'bout all I gotta say.

[rubah]

I got Madeleine L'Engle's A Wind in the Door through BookMooch: exchange books and trade them, like a book swap or book barter and was completely unimpressed with it.

I liked Wrinkle and Swiftly Turning Planet well enough, but Wind in the Door seems terribly predictable, and obsessed over the fractal view of existence. Perhaps if I had read it when I was younger I would've at least had the happiness that comes with nostalgia in these cases

[redxiiii]

The Picture of Dorian Gray-Oscar Wilde A glorious read, I loved it, literature at its most articulate. Long live Lord Wotton!

[Rye]

The Hand Maiden's Tale - Margaret Atwood

My first Atwood novel. Dsytopian literature at its best and a very interesting foray into feminist lit without it being too much. The historical and psychological aspects of it were fantastic. What an imagination. I have to argue that I think this may be a better dystopian novel than A Brave New World.

[krissy]

The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite

pretty typical superhero family with family issues drama with tongue-in-cheek commentary about the genre and high brow glances at evolutionary degrees of freedom between monkeys and humans. 7 magic kids adopted and raised by cold eccentric millionaire who trains them to be a superhero force, years later come apart at the seams after his death; some struggle to live a normal life, others struggle to appease whatever daddy issues they had with their 'father'.

some interesting art direction. i would have like it far more if the dialogue had been better, probably.

6/10

[Raistlin]

I liked Wrinkle and Swiftly Turning Planet well enough, but Wind in the Door seems terribly predictable, and obsessed over the fractal view of existence. Perhaps if I had read it when I was younger I would've at least had the happiness that comes with nostalgia in these cases

Uh yeah, those books are aimed at a much younger audience. I loved them when I was 10. I liked Wind in the Door, though I may have just been fascinated by all of the pseudo-scientific stuff in it.

[Meat Puppet]

the stand

too weak.... to associate with words.... any longer...

[krissy]

^the full edition is sitting on my desk
i guess i should read it before my desk buckles under the 1000 f'n pages
geez

[rubah]

I liked Wrinkle and Swiftly Turning Planet well enough, but Wind in the Door seems terribly predictable, and obsessed over the fractal view of existence. Perhaps if I had read it when I was younger I would've at least had the happiness that comes with nostalgia in these cases

Uh yeah, those books are aimed at a much younger audience. I loved them when I was 10. I liked Wind in the Door, though I may have just been fascinated by all of the pseudo-scientific stuff in it.

I know that iwas saying when I reread the others recently, I liked them a lot better than I liked this one

[Del Murder]

<i>Middlesex</i>

Pretty entertaining look at a family over a couple generations. It deals with gender roles pretty effectively and convincingly. The main character (narrator) is very well portrayed and almost seems like a real person. Not a gripping page turner by any means but are really interesting read.

4/5

[G13]

The Dark Elf Trilogy omnibus by R.A. Salvatore.

Great book(s). A friend recommended it to me and it was much better than I thought. Story of a dark elf who grows up in the evil world of his heritage and his struggles in finding his morals.

[Booga]

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger

I first read this book when I was 16/17 and I fell in love with it. Holden Caulfield's way of thinking mirrored mine at the time, and it made me feel that I wasn't alone. Five years later and I still love it as much as that first time I read it. It's well written, a simple and belivable story and with characters that you could belive in. The first time I finished it I wanted to know what happened next, I couldn't believe that was it. It's the only time I have ever cared about a character in a book so much. I can't reccommend it enough, everyone should read this book.

[Quindiana Jones]

I always thought Holden was a whiny little bitch who needed to grow the smurf up, and the book really annoyed me.

Though it certainly is well written and worth a look.

[SeeDRankLou]

Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership by R. David Edmunds

I had to read this for history class. Tecumseh was an Indian warchief in the early 1800's. The book was rather boring until it got to the War of 1812, where it got mildly entertaining. I got a 100 on the quiz over the book though, so all is good.