2/50

Book: How I Live Now

Author: Meg Rosoff
Rating: ****

Review: It was a good quick read (only took me 3 hours). I was really irked at first by the writing style, but let it go because it is written by the main character. I'm glad I did because after a few chapters I became so wrapped up in the plot that the strange use of capital letters and so on were quite soon the least of my concerns.

It is a very haunting tale that gives you just enough information to start asking a lot of questions about what could happen in your own future, how you would handle it, etc.

Very thought provoking and very worth the read!

1/50

Book: The Windup Girl
Author: Paolo Bacigalupi
Rating: ****

Review: It took me a little while to get into it, mostly because of the way it jumps between character view points. It always takes me longer to get into a story written in that style because it takes longer for me to get attached to any of the characters and story lines. However, once I was thoroughly immersed, I could hardly put it down. Very interesting, great world building, raises a lot of questions about the way we live now.

The end was a bit ambiguous, which leaves me hoping this means there will be a sequal. If not I'm a tiny bit dissappointed.

A Foreword

Before I launch straight into the reviews, I'm going to give you a little explanation.

This year I decided to try and finish reading 50 books before the year is out. If I don't finish 50, I'll still have read a lot more that I have done lately.

I decided, to help keep myself on top of things and motivated, I'll be posting mini reviews in a blog.

Each book will get a rating out of 5 stars. Only whole stars, no halves allowed. Also a quick textual summary of my thoughts about the book.