Tag: Book Challenge
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The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Stiefvater is really a fantastic writer. Her striking prose and a compelling plot alone make The Raven Boys a worthy read, but I was most intrigued by the bonds between the four Aglionby boys. They’re a brotherhood—constantly fighting for and against one another, always within the confines of respect, loyalty, trust, and solidarity. They rely and depend…
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Quoted: The Raven Boys
Really, she didn’t know if she’d truly find out more about the pygmy tyrant. She just liked the name, because, for a five-foot-tall girl, pygmy tyrant sounded like a career.
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Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
I feel very strongly about the subject matter of this book. I support death with dignity, and I believe it’s an important issue that should be discussed and considered on a personal and individual level. This novel may have started a conversation for a lot of people, and I think Moyes does a fantastic job portraying a…
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Quoted: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
There are many ways of doing things, but there is always one way that is natural. Do what feels right.
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Winter by Marissa Meyer
Typically, when I have to wait for a long while between books in a series, I lose interest and drop it. But I am glad that I powered through to finish Meyer’s Lunar Chronicals (minus Fairest, which is still on my list). With this last book, it became very clear that Meyer had a solid, entertaining,…
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Book Challenge 2015 revisited
December 31 and I’m finally finished my 2015 reading challenge. I feel like I’ve accomplished so much. And because I feel like this accomplishment should be acknowledged by everyone commemorated, I thought I’d do a little review before jumping into 2016. So, without further ado: Total books read: 49 Total authors read: 38 Total books…
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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart
A stunning love letter to pianos: “We invest it with our dreams, we touch it offhandedly as we walk by, we crown it with favorite photos and treasured objects until it becomes a kind of domestic shrine. But when it is gone from our lives, it can’t really be replaced, not for what it encompasses as…
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The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
I do believe I’ll read more Hemingway in the future. I quite enjoy his witty characters and staccatoed sentences. Besides, he wrote this: “I drank a bottle of wine for company … A bottle of wine was good company.” I think we would have gotten along splendidly. No. 25 on my challenge. This year marks…
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Lyrics and Poems by John K. Samson
I won’t lie, I read this strictly because my book challenge called for a book of poems. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy it—some of my favourite songs by the Weakerthans are in this book—poetry just isn’t my first love… or my second, or third. No. 15 on my challenge. It’s no coincidence that this book came…
Being Tori 