Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin — environmental science fiction
Animal Farm by George Orwell — classic allegory
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl — fiction about books
My rating scale:
- 1 star: Abandoned before finishing. Don’t waste your time.
- 2 stars: Poor. Avoid with extreme prejudice.
- 3 stars: Average. Read it, have a good time and move on. Or not.
- 4 stars: Great. Push it on your friends and family.
- 5 stars: Excellent. Keep it, treasure it, reread it.
Disclaimer: My ratings are very personal and may have little to do with the book’s artistic or commercial merit, or its place in the literary canon. Rather, the rating reflects how the story, characters and writing spoke to me and augmented my understanding of the world.
Other reviews of favorite books from around the blogosphere:
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Book Lady’s Blog)
- Bird by Bird (Sophisticated Dorkiness)
- Clay’s Ark and Icehenge (From a Sci-Fi Standpoint)
- The Haunting of Hill House (Things Mean a Lot)
- Fragile Things (You Can Never Have Too Many Books)
hey,
have you read this book called Atonement by Ian McEwan
Comment by zawan — November 2, 2008 @ 12:08 pm
Yes, I had mixed feelings about it. Here’s where I posted my review.
Comment by Shannon — November 2, 2008 @ 1:30 pm