Monthly Reading: June 2009
July 1, 2009 at 3:21 pm | In Books, Monthly Reading | Leave a CommentTags: Arthur C Clarke, Arthur Nersesian, Literary fiction, Margaret Atwood, Science fiction
Cover of Childhood's End
An good month for quality, if not quantity. Click the titles for the review.
Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke — science fiction
Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood — literary fiction
Manhattan Loverboy by Arthur Nersesian — literary fiction
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.
Here are some other reviews of my favorite books from around the Interwebs:
- Blood Meridian reviewed at The AV Club
- Ender’s Game reviewed at Shelf Love
- The Left Hand of Darkness reviewed at Tor.com
- The Thirteen Clocks reviewed at Things Mean a Lot
- The Unit reviewed at Shelf Love
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