World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review: No
Format: Audiobook
Reading Dates: Dec 1
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: I was going to lie, but seriously it was Alan Alda’s part.
Least Favorite Thing: The movie lol
Been a minute since I read this last, but definitely still enjoyed it.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review: No
Format: Audiobook
Reading Dates: Dec 8
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: It’s so bizarre-o.
Least Favorite Thing: Literally nothing.
I basically read this one a second time to see if the audiobook was as unsettling as reading it physically. It was.
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American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: No
Format: Audiobook
Reading Dates: Dec 10 – 13
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: Weird.
Least Favorite Thing: Weird.
A friend at work read this recently and I realized while talking to her about it that I still wasn’t sure what this book was about. Now having read it a second time, I can definitively say… I still do not know what this book was about.
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
(The Twilight Saga, book 1)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ – it was ok
Review: No
Format: Audiobook
Reading Dates: Dec 14 – 16
Read Count: 4
Favorite Thing: At least it wasn’t The Host?
Least Favorite Thing: It was Twilight.
Ok do not judge me for rereading a book I hate. I wanted to experience the audiobook version because I’ve always read it physically before. News Flash! It was equally terrible having someone read it to me!
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
(Strange the Dreamer, book 1)
Rating: ★★★★★ – loved it
Review: No
Format: Audiobook
Reading Dates: Dec 21 – 22
Read Count: 3
Favorite Thing: Wait do I find Lazlo attractive?
Least Favorite Thing: Gimme a second, I’ll think of something…
I have wanted to listen to this one for a while because I just knew it would be excellent, and my library happened to have it available for me so I listened to it while I worked and it was so calming (the narrator’s voice) and beautiful (the prose).
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White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Rating: ★★★★★ – loved it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: Oct 23 – Dec 22
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: So beautifully written it makes me want to cry.
Least Favorite Thing: Actually makes me cry because so much bad stuff happens.
This was my car book. That is, this is the book I left in my car to read on lunch breaks and when I have to wait for something. As you can imagine, it was a bit heavy for a car book lol
Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour
Rating: ★★★★★ – loved it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: Nov 6 – Dec 28
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: The writing was so beautiful!
Least Favorite Thing: Literally nothing. Maybe I’ll pick something next time I read it.
Nina LaCour is officially on my favorite author list now. I will read a book, regardless of the premise, if Nina LaCour writes it.
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
(The Twilight Saga, book 2)
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ – did not like it
Review: No
Format: Audiobook
Reading Dates: Dec 27 – 28
Read Count: 4
Favorite Thing: [cricket sounds]
Least Favorite Thing: I actually hate the audiobook narrator…
Edward wasn’t even in this book and yet I had to hear about him every 10 seconds. Blech.
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
(The Twilight Saga, book 3)
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ – did not like it
Review: No
Format: Audiobook
Reading Dates: Dec 28 – 29
Read Count: 4
Favorite Thing: It was over quickly.
Least Favorite Thing: It was still torture.
Seriously, these characters are so much more insufferable when you have to hear them out loud! Like they were annoying people before, but then hearing their words aloud? Oh my gawd, I wanted to slap people who don’t even exist.
In Progress
/inˈtransəjəns/ or /inˈtranzəjəns/
noun
- refusal to change one’s views or to agree about something
The dream receded and left him there, in his bed, alone — stranded in the merciless intransigence of reality, and it was as bleak a truth to his soul as the nothingness of the Elmuthaleth.
– Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
]]>/ˌdeprəˈdāSHən/
noun
- an act of attacking or plundering
His spirit, depleted by his own depredations, pulsed too fast through his veins, twinning with a whirr and discordant jangle of… of disbelief crashing against evidence, producing a sensation of disfaith.
– Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
]]>/əsˈpalyər/ or /esˈpälyər/
verb
- train (a tree or shrub) to grow flat against a wall
Flocks of brilliant butterflies moved through like schools of fish, and the upper levels of the amphitheater were espaliered with jeweled fruit trees.
– Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
]]>/ˈdōlər/
noun
- a state of great sorrow or distress
The little girl ghost, Bahar, dripping with river water and dolor, told her solemnly, “Sarai can’t play right now,” which sent a chill up her spine.
– Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
]]>/ˈfləmərē/
noun
- empty compliments; nonsense
- a sweet dish made with beaten eggs, milk, sugar, and flavorings
It sounded like a lot of flummery to Drave, but what did he know?
– Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
]]>/ˌsərkəmˌləˈkyo͞oSH(ə)n/
noun
- the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive
He shuddered at his own craven circumlocution, using so meaningless a word to obscure so hideous a truth.
– Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
]]>/pəˈlo͞osəd/
adjective
- translucently clear
- lucid in style or meaning; easily understood
- (of music or other sound) clear and pure in tone
Her lashes, he recalled, were golden red, her eyes pellucid blue.
– Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
]]>/məˈlefik/
adjective
- causing or capable of causing harm or destruction, especially by supernatural means
Like a malefic kitten with a ball of string, she would tangle his emotions until he lost all distinction between love and hate, joy and sorrow.
– Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
]]>/ˈsərfət/
noun
- an excessive amount of something
Lazlo enveloped him in a hug, which evidently constituted a surfeit of affection because the old man pushed him off, incensed.
– Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
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