All About Books discussion

This is where I'll post about the books I'll be reading in 2016. I'll add ratings and reviews if available.

The first book I finished in 2016 is... *drum role*: Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami.
I loved this book. I highly recommend it. 5 stars. My review is here.

Since the protagonist, Sumire, is attracted to someone of the same gender then it also goes as part of my bingo challenge! Definitely a bonus!

I finished The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. I really liked it; it was a toss up between 4 or 5 stars. I eventually settled on 4, because though the writing was amazing, and the plot was great, the pace could have been a bit faster.
No review yet.
Great books in 2016 so far!

Charbel wrote: "I finished The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. I really liked it; it was a toss up between 4 or 5 stars. I eventually settled on 4, because though the writing was amazing, a..."

Same opinion Charbel!

Charbel, glad you liked The Goldfinch. It's now a favorite of mine . I felt so much for Theo and loved Hobie and Boris .

Angela M wrote: "Charbel, glad you liked The Goldfinch. It's now a favorite of mine . I felt so much for Theo and loved Hobie and Boris ."

Same her Angela! I was way too invested in how things worked for Theo, and Hobie was the best, but I have mixed feelings about Boris (if only because of that plot twist towards the end).

I finished Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks. 5 stars. My review is here. I really recommend it.

I finished The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. I had to give it 5 stars. It was brilliant; I absolutely loved it.

Charbel wrote: "I finished The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. I had to give it 5 stars. It was brilliant; I absolutely loved it."

:-) Always makes me happy to see others loving books that I love.

Leslie wrote: "Charbel wrote: "I finished The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. I had to give it 5 stars. It was brilliant; I absolutely loved it."

:-) Always makes me happy to s..."

And I'm in too: I really LOVED this book!

Leslie- me too! It makes me happy when someone likes a book that I like, because thenI feel that the book got credit that it deserves.

Laura- I didn't think I would love it so much, but I just couldn't stop thinking about it when I wasn't reading it. The Compsons felt so real.

I loved the "circle" it is worked around.

Finished Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, 4 stars. 2016 seems to be a great year for books!

Charbel wrote: "Finished Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, 4 stars. 2016 seems to be a great year for books!"

I'm glad you had a good start!

Thanks Dely!

Numberland: The World in Numbers by Mitchell Symons. 2 stars. My small review explains why.

I finished The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering by Norman G. Finkelstein. 5 stars. Very well researched, well cited, and overall an informative read. My review is here.

I finished Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks. I gave it 2 stars.
This was my first Nicholas Sparks book, and I wasn't too impressed. I picked it up because a friend recommended it to me; but honestly I wasn't expecting much to begin with.
The biggest flaw was that the book couldn't decide what genre it wanted to be: is it a thriller romance? is it supernatural?
The ending didn't really fit into the whole scheme of things.
Aside from that the dialogue was cheesy and the writing tedious.