52 Books in 52 Weeks (2012) discussion

GUYS CHECK THIS PLEASE:
I'd love if you wrote RECOMENDED on the top of your reply to this thread whenever you have a book that you really liked! Thanks!


"In this thread, everyone will post their reviews/opinions of the book they have read this week AFTER you rate/review it on your page. The purpose of this is so everyone can see what you read this week and read your review without having to visit each profile. Some of you have their profiles locked, so this saves you the trouble of unlocking it.


ANY COMMENTS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO THAT MATTER WILL BE DELETED.


The format will be like this:


Name of book.

Author.

n/5 stars.


"Your simple opinion/extended review/one word that expresses what you thought of the book. GO CRAZY! Anything counts. Don't feel pressured."


Link to your review.


Also, this allows us to be organized, so even if a member didn't log in for about a month, they can add the book they've read to the appropriate thread.


THANK YOU ALL!



EDIT:

As I've mentioned in the guidelines, one word or a simple opinion counts as a 'review'. I only called it that because Goodreads calls it that."



Now let's see your achievements, awesome people.

باي باي لندن ومقالات أخرى
غازي القصيبي
3/5

باي باي لندن ومقالات أخرى

الكاتب للدكتور رحمه الله كان لعدة مقالات له بعضها نشر في الشرق الأوسط والبعض الآخر محاضرات له ألقاها.

المقالات متنوعة مابين سياسية واجتماعية وشخصية. الكتاب ممتع.

Just Good Friends Level 3
Just Good Friends
By: Penny Hancock
3/5
A really really light book, i needed to read something fast for my challenge and to fit my Ramadan schedule it isn't bad it is like watching a chick flick in fast forward :P

RECOMMENDED


مضاد حيوي لليأس...قصص نجاح سعودية
by عبدالله المغلوث

4/5

الكتاب عبارة عن مقالات للكاتب عن نجاحات سعودية في مختلف المجالات و من مختلف الأعمار
القصص قصيرة ومختصرة ومحفزة لكسر الحواجز الذي تضعها لنا عقولنا و يضعها لنا المجتمع

Book #49
The art of the handwritten note by Margaret Shepherd
2/5

Not what I expected. Some interesting facts. But, I feel like most of this information is common sense that can be easily found on the Internet.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

32.
Book: Endlessly
Author: Kiersten White
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Finished Date: 01.August.2012
Rating: ★★★★★
Review: A-MAZING!

≈ I am SO glad I stumbled upon this series. It just became my most favorite after VA and Bloodlines. Keirsten White nailed her third book when I thought it couldn't get any better *hats off milady*. I just wish it didn't end *sobs again* Okay, leaving...... ≈

=~.=~.=~.=~.=~.=~.=~.
33.
Book: Destiny's Fire
Author: Trisha Wolfe
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Finished Date: 02.August.2012
Rating: ★★.5
Review: Okay-ish!

≈ This series isn't as good as I thought it would be honestly. My very-high expectations crushed it but it was okay =( ≈

The Red House by Mark Haddon

My rating: 1 of 5 stars


Tedious. There is no other way to describe this book than tedious. I hated it.If the cover wasn't so heartbreakingly gorgeous I would have thrown it onto a wall, cackling evily while it slammed into a solid mass of cement and (hopefully) getting a dent in the spine. Gasp. I know. That's vicious.

Anyway. Imagine the Memory Keeper's Daughter. Have you imagined it? Great. Add a couple of more utterly self-absorbed whiny characters, a plotline that goes absolutely nowhere, and a few crude references to several bodily functions I could have done without, and you have the splendid steaming mess that is The Red House.

Angela was annoying and selfish. Dominic was annoying and selfish. Melissa had the honor of being annoying, selfish, and nasty, but the book acknowledged it so I wasn't so hung up over that. Alex did very little to redeem himself. Daisy, I kind of liked up until the end, Louisa was okay, and Richard seemed to be the only one getting anything anywhere the entire story. Benji, though, Benji I loved, and I felt an urge to spirit him away from this book and preserve his innocence. I feel so bad for him, with a parent like Angela.

I suppose my dislike wouldn't have been so strong if I hadn't had high expectations of the book, but the one reason I read it in the first place was because it was by the same author who wrote The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Also, I couldn't just stop reading it, as I'm already seriously behind on the 52 book challenge, and I need to catch up.

Moral of this long diatribe: Don't read this. Or, if you loved the Memory Keeper's Daughter (do you also happen to like eggplant?),feel free to knock yourself out.