2012 Books In Review

[valiantarcher]

Stealing from ladyadeone! :)

(Oh, also note that all books mentioned also have authors mentioned, but since I wrote this in parts, the authors don't necessarily appear the first time the book titles do.)

Comments

[ladyadeone]

I just read Mama's Bank Account last month! My mom picked it up at the library and then told me I simply had to read it. It is a great little book.

Hm. So you don't like Code Name Verity? What don't you like about it?
I see now where your comment about Heyer is coming from! :P

The Elie Wiesel books sound pretty intense. Does Dawn have a happy (or semi-happy?) ending?

Euripides' Medea?! Wow!

[valiantarcher]

I'd read an excerpt of Mama's Bank Account before, so when I saw the book at the uni library, I knew I had to read it. :)

Hehehe...everything? :P I found the first narrator incredibly annoying and aggravating and I couldn't empathise with her at all, the twists seemed more "Haha, gotcha!" on the author's part than "Oh...that makes sense!" (...so, not like MWT's twists), the second narrator was better but still not particularly engaging/likeable to me, and I have some major bones with the ending. To be honest, the person I felt the sorriest for and was pulling the most for was the female Nazi interrogator/translator, which...well, I'm conflicted about. ;)) If you want a spoilered account, we discussed it a few pages back on the Books thread and both Mel and Gymmie gave some refutes so that balances some too (which I still need to go back and discuss :">). I guess, have you read it, or just heard about it?
;)) Glad you can see my beef with Heyer!

They were pretty intense. Em, no, I wouldn't say Dawn has a happy ending. I didn't like

[meltintall3]

Did I know you'd read False Prince?

*reminds self that she wants to read Paradoxes of Mr. Pond*

[valiantarcher]

Maybe? I know I talked about it with someone, but now I can't remember who! :"> Oh, never mind, it was Adeona. :P Did I know you'd read? ;)) I think the answer to both questions is no. Which means we need to discuss our reading selections better...

I'd love to hear what you think of it when you do! Was one of the quotes particularly intriguing? ;))

[meltintall3]

Well, I remember being the person in the Sounis thread going... "Wait...wait... no, I'm pretty sure it wasn't subconsciously reminding me of The Thief even though yes, sooo many parallels wow how did I not consciously notice?" I still don't know what book the cathedral scene reminded me of, just like I haven't tracked down the lighthouse scene in Circus Galacticus. ;))

Probably! But then, it's Chesterton and he's almost always worth reading. :)

[valiantarcher]

;)) Well, I kind of knew going in that people were seeing a lot of parallels, so I mostly saw them too though they didn't really bother me. Hmm...I can't remember the cathedral scene. :"> Ooh, yes, it's very annoying when you can't figure something like that out. :P

;)) That is true. At least most of the time...