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These two months, I have again read a lot of books for the 2015 Reading Challenge! A lot of the books were also book club books, so it was a great combination!
I started of with reading Sabriel, which is the first book in the Old Kingdom Trilogy by Garth Nix. It is a young adult fantasy novel with a very new and refreshing take on zombies. However, it just didn't really get to me. Don't get me wrong: I liked to read the book well enough, but I just didn't care much for the world or the characters. I found myself thinking at times (in line with Game of Thrones) if they would hurry up and kill the bloody characters already! Too bad. Didn't happen.
The second book in the trilogy Lirael was better, but I still wasn't amazed by it. The third book Abhorsen was a bit more boring again. I now wish that I had chosen another trilogy for my 2015 Reading Challenge, because this was a bit disappointing..
For the book club, I read The Hobbit, which was nice enough; Olalla, which was very weird en confusing (it was about vampires. I think. That is what it said on the back of the book, but if they hadn't said that, I wouldn't have thought of vampires at all. I was confused and even though the story was only 50 pages long, it wasn't an easy read, because nothing really happened in the book..); The wind in the willows, because I like the Disney version of Mr. Toad! I recommended this book to the book club, and I think they all kind of liked it a bit, so that was okay :) Last but not least, I read The secret garden for the book club, because that is a book from my childhood and I have always loved the story! I am not sure why, but I just love Mary and Dickon and Colin. Even though they are horrible at first (well, not Dickon). It was a delightful reread!
A stand alone book I just read on the side was Wild, which was a book about someone walking the Pacific Crest Trail. It was a quick read (I think I read it in 1 or 2 days) and I liked to read it. However, after thinking a bit more about the story, I mainly thought that the lead character was very very dumb. So, I probably won't read it again.
I also read Eleanor & Park, which is a delightful story about a first love between two outsiders at high school. It really was a great, quick read with a few tears!
As a treat for myself, I thought I would read Warbreaker, one of the stand alone fantasy novels by Brandon Sanderson. It was a great read and I really liked it, but I wasn't as overwhelmed and amazed by it as with the Mistborn books or Elantris. Maybe the reason is that I am getting used to Brandon Sanderson's style. Maybe the story just wasn't as complex as Mistborn. Maybe.. I don't know. I just secretly think that even though Brandon Sanderson loves inventing magic systems, his Mistborn system is just the best and nothing can beat that! Anyway, for a book that you can get for free as a pdf on his website, Warbreaker is definitely worth your time! Even if you have to pay for it :)
Lastly I read Where she went, which is the sequel of If I stay. The books were written in much the same style, so a lot of tears present here as well. It was nice and quick to read (I read it in one evening, even though I vouched I would go to bed early!) and a good closure of the If I stay book.
So, that is it so far! I have now read 28 books this year and I have completed 26 of the challenges! I am on track! The books I will read next are The history of Tom Jones, a foundling for the book club and maybe some 'light' books. Because Tom Jones is like 900 pages *sigh*.
I started of with reading Sabriel, which is the first book in the Old Kingdom Trilogy by Garth Nix. It is a young adult fantasy novel with a very new and refreshing take on zombies. However, it just didn't really get to me. Don't get me wrong: I liked to read the book well enough, but I just didn't care much for the world or the characters. I found myself thinking at times (in line with Game of Thrones) if they would hurry up and kill the bloody characters already! Too bad. Didn't happen.
The second book in the trilogy Lirael was better, but I still wasn't amazed by it. The third book Abhorsen was a bit more boring again. I now wish that I had chosen another trilogy for my 2015 Reading Challenge, because this was a bit disappointing..
For the book club, I read The Hobbit, which was nice enough; Olalla, which was very weird en confusing (it was about vampires. I think. That is what it said on the back of the book, but if they hadn't said that, I wouldn't have thought of vampires at all. I was confused and even though the story was only 50 pages long, it wasn't an easy read, because nothing really happened in the book..); The wind in the willows, because I like the Disney version of Mr. Toad! I recommended this book to the book club, and I think they all kind of liked it a bit, so that was okay :) Last but not least, I read The secret garden for the book club, because that is a book from my childhood and I have always loved the story! I am not sure why, but I just love Mary and Dickon and Colin. Even though they are horrible at first (well, not Dickon). It was a delightful reread!
A stand alone book I just read on the side was Wild, which was a book about someone walking the Pacific Crest Trail. It was a quick read (I think I read it in 1 or 2 days) and I liked to read it. However, after thinking a bit more about the story, I mainly thought that the lead character was very very dumb. So, I probably won't read it again.
I also read Eleanor & Park, which is a delightful story about a first love between two outsiders at high school. It really was a great, quick read with a few tears!
As a treat for myself, I thought I would read Warbreaker, one of the stand alone fantasy novels by Brandon Sanderson. It was a great read and I really liked it, but I wasn't as overwhelmed and amazed by it as with the Mistborn books or Elantris. Maybe the reason is that I am getting used to Brandon Sanderson's style. Maybe the story just wasn't as complex as Mistborn. Maybe.. I don't know. I just secretly think that even though Brandon Sanderson loves inventing magic systems, his Mistborn system is just the best and nothing can beat that! Anyway, for a book that you can get for free as a pdf on his website, Warbreaker is definitely worth your time! Even if you have to pay for it :)
Lastly I read Where she went, which is the sequel of If I stay. The books were written in much the same style, so a lot of tears present here as well. It was nice and quick to read (I read it in one evening, even though I vouched I would go to bed early!) and a good closure of the If I stay book.
So, that is it so far! I have now read 28 books this year and I have completed 26 of the challenges! I am on track! The books I will read next are The history of Tom Jones, a foundling for the book club and maybe some 'light' books. Because Tom Jones is like 900 pages *sigh*.
