It's been
snowing for days, and I've been spending all my free time snuggled on the
couch, reading a book after book on my beloved Kindle. I've always been a
bookworm, hidden somewhere in a corner with a book in my hand, but in the last
few years, I got really busy and had to give up quite a lot of my reading time.
After I got my Kindle, the reading situation slightly improved, and at the
beginning of this year, I decided to »join« the 2015 reading challenge I
spotted on the internet.
I thought I
would share a bit of that on the blog, so over the year, I'll be doing a few
posts about my progress, with short reviews of the book I read and
recommendations for you. I’ve read a few
books in January, and here is what I thought about them:
In my
teenage days, I’ve read a countless amount of silly teenage romance books. They
are, essentially, all the same. A young girl, that is so much different than
the others, falls in love with a boy. There is a much expected plot twist, and
after a while, everything is mysteriously resolved, and they live happily ever
after.
The Girl
Online is more or less the same, where the main character is a blogger, very
similar to the “author” Zoe Sugg herself. Throughout the book, I could shake
the feeling, that the book was specifically written to please the masses of
young girls that are obsessed with Zoella (Zoe Sugg) and wish nothing else than
to become exactly like her.
I was quite
disappointed, I expected something completely different and better, because
I’ve read and watched Zoe for years now, and hoped she would take the book more
seriously. Still, if you have an hour or two to spare, it doesn’t take long to
read it, and you can decide for yourself.
I’m not
even sure how this book got on my Kindle, but it was there, and I decided to
read it. I’m really glad I did, because I quite enjoyed it. Euphoria is a story
about three young anthropologists, their life on the field and the love
triangle that forms between them. The story (though fictional) is inspired by
the life of Margaret Mead, one of the most famous anthropologists.
I’ve
especially enjoyed this book, because I had an exam in anthropology last year,
and even though the exam was hard, I really enjoyed the subject, therefore I
also really liked the book.
It was
quite short, I finished it in an afternoon, but really enjoyable.
The book is
set in seventeenth century Amsterdam, where the main character, Nella, moves to
start a life with her new husband Johannes. As her wedding gift, he presents
her with a cabinet size replica of their home and she decides to hire a
miniaturist, to furnish and decorate the miniature house she got. After that a
series of unusual, and unexpected events started to happen and left me
completely confused.
This book
is really strange, I had me confused the whole time I was reading, and I
couldn’t put it down, hoping that all will be resolved at the end, but as I sit
here, having read it a few days ago, I still don’t know what exactly happened.
The idea and the style of writing started out
very promising, but the ending left me completely unsatisfied, feeling like I
have been tricked into liking something, that turned out to be unworthy of my
attention.
There are
three books in the series (The Selection, The Elite and The One) with the
addition of a few stories, that describe the events from the viewpoints of
different characters. The story is set in a dystopian world, a kingdom that
used to be part of the USA. We follow the main character, America, who gets
selected as one of 35 girls, which are sent to the castle to compete for the
affections of the prince.
Sounds
familiar? Yes, you are not mistaken, this sound like a version of a dystopian
Bachelor. And that is basically all there is to the book. You have to get
through all three books to get to the ending, that you knew was going to
happen, wandering why you even bothered with reading.
But if you
are a lover of dystopian genre as I am, this might be a nice, light,
“brains-off” holiday read for you.
Looking
back through reviews, I haven’t had the best of luck picking books, but at
least I got back into reading, and right now I can’t wait to finish this post,
get my Kindle and start reading again.
Did you
read any of these books? What did you think about them? Also, I’d love to know
what is your favorite book, so I can maybe add it on my to- read list?
Thanks for
reading and see you in my next post!
Rawr,
your Beautysaur
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