books read in March.

[samatethecookie]

I thought I'd update the blog with the books I read in the previous month. A little late, but here we go.


"Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
The plot within the book tends to drag a lot - and I never really understood why Capricorn was such a threat to begin with, since I found his lackeys a lot worst - but otherwise it's an enjoyable story and I'd love to get Inkspell sometime soon. I really liked Dustfinger in this story, even with the mistakes he makes.

"Watchmen" by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
The first time I tried to read this, I ended up skimming through it because I didn't really like it. Reading it a second time around, more thoroughly...I still don't understand the hype. I know what the story's about and understand why people would like it, even love it, but it's just not my thing. (Plus, I really don't understand the love for the characters. The only character I liked was Night Owl, but even that wasn't enough to get me engrossed into the story.)

"The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink
I don't think I have anything overly specific to say about this one, other than that it left me with a lot of mixed emotions. Which doesn't make it a BAD book. But I don't really know how I feel about some things, such as the emphasis on literacy over the emphasis of the Holocaust from the main character's perspective, or the dryness of the text itself. I don't love the book and I'm glad I didn't buy it, but I don't regret reading it.

"For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf" by Ntozake Shange
This is something I had to read for my Women's Creative and Performing Arts class. Its format is something I'm not really used to, and it takes longer for me to get into the flow of poetry, but this was different from what I usually read. It has a lot of different voices coming from women of color, of any color, about racism and violence against women. I say give it a read and see how you like it.

Comments

[darthnat.livejournal.com]

You didn't like Rorschach? :(

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

Oh, I forgot to mention him. Rorschach was okay - sometimes I liked him, other times I didn't. I felt sorry for him more than anything though, because his life was really fucked up, and then he just .. gets killed at the end like that. (And that scene with the dogs. ajgkljalga'lg D:)

[cheriestar.livejournal.com]

I've read "Inkheart" a long time ago and liked it. I rather like Corneila Funke's writing. I think her best book is "The Thief Lord", though. You should borrow that one at some time.

Me, i'm working on so many books right now it's not funny. Though I can say I'm rather enjoying "Blood Lite".

It's a collection of horror stories but with humorous twists to them.

Ah, I love books.

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

I've heard about "The Thief Lord", so I'll see if I can pick it up sometime. I'm going to try and get through the Inkheart series first, once I'm done with all this other reading I'm doing.

Horror stories with those kinds of twists are fun. XD I'm reading things for school at the moment. A novel by Laura Esquivel being one of them.