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It's been so long since I've done a book review (twenty-four days), and I've only finished four books since then. That is kind of pathetic. Hopefully my reading speed will pick up after NaNo (or at least after I get my 50K, which will be in the next week for sure), and I'll keep up better.
Until then, though, these will be rather few and far between. In fact, these ones will probably be the last for a while, although I could be wrong.
Oh, and these'll be short. I don't feel like writing long ones at the moment, unfortunately. But anyway. Enough rambling.
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Book #52 -- Chris Baty, No Plot, No Problem!, 176 pp.
Grade: A
If I wasn't already psyched up for NaNo, this book would have been perfect in succeeding in getting me that way. Chris Baty is perhaps the most enthusiastic person about NaNo I have ever seen (for good reason), and that enthusiasm just leaps off the page. Although the advice in this book was nothing new, and I didn't particularly need it, it was an entertaining read. I'd recommend it to anyone NaNoer.
Book #53 -- Christopher Paolini, Brisingr, 784 pp.
Grade: C+
The last fifty pages of this book blew me away. The female characters were stronger than they are in most other fantasy novels. Eragon and Roran grew during the story. Other than those good things, the rest of the book dragged on and on and on and on and on... you get the picture. It could have been cut in half and I would have enjoyed it so much more. Unfortunately, it was just blah, although the last fifty pages redeemed it in my eyes.
Book #54 -- Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones, 224 pp.
Grade: A
What an unique way to look at writing! The masterful way she combined her love for writing and Zen Buddhism was truly inspiring. Her "writing noteboook" idea was so good, in fact, that I snabbed it. I now have a red writing notebook to write in daily—as soon as NaNo ends, that is. A wonderful book; recommended to any lover of writing.
Book #55 -- Elie Wiesel, Night, 108 pp.
Grade: A
For school. This book was a touching, heartbreaking tale of what went on during the Holocaust. It nearly made me cry, and made me wonder how anyone could ever deny such a great horror ever happened. I can't believe the horrors other human beings can inflict on others. It's just unbelievable, and this book reveals the worst of humanity. I can't say I "enjoyed" this book, but it was incredibly well-written. Definitely recommended.
Currently Reading: God's Politics by Jim Wallis
Until then, though, these will be rather few and far between. In fact, these ones will probably be the last for a while, although I could be wrong.
Oh, and these'll be short. I don't feel like writing long ones at the moment, unfortunately. But anyway. Enough rambling.
--
Book #52 -- Chris Baty, No Plot, No Problem!, 176 pp.
Grade: A
If I wasn't already psyched up for NaNo, this book would have been perfect in succeeding in getting me that way. Chris Baty is perhaps the most enthusiastic person about NaNo I have ever seen (for good reason), and that enthusiasm just leaps off the page. Although the advice in this book was nothing new, and I didn't particularly need it, it was an entertaining read. I'd recommend it to anyone NaNoer.
Book #53 -- Christopher Paolini, Brisingr, 784 pp.
Grade: C+
The last fifty pages of this book blew me away. The female characters were stronger than they are in most other fantasy novels. Eragon and Roran grew during the story. Other than those good things, the rest of the book dragged on and on and on and on and on... you get the picture. It could have been cut in half and I would have enjoyed it so much more. Unfortunately, it was just blah, although the last fifty pages redeemed it in my eyes.
Book #54 -- Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones, 224 pp.
Grade: A
What an unique way to look at writing! The masterful way she combined her love for writing and Zen Buddhism was truly inspiring. Her "writing noteboook" idea was so good, in fact, that I snabbed it. I now have a red writing notebook to write in daily—as soon as NaNo ends, that is. A wonderful book; recommended to any lover of writing.
Book #55 -- Elie Wiesel, Night, 108 pp.
Grade: A
For school. This book was a touching, heartbreaking tale of what went on during the Holocaust. It nearly made me cry, and made me wonder how anyone could ever deny such a great horror ever happened. I can't believe the horrors other human beings can inflict on others. It's just unbelievable, and this book reveals the worst of humanity. I can't say I "enjoyed" this book, but it was incredibly well-written. Definitely recommended.
Currently Reading: God's Politics by Jim Wallis
