All Quiet on The Western Front. It was interesting to see WW1 from a German point of view instead of the classic Britih or American one.
I just started reading the Divergent Trilogy and I finished reading Insurgent yesterday. So far it reminds me a little of the Hunger Games - which is a trilogy i loved! Its a good read so far, better than i expected to be honest.
Social cliché though it's becoming, I just finished The Fault in our Stars by John Green. I wish I could say I was immune to the hype it's gotten; that it's nothing special even. I'd be lying. Were I not borrowing it from my sister I'd have highlighted half the book - and I never highlight passages in books. I also resumed The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. I made it a quarter of the way through it sometime over the summer, but found it so boring (I was on the chapter about how corn sexually reproduces...) I just couldn't continue. Fortunately, the steamy sexual details of America's indiginous grain appear to have concluded. I'm enjoying it enough to pick it up again, not least because I don't want to be one of those people who starts a book and never finishes.
One of my favorite series. I like all the detailed descriptions of foods like treacles and other things. It makes me hungry!
Just finished reading Elizabeth Smart By Grand Central Station I Sat and Wept. I loved how the author used metaphors to convey emotions, and loving somebody who one can not have. It was beautifully written.
Was actually a few days ago, but... The Final Solution (Michael Chabon, 2004) - Overall it was enjoyable, but probably would've been moreso if I'd read it in a short period of time [being a novella.] Admittedly, being a slight Holmes fanboy, I liked this as a sort of coda to the series, even if it is non-canon. Seeing him as an old man, even though he's never explicitly identified as the detective. Apart from that, just wish it'd been a full-length novel since it had a variety of details and people which it didn't explore as much as I would've preferred.
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami. It's pretty much the original survival game book. Imagine the hunger games, but in Japan, change the number of kids to 40, and add more gore and you got it. It is VERY good. and I just got the movie version, so I'm excited to see that
MILA 2.0 Fabulous book about a girl, who finds out she wasn't born, but created. She then has to fight for survival the second she finds out. I loved it. Finished it in less than 24hrs, with sleep.
Not really a book lover. Last book was I am number four trilogy. Still reading fall of five as of the moment.
DSM-V. I didn't read all of it. That would be like reading an Encyclopedia. Just the interesting bits.
The Echo Man-Richard Montanari love it read it loads of times am finishing Infinite Jest-David Foster Wallace
Finished reading Alice Munro, Dear Life. It's a collection of ten short stories and four short autobiographical works, providing a glimpse into Munro's childhood, growing up on a farm, just outside a small town. Most of the short stories are set in in rural Ontario. Some of the stories were very moving, as they touched on loss, but also on the imperfectness of life.
Currently reading Frankenstein for school, but the last book that I read for pleasure was Allegiant by Veronica Roth (3rd book in the Divergent series)
The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer. By Neal Stephenson. It's a semi sci-fi fantasy based on a future Earth with nanotech. Even with the sci-fi aspect, it manages to have a humble and modern feel. The characters are well developed and lead you through highs and lows. It's a good read