Athena's Reading List 2015

[chesilbeach]

If I read a whole series, or a batch of books from one series within a short period of time, I try to review them in one single review, so that I don't have to put the synopsis up which would spoiler earlier books in the series, and also I can just write about why I'm enjoying the series and any highlights (or low points) of the books I've read so far.  I also don't bother reviewing everything I've read, if it was just something easy and light, I list it in my books read, but other than saying I enjoyed it, there's probably not much more to say, so I don't worry about it.

[Alexi]

Having just struggled writing two reviews, I can empathise! Negative reviews are definitely easier. Sometimes the thoughts about the book are easy to articulate, other times they aren't. I try not to worry about it really. I review everything I read, but mainly for myself rather than others. 

 

In fact, when people add books to their wish list it always makes me worry they won't like it!

[Anna Begins]

I find my reviews are getting shorter, as I prefer to write the synopsis in the review myself versus starting off with a review from Amazon or such.  In my description of the book, flows my ideas and then the review becomes easier.  I think I am going to do less "professional" looking formulated reviews and more simplistic ones.  I do like adding the cover of the book though.  I don't know how much more I can talk about how brilliant a writing was though

[Athena]

For me, what I find happening is that I am not so much reviewing as considering aspects of the book / series I'm reading. Some days they are merely random thoughts strung together.

 

Spoiler wise - just throw it al in there and cover them with the spoiler function. If that puts off anyone from reading your review then that is their loss!

 

Thanks, Chrissy . That is a good idea.

 

Your reviews are great, Gaia. A lot of your reviews are for shorter books, so I imagine there is less to say about them anyway. Also, you seem to write a lot of them all in one go and about books you've read over a short period of time, so maybe that's why it feels repetitive to you?

 

I normally don't have a problem with writing reviews, though I do struggle to keep them consistent. Sometimes I can write a really professional-sounding objective review, while in others I seem to start every sentence with "I think that . . .", "I found that . . .". I also find it generally easier to write negative reviews than positive ones, as it's easier to pick out reasons why I disliked a book than why I liked it.

 

As for the spoilers, I'd say do what Chrissy says! Or do what I do, and just post them willy-nilly without spoiler tags.

Thanks, Laura . That's true, yes, it would make sense. I agree, it is easier to say why I dislike a book. I couldn't do that, I really dislike getting spoiled myself, so I wouldn't wish that feeling upon anyone else! 

 

If I read a whole series, or a batch of books from one series within a short period of time, I try to review them in one single review, so that I don't have to put the synopsis up which would spoiler earlier books in the series, and also I can just write about why I'm enjoying the series and any highlights (or low points) of the books I've read so far.  I also don't bother reviewing everything I've read, if it was just something easy and light, I list it in my books read, but other than saying I enjoyed it, there's probably not much more to say, so I don't worry about it.

Thanks, Claire . That makes a lot of sense, to do it that way .

 

Having just struggled writing two reviews, I can empathise! Negative reviews are definitely easier. Sometimes the thoughts about the book are easy to articulate, other times they aren't. I try not to worry about it really. I review everything I read, but mainly for myself rather than others. 

 

In fact, when people add books to their wish list it always makes me worry they won't like it!

Thanks, Alexi . Negative reviews are easier, I agree! I write the reviews for myself too, so I can read them back at a later time and see what I thought of a particular book. Me too!

 

I find my reviews are getting shorter, as I prefer to write the synopsis in the review myself versus starting off with a review from Amazon or such.  In my description of the book, flows my ideas and then the review becomes easier.  I think I am going to do less "professional" looking formulated reviews and more simplistic ones.  I do like adding the cover of the book though.  I don't know how much more I can talk about how brilliant a writing was though

Thanks, Anna . I agree .

 

I'll be posting two reviews now, for the last two books in the Dina omnibus. I had already written them though before I read your replies, so I'm not going to edit them now but I will keep all your advice (of all five of you) in mind for the next times I write reviews .

[Athena]

Do van Ranst - Dina 3: Hoge Hakken en een Hoed (from Dit is Dina! Omnibus 1-4)

 

(the omnibus)

 

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Age-range: Young-Adult

Format: Hardback (Library Loan)

Pages: 123

Date read: 10-05-2015 <-> 11-05-2015

ISBN: 9789059082694 (this is the ISBN of the omnibus)

Synopsis: (no synopsis because the book is part of a series).

 

My thoughts:

 

After reading books 1 and 2 in this omnibus, I then went on to read book 3.

 

This book takes place a while after book 2. It contains some diary entries (as well as a lot of 'normal' first person text) and at the end of the story there is some information on improvisation.

 

I liked this book more than books 1 and 2. More happened in the book and there was more depth to the story. I also liked the ending more, it was more conclusive and less abrupt (a problem I had with the first two books).

 

Overall then I enjoyed reading this book. It was better than books 1 and 2 and more like books 5-8. The story had more depth, better plot twists and a more conclusive ending (less abrupt). I look forward to read book 4 in this omnibus.

 

Rating: (****) (8/10)

[Athena]

Do van Ranst - Dina 4: Lieve Lachjes en een Leugen (from Dit is Dina! Omnibus 1-4)

 

(the omnibus)

 

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Age-range: Young-Adult

Format: Hardback (Library Loan)

Pages: 114

Date read: 11-05-2015 <-> 12-05-2015

ISBN: 9789059082694 (this is the ISBN of the omnibus)

Synopsis: (no synopsis because the book is part of a series).

 

My thoughts:

 

After reading the first three books in this omnibus, I then read the fourth book.

 

The book contains some diary entries and some information about certain aspects of theatre plays (at the end of the story).

 

This book was more enjoyable than books 1-3. Quite a few things happened in this story and I really enjoyed reading it. There was some good character development and I liked the plot twists. The ending was satisfying too.

 

This was definitely the best book in this omnibus. Overall I'd have to say book 5 is my favourite of all 8 books. It was of course the first one I read, but I just liked it the best because of its unexpected twists. I think after that it would be book 7 and then book 4.

 

Overall then I quite enjoyed reading this book 4, and this omnibus as a whole. I liked them the most in this order (of this omnibus: 4, 3, 2, 1). I'm glad then that I read this omnibus, and that I could read the first four books in the series. I read books 5-8 previously and I really enjoyed those.

 

Rating: (*****) (9/10)

[Athena]

Just as I was about to open up the front door after returning from going out, I saw the postman's van, and so two pre-orders have arrived!:

 

Alexander McCall Smith - The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency 15: The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café

Trudi Canavan - Millennium's Rule 1: Thief's Magic

 

Woohoo!

[Athena]

John Flanagan - Ranger's Apprentice 1: The Ruins of Gorlan

 

 

Genre: Fantasy

Age-range: Children

Format: Hardback (Library Loan)

Pages: 280 (excluding excerpt)

Date read: 12-05-2015 <-> 13-05-2015

ISBN: 9780440867388

Synopsis (back of the book): Will, you have been chosen. You and you alone. You will become the eyes and ears of the Kingdom, learning to move silent as a shadow. Your arrow will fly true and your sword will be swift. You are the Ranger's Apprentice. Are you ready?

 

Join the mysterious Ranger and his new apprentice, Will, in their quest to prevent the assassination of the King.

 

My thoughts:

 

My sister recommended this series of books to me a little while ago. She said she read about 7-8 of them and she liked them a lot. She also said they were quite easy to read. She read them in Dutch, but when I saw the first book in English at my library, I borrowed it. My sister reads mainly fantasy books and we have a somewhat similar taste in fantasy, so I had high hopes that I would like this book.

 

At the beginning of the book there are two pages with important characters' names and descriptions. There is also one page giving some information about the world. Another page has a map of the land on it. There are also two pages with synopses for the first 11 books in the series (there are 12 now according to Wikipedia).

 

This book read quite easily indeed, just like my sister said. I liked the writing style. The book doesn't have the same depth and detail as some long epic adult fantasy books, but nonetheless it was very enjoyable. In fact, it was so suspenseful I found it really hard to stop reading to go do something else. I quite liked the plot twists.

 

The characters were all pretty interesting too. Will is the main character of the story, and he's very likeable. The story is written in third person. Sometimes there are scenes about what happens to other characters, at the same time as Will is doing something else, but mostly the scenes involve Will.

 

Overall then I really enjoyed reading this book. It does read very quickly, and it was a very enjoyable story. I'm really eager to read more books in this series now and I hope I can borrow them from the library sooner rather than later. Some of the books have good endings and can be more read seperately than others, according to my sister. Some are 'to be continued' whereas others have more of an ending. I'd prefer to read them in order but I don't know if the library will have those available that are next to read. Last time they didn't have book 2 available. I'll certainly look out for them there though, as I'm eager to read more! It might not have the depth of some other fantasy books, but the fact that it was so suspenseful, that I wanted to keep on reading, that I'm really eager to read them all, means that I liked it a lot.

 

Rating: (*****) (10/10)

[Anna Begins]

Trudi Canavan - Millennium's Rule 1: Thief's Magic

 

Woohoo!

Oh wow- I bet you can't wait for that one!

[Athena]

Oh wow- I bet you can't wait for that one!

I look forward to it . I plan on reading The Age of the Five trilogy first, by the same author, as she wrote those before this one. The two are not related at all as far as I know, but I just feel it's better that way. Also, that one is a finished trilogy. My brother is currently reading it too so it will be nice to talk with him about it (he's been reading it for some time now, he doesn't take much time to read).

 

P.S. I will be posting two reviews now.

 

EDIT: I talked with my extended family yesterday, briefly about my reading so far this year, and they were amazed when I told them . That is nice . I can really read faster than most of them .

Edited May 15, 2015 by Athena

[Athena]

H. G. Wells - The War of the Worlds

 

 

Genre: Literature, Science-fiction

Age-range: Adult

Format: Hardback (Library Loan)

Pages: 164

Date read: 13-05-2015 <-> 14-05-2015

ISBN: 0553213385

Synopsis (GoodReads): H.G. Wells's science fiction classic, the first novel to explore the possibilities of intelligent life from other planets, it still startling and vivid nearly after a century after its appearance, and a half-century after Orson Wells's infamous 1938 radio adaptation. The daring portrayal of aliens landing on English soil, with its themes of interplanetary imperialism, technological holocaust and chaos, is central to the career of H.G. Wells, who died at the dawn of the atomic age. The survival of mankind in the face of "vast and cool and unsympathetic" scientific powers spinning out of control was a crucial theme throughout his work. Visionary, shocking and chilling, The War Of The Worlds has lost none of its impact since its first publication in 1898.

 

My thoughts:

 

I've previously read and enjoyed The Time Machine by the same author, so when I saw this book at the library I thought I'd borrow it and give it a go. When I came back home, I found out I actually already owned a copy of the book, in Dutch (ex-library copy). I started off with reading them both, to compare the texts, but after a little while decided to just read the original English book (the library loan). The translation seemed pretty good so that's good. I have seen a film based on this book quite a few years ago, but I didn't remember much of it.

 

This book was pretty suspenseful, I wanted to keep on reading it to find out what would happen. I quite liked the plot twists.

 

The book was first published in 1898 and you can tell from the language that it is an older book. There were some words in the book that were unfamiliar to me, sometimes I could gather their meaning from the context. It reminded me a bit of English class.

 

The writing style is interesting. The story is written in first person by the main character. Sometimes he refers to the reader or readers. I didn't read the book as quickly as I do books with more contemporary language, but I really liked it.

 

It bothered me a little bit that the main character's name is never mentioned, and he refers to other characters not by their name, but by their description, such as 'my wife', 'the artilleryman' or 'the curate'.

 

I really liked the mentions of the names of towns, areas, streets, etc. The descriptions were nicely written and I felt engaged with the story.

 

It is of course even mor eamazing when you realise this book was first published in 1898. It is a real accomplishment.

 

Overall then I really enjoyed reading this book. It wasn't an easy read, with quite a few English words I didn't know, but I found the story very suspenseful. I wanted to keep on reading. I liked the writing style and the descriptions of for example towns and areas. It is really amazing the book was first published in 1898, so long ago.

 

Rating: (*****) (10/10)

[Athena]

Agatha Christie - Miss Marple 12: Nemesis (from Agatha Christie - Miss Marple Omnibus 3: 12, 13, 11, 1: Nemesis, Sleeping Murder, At Bertram's Hotel, Murder at the Vicarage)

 

(note: this is the cover of the omnibus edition I read the book in)

 

Genre: Detective

Age-range: Adult

Format: Hardback (Library Loan)

Pages: 186

Date read: 14-05-2015 <-> 15-05-2015

ISBN: 9780006499619 (of the omnibus edition)

Synopsis (back of the book): In her own way, Miss Marple is every bit as ruthless as the murderers she hunts down, so when she receives a letter from a recently deceased friend urging her to investigate a crime - she does. But the letter doesn't tell her anything abuot the nature of the crime - only that she is to 'Let justice roll down like waters. And righteousness like an everlasting stream'...

 

My thoughts:

 

I've read Hercule Poirot 10: Murder on the Orient Express. I've not read a Miss Marple book before. I have other Agatha Christie books on my shelf that I haven't read yet. I saw thsi omnibus at the library and thought I'd borrow it. I'm a bit confused why the order of the books in the omnibus is 12, 13, 11 and 1 instead of in order.

 

This book disappointed me a little bit. It wasn't as good as Murder on the Orient Express. It took quite a bit of time before the story got going, and before much really happened. It was quite slow paced for a while. It did get suspenseful in the end, but not until I was perhaps half way through the book. I also felt a bit of editing could have helped, sometimes certain things were repeated. It was known information mainly, when the main character went over what she knew so far, or discussed it with someone. I felt sometimes these parts made the story a bit slow. I did like the writing style otherwise.

 

I quite liked the main character, Miss Jane Marple. I thought she was very interesting and quite ingenious how she went about certain things. I also liked the other characters in the story.

 

I liked the plot twists. I suspected certain things but I didn't guess everything.

 

Overall then I enjoyed reading the book but I didn't like it as much as Murder on the Orient Express. The book was quite slow paced, particularly in the beginning. It took a while before there was much suspense, and I wasn't expecting that. I did like the characters and some of the plot twists did surprise me.

 

I'm then in a bit of a dilemma. While I enjoyed the book I don't know if I want to continue reading this omnibus for now and read three other books, which are presumably somewhat similar and slow paced too, possibly. The omnibus is a library loan. If it was my own, I could easily just put it away for a little while and come back after having read some other books. But since it's a library loan, I have a more limited amount of time to read it, before I have to hand it in again.

 

I own some more books by the author. I think they are mainly Hercule Poirot ones, but not all of them are perhaps, I'm not sure. I don't think I own any Miss Marple books, but I'd have to look it up. I do want to read them at some point, but they aren't the type of books I think, of which I could reasily read several in a row (so to speak).

 

Rating: (****) (7/10)

[pontalba]

Excellent reviews, Gaia.  I like Agatha's books too.

[Anna Begins]

I love War of the Worlds!  I am so glad you enjoyed it.  I wish I was a reader back then

[Athena]

Excellent reviews, Gaia.  I like Agatha's books too.

Thanks, Kate . Unfortunately I had to return the omnibus to the library, because I wasn't allowed to loan more books and there were too many other ones I wanted . But I own quite a few myself so . They're just not the type of book I want to read four of within the same few weeks . I did enjoy it though . 

 

I love War of the Worlds!  I am so glad you enjoyed it.  I wish I was a reader back then

Thanks !

 

I went to the city and bought some books at Terre des Hommes:

 

4 Lijsters for 1 euro deal (I've read most of these when I was a child, at the library, but now I have my own copies and I can re-read the books. I don't remember much of them other than that I liked them but I think things might come back to me when I re-read them.):

Paul van Loon - Vampier in de School

Gaston van Camp - Rode Wolf

Midas Dekkers - Houden Beren Echt van Honing?

Trude de Jong - Lola de Beer

Trude de Jong - Moord in Amsterdam

Mieke van Hooft - Treiterkoppen

Peter Jan Rens - Rauzer

Lydia Rood - Kaloeha Dzong

2 books for 1 euro deal:

Patricia Cornwell - Kay Scarpetta 10: Zwarte Hoek (Black Notice) (I've read and liked other books in this series)

Renate Dorrestein - Heden Ik (autobiography of a famous Dutch literary author about her ME / CFS)

 

And I went to the library and borrowed a lot of new books , too many probably.. but there were so many nice books, and I didn't even look everywhere! I'm so happy I became a member of the library, they have a lot of nice books.

 

John Flanagan - Ranger's Apprentice 3: The Icebound Land

John Flanagan - Ranger's Apprentice 7: Erak's Ransom

John Flanagan - Ranger's Apprentice 8: The Kings of Clonmel

John Flanagan - Ranger's Apprentice 9: Halt's Peril

John Flanagan - Ranger's Apprentice 11: The Lost Stories

John Flanagan - Ranger's Apprentice 12: The Royal Ranger (after reading book 1 in this series, I found it a shame I couldn't find book 2. However my sister said that they were pretty much standalone stories so I hope I can follow these ones allright. They are written for children so it shouldn't be too complicated I think. I really enjoyed the first book.)

Geronimo Stilton - Ridders van Fantasia 2: Het Kristallen Zwaard

Thea Stilton - Prinsessen van Fantasia 1: De Ijsprinses

Thea Stilton - Prinsessen van Fantasia 3: De Woestijnprinses (there were three other Stilton books, but of a series that I think is just allright, and because I wasn't allowed to borrow more books than this list, I had to put them back).

Jeff Kinney - Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney - Diary of a Wimpy Kid 9: The Long Haul (I've previously read and liked books 3 and 4 of this series)

Rachel Renée Russell - Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl

Rachel Renée Russell - Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All (I've read books 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 but not yet 2 and 5, so I was happy to have found them now.)

Chris Riddell - Goth Girl 2: Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death (I read book 1 in this series and really liked it).

Francine Oomen - Hoe Overleef Ik... 2: Hoe Overleef Ik Het Jaar 2000?

Francine Oomen - Hoe Overleef Ik... 3: Hoe Overleef Ik De Brugklas? (I've read books 1-13 in this series, except 2, 3 and 9, so I was happy to have found 2 and 3 now)

Prunella Bat - Milla & Sugar 1: Een Heks en een Fee (Strega Piú Fata)

Prunella Bat - Milla & Sugar 6: Tijd voor Toverkunst (L'Ora Degli Cantesimi)

Prunella Bat - Milla & Sugar 9: De Vampierenbruid (La Sposa Vampira) (I didn't know this series but the illustrations look nice so I took these three, and put the three Thea Stilton Topford ones back)

Francesca Simon - Horrid Henry 17: Horrid Henry Robs The Bank

Francesca Simon - Horrid Henry's Picture Books 1: Horrid Henry's Big Bad Book

Francesca Simon - Horrid Henry's Picture Books 2: Horrid Henry's Wicked Ways

Francesca Simon - Horrid Henry's Picture Books 3: Horrid Henry's Evil Enemies

Francesca Simon - Horrid Henry's Picture Books 4: Horrid Henry Rules the World (I haven't read any books with Henry before, but the illustrations in these last four books looked very good and I thought they might be enjoyable reads).

Brian Azzarello, Jim Lee and Scott Williams - Superman: For Tomorrow 1-2: Absolute Superman For Tomorrow (Dutch) (I've never read a superhero comic book before, and this is an omnibus with a lot of them in it. I've seen a lot of Superman adaptations such as films and some of Smallville but I've never read any comic books with him as they're pretty hard to find in the Netherlands, and pretty expensive. So I hope I will like this, I thought I'd give it a go. I found the "(children's?) comic book" section but I couldn't figure out how the comics were organised, it seemed kind of random.)

 

Here is a photo of all the books:

 

 

And yes, I do plan on reading Marie Lu - Legend 2: Prodigy and Marie Lu - Legend 3: Champion soon too. And Peter F. Hamilton - The Void Trilogy 2: The Temporal Void next month.

[Athena]

Marie Lu - Legend 1: Legend

 

 

Genre: Science-fiction

Age-range: Young-Adult

Format: Paperback

Pages: 298

Date read: 15-05-2015 <-> 17-05-2015

ISBN: 9780141339603

Synopsis (back of the book): Los Angeles, California, Republic of America.

He is Day, the boy who walks in the light.

She is June, the girl who seeks her brother's killer.

On the run and undercover, they meet by chance.

Irresistibly drawn together, neither knows the other's past.

But Day murdered June's brother.

And she has sworn to avenge his death...

 

My thoughts:

 

I bought this book last year after some people recommended it (they don't know me personally, I just follow their YouTube videos and / or blogs). I read it now because my friend Anna wanted the both of us to read it before we meet up in Amsterdam.

 

The book was quite suspenseful and fast paced. I wanted to keep on reading to fidn out what would happen next. I guessed a few of the plot twists but some of them were quite unexpected to me.

 

I liked the writing style. The book contains chapters from Day's and from June's point of view, alternating. The story takes place in chronological order with some flashbacks. The chapters are both printed in different fronts, as well as have the character's name as their header and at the top of every page, so you're never confused whose viewpoint you're reading.

 

I liked the characters and the world a lot too. The book bears some similarities to other books in the young-adult dystopian genre (I call it science-fiction as I don't make the distinction between the various subgenres of science-fiction, but okay).

 

Overall I really enjoyed reading the book, and while it ends at a good place in the story, I really want to read the other two books in the trilogy and find out what happens next and how it all ends. I think I will be reading them not too long from now.

 

Rating: (*****) (10/10)

[Anna Begins]

Is Thea Stilton related to Geronimo Stilton?  Renate Dorrestein - Heden Ik sounds good and like something you would enjoy.

 

Ok, goody a 10/10.  I didn't think you were too sure earlier

[Athena]

Is Thea Stilton related to Geronimo Stilton?  Renate Dorrestein - Heden Ik sounds good and like something you would enjoy.

 

Ok, goody a 10/10.  I didn't think you were too sure earlier

Geronimo is the main character in most of his books, Thea is his sister and is a character in her books. They are both written by the same team of people (from Italy), but their authors are listed as such, because it is as if these characters wrote down these stories about themselves, if that makes sense?

 

(EDIT: They are both mice, btw )

 

Yeah, I enjoyed it a lot but now looking back I do find it is similar to some other books, I don't know which ones were first, but either way I enjoyed reading the book so . I wouldn't say its literary value is a 10 / 10 but I enjoyed it and I wanted to keep on reading it. I know I generally give high ratings, but if I enjoy a book then I want to give it a high rating. It's not meant in any way a recommendation for a stranger, it's just for me personally, a high rating means I enjoyed reading the book a lot.

Edited May 17, 2015 by Athena

[Anna Begins]

Geronimo is the main character in most of his books, Thea is his sister and is a character in her books. They are both written by the same team of people (from Italy), but their authors are listed as such, because it is as if these characters wrote down these stories about themselves, if that makes sense?

 

(EDIT: They are both mice, btw )

 

Yeah, I enjoyed it a lot but now looking back I do find it is similar to some other books, I don't know which ones were first, but either way I enjoyed reading the book so . I wouldn't say its literary value is a 10 / 10 but I enjoyed it and I wanted to keep on reading it. I know I generally give high ratings, but if I enjoy a book then I want to give it a high rating. It's not meant in any way a recommendation for a stranger, it's just for me personally, a high rating means I enjoyed reading the book a lot.

How cute!  I love the idea they are listed as the authors!  That reminds me, we watched Ratatouillie last night!

 

Makes sense for the rating... I might do that on my list of books read on my Page 1.  Just for me.  Good idea!

[Athena]

How cute!  I love the idea they are listed as the authors!  That reminds me, we watched Ratatouillie last night!

 

Makes sense for the rating... I might do that on my list of books read on my Page 1.  Just for me.  Good idea!

I love Ratatouille!

 

EDIT: I downloaded a free Kindle book Blake Northcott - The Arena Mode Saga 1: Arena Mode. I don't know if it's any good, but it sounds interesting and it's free for a limited time so I thought I might as well click on the button.

Edited May 17, 2015 by Athena

[Signor Finzione]

Great new books! I bet you needed a wheelbarrow to get them all home?!

 

I know what you mean about giving books high ratings. I've given quite a lot of 5/5 ratings recently, because I thoroughly enjoyed the books. They might not be literary masterpieces, or even as good as other 5/5 books I've read, but I always think that if I enjoy a book and can't find any major faults with it, then it deserves a high or perfect score.

[Athena]

Haha, well I took some shopping bags with me and gladly the parking lot wasn't too far from the library . I was done before my parents were, they were clothes shopping, so I waited for a little while at the library, it's a pleasant place to be.

 

I agree, I'm glad you think similarly .

[Timstar]

Glad you loved War of the Worlds, it is a great book. Though to date it is still the only Wells book I have read, really want to read some more.

[Alexi]

Great reviews, particularly The War of the Worlds. I really want to read that one after enjoying The Time Machine.

 

So many books, so little hours in the day...

[Athena]

Glad you loved War of the Worlds, it is a great book. Though to date it is still the only Wells book I have read, really want to read some more.

Thanks . I liked The Time Machine, but I haven't read any other ones. I don't know many others by name, but I might read them some day.

 

Great reviews, particularly The War of the Worlds. I really want to read that one after enjoying The Time Machine.

 

So many books, so little hours in the day...

Thanks . I think you will enjoy The War of the Worlds . I prefer it over The Time Machine. It's also a lot longer so maybe it's not a fair comparison. I hope you get around to it some day .