Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

  • Started on: 2010-08-24
  • Finished on: 2010-08-25
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): Historical Fiction

The Help has been very popular on LibraryThing these past few months. I didn’t think it would be for me, but when two colleagues shortly after each other recommended it to me I had to read it. And I am not sorry. Despite the tough subject and the sadness the book was lovely and fantastic to read, one of the few books keeping me reading late at night.
The characters are gorgeous and real, the writing is good, all was great. Four stars out of five.

  • Started on: 2010-08-24
  • Finished on: 2010-08-25
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): Historical Fiction

The Help has been very popular on LibraryThing these past few months. I didn’t think it would be for me, but when two colleagues shortly after each other recommended it to me I had to read it. And I am not sorry. Despite the tough subject and the sadness the book was lovely and fantastic to read, one of the few books keeping me reading late at night.
The characters are gorgeous and real, the writing is good, all was great. Four stars out of five.