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 Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

  • Started on: 2010-09-01
  • Finished on: 2010-09-05
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

This is the companion of one of her previous books, Oryx and Crake. In that book a dystopian future is painted where mankind is almost wiped out. Before society is ruled by corporations who splice genes and alter DNA left and right while outside their compounds the world is destroyed. Anyway, this book is taking place at the same time as Oryx and Crake but from the perspective of some ‘regular’ people outside the corporations. A very good story, a ‘nice’ read that tied in well to O&C. It makes me want to read more Atwood. Four stars out of five.

  • Started on: 2010-09-01
  • Finished on: 2010-09-05
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

This is the companion of one of her previous books, Oryx and Crake. In that book a dystopian future is painted where mankind is almost wiped out. Before society is ruled by corporations who splice genes and alter DNA left and right while outside their compounds the world is destroyed. Anyway, this book is taking place at the same time as Oryx and Crake but from the perspective of some ‘regular’ people outside the corporations. A very good story, a ‘nice’ read that tied in well to O&C. It makes me want to read more Atwood. Four stars out of five.