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.

Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith

  • Started on: 2010-09-23
  • Finished on: 2010-09-24
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): Horror

“Dawn of the Dreadfuls” is the prequel to the mashup “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”. In this book the training of the Bennett girls and the coming of zombies (unmentionables or dreadfuls) to Meryton is explained. Also, the reason that Netherfield stands empty. The book itself is far more basic than P&P&Z and doesn’t have anything to do with Jane Austen and her writing (except the setting). This means the books is fun, but not much more than that. Fun is good though, so I give this book three out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2010-09-23
  • Finished on: 2010-09-24
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): Horror

“Dawn of the Dreadfuls” is the prequel to the mashup “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”. In this book the training of the Bennett girls and the coming of zombies (unmentionables or dreadfuls) to Meryton is explained. Also, the reason that Netherfield stands empty. The book itself is far more basic than P&P&Z and doesn’t have anything to do with Jane Austen and her writing (except the setting). This means the books is fun, but not much more than that. Fun is good though, so I give this book three out of five stars.