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 Fall by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan & Chuck Hogan & Chuck Hogan

  • Started on: 2011-01-01
  • Finished on: 2011-01-10
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Horror

Part two of The Strain trilogy (I read the first book last summer, the third isn’t released yet). This book deals with the breakdown of civilization, a bit more history of the original vampires and Sektarian and how our heroes are fighting back.
The book contains some flashbacks to the first book, short enough not to be annoying but long enough to remember all that happened before. The story itself seems to be pretty depressing, humanity seems to be fighting a losing war, but even though I am not a fan of depressing stories, I cannot wait for the third and final book in the series. Four out of five stars for my first book of the year.

  • Started on: 2011-01-01
  • Finished on: 2011-01-10
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Horror

Part two of The Strain trilogy (I read the first book last summer, the third isn’t released yet). This book deals with the breakdown of civilization, a bit more history of the original vampires and Sektarian and how our heroes are fighting back.
The book contains some flashbacks to the first book, short enough not to be annoying but long enough to remember all that happened before. The story itself seems to be pretty depressing, humanity seems to be fighting a losing war, but even though I am not a fan of depressing stories, I cannot wait for the third and final book in the series. Four out of five stars for my first book of the year.