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.

Matter by Iain M. Banks

  • Started on: 2011-01-13
  • Finished on: 2011-01-18
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

Another book, the eight, in The Culture series by Iain M. Banks. When I started the book I thought this might be one of those science fiction books that takes place on a distant planet but is basically a medieval story (kings, servants, war). But luckily, pretty soon higher evolved species and The Culture were introduced in the book.
The book switches from character it is following between chapters, enabling you to see the story from different points of view. What I really liked about the book is how it seemed to have one main event at the heart of the story, and the climax turned to be about something else entirely.

  • Started on: 2011-01-13
  • Finished on: 2011-01-18
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

Another book, the eight, in The Culture series by Iain M. Banks. When I started the book I thought this might be one of those science fiction books that takes place on a distant planet but is basically a medieval story (kings, servants, war). But luckily, pretty soon higher evolved species and The Culture were introduced in the book.
The book switches from character it is following between chapters, enabling you to see the story from different points of view. What I really liked about the book is how it seemed to have one main event at the heart of the story, and the climax turned to be about something else entirely.