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.

Ghostwritten by David Mitchell

  • Started on: 2011-01-26
  • Finished on: 2011-01-31
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): Magical Realism

This is David Mitchell’s first novel, but my third by him. Like Cloud Atlas, it consists of a number of stories that seem independent but in some small ways all have something to do with each other. Lot’s of “isn’t that… ooooh” moments for me. The science fiction like futuristic chapter in the end, which is inspired by the work of Asimov but in which I also saw Iain M. Banks, surprised me but I loved it. I guess if you like (love) David Mitchell, you’ll love this, if not, then stay away. For me, it was brilliant and I adored it.

  • Started on: 2011-01-26
  • Finished on: 2011-01-31
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): Magical Realism

This is David Mitchell’s first novel, but my third by him. Like Cloud Atlas, it consists of a number of stories that seem independent but in some small ways all have something to do with each other. Lot’s of “isn’t that… ooooh” moments for me. The science fiction like futuristic chapter in the end, which is inspired by the work of Asimov but in which I also saw Iain M. Banks, surprised me but I loved it. I guess if you like (love) David Mitchell, you’ll love this, if not, then stay away. For me, it was brilliant and I adored it.