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 Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

  • Started on: 2011-02-10
  • Finished on: 2011-02-14
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Mystery

This classic was recommended to me by a friend and I haven’t regretted reading it. This early (first?) detective story deals with the theft of a unique diamond. The story is told by different people who all were involved with the mystery, and slowly but surely the solution is revealed to the main characters, as well as the reader.
The characters are great, the writing very good, changing from character to character. I loved reading it.

  • Started on: 2011-02-10
  • Finished on: 2011-02-14
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Mystery

This classic was recommended to me by a friend and I haven’t regretted reading it. This early (first?) detective story deals with the theft of a unique diamond. The story is told by different people who all were involved with the mystery, and slowly but surely the solution is revealed to the main characters, as well as the reader.
The characters are great, the writing very good, changing from character to character. I loved reading it.