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.

Het meisje met de glazen voeten by Ali Shaw

  • Started on: 2011-02-14
  • Finished on: 2011-02-16
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

I picked up this book purely by chance at the library, attracted by the cover and the title. The book describes the island of Sint Hauda, and the illness of Ida, who is slowly turning into glass. The story has a certain mood that really attracted me to it, and I couldn’t put it down. This was a good book to read on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
The island is weird, with fantasy creatures and people who all have their own problems. The story is an allegory (I presume, also from the book club questions in the back) but I just liked it for the story. It took a bit getting used to the flashbacks and character changes which sometimes happen unannounced. I am having a hard time describing just what it is I liked so much, and also a hard time agreeing with the more negative reviews on LT. I guess I just like it for what it is, and for me it was a great tragic story.

  • Started on: 2011-02-14
  • Finished on: 2011-02-16
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

I picked up this book purely by chance at the library, attracted by the cover and the title. The book describes the island of Sint Hauda, and the illness of Ida, who is slowly turning into glass. The story has a certain mood that really attracted me to it, and I couldn’t put it down. This was a good book to read on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
The island is weird, with fantasy creatures and people who all have their own problems. The story is an allegory (I presume, also from the book club questions in the back) but I just liked it for the story. It took a bit getting used to the flashbacks and character changes which sometimes happen unannounced. I am having a hard time describing just what it is I liked so much, and also a hard time agreeing with the more negative reviews on LT. I guess I just like it for what it is, and for me it was a great tragic story.