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.

Eten, bidden, beminnen by Joseph Gies

  • Started on: 2011-03-07
  • Finished on: 2011-03-08
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): General Fiction, Biography

I read this book purely because it is so popular and I see it for sale everywhere. I have had success reading popular and hyped books in the past, so I tried this one. I enjoyed it, but the subject matter isn’t quite my cup of tea. I expected it to be more a description of her life and experiences in Italy, India and Indonesia, than a description of her own spiritual journey of healing. It didn’t speak to me as it did to most, I suspect, but all in all it was a nice book. It also reminded me of Julie and Julia by Julie Powell, it had the same tone and way of speaking to the reader.

  • Started on: 2011-03-07
  • Finished on: 2011-03-08
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): General Fiction, Biography

I read this book purely because it is so popular and I see it for sale everywhere. I have had success reading popular and hyped books in the past, so I tried this one. I enjoyed it, but the subject matter isn’t quite my cup of tea. I expected it to be more a description of her life and experiences in Italy, India and Indonesia, than a description of her own spiritual journey of healing. It didn’t speak to me as it did to most, I suspect, but all in all it was a nice book. It also reminded me of Julie and Julia by Julie Powell, it had the same tone and way of speaking to the reader.