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.

Moab is my washpot by Stephen Fry

  • Started on: 2011-05-24
  • Finished on: 2011-05-26
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): General Fiction, Biography

I feel incredibly lucky that not only is Stephen Fry coming to The Netherlands, I get to go see him! He will be here to talk about The Stephen Fry Chronicles, part two of his autobiography. So in preparation I had to read at least part one, Moab is my Washpot. This is the story of his life up to university. He is away at boarding school, grows up, struggles (a lot) with growing up, his body and his sexuality, and his kleptomaniac tendencies, leading him to jail.
If you like Stephen Fry, his wit, his exquisite use of the English language, his knowledge and his rambling and then getting back to the point, you will love this book. If you don’t… stay away. Needless to say, I love Fry, and I loved this book. I especially loved the honesty, he really tells all, or at least seams to. And I love the pictures. All in all, four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2011-05-24
  • Finished on: 2011-05-26
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): General Fiction, Biography

I feel incredibly lucky that not only is Stephen Fry coming to The Netherlands, I get to go see him! He will be here to talk about The Stephen Fry Chronicles, part two of his autobiography. So in preparation I had to read at least part one, Moab is my Washpot. This is the story of his life up to university. He is away at boarding school, grows up, struggles (a lot) with growing up, his body and his sexuality, and his kleptomaniac tendencies, leading him to jail.
If you like Stephen Fry, his wit, his exquisite use of the English language, his knowledge and his rambling and then getting back to the point, you will love this book. If you don’t… stay away. Needless to say, I love Fry, and I loved this book. I especially loved the honesty, he really tells all, or at least seams to. And I love the pictures. All in all, four out of five stars.