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 Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend (FRSL)

  • Started on: 2011-10-20
  • Finished on: 2011-10-21
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): General Fiction

After reading the first Adrian Mole book a while ago, I couldn’t resist when I saw this one, the second one, for a few cents in a second hand shop. In the case of this series, I think if you like the first, you’ll like the rest, and if you don’t you won’t.
This book comes right after the first one ended. His parents are trying it together again, he is with his girlfriend Pandora, he is hitting puberty. For a seemingly smart boy he can be pretty far from the real world sometimes. He always tries his best, but the assumptions he makes are not quite real. This leads to some humorous and cringe-worthy situations. I really likes the first book, and liked this one too. Four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2011-10-20
  • Finished on: 2011-10-21
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): General Fiction

After reading the first Adrian Mole book a while ago, I couldn’t resist when I saw this one, the second one, for a few cents in a second hand shop. In the case of this series, I think if you like the first, you’ll like the rest, and if you don’t you won’t.
This book comes right after the first one ended. His parents are trying it together again, he is with his girlfriend Pandora, he is hitting puberty. For a seemingly smart boy he can be pretty far from the real world sometimes. He always tries his best, but the assumptions he makes are not quite real. This leads to some humorous and cringe-worthy situations. I really likes the first book, and liked this one too. Four out of five stars.