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.

Sprookjes van Tolkien by J. R. R. Tolkien

  • Started on: 2012-09-24
  • Finished on: 2012-09-25
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

With the movie ‘The Hobbit’ (Part 1) coming out this year I am in a Tolkien reading mood. I read ‘The Hobbit’ earlier this year, and when I found this collection of three Tolkien fairy tales, I didn’t hesitate. Contained in this book are the stories ‘Smith of Wootton Major’, ‘Farmer Giles of Ham’ and ‘Leaf by Niggle’.
The stories are real fairy tales. Like ‘The Hobbit’, they read as if they are ideal to read out loud. None were from the LotR universe (I believe), but they still evoked that feeling of a simpler time. They contain fairy lands, dragons, kings, and a vision of the after life, or a dystopian future.
All in all it was nice to have read these stories, even though they don’t contain any hobbits or elves. Tolkien is just a great writer with a wonderful imagination. Four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2012-09-24
  • Finished on: 2012-09-25
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

With the movie ‘The Hobbit’ (Part 1) coming out this year I am in a Tolkien reading mood. I read ‘The Hobbit’ earlier this year, and when I found this collection of three Tolkien fairy tales, I didn’t hesitate. Contained in this book are the stories ‘Smith of Wootton Major’, ‘Farmer Giles of Ham’ and ‘Leaf by Niggle’.
The stories are real fairy tales. Like ‘The Hobbit’, they read as if they are ideal to read out loud. None were from the LotR universe (I believe), but they still evoked that feeling of a simpler time. They contain fairy lands, dragons, kings, and a vision of the after life, or a dystopian future.
All in all it was nice to have read these stories, even though they don’t contain any hobbits or elves. Tolkien is just a great writer with a wonderful imagination. Four out of five stars.