I
read Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby in the beginning of summer, but
haven't gotten around to write about until now. I think it is the
kind of book that needs to sit for a while in my brain and sink in to
really appreciate it. What drew my first to this book was the cover
art, which reminds me a bit about the opening scenes to one of my
favourite films, Juno.
It's
a story about obsession and what it can do to you. How it changes
your life, a slightly sad and depressing book, but somewhere in it
there is also happiness.
Josefine
Title:
Juliet, Naked Author: Nick Hornby ISBN: 978-0-141-02064-8
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
The Peach Keeper
Ok
I promise this will be the last chick-lit post for a while now. But I can't help but
to mention the latest book I've read from one of my favourite
authors, Sarah Addison Allen.
Sarah Addison Allen is an author I come back to again and again. Her two previous books The Sugar Queen and Garden Spells left me with such a nice fuzzy feeling so I had high expectations of The Peach Keeper and as always Addison Allen delivered.
To me, that is what makes a favourite author, you can go back to them over and over again, and they always deliver.
Josefine
Title: The Peach Keeper Author: Sarah Addison Allen ISBN: 978-1-444-70667-3
Sarah Addison Allen is an author I come back to again and again. Her two previous books The Sugar Queen and Garden Spells left me with such a nice fuzzy feeling so I had high expectations of The Peach Keeper and as always Addison Allen delivered.
To me, that is what makes a favourite author, you can go back to them over and over again, and they always deliver.
Josefine
Title: The Peach Keeper Author: Sarah Addison Allen ISBN: 978-1-444-70667-3
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Reliability
Sheila
O'Flanagan's Bad behaviour is what I think of as an ordinary chick
lit book. You pick it up at the airport, train or petrol station
before leaving for your holiday. You know what to expect and
O'Flanagan delivers just that. There are no surprises, good or bad,
it is just a consistent, entertaining, well written book throughout.
And sometimes that is exactly what you need!
Josefine
Title: Bad behvaiour Author: Sheila O'Flanagan ISBN: 978-0-7553-3218-2
Josefine
Title: Bad behvaiour Author: Sheila O'Flanagan ISBN: 978-0-7553-3218-2
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Coleman's best so far
I
go through periods when I read much from the same genre and a couple
of weeks over the summer, it was chick-lit. This time there was a mix
of authors I've read before and some new. First Cally Taylor's début
novel Heaven can wait, then there were books by Rowan Coleman, Sheila
O'Flangan and Sarah Addison Allen all authors I've read before.
Lessons in laughing out loud by Rowan Coleman is the third book I've read from her and I must say I think it is the best of her books so far. It had a bit of a dip towards the end, but then it picked back up again in the last chapters to end quite well.
I am still waiting for my library to purchase her newest book Happy home for broken hearts.
Josefine
Title: Lessons in laughing out loud Author: Rowan Coleman ISBN: 978-0-09-955126-3
Lessons in laughing out loud by Rowan Coleman is the third book I've read from her and I must say I think it is the best of her books so far. It had a bit of a dip towards the end, but then it picked back up again in the last chapters to end quite well.
I am still waiting for my library to purchase her newest book Happy home for broken hearts.
Josefine
Title: Lessons in laughing out loud Author: Rowan Coleman ISBN: 978-0-09-955126-3
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Can heaven wait?
I've
read much about Cally Taylor's first novel Heaven can wait, following
her path to publishing through her blog and was prepared for
an uplifting chick-lit book. What I was not prepared for, was it to
be so sad. Some parts of the book are funny and witty, then there are
so many parts that are heartbreakingly sad. However, the best
features of the book, is that Taylor nails each and everyone of the
emotions. I can sense what each and everyone of the characters are
feeling and that makes me care about them and their stories, turning
the pages wanting and needing to know how it ends.
In short, it is a wonderful book. It took me a long time to get to this novel (my list of books I want to read, never seems to shorten) but when I read it, I was a bit gutted I had waited so long to get to it. Her second novel Home for Christmas is on my to read list as well, and hopefully I'll get to it sooner, I might just bump it up a bit.
If you want to see what Taylor is up to (including being a new mum) you can find her website here.
Josefine
Title: Heaven can wait Author: Cally Taylor ISBN: 978-1-409-10323-3
In short, it is a wonderful book. It took me a long time to get to this novel (my list of books I want to read, never seems to shorten) but when I read it, I was a bit gutted I had waited so long to get to it. Her second novel Home for Christmas is on my to read list as well, and hopefully I'll get to it sooner, I might just bump it up a bit.
If you want to see what Taylor is up to (including being a new mum) you can find her website here.
Josefine
Title: Heaven can wait Author: Cally Taylor ISBN: 978-1-409-10323-3
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Chicklit,
Heaven can wait,
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