I had no idea what this story was about when a friend dragged me to see the new adaptation of Far From the Madding Crowd with Carey Mulligan. Thank god she did because I looooooooooved it. To the point where I was almost afraid to read the book. What if it didn’t live up to the movie? FFtMC tells the story of Bathsheba Everdene, a headstrong woman who ends up inheriting and running a Weatherbury farm in Victorian era England. She is very young at […]
Admired But Unloved
I think I’m going to have to file this one away on the “admired but unloved” shelf. It was definitely an interesting read because whether you like Fates And Furies or not, you can’t deny that Groff is a great writer doing some innovative things with structure. She was clearly very influenced by the theatre, especially old school tragedy. I think for this story to truly resonate, you need to have been married. It just didn’t hit me emotionally, but I think it might have […]
A cozy romance with some history thrown in
This one didn’t leave much of a lasting impression, but it was a perfect read for the mood I was in. The main character Nicola lives in present day Great Britain working in a gallery, but she has a secret. When she touches objects, she can sometimes see the history of its previous owners. When a woman comes into the shop claiming to possess a wood carving given to her ancestor by Catherine the Great, Nicola gets a short glimpse of Anna, the woman’s ancestor. […]
Great premise, poor follow through
I adore a well spun revenge tale. The premise for Endangered promised such a story, but unfortunately the follow through was… lacking. Lauren “Panda” Daniels goes to a normal high school with the usual social divisions: the bullies, the kids keeping their heads down, the popular kids, the freaks, etc. Panda is one of the students keeping their heads down during the day, but on her off time she likes to get revenge on the bullies and unprincipled by photoblogging their misdeeds. Knock down one […]