http://toryssa.com/booklog I have always imagined that Paradise would be a kind of library. - Jorge Luis Borges Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:09:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a strange book. Mostly, it was hard reading and boring. But then, the authors note at the end mentioned Amelia Earhart's famous flight, and the rumor that it was actually a recognizance mission for the government. This, after the book ends with the main character about to go off ... http://toryssa.com/booklog/2008/07/21/all-that-heaven-allows-dc-richardson/ ** spoilers ** I'm not entirely sure what I was expecting, but this certainly wasn't it. The phrase on the back was something like "How far would you go to hold on to the hope of love?" and ... http://toryssa.com/booklog/2008/07/17/the-choice-nicholas-sparks/ I thought the premise of the book was very good. A 14 year old girl wakes up one morning and her entire family is gone. The investigation turns up nothing and the story takes place twenty-five years later. I also thought the narrative style was quite good. Even though the ... http://toryssa.com/booklog/2008/07/13/no-time-for-goodbye-linwood-barclay/ This was a strange book for me... although I liked the intimacy of the writing style, and the feeling of getting to know the character... I never came to like, nor care about, said character. It was ... http://toryssa.com/booklog/2008/07/10/the-private-lives-of-pippa-lee-rebecca-miller/ Meh. I didn't connect with the characters... and the blurb on the back was wildly misleading. http://toryssa.com/booklog/2008/07/08/laying-the-ghost-judy-astley/ Read in one night, this is chick-lit that doesn't appall me as much at others. I'd read the Undomestic Goddess by her, and still remember one scene that cracked me up, even though I don't remember the plot. But this one? Not quite as funny. There were some clever bits, and ... http://toryssa.com/booklog/2008/07/03/remember-me-sophie-kinsella/ This book, in which an apple tree was a character, had a lot of potential to be wonderderful and whimsical. It didn't really pan out to be anything more than a happily ever after silly love story though. I was completely charmed in the beginning, but it never really lived up ... http://toryssa.com/booklog/2008/07/01/garden-spells-sarah-addison-allen/ This was really a very good book. The story of the family of a famous artist that spent her life amidst the blurred line between genius and madness. Each chapter began with a critical review of one ... http://toryssa.com/booklog/2008/06/28/notes-from-an-exhibition-patrick-gale/ I very much liked the concept of the book but I never got fully attached to the characters... which I think hindered me from loving the book as a whole. The narration style was very unemotional, which ... http://toryssa.com/booklog/2008/06/26/iris-ruby-rosie-thomas/ If only everybodies abandonment and mommy issues worked out so well in the end. http://toryssa.com/booklog/2008/06/25/summer-island-kristin-hannah/