Monday, January 18, 2016

What I Read This December



As I mentioned in my last post I managed to pull it together and finish the PopSugar Ultimate Reading Challenge for 2015 *throws confetti* And thanks to some help picking out the final challenges from my friends what I thought would be an exhausting slog through books I wasn’t really interested in turned out to be enjoyable to the end. So I finished my last five reading challenges then I got to enjoy some magical Christmas books.



The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery ★★★★

A book with a colour in the title



I didn't think I would get into this one at the beginning as everyone was so darn unlikeable, thankfully the main character developed fabulously and it made for a fun read.


A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ★★★★★

A book published over 100 years ago



Even though its a story we all know so well I had never read this. After attempting a few different books for this challenge Rachel recommended I give this one a shot and it was great. 


Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchikers #3) by Douglas Adams  ★★★★

A book recommended by a friend



Technically I was recommended this series by one of my friends back in university days but I had never gotten around to books 3-5. The storyline in this edition was much easier to follow than the others in the series. Fortunately I like cricket enough to understand all the cricket-centric jokes it featured
 

So Long and Thanks for all the Fish (Hitchikers #4) by Douglas Adams ★★★

A book published in the year you were born



This book was okay, not as well put together as the rest of the series (although the foreword explains how the author was basically held at gunpoint and forced to write it). I wasn't really interested in Arthur Dent's love life, I would have rather followed the other characters. Hopefully the last book is better. I probably wont read the book that Eoin Colfer wrote as the 6th book as I don't like his writing much. 



 
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern ★★★★★
 

A book with magic in it



I loved this book so much, it just made me so happy.


The Night Before Christmas by Scarlett Bailey ★★★★
Calling Mrs. Christmas by Carole Matthews ★★★★


I enjoyed these two little Christmas books, they were pretty fun reads. 
I got a few books for Christmas, I haven't got around to reading any of them yet as I have a thousand library books out but I am excited about reading them sometime soon.

 

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