book rant
Like I said in an earlier post, I've just finished two books,
The Ballad of Cauldron Bay and
Bras & Broomsticks. Today I also finished Sophie Kinsella's
Can You Keep A Secret? and all you need to know about it is that I loved it, and Sophie Kinsella's books are the only chick lit books I can actually tolerate. I know,
Bras & Broomsticks is also chick lit. That doesn't mean I like it.
Whenever people ask me the genre of books I like, my immediate response would be fae fiction. I love fae fiction. And I'm fine with romance. Just not chick lit.
When I first saw
Bras & Broomsticks, I thought I'd like it because of the magic in it. (I'm a sucker for fantasy reads.) But it turns out... not quite.
I have a few problems with the heroine. She's a little... materialistic, I think. I don't like how she talks her sister into cooking up spells for her. Also, how in the end (bit of a spoiler here), it's hinted that she was to ask her sister to brew her a love potion.
Now, I don't think she should. Reasons: 1) The guys likes her already. What she could do to get him back after what she did to him is to apologize. And get proper dancing lessons. 2) Their mother already forbid her sister to perform spells. I'm just worried as to what would happen if they get caught or if something goes horribly wrong.
I love magic, but somehow, because of this book, I'm quite thankful I don't have powers like Miri's.
As for
The Ballad of Cauldron Bay, I liked it a lot. I like the heroine, the frienemy, everything. I just got a bit confused with some of the terms as the book was set in Australia, and there were a few slang words I had trouble with. But then again, that's what
Merriam Webster is for, right?
I like the book also because it has morals, like, don't judge a book by its cover or don't smoke cigarettes when you're 13 or don't run off with a surfer dude just because your parents are having a divorce. Yeah. Stigg's character turned out nicely in the end, too, because he went to school in Hawaii and didn't live like a gypsy no more.
Next on my reading list:
Red, White and Blue by Susan Isaacs.
Ciao!Labels: chaeks, everyday i shock
book rant
Like I said in an earlier post, I've just finished two books,
The Ballad of Cauldron Bay and
Bras & Broomsticks. Today I also finished Sophie Kinsella's
Can You Keep A Secret? and all you need to know about it is that I loved it, and Sophie Kinsella's books are the only chick lit books I can actually tolerate. I know,
Bras & Broomsticks is also chick lit. That doesn't mean I like it.
Whenever people ask me the genre of books I like, my immediate response would be fae fiction. I love fae fiction. And I'm fine with romance. Just not chick lit.
When I first saw
Bras & Broomsticks, I thought I'd like it because of the magic in it. (I'm a sucker for fantasy reads.) But it turns out... not quite.
I have a few problems with the heroine. She's a little... materialistic, I think. I don't like how she talks her sister into cooking up spells for her. Also, how in the end (bit of a spoiler here), it's hinted that she was to ask her sister to brew her a love potion.
Now, I don't think she should. Reasons: 1) The guys likes her already. What she could do to get him back after what she did to him is to apologize. And get proper dancing lessons. 2) Their mother already forbid her sister to perform spells. I'm just worried as to what would happen if they get caught or if something goes horribly wrong.
I love magic, but somehow, because of this book, I'm quite thankful I don't have powers like Miri's.
As for
The Ballad of Cauldron Bay, I liked it a lot. I like the heroine, the frienemy, everything. I just got a bit confused with some of the terms as the book was set in Australia, and there were a few slang words I had trouble with. But then again, that's what
Merriam Webster is for, right?
I like the book also because it has morals, like, don't judge a book by its cover or don't smoke cigarettes when you're 13 or don't run off with a surfer dude just because your parents are having a divorce. Yeah. Stigg's character turned out nicely in the end, too, because he went to school in Hawaii and didn't live like a gypsy no more.
Next on my reading list:
Red, White and Blue by Susan Isaacs.
Ciao!Labels: chaeks, everyday i shock
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