02 - City of Thieves, by David Benioff, Penguin, 258 pages, 2009
WHY I PICKED IT: Saw it at the airport bookstore
ELAPSED TIME: 2 days
RATING: REQUIRED READING
Oh what a fantastic story! A gripping tale of one week of a boy's life in St. Petersburg during WWII.
He is caught looting the corpse of a German Paratrooper, and instead of being killed for the crime, gets drafted into a crazy challenge - to find a dozen eggs for a Soviet Colonel's daughter's wedding cake. Along with a deserter named Kolya, Lev Beniov seeks to accomplish this task.
Whether or not this truly is the story of the author's grandfather, it's a beautiful story of a terrible time. A tremendous coming of age story with an amazing adventure thrown in.
This blog is a simple review of every book that I read... For all books I’ll tell you why I picked it, how long it took me to read it, and give it a rating (burn it, not good, meh, good, very good, and required reading). I ask (encourage?) all readers of my blog to post their thoughts of any of the books in my comments :). Thanks!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
2012-01 - Room, By Emma Donoghue
01 - Room, By Emma Donoghue, Harper Collins, 321 pages, 2010
WHY I PICKED IT: It was selected by my Book Club
ELAPSED TIME: 8 days
RATING: Meh
An curious premise... The story of a child who is born in a room where his Mom is being held captive, kidnapped 7 years earlier. The first 100 pages of the book drags, his experience in Room is ... painful to read. His experience of escaping, and trying to integrate into Outside is very well written, but not great. I didn't enjoy this story.
WHY I PICKED IT: It was selected by my Book Club
ELAPSED TIME: 8 days
RATING: Meh
An curious premise... The story of a child who is born in a room where his Mom is being held captive, kidnapped 7 years earlier. The first 100 pages of the book drags, his experience in Room is ... painful to read. His experience of escaping, and trying to integrate into Outside is very well written, but not great. I didn't enjoy this story.
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