July 27, 2010

Recently Read


I recently finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, and I adored it.  I had several people recommend it to me, and I can't thank them enough.  It's wonderful.

I also recently finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and while I was entertained by it, I'm not sure I'd recommend it.  At least not highly.  I was hooked to solve the mystery and find out "who dunnit", but once I found out, I realized I didn't really care all that much.  I just never felt vested in any of the characters.  It's also pretty graphic and violent in parts - not exactly what I typically like to read when heading off to sleep.

In contrast, The Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, with its mouthful of a name, has wonderful characters that I simply fell in love with.  And after I finished reading it, I continued to think about them and imagine their lives. That's the mark of a good book.

Next up:  The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by Aimee Bender.

4 comments:

  1. Save it for me!

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  2. Just watched girl with dragon tattoo and holy scary! Movie may easily have been better than book.

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  3. i'm going to have to read this next!

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  4. Hi Mary - just catching up on blogs after being away but remembered you mentioning this book way back. I read it and I so agree - wonderful and touching and shocking in equal measure. I have never been to Guernsey - other than to fly over it yesterday on the way home from Portugal! Makes me want to go! Anyway I will carry on reading now... Lou x

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