Take a photo of a barcode or cover
k1dub's reviews
507 reviews
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
2.0
Oh, Sophie!
I started this book after some fairly heavy summer reading and was sorely disappointed. Even though I was hoping for some fluffy chick lit, Kinsella takes us to new lows with this book. I thought, after reading a few titles of hers not featuring the insufferable Rebecca Bloomwood, that she could deliver a decent read. However, despite the character change, Kinsella assumes a similarly bumbling character in Poppy.
I won't spoil the book but it's inane how Poppy, who seems to be a level-headed woman throughout the novel, make a decision that will make you cringe and predict the ending accurately.
The footnotes are annoying and unnecessary. And don't get me started on Kinsella's penchant for having poor/broke 20-something year old idiotic women saved by and fall in love with older, richer, smarter men.
I started this book after some fairly heavy summer reading and was sorely disappointed. Even though I was hoping for some fluffy chick lit, Kinsella takes us to new lows with this book. I thought, after reading a few titles of hers not featuring the insufferable Rebecca Bloomwood, that she could deliver a decent read. However, despite the character change, Kinsella assumes a similarly bumbling character in Poppy.
I won't spoil the book but it's inane how Poppy, who seems to be a level-headed woman throughout the novel, make a decision that will make you cringe and predict the ending accurately.
The footnotes are annoying and unnecessary. And don't get me started on Kinsella's penchant for having poor/broke 20-something year old idiotic women saved by and fall in love with older, richer, smarter men.
As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
4.0
some people really understand that you don't need to write long diatribe on the law of attraction. Sometimes you really just need a few key words, thoughts and ideas to really express the main important ideas. James Allen does an excellent job of writing only the information in this nugget of a book.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
4.0
I'd have given this book 5 stars if I didn't find myself skipping the gruesome chapter 10 on *spoiler alert* post mortem cannibalism.
Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
2.0
not her best work. its supposed to be a letter but reads like a collection of ideas for a novel or scrap paper musings. its surprisingly short. I finished it in 2 hours.
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
3.0
I read this on vacation and it was a light, fluffy read that I devoured since it required little or no brain processing. this isn't a book I'd read normally but it's perfect beach reads.