254/300

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


I read this because everyone and their mother raves about it. I don't really like fantasy books but everyone had such wonderful things to say, so I figured I would try it. Dumb move.

I found very little payoff to this book. It was 700 pages of questions with very few answers. It took me forever to get through because of the different terms in this world and just because I found it slow going. I enjoyed hearing of Kvothe's struggles as far as his family and his schooling but I was sick of Deena and her selfish ways, sick of dragons and other mystical creatures, sick of trying to figure out the point of it all. It felt like all set up for the rest of the series and nothing to keep me satisfied from this book itself. I will not be reading the rest of the series.



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253/300

Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I have mixed feelings about this book. I wanted to devour it and see how it ended. I found it really interesting and heartwrenching. Yet as the pages remaining began to dwindle, I really started wondering how she was going to have the time to get into the recovery, the part that I would think is the most important in the book if you are really trying to send a message. But there really was no resolution. I found the ending to be a copout. Despite risking her life with ridiculously unhealthy behaviors, everything was solved as soon as she got help and found her true love. And now she can just eat whenever she wants and stop when she's full and she will stay at a "good" weight. I find this to be a complete crock and really disillusioning to the common person. I am glad I read it but I am disappointed at what I perceive to be a major missed opportunity.



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252/300

Taking Charge of Your Fertility, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health by Toni Weschler




This book is a must for any woman. It is amazing how much we really don't know about our bodies. This book helps us learn.



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251/300

Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I love Jodi Picoult's stories. I didn't really understand how the beginning of the book was related to the rest of it until more than halfway through, but it was a really enjoyable read with complex characters.



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250/300

Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Eh.



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249/300

The Love Goddess' Cooking School by Melissa Senate

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I thought this was a cute book about starting over and finding yourself. I am a sucker for people who leave everything behind to open an eating establishment, and that is exactly what happened here. When Holly is dumped by her boyfriend, she moves back to a tiny island off of the coast of the Maine where she spent summers with her grandmother. When her grandmother dies a couple of weeks later, Holly decides to take over her grandmothers take-out and restaurant school, despite not knowing how to cook. I thought the story was well done without being too cheesy (despite being stereotypical chick lit) and I found myself wishing there was more to the story after I finished it.



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248/300

The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern




I have mixed feelings about Cecelia Ahern. I loved PS I Love You and I hated A Place Called Here. The Book of Tomorrow struck me as more of the latter, although I didn't hate it. I just didn't love it. Tamara comes from a life of luxury and never wanting, until her father commits suicide. This forces her and her mother to sell everything and move to the country with Tamara's aunt and uncle. I didn't find Tamara very likeable, but I really, really despised her aunt. She seemed to be unnecessarily cruel and heartless, while at the same time trying to come across as a martyr. The fact that there was a supernatural element to the book may have also been a part that turned me off, but that is an issue for me, not the book.



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