With all the end of the school year activities going on around here reading has slowed down a touch but here are the three books I enjoyed this month (and only a few days late!) Affiliate links used. A small commission may be received if you purchase an item through my links with no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my blog!
Jurassic Park by Micheal Crichton
An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind’s most thrilling fantasies have come true. Creatures extinct for eons roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery, and all the world can visit them—for a price. Until something goes wrong. . . .
Thoughts:
Another long-awaited read! I loved this book. It was so much more detailed than the movie and all that extra information really intrigued me. It was very different from the movie adaptation and I appreciated NOT knowing where it was going. I definitely need to read Lost World as it is surely different than the movie and I want to know how!
Stars:
5 out of 5
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K Rowling
It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.
While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.
Thoughts:
It took me way too long to pick up this book! I have been a Potter fan since 9th grade but the way this installment is written (like a play script) is what put me off. Turns out it didnt bother me AT ALL once I started reading! It was just as entertaining and dramatic as to be expected from this franchise. I really want to see the play now!
Stars:
5 out of 5
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At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen
After embarrassing themselves at the social event of the year in high society Philadelphia on New Year’s Eve of 1942, Maddie and Ellis Hyde are cut off financially by Ellis’s father, a former army Colonel who is already embarrassed by his son’s inability to serve in WWII due to his being colorblind.
To Maddie’s horror, Ellis decides that the only way to regain his father’s favor is to succeed in a venture his father attempted and very publicly failed at: he will hunt the famous Loch Ness monster and when he finds it he will restore his father’s name and return to his father’s good graces (and pocketbook). Joined by their friend Hank, a wealthy socialite, the three make their way to Scotland in the midst of war.
Each day the two men go off to hunt the monster, while another monster, Hitler, is devastating Europe. And Maddie, now alone in a foreign country, must begin to figure out who she is and what she wants.
The novel tells of Maddie’s social awakening: to the harsh realities of life, to the beauties of nature, to a connection with forces larger than herself, to female friendship, and finally, to love.
Thoughts:
I had HIGH hopes for this book but it just did not deliver like Water for Elephants and Ape House. It was written in first person which I usually enjoy but this just felt like a story written by a teen, not a great author like Gruen. This is not a war story though its set during WWII and it's not a mystical creature story though the Loch Ness monster is mentioned and it's not a ghost story though there are ghosts in it; its just a sloppy mess.
Stars:
3 out of 5
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Book counter: 22 out of 30
Hey girl, I myself just picked up The Harry Potter book at a garage sale. I'm really excited about reading it. I haven't read any books other than parenting books since Solomon has been born so I am excited.
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