Season's greetings! I'm feeling slightly festive today, after writing cards, putting up decorations (well, supervising hubby putting them up anyway) and doing a test run of baking biscuits to give as presents. I'll be honest - cooking is not my strong point, even this basic shortbread recipe turned into a bit of a stress, but they seemed to turn out okay so I'll make another lot just before Christmas to give away.
But onto the books!
This week I finished:
The New World ~ Patrick Ness
This is a short story that was free on Kindle, with a strong sci-fi feel. I suspect it's a kind of mini-prequel, designed to lead you into reading Ness's other books. Although I like fantasy (Tolkien etc) I'm not into sci-fi so much, but for free I thought I would give it a try. There's absolutely nothing to criticise about the writing - the short plot moves along well, the teenage heroine and her parents are well developed as characters in such a small piece and the ending is a real cliffhanger - but it's just not my cup of tea. If you enjoy sci-fi as a genre though, I daresay you would really like Patrick Ness. 3/5
This week I started:
Nothing except The New World - it's been quite a busy week for me. I did download a few Kindle books, which are now sat in my ever-expanding 'To Be Read' category...
I'm still reading:
* Shatter (The Children of Man) ~ Elizabeth C. Mock
* Pillars of the Earth ~ Ken Follett (I'm up to Part 2, have put it aside while I work on getting through Shatter)
* The Children's Book ~ A.S. Byatt (chapter 25, it still hasn't got any better!)
Best wishes!
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