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Stephenie Meyer ended up writing four books and hundreds of pages to complete the story of her characters Bella and Edward. In reading and thinking about her Twilight Saga, I ended up writing hundreds of words to explain what I thought! Therefore, I have split it into three posts: Twilight: My Review The Twilight Saga: What do [...] Twilight, written for the “young adult” audience, is the story of an intense love between two high-schoolers, Bella and Edward. Edward just happens to be a vampire. The Twilight saga is a best-selling phenomenon but I had not been inspired to read the books, despite friend’s recommendations, because the vampire aspect put me off. Then, [...] A quick flip through reviews on Amazon shows that not everyone is enamoured with The Twilight Saga. There are of course flaws – every reader reacts to a book in a different way so what book can be perfect? The issue with Twilight is whether the weaknesses distract you. One Amazon reviewer wrote “…at times [...] Scoring at Book Club has become complicated. We give one mark out of 10 and now that we have past scores to compare with, are sometimes struggling. What are the criteria? Is it appropriate to score a Stephenie Meyer over a DH Lawrence, a respected writer whose books have been used as exam texts for [...] Lady Chatterley’s Lover is one of those books everyone has an opinion about, even if, maybe especially if, they haven’t read it. For that reason, I suggested it for our Book Club. It’s one of those books I read as a teenager, thinking that I “should” be reading it but actually getting nothing from it. Now [...] I like to read books set in a place I am visiting, so while in Bangladesh I read A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam. This is the story of Rehana, a widow, and her fight to keep her children, with her and then alive. It is set in 1971, the year when Bangladesh, then East Pakistan, [...] While the country was paralysed due to snow, book club met to discuss Rape of the Fairy Country by Alexander Cordell. This had been suggested by D who was introduced to AC’s books by her mother. Rape of the Fair country is the first of a trilogy following the lives of the Mortymer Family. While the [...] I still puzzle over this blogging phenomenon; why we feel the need to publish our thoughts and share opinions with strangers. However, blogging has brought me some unique experiences, things I would have never tried if I wasn’t in the virtual world meeting new people. For example, last week I reviewed a book on-line with someone [...] |
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