#2015 readingchallenge

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10/52

Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop

Category: A book published this year.

I love Anne Bishop. I waited over a year for this book and read it in three days. It only took so long because i had to sleep for work. But I’m so sad it’s over and i have to wait at least another year for the next instalment. I guess I should just be glad she doesn’t take as long as George R. R. Martin to release the next book!

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9/52

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling  

Category: A Funny Book.

Thank you to Rachel and Jenny for the Book! It was a very good read. 

I loved a paragraph on the second last page;

“Why didn't  you talk about whether women are funny or not? I just felt that by commenting on that is any real way, it would be tacit approval of it as a legitimate debate, which it isn't. It would be the same as addressing the issue of “Should dogs and cats be able to care for our children? They’re in the house anyway.” I try not to make it a habit to seriously discuss nonsensical hot-button issues.”

That last line, fyi, is something I’m stealing. 

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7/52

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn  

Category: A Book set in different country

Gillian Flynn writes very interesting books and she'll be on my to buy list for quite sometime. I highly recommend reading them for a crime novel that also makes you think about the world. This one reflected on what it is to be poor, what it was like during the 80's/ 90's farm crisis in America, Satanism in the US during the 80's and notes about injustices that arose from the fear of it.  

There are always very interesting relfections on certain aspects but they can also be very intense. Sharp Objects, for example, had some disturbing rape scenes/ memories.  While Gillian Flynn doesn't necessarily come right out and say this is wrong she does question this treatment of people through other characters. All her books are quite intense reads and, from a feminist perspective, can leave you questioning the intent of some of the questions that rise out of the book.

But all the same a good book and one i would recommend for a book club or English class to dissect. I've enjoyed her books a lot more than the average crime novels as it has a lot more in them than just whodunnit-ohwegotthem.

(Also I just figured out how the hashtags work... my apologies for them up to this point)

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6/52

Creation in Death - J.D. Robb (which is the pseudonym for Nora Roberts )

So this was to tick off A book with Antonyms in the title. Only after reading it did i find out in the same series there are the books 'Born in Death' which probably would have been a better antonyms. Ah well.

Also I had a bit of a hiatus from the challenge and read 8 other books in between Number 5 and Number 6 of the Challenge. 

Creation in Death is a crime novel set in 2060 and it is part of a series so I didn't really understand all the personal interactions but it was still interesting. There also wasn't huge character development throughout the book. I don't read crime novels often but the few series I have read do have a bit of overall movement outside the "whodunnit" storyline that moves and grows the characters. 

Anyway It's been a while since I've read Nora Roberts, who usually writes romance, I read The Circle Trilogy which is more fantasy and romance and quite enjoyed it. 

Anywho on to number 6... which is Gillian Flynn's second book; Dark Places.