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Millie (22 KP) rated The Island Decides in Books

Jan 27, 2020  
The Island Decides
The Island Decides
Jill Engledow | 2013
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This book did a good job of helping me envision life on Maui during the late 60s and early 70s. The imagery was beautiful and has definitely inspired me to visit the island of Maui on my next trip to Hawaii. However, the main character, Carrie Ann, was not always likable to me. I found her extremely naive and a bit annoying at times. Also, prepare yourself for some heavy topics towards the end. All in all I enjoyed the book, but due to my dislike towards Carrie Ann during certain points and some minor grammar errors, I give it 4 stars.

*Although I did receive this book for free through Goodreads First Reads, all of my thoughts and opinions are my own.
  
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Millie (22 KP) rated ttyl (Internet Girls #1) in Books

Jan 27, 2020  
ttyl (Internet Girls #1)
ttyl (Internet Girls #1)
Lauren Myracle | 2004
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This was a fun,text-messenging style that took me back to high school. I wish I had known about it when it came out in 2004 and I do wonder how much of it was updated in this latest 2014 edition with technology's ever-changing trends. Yes, it was a bit melodramatic, but I expected nothing less than a book written about three teenage girls. I think a lot of the themes of this book - friendship, loyalty, forgiveness, etc. are important for young people out there. Also, I'm not going to lie, I am curious to read YOLO when it comes out.



*Although I did receive this book for free Goodreads First Reads, all of my thoughts and opinions are my own
  
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Grimes recommended The Idiot in Books (curated)

 
The Idiot
The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"“I really relate to the particular type of mental instability that Dostoyevsky describes in pretty much all of his work. A character starts talking, and things start getting out of control and become increasingly animated, intense and disturbing. It reads like an extreme version of how I feel whenever I have to interact with humans. The Idiot is probably my favourite of his works, because I love Nastasya Filipovna, Aglaya Ivanovna Epanchin, Rogozhin… I think a lot of my friends think I’m a bit like Nastasya! Anyway, it’s the most cartoonish and absurd of everything I’ve read by Dostoyevsky, and the best distillation of insanity as a virtue. A Baz Luhrmann-esque treatment of this book would make an incredible film.”"

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