2nds Challenge Wrap-Up
>> Thursday, December 13, 2007
The 2nds Challenge was hosted by my friend Joy who challenged us to:
Between October 1st and December 31st read 3 books by authors that you have only read one other.
I selected three books for this challenge:
- Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
- Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson
- I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
The best book: I Am the Messenger was by far my favorite, although I did enjoy Birds of a Feather.
What book could I have done without? Human Croquet was a huge disappointment. I’ve read two of Kate Atkinson’s books now and have felt let down by both
Any new authors? No, all were second reads by definition of the challenge
Books I did not finish: finished all I started
What did I learn? In Birds of a Feather I learned quite a bit about life in England after World War 1. I haven’t read much about that location and time frame so the economic hardships and the troubles the veterans went through was fairly new to me.
Thanks Joy! This was a fun challenge
No stars – I couldn’t even finish it
1 star – I didn’t like it but I managed to finish it.
2 stars – It was OK. Not good, but seriously just OK.
3 stars - I liked it. I didn’t think it was great, but I thought it was good entertainment.
4 stars – I really liked it. I really think you might like it too.
5 stars – It was amazing. I’d recommend this to just about anyone.
3 comments:
Congratulations on completing the challenge! I am sorry the Kate Atkinson books you've read were disappointing. I enjoyed Case Histories and do hope to read more by her one day.
Hooray! I'm glad this challenge was a success for you.
Literary Feline: Thanks - I've heard lots of great reviews about Case Histories, so I'll probably keep that one on the TBR list. I was just not impressed with her first two, though. Writers can grow and improve :-)
Joy: Thank YOU for hosting this! Maybe this one should become an annual event too?
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