October 2017 wrap-up

11/2/2017

I cannot believe that October is OVER! It flew by so fast I didn't even get a chance to blink. Or to enjoy the beautiful weather... And now October is over and it's cold. But I read a lot. Comparing to my meager 3 books I've read in September I was able to read 10 this month.

1. Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco (3/5 stars)

I picked up this book for two reasons:
- Goodreads was raving about it.
- It seemed so perfect for October.

It could have been great - it had all of the potential, but it just wasn't.
- I could have looked past the inconsistent character development.
- Could have looked past the fact that I knew who the murderer was from the very beginning (it was as obvious as a sunny day).
- I could have looked past a romance that I wished wasn't there (not that it was bad, I just want a horror book with no romance in it - you know).

But what I absolutely couldn't look past was the fact that one of the MC was so blatantly ripped off from the famous Sherlock Holmes. And I'm not talking about the movie, or the BBC tv-show ( I enjoyed both tremendously by the way). I am talking about the original Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Read my full and a bit rant-y review

HERE

2. Wonder Woman by Leigh Bardugo (3/5stars)

This was one of my most anticipated reads of this year.

But the most anticipated read quickly turned out to be the most disappointing read ever. I think my expectations were SKY-HIGH, so that didn't help either.

Here's the deal - as a Wonder-Woman-hero-novel - this book BLOWS big time. As a greek-mythology-inspired-ya-book-with-Percy-Jackson-vibes - this book is pretty darn good.
Read my full review

HERE

3-6. Pretty Little Liars series (books 3-6)
Flawless (4 stars)
Perfect (3 stars)
Unbelievable (3 stars)
Wicked (2 stars)
Pretty Little Liars is my guilty pleasure reads - the series are not that good and the writing is kind of really bad, but somehow I still got addicted to it?

7. And then there were none by Agatha Christie (5 stars)

Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine.

No wonder this is considered to be the best book of Agatha Christie's ever - it is truly a masterpiece.

This was a re-read for me and it was just as great the second time around. It was so perfect for October too - I highly, highly recommend this novel!

One little Indian boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none.

Read my full review

HERE

8. The Emperor's soul by Brandon Sanderson (5 stars)

"The Emperor's Soul" deserves all of the stars. All of the praise.

You know what this book's only flaw is? It's way too short.
Oh, don't worry, the story is all perfectly wrapped up and beautiful. There just needs to be more of this because "The Emperor's soul" is a masterpiece. I could easily read 500 more pages of this.

Brandon Sanderson very quickly climbed his way to my number one author of all time - I am so happy that I've discovered him this year.
Read my full review

HERE

9. The inexplicable logic of my life by Benjamin Alice Saenz (2/5 stars)

And here is the DNF of the month - and my only 4rth DNF of the 2017.

I tried and tried to read it for long 12 days, but I just couldn't. The writing, the characters, the non-exictsent plot - I just didn't care for it at all.

It's not a bad book in any sense, it just didn't do anything for me.

I read one other book by Benjamin Saenz - Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe - and I really loved it. Aristotle and Dante showed me reasons why I should give ya contemporary a chance. But The inexplicable Logic reminded me all of the reasons why I hate ya contemporaries.

Read my full review

HERE

10. The language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo (3.5/5 stars)

The Language of Thorns is comprised of six short stories - 3 of which are old and can be read anywhere on the internet and the other 3 are completely new and never seen before. I guess I wished for more of new material? Only 3 new stories are not enough to comprise a full book, in my opinion. I've also liked the older stories better than the new ones, which was also a little disappointing. The new ones weren't bad in any way, the writing was amazing and the stories were good, they just didn't do much for me personally. I found myself largely underwhelmed.

Read my complete review with separate ratings for all of the stories

HERE

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