#13 of The Skyscraper Book Project is
13 Little Blue Envelopes
By Maureen Johnson.
Blurb: Inside little blue envelope 1 are $1,000 and instructions to buy a plane ticket.
In envelope 2 are directions to a specific London flat.
The note in envelope 3 tells Ginny: Find a starving artist.
Because of envelope 4, Ginny and a playwright/thief/ bloke-about-town called Keith go to Scotland together, with somewhat disastrous-though utterly romantic-results. But will she ever see him again?
Everything about Ginny will change this summer, and it's all because of the 13 little blue envelopes.
Date Started: 24th March
Date finished: 28th March
Rating out of 5: three
Why not five?: The book started out interesting and with quality enthusiasm, but as it progressed it slumped. Reading it became a chore and minor spelling mistakes (eg. At the end of a letter Ginny writes, she signs it: "hove Ginny"?) also characters were introduced steeply: I had to figure out who 'Miriam' was myself. At first I thought it was her dairy-as she describes writing in her 'journal' and starting with 'Dear Miriam', but later she e-mails this 'Miriam'. The ending, however was a nice twist.
Who would enjoy this?: readers who enjoy travel stories and European culture.
Was it up to the authors's general standards?: I'm not sure, having never read any of Johnson's other books. To be completely honest, this is a writer I'm not purposely going to look for in a shop or online. Her work left me bored of sorts and not awe-struck, as I like books to leave me. It left no burning desire to read more of her books, is basically what I'm saying.
Was it a quick read?: not really, despite the fast paced, constant moving of setting and introduction of characters, it just took a long time to absorb. I found myself repeatedly re-reading paragraphs, trying to process it, without success.
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Thursday, 28 March 2013
The Skyscraper Book Project. #11
All of my book reviews will be short and quick to read. Why? Because, imagine yourself browsing the internet, looking for a book to read.
Now, you find this really long review and you read the whole thing, taking up about ten precious minutes of your life.
And you don't even like the sound of the book, bummer!
But now, going into absolutely minor and only-if-neccessary-details, you'll waste no time finding a book, instantly being able to tell if you want to read it.
Honestly, the back-breaking labour I endure to make book searching easier.
So here is The Skyscraper Book Project:
#11 is Clockwork Prince
By Cassandra Clare
Blurb: In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, while her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will - the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers to who she is and what she was born to do? As the search for truth leads the three friends into peril, Tessa's heart is increasingly torn, especially when one of their own betrays them...
Date started: lol, I forget
Date finished: 18th march '13
Rating out of five: four
Why not five?: although it was really good, it wasn't as captivating and mind-blowing as any of the Mortal Instruments books were. Some parts of the story had a dream-like kind of quality, like I was like, yeah this is good, but I feel like going outside to exercise-I don't exercise. But that's what happened.
Who would enjoy this?: anyone who loved the Mortal Instruments; people who like that kind of dark magic, demon, in-the-time-of-Queen-Victoria-thing.
Was it up to the Author's general standard?: Yup!
Was it a quick read?: yes, as long as you have maybe four consecutive hours, you could finish it in a day.
Now, you find this really long review and you read the whole thing, taking up about ten precious minutes of your life.
And you don't even like the sound of the book, bummer!
But now, going into absolutely minor and only-if-neccessary-details, you'll waste no time finding a book, instantly being able to tell if you want to read it.
Honestly, the back-breaking labour I endure to make book searching easier.
So here is The Skyscraper Book Project:
#11 is Clockwork Prince
By Cassandra Clare
Blurb: In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, while her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will - the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers to who she is and what she was born to do? As the search for truth leads the three friends into peril, Tessa's heart is increasingly torn, especially when one of their own betrays them...
Date started: lol, I forget
Date finished: 18th march '13
Rating out of five: four
Why not five?: although it was really good, it wasn't as captivating and mind-blowing as any of the Mortal Instruments books were. Some parts of the story had a dream-like kind of quality, like I was like, yeah this is good, but I feel like going outside to exercise-I don't exercise. But that's what happened.
Who would enjoy this?: anyone who loved the Mortal Instruments; people who like that kind of dark magic, demon, in-the-time-of-Queen-Victoria-thing.
Was it up to the Author's general standard?: Yup!
Was it a quick read?: yes, as long as you have maybe four consecutive hours, you could finish it in a day.
Sunday, 17 March 2013
The Skyscraper Book Project-The beginning.
Being the weird human being I am, I felt as though my life was just something you might read on the back of a shampoo bottle: get up, go to school, come home, do homework, eat dinner, go to bed, repeat.
Having hobbies didn't help. It was only making the events above seem more emphised? If that makes sense.
You spend ten minutes on the piano, but that's just while you're waiting for it to be late enough to go to bed. You get out on your bike, but you're really waiting for dinner to be ready.
I thought about it, a lot. Seriously, a lot. I thought I might be depressed or something. I considered this a last resort kind of thing, if I couldn't find a way to make my life more interesting, I would go to someone about the depression. So I figured, if I start doing something I really like and then prioritise it and get other people involved, it might help.
In my head it has worked! Its really exciting, and you probably know what it is by the title, but yes I am starting 'The Skyscraper Book Project.'
The Skyscraper Book Project is a project which anyone under the age of twenty one can get involved with. Basically the idea is to read one thousand books before you are twenty one, before you are officially an adult.
It does seem a bit ageist now that I'm typing this. Over twenty one year olds can still be involved, read the books and all but not before they're twenty one. Duh! Set your own age goal, peeps.
The posts concerning this will be updated every time I finish a book. People are welcome to come and take the book recommendations, give book recommendations, whatever.
Where do I want this to go? When I think about how I would like this to span out, I see a small, maybe not so big group of people (I realise not so many people my age want to get so into reading), all together in a bookclub of sorts.
If this brings people like me who love books together, I'd be happy. It just sounds like a really nice thing, coming online to Blogger to see the latest things people have read, blah, blah, blah.
Even if nobody else does this, at least I'll have my 1000 books. It's a high goal, i know, but I'm determined to do it!
Also, I am aware that I wont be twenty one for a good few years, but that just makes the journey look like a better one. Work will have to be put into this.
The only rule: You cant read the same book twice and count it as two!
The amount of books is so big (thats why i called it the SKYSCRAPER book project), that it will certainly be impossible to stay within your comfort zone genre. You read quicker with a book you don't find particularly predictable, which reading in the one genre causes (being able to predict outcomes in books, I mean).
As I've already read ten books so far this year (and I'm NOT proud of that!) I'll post them up later today.
I think I've said everything now.
Plus, I googled this earlier and there is absolutely nothing like this out there, just lists of books you should read before you die/ before the end of the year/ immediatley.
Am i reading by myself, or is anyone going to conment and read too?
______________________________________
This screen image(s) has been printed and saved and i have sent it to myself. Basically as proof I started it, etc. so that nobody can copy the idea, name or ANYTHING!
Having hobbies didn't help. It was only making the events above seem more emphised? If that makes sense.
You spend ten minutes on the piano, but that's just while you're waiting for it to be late enough to go to bed. You get out on your bike, but you're really waiting for dinner to be ready.
I thought about it, a lot. Seriously, a lot. I thought I might be depressed or something. I considered this a last resort kind of thing, if I couldn't find a way to make my life more interesting, I would go to someone about the depression. So I figured, if I start doing something I really like and then prioritise it and get other people involved, it might help.
In my head it has worked! Its really exciting, and you probably know what it is by the title, but yes I am starting 'The Skyscraper Book Project.'
The Skyscraper Book Project is a project which anyone under the age of twenty one can get involved with. Basically the idea is to read one thousand books before you are twenty one, before you are officially an adult.
It does seem a bit ageist now that I'm typing this. Over twenty one year olds can still be involved, read the books and all but not before they're twenty one. Duh! Set your own age goal, peeps.
The posts concerning this will be updated every time I finish a book. People are welcome to come and take the book recommendations, give book recommendations, whatever.
Where do I want this to go? When I think about how I would like this to span out, I see a small, maybe not so big group of people (I realise not so many people my age want to get so into reading), all together in a bookclub of sorts.
If this brings people like me who love books together, I'd be happy. It just sounds like a really nice thing, coming online to Blogger to see the latest things people have read, blah, blah, blah.
Even if nobody else does this, at least I'll have my 1000 books. It's a high goal, i know, but I'm determined to do it!
Also, I am aware that I wont be twenty one for a good few years, but that just makes the journey look like a better one. Work will have to be put into this.
The only rule: You cant read the same book twice and count it as two!
The amount of books is so big (thats why i called it the SKYSCRAPER book project), that it will certainly be impossible to stay within your comfort zone genre. You read quicker with a book you don't find particularly predictable, which reading in the one genre causes (being able to predict outcomes in books, I mean).
As I've already read ten books so far this year (and I'm NOT proud of that!) I'll post them up later today.
I think I've said everything now.
Plus, I googled this earlier and there is absolutely nothing like this out there, just lists of books you should read before you die/ before the end of the year/ immediatley.
Am i reading by myself, or is anyone going to conment and read too?
______________________________________
This screen image(s) has been printed and saved and i have sent it to myself. Basically as proof I started it, etc. so that nobody can copy the idea, name or ANYTHING!
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