The Book Review: The Book of Lost Things

So here it is everybody, the book review many of you have been waiting for... The Book of Lost Things! As many of you have read, I began this book about two months ago (I only read at work on Saturdays), and I have finally finished the book! So here it goes:

Overall, this book was extremely entertaining and fun to read. It reminded me of the stories that I used to read as a child, and also the fun suspenseful stories I read today! It has hints and allusions to various stories: Alice In Wonderland, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel & Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, and The Wizard of Oz. However, each of these stories had various twists and turns that lead to the unexpected.

The characters are well developed as is the setting, which actually creates vivid pictures (which aren't always good pictures to imagine.) The story moves along at a fairly quick pace, and the book is very easy to read. Mostly, the story is fairly dark and bleak, but it is incredibly fun to read! One of the things that really captivated me with the story though is the theme of naming and ownership, which has always garnered my attention, but this book really puts it in the forefront.

My one suggestion: If you get the book to read, get the newer paperback version, as it has the original stories that are used in the book, which gives you some more perspective towards the story.

Anyways, that is my take on the novel, I will be reading more by John Connolly in the future, specifically his book Nocturnes, but for now I have to finish The Spiderwick Chronicles and then decide what is going to be next.

The Week-End Wrap & Review: I'm Going on Vacation Edition

Well, it's been a while since I have posted, so here it is the Vacation Edition of the Week-End Wrap & Review for Christmas week!

What I Saw: I have actually had the time (in between the hours long baking sessions and cooking sessions) to watch a few things this week! Yay for me! First, I got to watch Waitress, which was plain and simply delightful! Keri Russell is fantastic and it was just a fun movie. I have also been watching Dexter, Season 2, which is just as wickedly delicious as the first season! I also watched Georgia Rule which was not the Gary Marshall movie I was expecting. Instead it is a heavy movie! Lots of drama and difficult situations.

What I Heard: More Alicia Keys, even though the new Josh Groban Christmas CD Noel made it in the CD player quite a bit. Besides that, some Carrie Underwood, but nothing new.

What I Read: So I finally finished The Book of Lost Things. Review to come in a seperate post shortly! All in all, I enjoyed it a lot and will now begin to read other John Connolly works. Does that ever happen to you, you read a book by an author you have never heard of and liked it so much you HAVE to read their other books? I also read the first book in the Spiderwick Chronicles series. It is an easy read and plan to read the other five books while on vacation!

Anyways, I will add links to all these references shortly, but for now, you can google anything that interests you!

I will be on vacation for a week starting tomorrow, so I will try to update, but cannot promise anything.

To everyone out in the blogging world:

Happy New Year!
May your 2008 be filled with
good health, good love, and good living.

The Week-End Wrap & Review : Monday Morning Edition

Well, it has definately been one busy, crazy, displaced week! I am still out of my room (crossing my fingers to move in in the next couple of days!). I worked Friday-Saturday-Sunday, which is why this has become the Monday Edition for this week. Anyways, here's the run down for last week:

What I Saw: Well, not too many movies were played this week over here at the Scribbler's Nook. I did watch Hairspray, which is just a fun and entertaining movie. All of the cast seem to fit their part nicely (even John Travolta). Right now at home I have waiting to be watched: Skin Walkers, Waitress, and Live Free or Die Hard, so look in next weeks Wrap Up to hear about those!

What I Heard: Two words...Alicia Keys! I have been listening to her new album, As I Am, for days now and it is fantastic! She never stops evolving and creating something new and better! This time around she still has her R&B and Soul roots, but adds rock into it, and the result is just amazing! I have also been listening to some Christmas music around the house and in the car, mostly Jo Dee Messina's A Joyful Noise.

What I Read: Well, I am still reading The Book of Lost Things. Being displaced temporarily from room has not given me a good reading area, so it got put on the back burner, but I got to read some of it while I was at work over the weekend! So far, it is a great book.