I started out with relatively high expectations (what with all the hype and international bestseller label an’all). However, just a few pages in, I started feeling I wouldn’t get through this one. Something about the constant repetition of descriptions and images did my head in. Still I somehow stuck with it (I had paid good money for it, after all) and -as it turns out- don’t regret it. The plot thickened half way through & the teenage cliches eased off enough for me to not only happily make it to the end, but also purchase “New Moon” (the second installment). Not a book that will appeal to everyone, but the child in some of us will enjoy this. An unexpected “Bonus” addition Bought “New Moon” just after finishing “Twilight” and was done with it in about a day & a half. The hook was -clearly- already in 😉 Would have loved to see more of Edward in this one, but Bella with her trials & tribulations (new-found friendship with Jacob and evolving taste for reckelss, …

I’m not too good at reviewing things, so entries relating to books read as part of the 2008 TBR Challenge will be kept short (for your sake as well as mine 😛 ). That said, here goes… The first book I picked, off my 2008 list, was Jed Rubenfeld’s “The Interpretation of Murder” (which I was pleasantly surprised by, despite my initial negativity)! When I started reading this I was slightly apprehensive and half-hearted -the size & possible complexity of its subject matter was looming, threateningly, in my horizon. Once I got my teeth in, however, I was shocked to realise I just couldn’t stop. Turns out, the book is not “heavy” at all and -if you can find it in your heart to ignore the slightly disturbing images Freud’s Oedipal complex brings to mind- I believe you’ll find it to be a cleverly crafted & gloriously twisted who-dunnit…

I’ve been meaning to do this for quite some time now. The idea came to me during my last trip back home, when I eventually managed to finish that dreaded “Historian” novel I’d been dragging around for the last couple of months (!!). It’s true, I’ve since read another 600 page book & am currently half way through a third one but…whatever. This is not the time to get into my procrastination issues 😆 So, instead of dwelling on the amount of time that has passed, I’ll just jump straight in & record my thoughts about my 2 latest reads. “The Historian” by Elizabeth Kostova Apparently a debut novel, this first made its way to the bookstore shelves around the summer of 2005. I, however, only got hold of it around the end of 2006. Which was just as well since, somehow, wintertime seemed much more appropriate for this modern twist of the Dracula legend. I briefly forgot all about my motto (“Expect the worse…”) and happily dove into the book as soon as I …