October wrap-up

Long time no see, but I'm back with my October wrap - up. This month I managed to read 7 books and I'm really happy about that. 

First book I've read this month was "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde. And it finally convinced me, that I don't like plays that much. It was hard to connect with characters and the story was a little bit boring to me. I think for me it is better to watch plays, then read them. I gave it 2.5 stars out of 5. 

At least I'm happy that I completed another my 2015 reading challenge "to read the play". 

Next on my list was "the book that came the year you were born" challenge. For this one I chose to read "Replay" by Ken Grimwood.  And I'm still have mixed feelings about this one. On one hand the idea of this book was quite unique, at least for me, but...it could have been much shorter. In the end I had to force myself to finish it, because it repeated it self too much and I felt bored. 

The main character was OK and I felt neutral about him from the first page to the end. In other words I felt nothing for him and I didn't care that much what will happen to him. I gave it 3 stars out of 5. 

And then I catched flu and was forced to stay in bed and I wasn't in the mood to read sci-fi or something similar. I then I remembered that I have "A monster calls" by Patrick Ness almost a year and I still didn't read it. And you know what ? I read it in one sitting, that's how good it was. I was intrigued from first page till the end.The writing style was beautiful and author described what main character felt so great, that I even dropped few tears in the end. I seriously recommend this book not only to children, but to adults too. I gave it 4 stars out of 5.

And of course this book helped me to finish another challenge "a book that made/makes you cry".

Then I've chose another book that I had for almost a year and read so much good reviews "The perks of being a wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky.  But I have to say I was disappointed, maybe just because I was expecting too much. I get why others love it so much, but for me it was just ok. It was such a slow read to me and I just finished it because I hoped that the end would be better, but it wasn't. I gave it 2.5 stars out of 5.

As I said few posts before I am trying to learn Norwegian language, and at least for me one of the ways learning new language is to read books in it. That's why I chose to read "Fra Disneys eventyrlige skatter". It's a collection of well known fairytales from "Sleeping beauty" to "Dumbo". One tales was better than the others, but overall I gave it 4 stars out of 5. 

After I finished The perks of being a wallflower I decided to go back to fantasy. And chose to read "The faerie guardian" by Rachel Morgan. And it was just like I expected, a mediocre read about fairies. The main character was annoying at times and even arrogant. Why there can't be a female in the books, where she can be tough, but also say "yes, I can defend my self, but also I like make up and dresses and sometimes I cry watching cute kittens"? Sometimes it feels like it's shame to cry sometimes or feel week... I don't get it. 

I don't know if I will continue with this series. I gave it 2.5 stars out of 5.

And lastly I read "Spring Tide" by Cillia and Rolf Borjlind. It was an enjoyable read, it gripped me from the first page. I liked writing style and all of the characters were interesting to read. Also it is a huge plus from me, that I couldn't guest who was a real murderer. I gave it 4 stars out of 5. 

Books I've read: 7

Pages: 2036

That is it for now.....happy reading :)