Massively Late Book Post
Apr. 6th, 2006 06:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
melwilI'm so behind on book posts. Blame the moving.
Book 54: Well Remembered Days by Arthur Mathews
I always say about Gloinn that he has the patience of Mother Theresa mixed with the charisma of Hitler, but these are only two of his numerous qualities.
This is the 'memoir' of Eoin O'Ceallaigh (as told to the co-writer of Father Ted). Eoin is a devout Catholic who would rather adopt children than have sex with his wife. The jokes at the beginning of the book are laugh out loud funny, but after a while the jokes seem repetitive, and a little boring and I couldn't wait for the book to end.
3 out of 5
Book 55: Fish Feet by Veronica Bennett
"The Royal Ballet School isn't a pathetic little tin-pot ballet school!"
Oh, here we go. I thought. Another book about boys trying to do ballet.
But this one was different. Erik Shaw has been dancing for years, loves it, and wants to get into the Royal Ballet School more than anything. He drops football without a thought, changes teachers when his teacher falls ill, goes forth to compete when encouraged to.
So the story is no longer about 'just a boy' trying to be a ballet dancer, but about a gifted dancer, who hasn't really had the best training, trying to get to the audition without alienating the girl he's fallen for. This is a really great story, with an interesting look (on the side) at families and family abuse.
4 out of 5
Book 56: Moral Hazard by Kate Jennings
I will tell my story as straight as I can, as straight as anyone's crooked recollections allow.
This was a really interesting book. Cath is a left-wing thinker, forced to work on Wall Street when her much older husband, Bailey, develops alzheimers. She begins to lead a double life - writing for the morally corrupt during the day, spending time with her husband at night. Wall Street and her husband begin to fall apart at the same time, and Cath is struggling to hold her life together. And I'm not giving anything else away.
The book is written in an intimate style and you feel really invested in the story. I was suprised when it was over, though the book didn't feel incomplete. Overall a really interesting read.
3.5 out of 5
Book 54: Well Remembered Days by Arthur Mathews
I always say about Gloinn that he has the patience of Mother Theresa mixed with the charisma of Hitler, but these are only two of his numerous qualities.
This is the 'memoir' of Eoin O'Ceallaigh (as told to the co-writer of Father Ted). Eoin is a devout Catholic who would rather adopt children than have sex with his wife. The jokes at the beginning of the book are laugh out loud funny, but after a while the jokes seem repetitive, and a little boring and I couldn't wait for the book to end.
3 out of 5
Book 55: Fish Feet by Veronica Bennett
"The Royal Ballet School isn't a pathetic little tin-pot ballet school!"
Oh, here we go. I thought. Another book about boys trying to do ballet.
But this one was different. Erik Shaw has been dancing for years, loves it, and wants to get into the Royal Ballet School more than anything. He drops football without a thought, changes teachers when his teacher falls ill, goes forth to compete when encouraged to.
So the story is no longer about 'just a boy' trying to be a ballet dancer, but about a gifted dancer, who hasn't really had the best training, trying to get to the audition without alienating the girl he's fallen for. This is a really great story, with an interesting look (on the side) at families and family abuse.
4 out of 5
Book 56: Moral Hazard by Kate Jennings
I will tell my story as straight as I can, as straight as anyone's crooked recollections allow.
This was a really interesting book. Cath is a left-wing thinker, forced to work on Wall Street when her much older husband, Bailey, develops alzheimers. She begins to lead a double life - writing for the morally corrupt during the day, spending time with her husband at night. Wall Street and her husband begin to fall apart at the same time, and Cath is struggling to hold her life together. And I'm not giving anything else away.
The book is written in an intimate style and you feel really invested in the story. I was suprised when it was over, though the book didn't feel incomplete. Overall a really interesting read.
3.5 out of 5
