2016 Reading Challenge: a book set in Europe

Macbeth by A.J. Hartley

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I am torn with giving this a 4 or a 5. If I could do a 4.5 I would. I thoroughly enjoyed this novelization of my all-time favorite Shakespearean play. I really liked how the authors brought more depth to the characters of Macbeth and his wife, added more eerie creep factor to the three witches and overall rounded out the story with more history and battles.

Add all that to the reading done by Alan Cummings and you have an utterly entertaining audiobook that I highly, highly recommend.



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2016 Reading Challenge: done (or so I say)

Ok, I am giving up on my last book of the year. I have been trying to read Frankenstein... Since April. I have spent the last 2 hours trying to force myself to read it and get this book done. But i have only achieved reading 2 paragraphs.

I love gothic horror stories, but I have re-affirmed that I hate gothic writing.

So i am declaring myself done. I did not manage to do a unique book for every category. But the two I did not (romance set in the future and book written more than 100 years before you were born) i can double and use books I read for other categories.

But... I got 39 unique books read. I consider that a success. I might have gotten the last two categories done if I hadn't fallen down the rabbit holes that were "read the first book in a series then have to go read/listen to the rest" that hit me in the middle of the year.

Here's the full list of what I read: ( Read more... )

Overall average rating for the books was 3.59

Summary as asked on Goodreads Forum:
Date you finished: 12/29/16
Favorite prompt (did something get you out of your comfort zone in a refreshing way?) Book guaranteed to bring you joy or A dystopian novel
Favorite book (could be different from the prompt) The Aeronaut's Windlass
Least favorite prompt: A book at least 100 years older than you
Least favorite book Open House and Frankenstein
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2017" anything but Poetry or book at least 100 years older than you



I am now looking forward to next year's challenge