Review: The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest

The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Interesting

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Review: The Healthiest Diet on the Planet: Why the Foods You Love-Pizza, Pancakes, Potatoes, Pasta, and More-Are the Solution to Preventing Disease and Looking and Feeling Your Best

The Healthiest Diet on the Planet: Why the Foods You Love-Pizza, Pancakes, Potatoes, Pasta, and More-Are the Solution to Preventing Disease and Looking and Feeling Your Best by John A. McDougall
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Lines up with my new way of thinking.

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Review: The Princess Diarist

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Kind of interesting. Half the book was obsessing over Harrison Ford though.

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Review: Exit West

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wow. Just wow.

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Review: To Capture What We Cannot Keep

To Capture What We Cannot Keep by Beatrice Colin
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Meh.

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Review: Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Excellent vehicle for driving a story about a wonderfully human and well-developed character.

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Review: Return of the Continuums

Return of the Continuums by Jennifer Brody
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Another awkward middle story. This one borrowed just a bit too much from Lord of the Rings for my taste. One of the characters was a very blatant Gollum rip-off. Just not as good as book 1. I hope book 3 brings it back around.

This review is in exchange for a free copy received from the publisher.

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Review: Geekerella: A Fangirl Fairy Tale

Geekerella: A Fangirl Fairy Tale by Ashley Poston
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Cute and sweet. It's nice when you have a story that is familiar enough to feel like home but with new twists to keep it relevant and still told well enough that it doesn't make you feel like something from your childhood has been ruined.

This review is in exchange for a free copy received from netgalley.com.

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Review: The Circle

The Circle by Dave Eggers
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Creepy. Just creepy. Along the lines of 1984.

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Review: Waking Gods

Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Good book but it has the awkward middle bookness. The new and exciting stuff was revealed in the last book and the resolution is yet to come. I really do love following on the journey though.

This review is in exchange for a free e-galley from netgalley.com.

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Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Beautiful edition. I'd like to get all the others in this format also.

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Review: The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing

The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing by Damion Searls
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Very interesting book. As this is the first real biography of the man, I can say I didn't know much about him before reading this. The first half of the book was mainly the story of the man Rorschach himself. The second half, which takes off after his early death, is the story of the evolution of the test. Where it went after he died, its progress, its recession, its evolutions.... Quite interesting all around and not so intellectual that you have to have a working knowledge of psychology to understand any of it.

This review is in exchange for a free copy received from bloggingforbooks.com.

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Review: Gilded Cage

Gilded Cage by Vic James
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Interesting idea. Slightly different take on the dystopia genre. As it's the first book in a series, there is no resolution to this particular book so it's hard to judge it as a whole. I would like to read more and see where it goes.

This review is in exchange for a free e-galley from netgalley.com.

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Review: The Last Bastion of Civilization: Japan 2041, a Scenario Analysis

The Last Bastion of Civilization: Japan 2041, a Scenario Analysis by Andrew Blencowe
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I can't disagree with the argument made, I just really didn't like the author's style.

I received I free copy of this book from Goodreads giveaways.

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Review: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

If this doesn't make you think about what you eat and why, nothing will.

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Review: Daughter of the Pirate King

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I gave the first seven chapters a shot, then decided I had better uses for my time.

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