Humble Pi fit nicely in the challenge Prompt 1: A Pun in the Title. Amazon classifies it as Applied Mathematics in Nonfiction. I found it interesting, scary and amusing in turn, but then I really like math and science real world applications. I didn’t fully grasp the math when he was talking about glitches in computer codes but the key points are clear and help me understand more about the thinking challenges involved in software engineering. I suspect the author is a great lecturer. Rating: 4 out of 5
Before the Coffee Gets Cold is Time Travel Fiction and has sold over a million copies (Prompt 26). I finished it but didn’t like it as I found the characters unlikable and the storyline didn’t grab me. I have like other time travel books especially the Thursday Next novels by Jasper Fforde so it wasn’t the genre as a whole that made it get a low rating. Rating: 1 out of 5.
The Lost Art of Mixing by Erica Bauermeister fits Prompt 22: Found family trope. It was a quick gentle read. Although I won’t be pursuing other books by her, I rate it 3 out of 5. It is listed as Friendship Fiction.
The 2 books I put down quickly were The Weight of Ink and Christmas Crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop. In the first case I really disliked the main and other characters and the storyline wasn’t of enough interest to me to get past that. In the second case it was extremely dark and depressing.
As luck has it, I need new books to read and a plan to get some today. I'm going to look for those Thursday Next novels, and maybe the Humble Pi one, too!
ReplyDeleteThe Thursday Next books are weird but I really liked them.
DeleteLots of reading happening in your home.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
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