Comments on: March Reading Round-Up

By: Edie

Edie — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:36:24 +0000

eeek

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:29:28 +0000

@Kaetrin: I keep hearing positive things about the Rose Lerner book! I must give it a shot. @Edie: @heidenkind: @Keishon: I've just posted my review of Butterfly Tattoo. Thanks, Edie, for the quote!

By: REVIEW: ‘Butterfly Tattoo’ (2009) by Deidre Knight

REVIEW: ‘Butterfly Tattoo’ (2009) by Deidre Knight — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:14:13 +0000

[...] the comments section of my March Reading Round-Up post, Edie made the following remark: re. Butterfly – sometimes I think people enjoy a book more [...]

By: Kaetrin

Kaetrin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:35:42 +0000

@ Maili – I’d like to read your review of Butterfly Tattoo. Would it be possible for you to post a link? thx

By: Keishon

Keishon — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:55:58 +0000

I need to just go ahead and read The Butterfly Tattoo. Readers were literally blown away by it and yours is the first less than glowing reaction I’ve seen on the net for it. Not at all surprised by Maili’s reaction to it as her take on books usually mirrors my own. Look forward to that review.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:50:19 +0000

My best books of the month were Half-Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls. She is the author of the autobiography, The Glass Castle. This book was fiction, but heavily based on the life of her maternal grandmother and was a very good read for those that liked The Glass Castle.

My second fave book of the month is Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. It’s a holocaust novel set in France both then and present day. I think I finished this book in 2 days it was so good.

My third favorite book was The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips. It was a lite mystery set at the beginning of the century in Alabama. A baby is thrown into a well and the children in the family are intent on finding how who did it. I liked the book for the sense of the time and place it gave you. The mystery was only a subplot.

By: Kaetrin

Kaetrin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:21:02 +0000

My favourite reads for March were Improper Relations by Janet Mullany and In for a Penny by Rose Lerner. Both A’s for me.

I’m with you Sarah. I liked Butterfly Tattoo but I wasn’t blown away. I would probably have given it a C+/B- I guess. It was interesting and groundbreaking in it’s way, but I wasn’t overwhelmed. I think we’re in a fairly small minority though! I’m looking forward to reading your review – I’m not sure I can articulate why it didn’t rock my socks.

As for The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie, well I liked that one too but I can’t say I plan on reading it again and there are plenty of others I like better.

By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:05:43 +0000

I can’t wait for your review of Butterfly Tattoo!

By: Edie

Edie — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:06:18 +0000

I actually read a lot in March, but no real favourites, mostly annoying carp in fact, though Julie Kenner’s Lily chronicles were interesting.

re. Butterfly – sometimes I think people enjoy a book more for it’s differences than it’s quality if that makes sense?
It is like Madness of Ian Mackenzie, if that book hadn’t had Ian as he was, realistically the book would have just been another average historical release. (Mind you I did enjoy – but I will freely admit I just enjoyed the difference)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:32:27 +0000

@Victoria Janssen: I've been on the fence about trying Madeline Hunter's new series. The reviews have been all over the place. On the other hand, I quite like the premise of Provocative in Pearls. Is it advisable to read Ravishing in Red first? @katiebabs: @Maili: I'm currently working on a blog post about my reaction to Butterfly Tattoo. Maili, I'm relieved to know I'm not the only one who wasn't blown away by it. So far, I've only come across glowing reviews.