January Book Club Reads: Comfort zone where are you?!
Good evening readers,
I am so giddy and excited to be in two book clubs this year. Okay I should probably come up with something better than a 'Book Club.' When you use that phrase I think of ladies sitting around the couch with wine discussing a book while The Bachlotette is on mute in the background. So definitely NOT the case here. Also--The Bachlorette is awful...just DON'T. EVER.
My so called work 'book club' which imagine more of a book group text/email chain is:
In this adventure tale a scholarly gentleman is cast into the sea during an ordinary steamboat ride from Sausalito and San Francisco. The setting is more early 1900s which is also around the published date (1904).
Background: My co worker selected this book for the read. The last book he picked was philosophy (definitely not my forte) and this book still managed to contain philosophy in it! The main character ends up discussing philosophy and debates with his captor (The Sea Wolf) and a new Castaway. Now when I grumbled about this to my coworker-" Really Darren?! Philosophy...again!" His response was-"but there is a love story, isn't your teen fiction heart happy?"
Dislikes:
Likes:
The next book I ready was also lacking of YA-ness (which was awful) and needs no introduction:
I mentioned that I am readying this with my other co-worker Raphael. It is is favorite book and also made into a movie--so I cannot pass up the opportunity for my reading pleasure.
Okay okay do not throw tomatoes at me. Here is my thought process---I am behind on the game. This is the book that influenced all the great fantasy genres and series. This book paved the way for some of my recent favorite series (A Song of Ice and Fire and Eve of Snows). Therefore I am reading it about 20 years too late. As with Harry Potter if I had read this book prior then I would love it so much more.
As for my explanation of the three stars it mainly has again to do with me drifting off while reading; confusion about the maps. Was it me or did the maps not actually line up with where the characters were in the story. Also....there are no women! There are some decent Elf women who sing and present gifts...but no women are present in the Fellowship. I hear there is one in the next book so I look forward to that. I recall that I did not care for the first movie either. It me it overall was a little too slow, the hobbits are pretty strange, and the travels were a little vague compared to the maps. I look forward to reading the next one and hopefully this post does not break Raphael's heart.
I am so giddy and excited to be in two book clubs this year. Okay I should probably come up with something better than a 'Book Club.' When you use that phrase I think of ladies sitting around the couch with wine discussing a book while The Bachlotette is on mute in the background. So definitely NOT the case here. Also--The Bachlorette is awful...just DON'T. EVER.
My so called work 'book club' which imagine more of a book group text/email chain is:
The Sea Wolf by Jack London
In this adventure tale a scholarly gentleman is cast into the sea during an ordinary steamboat ride from Sausalito and San Francisco. The setting is more early 1900s which is also around the published date (1904).
My overall rating of the book (out of 5 stars) ⭐⭐
Background: My co worker selected this book for the read. The last book he picked was philosophy (definitely not my forte) and this book still managed to contain philosophy in it! The main character ends up discussing philosophy and debates with his captor (The Sea Wolf) and a new Castaway. Now when I grumbled about this to my coworker-" Really Darren?! Philosophy...again!" His response was-"but there is a love story, isn't your teen fiction heart happy?"
Dislikes:
- Language too boring for me. My brain is not wires well for older text and novels anymore. Now I need to work hard to fix that...and that might be another day another post. I did find myself thinking about grocery lists, other books and characters etc.
- Not a good enough love story for me. My YA heart needs more than a small kiss on the last page. Where is the passion cute romantic banter? There was a slow burn of romance...but the male and female were castaways for heaven's sake...what do you expect?
- Too many seal deaths. Seals are awesome animals and this just made me sad.
- Ending--it was not for me.
Likes:
- Characterization of 'The Sea Wolf.' This character is a bad ass. His name is Wolf Larsen and you never want him as a captain. The author's description of him and his brute strength makes me think of Dwayne Johnson. I love the layers and depths of this character.
- The fateful demise of Wolf Larsen. It's pretty cool. He goes to the very end still causing trouble "Just to be alive" he says.
The next book I ready was also lacking of YA-ness (which was awful) and needs no introduction:
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
I mentioned that I am readying this with my other co-worker Raphael. It is is favorite book and also made into a movie--so I cannot pass up the opportunity for my reading pleasure.
Overall rating (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐
Okay okay do not throw tomatoes at me. Here is my thought process---I am behind on the game. This is the book that influenced all the great fantasy genres and series. This book paved the way for some of my recent favorite series (A Song of Ice and Fire and Eve of Snows). Therefore I am reading it about 20 years too late. As with Harry Potter if I had read this book prior then I would love it so much more.
As for my explanation of the three stars it mainly has again to do with me drifting off while reading; confusion about the maps. Was it me or did the maps not actually line up with where the characters were in the story. Also....there are no women! There are some decent Elf women who sing and present gifts...but no women are present in the Fellowship. I hear there is one in the next book so I look forward to that. I recall that I did not care for the first movie either. It me it overall was a little too slow, the hobbits are pretty strange, and the travels were a little vague compared to the maps. I look forward to reading the next one and hopefully this post does not break Raphael's heart.
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