The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson – I never
really connected to Jenna. Maybe I wasn’t
supposed to. I liked the concept of
the novel and it raised interesting questions as to what it is that makes us
human, but after reading two-thirds of the book and still not caring one iota
about how anything turned out I decided I was done.
Jessica by Bryce Courtenay – I jumped up and down when I
found this at the Half Price Book Store.
Bryce Courtenay wrote my favorite book The Power of One but the rest
of his books aren’t in print in the US so stumbling across one is a major find
for me. I also read and reviewed April Fool's Day last year.
The first 40% of Jessica was
terrific: I loved the setting, the
characters, and the writing.
Unfortunately about half way through it started to feel like Courtenay
knew what he wanted the plot to do, and forced the characters to behave in ways
that were not consistent with how they were portrayed leading up to that
point. I got mad and threw the book
across the room. Giving up on this one
was hard for me. Side note – I discovered
recently that all his books are now available for Kindle so I’ll definitely
give more of them a try.
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta – Please don’t hate
me. I know that most book bloggers love
her books. I read “Saving Francesca”
last year and while I liked it I definitely didn’t quite get the hype. I was still really excited to try another of
Marchetta’s novels and went with Jellicoe Road. I was vaguely interested in Taylor’s back
story, but the “Turf War” between the Jellicoe Students, the Townies, and the
Cadets bored me to tears. Seriously, not
my cup of tea. Please don’t hate me.
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