93 - The last battle

I've finally finished narnia! (Except I haven't bothered with Voyage of the Dawn Treader, but if I see it in the library I will.) I was pretty over the series by this point. This last one had a couple of new characters & schemes that were interesting, but it didn't delve deep enough into anything. I know it's a kid's book, but you're talking about God and Heaven - it's not all black & white Clive!
***Spoiler alert following: plus he wrote Susan out of it! She was too busy with nylons & lipsticks! Sexist alert! I guess it's good he didn't kill her off like everyone else!***

Anyway, I'm glad I've read it - but it's not something I'll be in a hurry to read again.
**

The Farseekers - Isobelle Carmody

This is the follow-up to Obernewtyn.....I really liked it:) There are once again too many characters & places & i can't keep track with all the weird spellings (what is it with fantasy?). But the story is really good & suspensful - i actually gasped out loud once or twice. I like how the animals are important characters too & have their own personalities. The romance isn't moving along fast enough though:(
***1/2

91 - The Silver Chair

I don't know whether it's because this is the 5th narnia book i've read, or whether clive was getting a bit over it...but i found this quite predictable....it wasn't really suspensful at all. The characters were nothing new - I did like the Marsh-Wiggle though.
The first 3 chronicles are defo worth reading, and I'm hoping the last one will be too.
**1/2

Dave at Night - Gail Carson Levine

I really liked this book, not too sad for me to handle. It's about Dave who's 11. His dad suddenly dies & no one in the family can afford to look after him so he gets sent to an orphanage. It's based on the author's own dad. Some lovely characters and New York during the 20s sounds awesome.
She's a very interesting writer.
***1/2

I've gotta double check - but I think I'm up to my final 10!!!

Di Morrissey - Tears of the Moon

I finally got round to reading Di Morrissey. Man, what an effort - it exhausted me. She's obviously a fan of researching her topics thoroughly - i found all the info about pearling and Broome in the early days of colonisation very interesting....but once again it comes back to the characters for me...and while the women were all smart or beautiful or gutsy...it just didn't seem natural.
Really gave me the urge to revisit Western Australia though:)
***

Obernewtyn - Isobelle Carmody

I've never read any Isobelle Carmody, but I know she's written heaps - fantasy really isn't my fave genre. But I liked this because it had talking (sort of) animals and a powerful heroine and a possible love interest. Sometimes it was a bit hard to keep track of all the characters and who was good and who was evil. The reading minds ability and the link to the "machines" was also a little confusing. But I'm keen to read the next one - I know she started to write this book when she was in high school and it took years - it's obviously well thought out.
***1/2

more marian keyes - watermelon

ok - i just wanted something light, but i think this will be the last m.k. i read for awhile. she thinks she's all that...she actually had her main character dissing other chick lit writers...take a look in the mirror woman!
anyhoo this is about a woman whose husband leaves her the day she gives birth so she moves back in with her family in dublin...her quirky family are cool, but it all ends up a little too convenient...she very easily loses all her baby weight & hooks up with the hottest guy in town...and her husband turns out to be a loser...
anyway...fine holiday fun...
**