not so perfect fifths

Read the last book in Megan McCafferty's series about fictional character Jessica Darling. Perfect Fifths disappointed me big time. I was pretty bored by it and it took awhile to be able to get through it. I don't necessarily regret reading the series as it was on my list and all, but the series started out strong and empowering for teens and turned into a fairy tale romance series. Pretty lame if you ask me.

There was really nothing I liked about the last book other than it the was the end of the series so I wanted to see how things turned out for the characters. The format, the story line, and the actual end of the series just didn't connect for me. It was almost a whole new series or just a separate book with the same characters.

I am possibly being too harsh, but I just wasn't impressed.

Current Read: Vision in White by Nora Roberts

Movie versus Book

Finished listening to The Reader by Bernhard Schlink . This doesn't happen very often, but I have to say I enjoyed the movie version better. The book wasn't bad by any means, and perhaps it is because I saw the movie first and then read the book (hate doing this), but it lacked so much of what the movie had. It just didn't paint the picture as wonderfully as the movie had. I still enjoyed it and it was a quick listen, only four discs, so I don't regret sticking with it, but I do feel a bit disappointed.

That said, the concept of this fiction book is pretty amazing. I can't imagine how the writer came up with this story and put it to paper. It is a well written book and I can easily see why it was picked up to become a movie.

Current Listen: Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey

Son of a Witch

Finished listening to Gregory Maguire's Son of a Witch. I guess I foolishly thought I would get the happy ending missing in the first book Wicked. No such luck at least for the main character Elphaba from the first book. I'm still extremely confused on how the book evolved into the play. Either way I'm still drawn to this series for some reason. The second book about the son of Elphaba was just as odd as the first. It also continued to remind me of the Harry Potter series in some subtle ways.

The book is a bit more gruesome then the first in describing a dragon problem across OZ. There are several images I could have fast forwarded through and still been okay with what was going on. The ending however was more optimistic then I had anticipated which has made me want to read the next one in the series A Lion Among Men though I have no idea what more needs to be said about the world of OZ.

Current Listen: The Reader by Bernhard Schlink