Blogs about: Gentlyfalling

llp's #CBR V Review 8: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card5 comments

gentlyfalling wrote 2 weeks ago: I did not enjoy this book. At all. I had really loved Ender’s Game, but my love was tainted by … more →

Tags: 1 star - a book you didn't like, Science Fiction, orson scott card, LLP, Speaker For The Dead

llp's #CBR V Review 7: Beyond Belief by Jenna Miscavige Hill

gentlyfalling wrote 3 weeks ago: I finished this a few weeks ago. Hill’s book is pretty straight forward, and the picture it pa … more →

Tags: 4 stars - a great book, CBR#5, Non-Fiction, autobiography, LLP, Jenna Miscavige Hill, Beyond Belief

llp's #CBR V Review 6: Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and Me by Ellen Forney

gentlyfalling wrote 1 month ago: I loved this book, truly. It was insightful, interesting and intensely personal. … more →

Tags: 5 stars - a favorite, graphic novel, autobiography, Ellen Forney, LLP

llp's #CBR V Review 5: Cats, Dogs, Men, Women, Ninnies and Clowns: The Lost Art of William Steig by Jeanne Steig

gentlyfalling wrote 1 month ago: This is a lovely book, beautifully bound and filled with interesting art and anecdotes. … more →

Tags: 5 stars - a favorite, Non-Fiction, Illustration, Art, LLP, william steig, Jeanne Steig

llp's #CBR5 Review 4: The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks

gentlyfalling wrote 1 month ago: This book was good, but loooonnnng. I am pretty sure it was recommended to me by the Pajiba readersh … more →

Tags: 3 stars - a good book, CBR#5, Science Fiction, LLP, Iain M. Banks, the algebraist

llp's #CBR V Review 3: Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin

gentlyfalling wrote 2 months ago: This new Rebus novel is like slipping back into something familiar and comfortable. There aren … more →

Tags: 3 stars - a good book, Mystery, CBR#5, rebus, Ian Rankin, LLP, #CBR V, Standing in Another Man's Grave

llp's #CBR V Review 2: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

gentlyfalling wrote 2 months ago: So, I really, really enjoyed this book, and am getting excited that there is a movie coming out this … more →

Tags: 5 stars - a favorite, Fiction, Science Fiction, #CBRV, orson scott card, LLP, ender's game

llp's #CBR V Review 1: Let's Pretend this Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

gentlyfalling wrote 3 months ago: I read this book with great anticipation, and was generally not disappointed. I was already familiar … more →

Tags: 5 stars - a favorite, memoir, Jenny Lawson, LLP, Let's pretend this never happened, humour, #CBR V

llp's #CBR Review 23: Batman: The Long Halloween by Tim Sale and Jeff Loeb

gentlyfalling wrote 5 months ago: This was just so, so good. … more →

Tags: 5 stars - a favorite, graphic novel, LLP, CBR-IV, Batman, Jeff Loeb, Tim Sale

llp's #CBR IV Review 22: The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik

gentlyfalling wrote 6 months ago: So, I read the first four novels of this series in a rush this summer: His Majesty’s Dragon, T … more →

Tags: 4 stars - a great book, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, LLP, CBR-IV, Naomi Novik, his majesty's dragon, Throne of Jade, Black Powder War

llp's #CBR IV Review 21: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

gentlyfalling wrote 6 months ago: So, I love Neil Gaiman and all the things he creates. Neverwhere is not an exception. … more →

Tags: 4 stars - a great book, Fantasy, Neil Gaiman, LLP, CBR-IV, Neverwhere

llp's #CBR IV Review 20: The Game of Thrones, Vol. 1 by George R. R. Martin, Daniel Abraham and Tommy Patterson

gentlyfalling wrote 6 months ago: I think the graphic novel version of this series is… unnecessary, really. … more →

Tags: 2 stars - an ok book, graphic novel, george r r martin, LLP, Daniel Abraham, A Game of Thrones, Tommy Patterson

llp's #CBR IV Review 18: The Magician King by Lev Grossman

gentlyfalling wrote 7 months ago: I finished this book months ago, and I think the passage of time has led me to review it a little mo … more →

Tags: 3 stars - a good book, Fantasy, Lev Grossman, The Magician King, LLP, CBR-IV

llp's #CBR Review 17: Fever Dream by George R. R. Martin

gentlyfalling wrote 7 months ago: This book was one of my few impulse book purchases, drawn in my Martin’s name. It is an ok boo … more →

Tags: 2 stars - an ok book, Fantasy, Vampires, Historical, george r r martin, LLP, FEVRE DREAM

llp's #CBR IV Review 16: The Magicians by Lev Grossman2 comments

gentlyfalling wrote 8 months ago: This is another book that I read months ago, and I am truthfully still uncertain about how I really … more →

Tags: 2 stars - an ok book, Fantasy, Lev Grossman, LLP, CBR-IV, The Magicians

llp's #CBR IV Review 15: The Unwritten, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross, Volumes 1-3

gentlyfalling wrote 8 months ago: So, I finished these back in April, and have had one sentence written until I just reviewed in a rus … more →

Tags: 5 stars - a favorite, graphic novel, LLP, CBR-IV, Peter Gross, Mike Carey, The Unwritten

llp's #CBR IV Review 14: Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis, Volumes 1-5

gentlyfalling wrote 10 months ago: Well, I can appreciate the genius, but it isn’t a series I would likely revisit. … more →

Tags: 4 stars - a great book, graphic novel, LLP, Transmetropolitan, CBR-IV, Warren

llp's # CBR IV Review 13: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

gentlyfalling wrote 11 months ago: While the pop culture references are fun, and the characters are kind of interesting, the story itse … more →

Tags: 2 stars - an ok book, Fiction, Ernest Cline, ready player one, LLP, CBR-IV

llp's #CBR IV Review 12: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

gentlyfalling wrote 11 months ago:   I finished this book several months ago, and am regretfully so far behind in my reviews … more →

Tags: 4 stars - a great book, YA Fiction, the hunger games, LLP, CBR-IV, Mockingjay, Suzanne


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