June # title contains at least 5 of the letters of supercalifragilcexpialidocious
The Last of Her Kind
Author: Sigrid Nunez
Genre: fiction
Page number: 407
First published: 2006
Rating: four stars
First sentence: We had been living together
for about a week when my roommate told me she had asked specifically to be
paired with a girl from a world as different as possible from her own.
One sentence comment: It’s like an American
social history from 60’s to 80’s seen through the lives of two women from
contrasting social background.
I spent
three weeks reading this book slowly because I felt the protagonists were so
real and their lives penetrated into my mental picture of American culture,
which was so sophisticated at the time that I, as Taiwanese, could hardly imagine
it before.
June # Goodreads rating 4.0 plus
The
Giver
Author: Lois Lowry
Genre: Dystopian fiction
Page number: 225
First published: 1993
Rating: 3 stars
First sentence: It was almost December, and
Jonas was beginning to be frightened.
One sentence comment: I never like
dystopian fiction except the novel 1984 by George Orwell; however, I can see this
book is well structured, enlightening and easy to read.
June # a book with a cover you love
Murder
on Mulberry Bend (Gaslight mystery #5)
Genre:
historical mystery
Page
number: 343
First
published: 2003
Rating:
4 stars
First
sentence: “I hope you enjoy the evening.”
One
sentence comment: Like in other books of the series, the protagonists are fun
and intriguing.
I have been following the series, which
give a midwife the role of detective, and this is the fifth book in the series.
This book becomes my favorite among its predecessors. It has the longest length, while others are
less than 300 pages. It encompasses various elements that make the book most
interesting. First, it delineates psychological complexity humorously of both
protagonists, Sarah and Frank, from the very beginning. Second, it shows a
charity at the time to save girls in the Italian district 200 years ago. Third,
it provides religious wisdom and crude
reality at the same time, but Sarah combats both with her sense of justice and
reasoning. However, I am disappointed about the ending, which I think is a cliché
and incredible. That’s why I only give this book four stars.