Review: Eat, Pray, Love

Posted by Cynical Sarah on June 17, 2010

Generally I chose books like I choose the movies I watch; I look for entertainment value above all else. However, sometimes I stumble across a more artsy/enlightening/literary/soul searching book that catches my interest. This time it was Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert.

In a moment of weakness I was watching Julia Roberts on Oprah discussing the book and her experience starring in the movie. I’d never even heard of Eat, Pray, Love and here it was inspiring Julia Roberts, being talked about on Oprah and developing a small cult following.

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Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Posted by Cynical Sarah on June 15, 2010

I can’t recall ever reading a Jane Austen novel. I’ve seen a few of the movies based on her books, but based on what I saw, I had no urge to read the books. At heart they seem to be basically Victorian era romance novels; however, you throw in some zombies, and I’m intrigued.

I had actually stopped at the bookstore the other day to pick up a different book, but in a moment of judging a book by its cover, I decided I had to give Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith a try. I was curious how someone could incorporate zombies into a Jane Austen novel without treading too much on her own style of storytelling as well as her basic storyline.

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Review: Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Posted by Cynical Sarah on March 8, 2010

Cryptonomicon is a book my husband picked up a while ago. I discovered it on our dusty bookshelf and decided to give it a look.

This book is 1,130 pages long, and I do mean long. Only through sheer will did I make it through the first 200-300 pages to finally get to the point where I was hooked and needed to see how the rest of the story was going to play out. (I’m pretty sure Troy didn’t make it to that point. A dog-eared Page 263 marks where he gave up.)

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‘Prelude to Mars’ by Arthur C. Clarke

Posted by Cynical Sarah on February 27, 2010

I initially picked this book up for my brother last summer at a garage sale intending to give it to him when I saw him at Christmas. The months between those two points erased it from my memory, however, and I picked it off the book shelf in January for something to do in my free time.

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