Review: Hunger by Knut Hamsun

★

Just too rambling and aimless for me, I never get on too well with "literary fiction" unless it has a story and 44 pages in I didn't want to wait any longer for the story to start!

Review: The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia by Michael Booth

★

Now that does seem like a very unfair score but when I don't finish a book I can't justify more than 1 star. I did get halfway through this and it was interesting and funny, the problem was that the subject being tackled was hugely broad and this just felt like a rambling journey and one man's opinion of Scandinavia (Booth does live in Denmark but he is not actually Danish). Non-fiction that isn't historical doesn't tend to hold my interest for long so he should be applauded for getting me to page 187 before giving up, perhaps I just needed more Vikings!

Review: Thirteenth Night by Alan Gordon

★

This wasn't badly written and it was moving along at an alright pace, it just didn't grab me, what's the point in making myself read something when my to read list has lots of books on it I know I would rather be spending my time on. Personal taste not a reflection on the book at all.

Review: Authority by Jeff VanderMeer

★

I really thought I would like this book, I liked the first book and found the mystery interesting but this time around I'm just getting bored. This book is longer than the first and the pace is much slower, it doesn't help that some of the writing I'm really struggling to follow. It's not a bad book it's just not for me.

Review: Tickled to Death by Joan Hess

★

Admittedly I only read 4 pages but sometimes you just know there is no point in going on, this was definitely a case of it's not you it's me, cozy mysteries aren't my thing.

Review: The Death Cure by James Dashner

★

I hate not finishing a book, I really do but I just can't bring myself to read another 200 pages of this endlessly frustrating mystery, I don't like any of the characters and I have a feeling the pay off just won't be worth it.

Review: Never Love a Highlander by Maya Banks

★

I'm sure this is some people's cup of tea but I just can't put myself through a third outing in this series. I won't repeat myself but if you read my reviews of the previous 2 books (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...) you will understand my general feeling about them. Suffice to say I just read a whole chapter about how Rionna is ashamed of her breasts and then her new husband kisses her, she bites him and he enjoys the taste of the blood ... words fail me.

Review: Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean

★

This one was just too childish for me to get on with (I gave up after 80 pages), probably OK for the very young but not one I would choose to read to my own children.