Mid week update

Today I did the rare and shameful thing of quitting a book.

I know it’s a crime (and it was actually quite a good book) but in the end I decided, that I would be realistic and conform to my teen fiction needs.

So the story starts here, with The Whisperers by Orlando Figes...

Yes, it may look perfectly at first glance but then look at the size of it.

That is a seven hundred and something page non-fiction book which is, perhaps, approachable until you see the size of the font.

So, The Whisperers by the Orlando Figes is a seven hundred and something page book, with very small font, which tells the stories of various Russian families who lived throughout Stalin’s era.  It sounded super to me as I find Russian history fascinating but everything went downhill when I realised that I was only managing twenty pages (twenty-five at a push) a night and I roughly calculated that it was going to take me nearly four weeks to read.  Hmph.

Therefore, I made the devastating decision to quit after reading seventy-five pages.  What made things worse was that I borrowed it from someone else; so now I’m going to have to confess to them too!

But, at the end of the day, in terms of reading, my mantra is that quantity is of equal importance to quality and when one’s nearest library is overflowing with YA one cannot spend nearly a month reading one book.  Sorry.

So, I have, instead, begun reading this novel...

 

...which, judging by the reviews and the blurb, looks like a great story.

And after that, I have this...

...which is probably the most anticipated novel on my ‘to read’ list so you can see why my patience with The Whisperers was pretty much non-existent.

However, I must emphasise that the seventy-five pages that I did read were very interesting.  So, unlike me, if you have the time and the patience, I would definitely recommend it.

Bye for now; if you have any comments about the books above feel free to post them.

More reviews will be on their way (I promise!)