Goodreads page My rating: 3 out of 5 My review: My first P.K. Dick book and a well read indeed, although I admit I was expecting something more logical. Am I the only one who can’t imagine a world where all animals are sacred and most of them are even extinct (most sacred being insects)? Nevertheless story of a bounty-hunter trying to catch escaped androids and “retire” them is quite action-packed and full of interesting ideas. …
Goodreads page My rating: 4 out of 5 My review: Pretty good detective story with enough unexpected twists and suspense for two movies :-) Harry Bosh is pretty hard-core classic detective, with drinking problems and tendency for heroism, but he grew on me anyway. Storyline is mostly concerned with gruesome serial killer, corruption and cutting deals with the devil. *My first Michael Connelly book, but definitely not the last one.
Goodreads page My rating: 5 out of 5 My review: Wow. The book completely consumed me. The story of 6 year old boy learning, fighting, surviving military training amongst peers and growing older. Of what it means to be human. Book asks the same question I have been for some time. Is the result/action more important than intention? What happens when you can’t tell the right from wrong? Parts I probably enjoyed most were fights/battles Ender has been through. …
Goodreads page My rating: 3 out of 5 My review: This is a great book about economics of “Free” (as in free beer mostly). People are currently getting a lot of things for free and people and companies are getting rich by giving stuff away for free. You just have to find the right way. This book is full of interesting examples and approaches that date back to 18th century (and even more back occasionally). …
Goodreads page My rating: 5 out of 5 My review: I liked Time Out’s take on this book: “Wickedly funny”. Neil Gaiman’s twisted sense of humour together with sheer craziness of Terry Pratchett created this unique masterpiece. Only these two authors could put Antichrist, angels, demons, God, devil, witches, aliens, Atlantis and above all…Armageddon in one novel and make it seem like a normal thing. In fact these things together with footnotes full of confusing information make for entertaining experience. …
Goodreads page My rating: 4 out of 5 My review: This book was one suspense thriller from the start to finish. Compared with Order of Phoenix it contains three times as much action using less pages :-) A book worthy of being final in the series I’d say. We get to look more into life of Albus Dumbledore, and finally uncover what Snape is all about. The book is not exactly cheerful for the most part…but there are moments of fun & joy. …
Goodreads page My rating: 3 out of 5 My review: From all the Harry Potter books this is my least favourite one for some reason. It just dragged on a bit with not much happening for the most part. Lot of things made sense in later books and so this seems like an introduction for them. Oh well…still worth the read
Goodreads page My rating: 3 out of 5 My review: It read really nicely. Something about simplicity of the story and…it made me feel good in the end. It’s not a literary masterpiece, but I can see why it’s a bestseller. Quite entertaining.
Goodreads page My rating: 5 out of 5 My review: What does being a celebrity actually mean? Where does a creation of media end and person start? Gibson creates a universe where it’s possible for lives of completely different people meet and do so with a bang. Life of a 14 year old schoolgirl obsessed with a pop-idol, ex-prisoner turned bodyguard with knack for tomahawks and data analyst able to do pattern recognition on big databases. …
Goodreads page My rating: 4 out of 5 My review: Read it in Czech translation from 1985 so certain things were a bit weird, but the core of the book is still worth reading. It deals with basic ideas of people interactions as well as with concrete situations. And most importantly it is written in a way digestible for laymen such as myself :-)