I bought this book a long time ago, but have only now gotten around to reading it.

Not quite what I expected—I didn’t look closely enough at the sub-title before I chose it. The author was at his best when describing nature, the flora and fauna of New Zealand. His writing otherwise was a bit… not dry, but now particularly evocative. Overall this book was a quick enjoyable read.

This was a great book, written in Bryson’s typically entertaining and engaging style. It did a good job of making science seem more relevant and accessible, but there was so much information packed in the book that it took me a long time to read; at some parts, I couldn’t read more than four or five pages at a time.

Meh. Not a hugely interesting autobiography, but not awful either.

A quick funny afternoon read.

Good reading. Not my favourite of the Discworld novels I’ve read, but still enjoyable.

Fun reading. The end seemed a bit cobbled together, but fun nevertheless.

I’m enjoying this, but whoa it’s kinda morbid and creepy.

I’ve not been a big fan of Alice Walker’s collections of essays in the past, but I keep trying. Hopefully I’ll enjoy this one more than the last one I read. ETA: I quite enjoyed this actually. There’s another volume of her short stories at the library that I’m going to try.

I didn’t like this book at the start, but by Book 2, it had won me over. And somewhere around the middle of Book 3, I got all teary eyed. It was great. (As a note, I did not read the Oprah’s Book Club edition of this book. I’m sick of Oprah’s stupid book club and the stupic Oprah’s book club stickers and banners on the covers of perfectly decent books. Ugh.)