michellebookaddict's Reviews (822)

“Whale speech is long and slow, it carries for miles like a current. There can be no match, in this universe or any other, for its expression of grief.”

Retelling of Moby Dick. I could tell because the first sentence is “Call me Bathsheba.” I’m currently reading Moby Dick for this summer and I saw this at my library. Loved the illustrations! They are really impressive. The story was good and quick. The point of view is through the whale. The Human’s world is their Abyss rather than the whale’s world and the ocean. The story flowed and I liked Bathsheba. There was also some good quotes.

A book I definitely recommend to my sister who teaches 6th grade who is now interested in adding this to her class room’s library.

✔ Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern 5★♥

I had a Book-Hangover from this book! It's more than just a unrequited love story. I was really captured by these people's life stories. All of them. And I was a little skeptic because it's written in epistolary format from school notes to emails, letters, texts, and even chat rooms from not just the hero and heroine at ages 7 to their 50s, but a lot of various characters too.. And now I'm even more excited to see the movie this month (title Love, Rosie).

It was an interesting story line. I liked Jack Ruttle character the most. It was just a bit too long and slow.

3 stars
I've read this twice during the holidays. Once in 2007 and again during Christmas 2012. I ended up rereading this because I forgot what the book was about. I forgot because the storyline is typical. The romance was all right but not great. There's a small amount if mystery but I wasn't interested in that. It did create a little bit of suspense. Mary Kay's humor was dry IMO. It was a decent Christmas read. I have tried reading "The Fixer Upper" but didn't like it. Eloise is a much more likeable character than Dempsey.