May 25-31, 2014

Finding Monsters by Liss Thomas - a girl who has been fighting cancer all her life touches the hand of the monster under her bed and her life is transformed. Transported to his world she becomes quite a warrior. And of course they're in love, with all the deep eye gazing and chaste yearning that entails. This is the first in a YA series called Guardians of Esurack. I didn't care for the writing and my free e-book had lots of errors, enough to be distracting. I'm in the minority, this book and the sequel have high ratings on Goodreads. Because I did finish it,

2 stars
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The Misremembered Man by Christina McKenna - I have to be honest and say that I read the second half of this book by skimming it in large chunks. The first half really drug but still I wanted to know what happens. Two lonely-hearts in 1976 Ireland are searching for each other. This story alternates with a quite horrific story in an orphanage. It could be I wasn't in the right mood for this one.

2 stars
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Children of the Street by Kwei Quartey - someone is killing the street children in Accra, Ghana. This is the second in the Darko Dawson series. I liked this better than the first, it's quite interesting to read about police forces in other countries struggling to do modern police work. I already have the third book on hold.

3.5 stars
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The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett - a novella about what happens when the Queen of England becomes a reader.

4 stars
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Song of the Summer King by Jess E. Owen - Shard is a young gryfon, the last full-blooded of the Vanir. He struggles to be accepted and prove himself loyal to the conquering king. When he discovers he can understand other animal's talk, he begins to wonder about his destiny. I'll probably read the next in the series.

3 stars
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Kane by Steve Gannon - a hunt for a serial killer. Kane is one of the detectives and he's a very angry man. Lots of time is spent on his family life and the way he treats them didn't make me feel very sympathetic to him. Also, there's way too much detail in this book. The killer is known very early on and then it's a matter of how they will catch him. Pretty exciting ending but by then I almost didn't care.

2 stars
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I quit almost as many books this week as I read. I hope I'm not getting tired of reading!