November 2024 Reading
I finished two books in November, which is on par with the rest of the year. Here's what I read:
Contact - Carl Sagan
I picked this up because I really love the movie adaptation, but had never read the novel. The science is much more thick in the book, so some parts were tough to decipher. The plot is also much more intricate (as books usually are), but in good ways. Ellie is hyper-driven to be successful and to stand out in every way. She struggled to really feel like part of the team. In theory, she changed as a result of the experience, but it doesn't come across much in the end. For me, I think this is a rare case of liking the movie over the book.
The Warden and the Wolf King - Andrew Peterson
The ending of the four-part series is one of the best I've read. This book, more than any other (or as far as I can remember, at least) makes me incredibly emotional and I wept (again) in the final chapters. The themes of hope and redemption are overwhelming as the family faces their biggest challenges and have to decide how to respond.
I'm plowing into Revelation Space right now, and I'm hoping to finish it for the December roundup. It's my second time starting it (gave up the first time) but now I think I'm following the story a little better, so I'll probably finish it.
More books and my meager reviews are on LibaryThing. I've had some friends ask to move back to Goodreads and I might make the jump back next year. I miss the social aspect that I had going over there and I might just swallow my distaste for the ads to get that communal reading thing going again.
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