Dinara Tengri

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by the Girls of The Broke and the Bookish . Each week you can post a new fun list. Click on the link above if you want to learn more. Here is my list of ten books I wanted to read and/or buy last year, but didn't. 1. Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World , by Bill Nye Bill Nye "The Science Guy", is one of the most popular advocates of science in the world, and in this book he continues his quest to educate and to enlighten us.   2. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things , by Jenny Lawson I'm not one hundred percent sure what this book is about, but Lawson talks about her Life-long struggle with mental illness, among other things. 3. Armada , by Ernest Cline A very talked-about sci fi adventure about gaming and alien invasions. It went completely over my head when it first came out, but I've read some pretty positive reviews on other blogs, and it's one of those book...

It's the end of the year, and my blog has just reached one thousand views . It doesn't sound like much, but for a blog that has only been open for a few months, and is run by someone who has virtually no experience in blogging, 1k views is a pretty big deal. It means that someone in this infinitely large Universe we call the Internet has found something in my blog they like, and that makes them  want to come back for more. So, a big and loud thank you for all of you who keep on clicking on my links. You guys are the best. Now to some more annual recaps and summaries. In my post, 2015 in Books and Movies I made a very short list of the best and worst books and movies I had the pleasure (or a misfortune) to discover. Today, I want to list the books that I bought in 2015. I usually don't buy a lot of books, since I can find most of what I want in the library. So when I go out and make a purchase, it has to be something special. The Yiddish Policemen's U...

This year I have read 44 books. I've reviewed 13 books, 2 movies and one TV show.   Best of the best Best novel:   Best non-fiction: Best Movie: Bottom of the barrel Most disappointing book: Worst novel: Most disappointing movie: Right now I'm reading:

The year is not over yet, but I wanted to get the worst books out of the way before I get to the very best. Luckily, I haven't read enough bad books this year for a full Top Ten list. So here are five worst books I've read this year.   5. The Halloween Tree, by Ray Bradbury   It hurts me to put Bradbury in this list, but I have to be honest with myself and with you. It just wasn't good.     4. Who Goes There?, by John W. Campbell   John Carpenter's The Thing is one of my favourite movies, and I had high hopes for the book that it was based on. What a shame! The premise is fantastically interesting, but the writing is just bad. The book is dull and boring, and someone should have told Campbell that the story doesn't get better if you pump it with adjectives.     3. The old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway   This was the first book I read th...