4.5

so fun!

Well, this was the dumbest shit I’ve read in quite a while. I picked it up thinking it would be some good escapist fantasy book with some romance thrown in but it turned out to be Twilight meets Instagram. We had some vampires, demons, and witches but they never did anything remotely interesting. It was all about yoga, fitness routines, early morning runs, elaborate and photogenic meals, wine drunk in old chateaus, cosy interiors and, I swear to you, there was a scene where the heroine drew her ...

Sorry Bronze Horseman, A Discovery of Witches has taken the #2 spot for my favorite book <3

For mere two bucks I rescued this book from a dusty shelf of a local Goodwill store, adopting it with high hopes. For free, I returned it to the same shelf a few weeks later with dejected feeling, sandwiching it between a rejected copy of 'Twilight' and a tattered paperback with a shirtless guy on the cover.At least it found its rightful spot. And I'm out only two dollars. And I would have gladly paid more to free my own bookshelf of this book.So it goes.My books mercilessly rejected the intrude...

Upon sighting this book in a soon-to-be-closed Borders store, I was intrigued. The blurb sounded interesting and the first couple of pages seemed competently written. Despite the huge discount, I hesitated, and instead checked the book out from the library.And am I ever glad that I didn't actually buy it.The book started out promising. Protagonist Diana Bishop, distinguished history scholar and professor (just like the author! uh oh...), repressed witch, tea aficionado, rower and yoga enthusiast...

okay, so the good things: I liked the world/mythology/etc, and was amused by the Anne Rice reference! And I also liked the subtle pro-gay marriage message. It could have actually been a lot of fun except for the romance part, which went like this: (SPOILERS!)Diana: I am exceptionally good at being a historian of science, and I even have a job at Yale! I am also a witch, but I don't use my powers. Much.Gosh this mysterious manuscript sure is mysterious!Matthew: I AM TALL. I WENT THROUGH YOUR PAPE...

It's quite difficult to gather my thoughts well enough to manage a review. I don't know how or where to begin.I started this book 4 evenings ago, and all I really knew about it was that it was a Witches and Vampires book. Fine, I'll give that a go. As the pages wore on, however, I realized that I was barely making any headway on the % counter. Upon checking, I then found that this book is almost 800 pages long, which is more than almost all of my fantasy DTB's. Wow.I started reading this book ju...

THIS IS ACTUALLY ZERO stars, but it won't be listed if I put zero, so, just so you know - ZERO!.I thought this was going to be a really entertaining read, but I'm giving up. The main character makes no sense, whatsoever. We're told that she isn't able to do magic and then she does magic. Huh???And then we have the vampire sneaking in her window and watching her sleep, fascinated by her sleeping. Where have I read this before? Let's see....... can anyone think of where they might have read this?...

This is an odd book. Now that I have finished reading it, I'm not sure why I was so enamored of it. With so much discussion of spells and enchantment, I wouldn't be surprised if the book put a spell on me. Despite overall enjoying the book, there are still lots of things about it that irritated me. First, the author needed a better editor. I am finding more often that books surrounded by a certain amount of hype are not well-edited. I don't know if the editors think that every word the author wr...

2.5 starsHmmm. At first, I really thought this was going to be at least a 4 star book. It was interesting and full of detail! Then suddenly, it wasn't. Wasn't interesting, that is. Oh, it was still full of detail, don't worry. Details about how they appreciatively sniffed wine.Details about different kinds of tea.Details about the layouts of old buildings.Details about rugs and furniture.And just when I started to think I couldn't take it anymore...MORE WINE AND TEA!Yes, yes! I get it! She likes...