Angie's Book Corner

The Good: A strong female main character navigates through a beautifully created world full of adventures. The world really sucked me into it, with its armoured polar bears, daemons and selfish grown-ups. The Bad: I can't really find anything... Oh, I know: The movie! Unfortunately, "The Golden Compass" fails to capture any of the beauty of the book, although the cast is brilliant. But there's so much left out, and the story is completely turned around.... And the magic is just lost. The good thing: The movie flopped and the series wasn't continued. The surprising: When I started reading "Northern Lights", I had no idea what it was about. I didn't even know if to expect a book for children, Young Adults or Adults. So what is it? Actually, all of them. You can read this as a child, and just be amazed by Lyra's adventures. Or you can read it as an adult, and love the hints at the Authority's power plays, the idea of deamons as part ...

Yeah, I know... Loving your kindle isn't as popular as loving physical books. But let me assure you: I LOVE physical books. They're beautiful to look at, to feel in your hands, and to receive in the mail. And the beautiful shelves of course! Imagine the sadness of a kindle shelf.... BUT. I love my kindle as well. I never thought I would, and waited a very long time to purchase one. Way to long as I now know. Until I stopped buying new books because I just didn't have any more space on my shelves, and didn't want to let go of old books to make room for new ones. So the time had come. I ordered a kindle. And it opened up a new world for me. You have to know that while I love libraries I just couldn't seem to get on with them in the last few years. Where I live they're quite expensive, and a hassle to use. And, I have to admit, I do like owning books and having them ready to look at or re-read all the time. Maybe that's weird, but that's just ...