[BOOK REVIEW] "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Click here if you wanna buy some Pi

Ok, not sure if you the thumbnail you're seeing is the same thumbnail I'm seeing but I'm desperately hoping no! 

Anyways, enough of my insecurities. Today's book review is brought to you by Pi (side note; I love pie. However, I like Pi, and only as a friend). I was quite particular about this book in the sense that for ages I thought, I'll read it one day when truth be told, I had no intention of reading it. And then, when everyone was going on about what a visual orgasm the film was meant to be, I was desperate to buy the blue cover (as in, the one I'm holding up in the video). 

But in both cases, the film's release made me go on a scavenger hunt for this specific cover as there seemed to be a plethora of movie-covers out there to confuse. Also, I really needed to read this bad boy, and fast. 

We all know what it's about, right? Boy + boat + tiger = Life of Pi. 

Well, yes and no. 

The first half of the book was difficult. Boring, to put it nicely. I couldn't give a crap, to put it plainly. There was a heavy emphasis on religion and zoos and such a strange combination that made. Hmm, I struggled. 

Thank God for the boat!

Overall, would I recommend it? Perhaps not. I can completely understand if you've read and enjoyed this (I mean, come on! Everyone seemed to despise "The Casual Vacancy" whereas I loved it) but no, I won't be gifting this to anyone anytime soon.

*****

[BOOK REVIEW] "The Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling

Last year, J.K. Rowling made a lot of people happy, a lot of people skeptical and a lot of people indifferent towards the fact that she was releasing a new book. After the moment of disappointment at it not being a new Harry Potter book had dissipated, I allowed myself to get ridiculously excited.

Then it arrived. Well, actually, it was too big to fit through my letterbox so I had to wait just a little bit longer but then I had it! It was mine!

The story is intricate and expertly woven. Rowling manages to keep a keen eye on each of her characters and what I took away more than anything is how alive the characters were. This is a character driven book and to quote Hagrid, "a thumping good one at that."

Here's the video and if you want to buy a copy, you can do so here. Interesting fact: within an hour of this video being uploaded, I had received two "dislikes". I wish these people would tell me what they dislike; my opinion?; my choice of book?; my face??

I WON!

I like to enter giveaways. I like it even better when I win!

Thank you so so so so so much to Greg at greggliesreads on YouTube for the giveaway

^.^

One Whole Year

So it's been a whole year since I sat down and created my "thebookfox" channel on YouTube. That's just crazy! One whole year since I decided my old channel just wasn't doing it for me and I needed something, something different if I was going to make it work.

Happy First Birthday to me!

To mark this wondrous occasion, I am, once again, hosting a giveaway. I know. I seem to be giveaway mad! But Stephen J. Carroll kindly sent me a copy of his new book, "The Road to Jericho" sometime last year and it really is about time I did the giveaway I promised him!

If you'd like to enter, just comment on the video below (but like, be a subscriber yo) and I'll announce the winner on the 1st of March.