~Andrea~ Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 (edited) Previous logs: 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Read: Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn (05/01/14) Damaged - Cathy Glass (12/01/14) The Trial - Franz Kafka (audio) unfinished The Golden Fool - Robin Hobb (26/02/14) King Solomon's Carpet - Barbara Vine (24/03/15) The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins (05/04/15) Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn (28/06/15) A Seaside Affair - Fern Britten abandoned The Asylum - John Harwood (07/15) Dark Places - Gillian Flynn (30/12/15) Currently reading: Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings Godric - Frederick Buechner The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak The Road Less Traveled Edited January 8, 2016 by ~Andrea~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 (edited) Unread books on the bookshelf:Acquired pre 20091 Minnette Walters - The shape of snakes2 Logic - A very short introduction3 Wilkie Collins The Woman in White4 Chaucer - The Canterbury Tales (modern translation)5 Damaged - Cathy Glass6 The French Lieutenant's woman7 The Essential tales of Chekhov 8 A Winter's tale9 Othello10 The Merchant of Venice11 Julius Caesar12 Twelfth nightBegin year size: 12End year size: 11Acquired 20091 Collected works of TennysonBegin year size: 1End year size: 1Acquired 20111 Clean Code - Robert Martin2 Blodwen Jones a'r aderyn prin - Bethan Gwenas (a novel for welsh learners Begin year size: 2End year size: 2Acquired 2013: 1. The Four Loves - C S Lewis 2. Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan 3. The Trial - Franz Kafka (audio) Begin year size: 3End year size: 3 Acquired 2014: 1. King Solomon's Carpet - Barbara Vine 2. Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings - Edited by David Chalmers 3. The Asylum - John Harwood 4. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn 5. Godric - Frederick Buechner Begin year size: 5End year size: 2 Books acquired 2015: The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins Gillian Flynn - Sharp Objects Gillian Flynn - Dark Places Ian Rankin - A Cool Head Ian Rankin - Watchmen Fern Britten - A Seaside Affair Pam Rhodes - Letting Go Susan Hill - The Various Haunts of Men Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities JoJo Moyes - The Girl You Left Behind The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak The Road Less Traveled End year size: 8 Total Begin year size: 23 Max size: 29Min size: 22Current Size: 27End year size: 27 Edited January 8, 2016 by ~Andrea~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 (edited) The Wish ListAmbrose, David - Superstition Alexander, Denis - creation or evolution: do we have to choose?Beah, Ishmael - Memoirs of a Boy SoldierBradbury, Ray - Farenheit 451Bradbury, Ray - Something Wicked this way comesBarker, Clive - Weaveworld Brother Lawrence - The Practice of the Presence of GodBugan, Carmen - Burying the TypewriterChallis, Sarah - Footprints in the sand Chalmers, David J - Philopsphy of Mind - Contermporary and Classic ReadingsChamberlaine, Diane - The Midwife's confession recommendedChesterton, G K - OrthodoxyConran, Shirley - SavagesCoupland, Douglas - Microserfs/JPod Coben, Harlan - Six Years recommendedDu Maurier, Daphne - RebeccaDu Maurier, Daphne - The House on the StrandDunant, Sarah - Transgressions (recommended)Dick, Philip K - A Scanner Darkly Faber, Michael - The Crimson petal and the White recommended Foster, Richard - Celebration of Discipline Gaarder, Jostein - Sophie's WorldGreene, Grahame - Brighton RockGreene, Grahame - The Third Man & The Fallen IdolHaugen, Gary (IJM) - Just CourageHighsmith, Patricia - The Talented Mr RipleyHinton, Susan- Rumble FishHodgson, Burnett Frances - The Secret GardenHodkin, Michelle -The Unbecoming of Mara DyerHumphries, Alistair - Microadventures recommended Jerome, Jerome K - My Life and Times Jefferson Farjeon, J - Mystery in White recommended Kasasian, M.R.C. - The Mangle Street Murders recommended (read by Emma Gregory) Kempis, Thomas - The Imitation of Christ Krauss, Nicole - Man walks into a Room recommendedKoontz, Dean - The MaskKoontz, Dean - From The Corner Of His EyeKoontz, Dean - False Memory Lennox, John - God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? Lennox, John - Seven Days that Divide the World. London, Jack - White Fang Mandel, John - Station Eleven recommended Marion, Issac - Warm Bodies recommendedMcKinley, Robin - SunshineMercer, Jeremy - Books, Baguettes & BedbugsMitchell, Margaret - Gone With the WindMoran, Caitlin - How to be a Woman recommended Moss, Sarah - Night Waking recommendedMoyes, Jojo - Me Before YouMoyes, Jojo - The Last Letter From Your Lover recommendedNeville, Adam - Apartment 16 Semple, Maria - Where'd you go Bernadette - recommendedPhillips, Caryl - A Distant Shore (recommended)Pargeter, Edith - The Heaven Tree Penny, Stef - The Tenderness of Wolves recommendedRayner, Jay - The Oyster House Siege Sachar, Louis - There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom - recommended Taylor, Jodie - Just One Damned Thing After Another - recommended Tolkein - LOTR Tremayne, S.K - The Ice Twins recommended Trueman, Terry - Stuck in neutralTrigell, Jonathan - Boy A Wheatley, Dennis - The Haunting of Toby Jugg Winter, Tom - Lost and Found recommendedWyndham, John - The Kraken awakesWatson, S J - Before I go to sleepRuiz Zafon, Carlos - The Shadow Of The WindRuiz Zafon, Carlos - The Angel's GameRyan, Carrie - The Forest Of Hands & TeethWroblewski, David - The story of Edgar Sawtelle Zevin, Gabrielle - The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry recommended Edited September 9, 2015 by ~Andrea~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 (edited) Goals for the year Read at least 2 books from pre 2009 TBR Finish Philosophy of Mind Finish all other books acquired in 2014 Edited January 28, 2015 by ~Andrea~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 So I'm about 90% the way through Gone Girl and it's so gripping! I'm hoping to finish it tonight then probably move on to Robin Hobb's The Golden Fool. Happy reading in 2015 everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I wish you a great reading year in 2015, Andrea ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I hope you have a great reading year in 2015! Happy to hear you're still enjoying Gone Girl so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Happy reading in 2015, Andrea! My book blogs go back to 2007 too. I love that you organise your books according to when you bought them. You have a lot of great books on your wish list. I particularly love Gone with the Wind, The Talented Mr Ripley, The Book Thief and The Shadow of the Wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 Thanks both Haha I sometimes think I enjoy organising my book list more than actually reading from it Well I finished Gone Girl and really enjoyed it. I wasn't overly keen on the ending though. I loved the initial part of the story where you weren't sure whether Nick did it or not. I loved the twist. And I was hooked right up until the last page. But the ending - well it left me a little cold. I would much have preferred it if Amy had had her come-uppance. I loved the characters - well I enjoyed them without really liking them, although I warmed to Nick as the story progressed. Yea - but that ending? A bit disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Have a wonderful year of reading Andrea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Happy reading, Andrea Loving the Leela avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 Haha thanks Steve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Best of luck in the new year with your reading Andrea ! Looks like you have a nice wish list to choose from . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Well I finished Gone Girl and really enjoyed it. I wasn't overly keen on the ending though. I loved the initial part of the story where you weren't sure whether Nick did it or not. I loved the twist. And I was hooked right up until the last page. But the ending - well it left me a little cold. I would much have preferred it if Amy had had her come-uppance. I loved the characters - well I enjoyed them without really liking them, although I warmed to Nick as the story progressed. Yea - but that ending? A bit disappointing. I know what you mean. I would've preferred the same ending as you. But hey, at least it wasn't predictable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Have a great reading year, Andrea. I agree with you about the ending of Gone Girl; I felt exactly the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Thanks everyone. I'm currently reading Damaged by Cathy Glass - one of those misery memoirs. I've only read one other - Ugly by Constance Brisco which I found a really powerful (and difficult) read but it made a real impact on me. I bought this one soon after but it has been languishing on my shelf for years - probably because I knew the subject matter would be even harder this time (this is very severe sexual abuse involving a paedophile ring). It is a harrowing read but it's also fascinating (I don't mean the details of the abuse but the story of the child's psychological issues and recovery). So I'm glad I decided to finally read it. I'm about two-thirds through. I know a lot of people don't like these kind of books (and the way the genre has blossomed over the last decade or so doesn't sit comfortably with me, as they are not IMO entertainment reads) but I do think they have value (at least those I've read) to help understand what kinds of things happen in our society. Sexual abuse of children is one of those horrors that angers people (rightly so) but that they don't want to think about. But the thing is - it happens, people have to live with the consequences, and other people have to go in and face the monumental task of picking up the pieces. And the people who have gone through it walk among us living with this terrible taboo that nobody wants to talk about or face except to vent anger on the perpetrators. I wonder if we were less squeamish and willing to understand more it would lead to more willingness to understand those people in society - or our own lives - who are difficult or have issues, because we don't know what they have gone through. I don't know, books like this one certainly make me think twice about judging people anyway, because you never know what a person has gone through to make them what they are. Edited January 11, 2015 by ~Andrea~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I read My Dad's A Policeman by Cathy Glass, which I think was based on a true story. I've got a couple of those kinds of books (as the one you're reading) on my TBR, though I haven't read any lately. They are indeed harrowing, I guess I haven't been in the right mood for them. But I read a few a few years ago and found them interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Andrea, I completely agree with everything you said. I have to admit though, I haven't read many books in that vein. I should really try. Might look into Cathy Glass in general, as she seems to have written a couple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Yea hers are interesting because she's a foster carer so they're written from her point of view rather than that of the child. I expect I'll read some more of hers at some point. Gaia yes they are definitely books you need to be in the right mood for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Have you read the Dave Pelzer books, Andrea? I read them many years ago - they're difficult reading, especially the first one. I suppose they're the sort of book one should read from time to time but I'm afraid they're not the type of book that appeal to me now. I hope you have a good reading year in 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 No I haven't Janet. I don't think I'll be reading many more of these books in the future. Just the odd one - possibly by the same author. Thank you too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Personally I thought Anya Peters - Abandoned was an impressive book. I haven't read a lot of other ones so I can't quite compare, but out of those few I've read, this one has stuck in my head the most. Just in case you wanted a recommendation . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) Thanks Gaia Well I finished it last night. What a very sad story What a world we live in. Next I think I'll start Godric, which I had for Christmas. Edited January 13, 2015 by ~Andrea~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I know a lot of people don't like these kind of books (and the way the genre has blossomed over the last decade or so doesn't sit comfortably with me, as they are not IMO entertainment reads) but I do think they have value (at least those I've read) to help understand what kinds of things happen in our society. Sexual abuse of children is one of those horrors that angers people (rightly so) but that they don't want to think about. But the thing is - it happens, people have to live with the consequences, and other people have to go in and face the monumental task of picking up the pieces. And the people who have gone through it walk among us living with this terrible taboo that nobody wants to talk about or face except to vent anger on the perpetrators. I wonder if we were less squeamish and willing to understand more it would lead to more willingness to understand those people in society - or our own lives - who are difficult or have issues, because we don't know what they have gone through. I don't know, books like this one certainly make me think twice about judging people anyway, because you never know what a person has gone through to make them what they are. Well said, and I agree with all that you've said. I've also read Ugly by Constance Briscoe and as it happens, I've actually borrowed the sequel from the library. I remember liking Ugly a great deal and I always wanted to know what happened next, when I found out there's a sequel. Have you ever read it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Thanks everyone. I'm currently reading Damaged by Cathy Glass - one of those misery memoirs. I've only read one other - Ugly by Constance Brisco which I found a really powerful (and difficult) read but it made a real impact on me. I bought this one soon after but it has been languishing on my shelf for years - probably because I knew the subject matter would be even harder this time (this is very severe sexual abuse involving a paedophile ring). It is a harrowing read but it's also fascinating (I don't mean the details of the abuse but the story of the child's psychological issues and recovery). So I'm glad I decided to finally read it. I'm about two-thirds through. I know a lot of people don't like these kind of books (and the way the genre has blossomed over the last decade or so doesn't sit comfortably with me, as they are not IMO entertainment reads) but I do think they have value (at least those I've read) to help understand what kinds of things happen in our society. Sexual abuse of children is one of those horrors that angers people (rightly so) but that they don't want to think about. But the thing is - it happens, people have to live with the consequences, and other people have to go in and face the monumental task of picking up the pieces. And the people who have gone through it walk among us living with this terrible taboo that nobody wants to talk about or face except to vent anger on the perpetrators. I wonder if we were less squeamish and willing to understand more it would lead to more willingness to understand those people in society - or our own lives - who are difficult or have issues, because we don't know what they have gone through. I don't know, books like this one certainly make me think twice about judging people anyway, because you never know what a person has gone through to make them what they are. Very well said .. I totally agree with you. Hope you have a great reading year in 2015 Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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