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  1. Dickens is one of my favorite authors! My recommendations, if you're just starting out with him, are David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby and Oliver Twist. All of them are great stories and are not as dense as some others, like Bleak House or Dombey and Son, both of which I also really like. But I wouldn't recommend reading them until you've had a chance to get used to Dickens and to decide if you really like him.:friends0:

    Thanks for the recommendations. :D I'm pretty sure my Mum has a copy of David Copperfield (it's one of her fave books) so I'll borrow that one at some stage.

     

    I've added the others to my Wishlist on Amazon so I don't forget which ones you've suggested. :irked:

     

    ETA: Amazon have the Wordsworth editions for £1.99!!

  2. Books read in 2006 - 20

    Books read in 2007 - 30

     

    FICTION

     

    On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan - 6½/10

    The Book Thief by Markus Zusac - 10/10

    Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - 9½/10

    Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones - 9½/10

    Strange Meeting by Susan Hill - 7/10

    Shopaholic and Baby[ by Sophie Kinsella - 6/10 (if a bit fluffy!)

    For One More Day by Mitch Albom - 8/10

    Casino Royale by Ian Fleming - 4½/10

    Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler - 6½/10

    The Outcast by Sadie Jones 7½/10

    The Ingenious Edgar Jones by Elizabeth Garner 9/10

    Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks - 10/10

    East of the Sun by Julia Gregson - 6/10

    No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay - 8/10

    The Rain Before It Falls by Jonathan Coe - 8/10

    Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson - 7/10

    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - 10/10

    Entertaining Angels by Joanna Bell - 8/10

    Playing With The Moon by Eliza Graham 9/10

    A Room With A View by E M Forster - 4/10 (Reading Through The Decades Challenge)

    The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett - 6.5/10

    A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - 10/10

    All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque - 8/10

    Engleby by Sebastian Faulks - 7/10

    The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas - 9/10

    The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom - 7/10

    The Shack by William Paul Young - 5/10

    The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - 10/10

     

    CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULT FICTION

     

    Peter Pan by J M Barrie - 7/10

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - 10/10

    Forever by Judy Blume - 7/10

    The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams - 10/10

     

    NON-FICTION

     

    The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank - 7½/10

    The Road to Wigan Pier - George Orwell - Part 1 = 7/10

    ..............................................-.... - Part 2 = 3/10

    Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee - 10/10

    Shakespeare by Bill Bryson - 7½/10

    Eating for England by Nigel Slater 2½/10

    Escape by Carolyn Jessop - 8/10

    Moab is my Washpot by Stephen Fry - 9/10

    1066 And All That by Stellar and Yeatman - 5/10

     

    Number of books read in 2008 = 40

  3. Thanks guys. :lol: To be fair, I read quite a few short books during the year. Animal Farm was very short as was A Christmas Carol. I also read quite a few children's books and again, they tend to be quick reads.

     

    30 Books Read during 2007

  4. Well, I didn't manage to finish it before Christmas, but I've finally finished A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

     

    It lived up to all my expectations - 10/10!

     

    I've read 30 books this year (pathetic compared to some, I know!) which is 10 more than I managed in 2006. :lol:

  5. The funny thing is when I look at them all, and stillcan't find anything I want to read! LOL

    Isn't it funny how that can happen!

     

    I'm often heard to say "oh, I can't buy that - I've got too many on my to read shelf" but I always manage to talk myself into it.

     

    I used to stress about it, but now I've moved my 'to read' pile to a less obvious place so it doesn't bother me so much! :(

  6. So do I, much to my wife's chagrin. The Bard must have done as well; did you know that Othello is the only Shakespearian play where the villain (Iago) gets more speaking lines than the hero?

    No, I didn't. :( I know he says masses more than Othello but I didn't realise he was the only one.

     

    Have you seen the Kenneth Brannagh version by any chance? He makes a wonderful Iago!

  7. Can I suggest you start reading Terry Pratchett books, if you haven't already? That would solve your problem! :(

    Do they have long chapters or something?

     

    I don't read very fast at all. Neither do I set a limit - it depends when I'm reading as to how long I read for. I tend to snatch reading where I can - a few pages whilst I'm waiting for my daughter to come out of school, on the park and ride bus if I'm going into town... and I always read before bedtime, but never for a set time/amount of pages.

     

    Some weeks I read loads, then I might have a week where I only manage a few pages!

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