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    Rennie's book list

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    I have now finished Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. I think it is amongst my favourite books this year so far. Set in Victorian times it has some wonderful twists in it that made my head spin at times.

     

    I will now start on Frankenstein for the BOTM.

    Rennie's book list

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    I have finished Daughter of Fortune and found it very good if a little slow to start with. I thought that after that it was excellent and I felt that the descriptions were vivid.

     

    I have now started reading Fingersmith by Sarah Waters.

     

    London 1862. Sue Trinder, orphaned at birth, grows up among petty thieves - fingersmiths

    Rennie's book list

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    Well I have been to the library and had some success. :motz:

     

    I brought home Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, March by Geraldine Brooks and Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende.

     

    I also asked about Blindness by Jose Saramago, and the lady said she would buy it in for me. :) It will probably not arrive in time for me to read in the October Read, but I hope to get around to it shortly after that.

     

    I was feeling quite pleased with myself until I got home discovered that I had forgotten to get Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. This is not a good way to start the October Book of the Month. It will be next month before I get anywhere.:dunno:

    Everything Wine

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    I must look out for Madfish then.

     

    Not had rose for sometime. We did have pink champagne a few weeks ago when we had the relatives from both sides round to the house for get-together and show of presents when my daughter got married. Rather a good day what I can remember of it.:)

    Rennie's book list

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    Part of my Amazon order arrived today. :)

     

    The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

    Exodus by Leon Uris

    The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka

     

    I have now finished Jane Eyre. I had thought I had read it years ago, but it turns out that I had not. Anyway I enjoyed it very much.

     

    I am now going to start on my September challenge and read The Sacred Art of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre.

    Rennie's book list

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    So far this year I have read:

     

    December

     

    64 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (reading)

    63 Blindness by Jose Saramago 6/10

    62 Prodigal Summer 8/10

    61 The Hogfather by Terry Pratchett 7/10

     

     

    November

     

    60 The Secret River by Kate Atkinson 7/10

    59 Black swan Green by David Mitchell 10/10

    58 Never Far from Nowhere by Andrea Levy 7/10

    57 Case Histories by Kate Atkinson 8/10

    56 The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger 8/10

    55 The Shining by Stephen King 6/10

    54 Sharpe's Triumph by Bernard Cornwell 6/10

    53 The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruis Zafon 8/10

     

    October

     

    52 March by Geraldine Brooks 6/10

    51 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 6/10

    50 Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 9/10

    49 Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende 7/10

    48 Sharpes Tiger by Bernard Cornwell 6/10

    47 The Queen of the Tambourine by Jane Gardam 6/10

     

     

    September

    46 The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 7/10

    45 The Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe 6/10

    44 Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 8/10

    43 The Sacred Art of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre 7/10

    42 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 8/10

     

     

     

    August

    41 The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst 8/10

    40 The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy 7/10

    39 The World According to Garp by John Irving 8/10

    38High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes 6/10

    37 In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 9/10

    36 Empress Orchid by Anchee Min 8/10

     

     

    July

    35 Out by Natsuo Kirino 7/10

    34 The Good Earth by Pearl Buck 9/10

    The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova unfinished

    33 Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson 8/10

     

     

    June

    Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke unfinished

    32 We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 5/10

    31 the Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 9/10

    30 Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 7/10

     

     

    May

    29 Old Filth by Jane Gardam 6/10

    28 A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro 6/10

    27 The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood 6/10

    26 The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster 7/10

    25 The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates 7/10

    24 Baghdad Burning by Girl Blog from Iraq 7/10

     

     

    April

    23 When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro 6/10

    22 White Teeth by Zadie Smith 8/10

    21 The Van by Roddy Doyle 8/10

    20 My Forbidden Face by Latifa 6/10

    19 Disgrace by J M Coetzee 6/10

    18 Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood 9/10

    17 The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad 6/10

     

     

    March

    16 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 10/10

    15 Purple Hibiscus by Chimananda Ngozi Adichi 9/10

    14 The Secret History by Donna Tartt 6/10

    13 I Claudius by Robert Graves 8/10

    12 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 7/10

     

     

    February

    11 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle 9/10

    10 The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan 6/10

    9 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 9/10

    8 Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks 10/10

    7 Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood 8/10

    6 Vanishing Acts by Jodie Picoult 6/10

     

     

    January

    5 Small Island by Andrea Levy 9/10

    4 The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenger 6/10

    3 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Mark Haddon 6/10

    2 The Other Boleyn Girl Philippa Gregory 5/10

    1 Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie 8/10

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