anisia

I'd like to read 50 books this year (only managed 30 or so this year). I'd also like to read more non-fiction books (besides the Psychology/Sociology ones I usually read).

Lucky Man was excellent and I love how honest it was. He didn't try and make himself look good (in the early years I mean), he was completely honest about things. It was an amazing book. I need to order Still Me and Always Looking Up, they've been on my TBR list for a while now. I haven't been able to find them at the English book shops here so I'll have to rely on the net.

Wishlist "The Possession of Mr Cave" - Matt Haig "Just a Geek" - Wil Wheaton "Marley & Me" - John Grogan "Stalking Darkness" - Lynn Flewelling "Speak" - Laurie Halse Anderson "Traitor's Moon" - Lynn Flewelling "My Husband Betty: Love, Sex, and Life with a Crossdresser" - Helen Boyd "She's Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband" - Helen Boyd "Life on the Refrigerator Door: Notes Between a Mother and Daughter, a novel" - Alice Kuipers "Cut" - Cathy Glass "Testimony" - Anita Shreve "Always Looking Up" - Michael J. Fox "The Woman in Black" - Susan Hill "The Ballroom Class" - Lucy Dillon "The Lucifer Effect"- Phillip Zimbardo "The To-Do List" - Mike Gayle "Black Like Me" - John Howard Griffin "The Stranger Beside Me" - Ann Rule "Still Life" - Joy Fielding "Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association" - Kevin J. Anderson (Editor)

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Hi Sueli, welcome to the forum! -mona

Finished Nobody's Boy by Hector Malot very fast, as I had expected. I’ve read this book so many times I’ve lost count. The first time I read it I was around 12 years old and it quickly became a favorite of mine. It’s the kind of book that grips your attention from the first until the last page, despite being quite long (523 pages). What makes it excellent is the fact that it’s written in Remy’s point of view, so it’s not just a monotonous description of events. You suffer with him through everything he has to endure and you have your hopes up when everything starts going right for him. It’s a touching story, one that in my opinion can be read at any age.

Finished "Nobody's Boy" by Hector Malot, loved it so much! I'll start "Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts" by Lucy Dillon after I study for a bit.

Oh yes, I rarely find people in the same timezone when I'm on forums! In Cold Blood was very good! And wow, 118 books! I wish I read so much... to be perfectly honest, the net distracts me a lot of the times

Read about half of Nobody's Boy by Hector Malot. Enjoying that so much. I think I'll continue now in bed for an hour or two, depending how fast I will fall asleep (it's 1 am ).

Haha, yes, not I can't wait to take this back next Wednesday and get the other two they have at the British Council. It will make for a nice start on the 2010 reading list Also, enjoy when you get to it!

I've made a new thread for 2010. Could you please close the old one at the end of the year please? Thank you!

TBR List "The Possession of Mr Cave" - Matt Haig "Foucault's Pendulum" - Umberto Eco "Anna Karenina" - Lev Tolstoi "Just a Geek" - Wil Wheaton "The Eye of the World" - Robert Jordan "1984" - George Orwell "Dear John" - Nicholas Sparks "Marley & Me" - John Grogan "Saturday" - Ian McEwan "Still Me" - Christopher Reeve "Trainspotting" - Irvine Welsh "Requiem for a Dream" - Hubert Selby Jr. "Stalking Darkness" - Lynn Flewelling "Luck in the Shadows" - Lynn Flewelling "Traitor's Moon" - Lynn Flewelling "Shadows Return" - Lynn Flewelling "Speak" - Laurie Halse Anderson "Point Counter Point" - Aldous Huxley "My Life As a Man" - Philip Roth "The Metamorphosis" - Franz Kafka "Light on Snow" - Anita Shreve "The Oxford Murders" - Guillermo Martinez "Money" - Martin Amis "My Husband Betty: Love, Sex, and Life with a Crossdresser" - Helen Boyd "She's Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband" - Helen Boyd "Life on the Refrigerator Door: Notes Between a Mother and Daughter, a novel" - Alice Kuipers "Cut" - Cathy Glass "Testimony" - Anita Shreve "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" - J. K. Rowling "Mrs Zhivago Of Queen's Park" - Olivia Lichtenstein "Tuareg" - Alberto Vazquez-Figueroa "The Woman in Black" - Susan Hill "The Ballroom Class" - Lucy Dillon "Shogun" - James Clavell "The Lucifer Effect"- Phillip Zimbardo "The To-Do List" - Mike Gayle "Black Like Me" - John Howard Griffin "The Host" - Stephenie Meyer "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell" - Susanna Clarke "The Stranger Beside Me" - Ann Rule “Thinking Sociologically” – Zygmunt Bauman & Tim May “How Starbucks Saved My Life” – Michael Gill “A Place Called Here” – Cecelia Ahern "Still Life" - Joy Fielding "Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association" - Kevin J. Anderson (Editor)

In case it's needed...

Currently Reading: "Feast of Fools" - Rachel Caine January 1."Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts" - Lucy Dillon, 412 pages 2. "Help Yourself" - Dave Pelzer, 214 pages March 3. “The Mummy at the Dining Room Table” – Jeffrey A. Kottler & Jon Carlson, 512 pages April 4. "True Tales of American Life" - Paul Auster, 473 pages July 5. “Critical Injuries” – Joan Barfoot, 342 pages 6. “The Three Musketeers” – Alexandre Dumas, 436 pages August 7. "Northern Lights" - Philip Pullman, 398 pages September 8. "The Subtle Knife" - Philip Pullman, 341 pages 9. "Tell me Why, Mummy" - David Thomas, 275 pages 10. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" - J.K. Rowling, 223 pages October 11. "Always Looking Up" - Michael J. Fox, 288 pages 12. "Glass Houses" - Rachel Caine, 361 pages 13. "The Dead Girls' Dance" - Rachel Caine, 256 pages

I loved Affinity! Excellent book from the beginning till the end. I really liked the way it was written in journal form, it made it more real. The descriptions of Millbank prison and the women there were chilling and the mystery of Selina was very well integrated. I was totally surprised by the ending of the book and despite being cruel (perhaps not the best word), I thought it worked very well with the tone of the whole book. It was nice to see how every little piece fell together in the last few pages and any questions one might have were answered. In a way I was disappointed because I didn’t get the ending I wanted but this one worked perfect. I’m definitely reading the other two books by Sarah Waters that I saw at the British Council (I also got this one from the BC).

Great review, I'm adding this to the TBR list!

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Just finished making this and it's SO good!!!

For me it has to be "The Diving Pool" by Yoko Ogawa. It is one of my favorite books from this year, followed by "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak.

That's so awesome --- I associate Harry Potter (vol.7) with flying. I read a lot of the 7th volume while flying to and back from Germany, the day after it came out (after staying at the bookshop till 2am to get my book!). I never forger there was an eclipse in 1999 because we had friends over from UK and they brought me Harry Potter 3. It was the first time I'd heard of the books and it was the first volume I read, during the week they were with us. I was addicted immediately I always think of my brother when I talk about (or re-read) a Romanian series of books called Ciresarii. He's the one that gave me the first volume (it was a favorite of his too) and the series become a favorite of mine as a teenager.

Trying this tomorrow

Semolina porridge

Thanks for the research! I searched some and couldn't find anyone who'd actually read it. I do like it a lot so far and I remember when I was at the library they had The Fingersmith too so that's going on the list of what I'll get in January.

Harry Potter of course and Anne of Green Gables.