chaliepud Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) I think we did this last year, and it was interesting to see everybody's favourite books of the year so far. So far my 4.5 and 5/5 books are Me Before You (Jojo Moyes) (4.5/5) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs (4.5/5) A Land of Decoration - Grace McCleen (4.5/5) The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein (4.5/5) Half of the Human Race - Anthony Quinn (4.5/5) The Last Echo - Kimberley Derting (4.5/5) Divergent - Veronica Roth (5/5) Red Dog - Louis De Bernieres (5/5) A thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini (5/5) Out of 30 books read so far I pretty pleased with how many excellent books I have already read! Edited June 15, 2012 by chaliepud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Great thread! My 5/5 are, in chronological order: The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt Dead Simple by Peter James Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years by Sue Townsend Pied Piper by Nevil Shute Man, Woman, And Child by Erich Segal Sister by Rosamund Lupton Literary Trivia - Over 300 Curious Lists for Bookworms by Aubrey Malone Marathon Man by William Goldman The Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff The titles in red are particularly wonderful and have found a special place in my heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Great thread. My 5/5's: A Room With A View by E.M Forster. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Legacy of Blood by Alex Connor. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. The Green Mile by Stephen King. Netherland by Joseph O' Neil. The Good Father by Noah Hawley. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Looks like a good first six months. Oh and I need to start rating my books out of ten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 My 5/5 books so far are: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Rosie's War - Rosemary Say Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azcaban - J.K. Rowling Emotional Geology - Linda Gillard The Firestone Crystal - Linda M. David The Tenth Circle - Jodi Picoult I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith Apocalypse Cow - Michael Logan Twilight - Stephenie Meyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Great thread. My 5/5s so far... Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch Pied Piper - Nevil Shute The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass (aged 37¾ ) - Adrian Plass Moon Over Soho - Ben Aaronovitch Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum - Mark Stevens A Rose for Winter - Laurie Lee Boy - Roald Dahl Down Under - Bill Bryson Twopence to Cross the Mersey - Helen Forrester The War of the Worlds - H G Wells Carrie's War - Nina Bawden Esio Trot - Roald Dahl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Read a lot of great books this year but my 5/5 books are: Into the Darkest Corner Elizabeth Haynes Once In A House On Fire Andrea Ashworth The Thorn Birds Coleen Mcullough The Forsyte Saga Vol3 John Galsworthy I Capture The Castle Dodie Smith The Mammoth Hunters Jean M. Auel Sharpe's Fortress Bernard Cornwell Sharpe's Trafalgar Bernard Cornwell The Loved & Envied Enid Bagnold Room Emma Donoghue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andie P Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I am only half way through but my favourite so far is The Ritual by Adam Nevill. Andie P x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Although I never give a rating to a book on here when I review it, I do keep a record of how I would rate each book, and I'm impressed by how many top rating books you all have so far! I think I'm a little more strict with my ratings, and the book has to be something very special to get that top rating for me. I have only two top rated books so far this year: William - An Englishman by Cecily Hamilton Now All Roads Lead To France by Matthew Hollis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 My 5* reads of this year so far would be ..... Me Before You - Jo Jo Moyes (this being my No 1 and don't think anything will beat it this year) Pictures of Lilly - Paige Toon Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 In the order I read them, my 4.5 and 5 star reads of this year are: (5 starrred books in bold): A Beautiful Blue Death, by Charles Finch Gene Kelly: A Biography, by Clive Hirschhorn Shakespeare On Toast: Getting a Taste For the Bard, by Ben Crystal The Legend of Colton H Bryant, by Alexandra Fuller Starmaker, by Jay Bernstein My current read - The Six Wives of Henry VIII, by Alison Weir is shaping up to be a 5 star read, as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I think I'm gonna go with: The Final Empire: Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson Swan Song - Robert MacCammon Hollow Pike - James Dawson Starters - Lissa Price Dead Scared - S J Bolton The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Catherynne M Valente The Immortal Rules - Julie Jagawa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey The Five by Robert McCammon Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan The Hunger Trace by Edward Hogan Waiting For The Evening News by Tim Gautreaux The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 (edited) So far I think.... The Stand by Stephen King Ghost Light by Frank Rich Stolen Souls by Stuart Neville Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes Bloodland by Alan Glynn A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino The Dispatcher by Ryan David Jahn Guts by Kristen Johnston The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnette Friis The Cutout by Francine Matthews Folly by Laurie R. King Eclipse by John Banville Box 21 by Rosulund-Hellstrom 4/5 Edited June 15, 2012 by pontalba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 My favorites are: The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Although I never give a rating to a book on here when I review it, I do keep a record of how I would rate each book, and I'm impressed by how many top rating books you all have so far! I think I'm a little more strict with my ratings, and the book has to be something very special to get that top rating for me. I have only two top rated books so far this year: I think I need to start rating out of ten rather than five, because I end up with a lot of 'top level' rates and then when I look through the list I realise that some were miles better than others. In all fairness though, I have had some fantastic reads so far, so I've probably got a lot more five star ratings than usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I think I need to start rating out of ten rather than five, because I end up with a lot of 'top level' rates and then when I look through the list I realise that some were miles better than others. In all fairness though, I have had some fantastic reads so far, so I've probably got a lot more five star ratings than usual. I just think I'm really picky, and even fantastic reads don't always get a top rating from me. A book has to be something special that gets under my skin and lodges in my brain and refuses to leave before I give it top marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I just think I'm really picky, and even fantastic reads don't always get a top rating from me. A book has to be something special that gets under my skin and lodges in my brain and refuses to leave before I give it top marks. That makes a lot of sense to be honest, I think I'd be the same if I rated out of ten. It'd only be the really special ones that'd get 10/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 The Boy In Striped Pajamas by John Boyne The Piano by Jane Campion The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Nighttime by Mark Haddon and I'm reading The Help by Katherine Stockett and I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith which both promise to be excellent as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Mine are: Mister God, This is Anna ~ Fynn The Secret Garden ~ Frances Hodson Burnett Daddy-Long-Legs ~ Jean Webster A Tale of Two Cities ~ Charles Dickens Sounder ~ William H Armstrong Morning Girl ~ Michael Dorris Shiloh ~ Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I tend to rate quite harshly so I only have a few Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I haven't read too many books this year and the only books I've scored a perfect 10 were my re-reads of: Joseph Heller Catch-22 Norton Juster The Phantom Tollbooth I give few books 10/10, but I'm more generous with 8s and 9s. The books that I've given 9/10 are: Julie Dawn Cole I Want it Now! Norton Juster The Dot and the Line Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 My best books, out of the 43 read so far (16/6): Coraline Pied Piper Before I Die Jane Eyre I Capture The Castle The First Person and Other Stories The Penal Colony Autobiography Of Malcom X The Shadow Of The Wind The Princess Bride Hmm, 10 out of 43 not too good. Another 4 or 5 were OK reads, the rest were forgettable . Going to change my reading pattern next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy Reader Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Well I thought I had read some brilliant books this year but my list seems a little small True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - J K Rowling (re-read enjoyed it so much more second time around) Murder is Easy - Agatha Christie THe Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole - Sue Townsend The Fry Chronicals - Stephen Fry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 My 5/5 are as follows: Veronica Roth: Divergent (reading this at the moment) Jojo Moyes: Me Before You Addonia Sulaiman: The Consequences of Love Magda Szabo: The Door Sofi Oksanen: Purge Yasmina Kadre: What the Day Owes the Night Roma Tearne: Mosquito Kishwar Desai: Witness the Night Lauren Oliver: Dilirium/Pandemonium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Wow, there are some great books here and I'm amazed how many different books there are, I was wondering if there would be just a handful of books that everyone loved but it's exciting to see there are so many books that I haven't even heard of! I've added a few to my wish list - Rosie's War - Rosemary Say (Thanks Laura) William - An Englishman - Cecily Hamilton (Thanks Chesil) The Final Empire - Mistborn Book One (Thanks Michelle and others that have mentioned it on the forum!) Swan Song - Robert McCammon (Michelle again!) The Immortal Rules - Julie Kagawa (and again!) The Consequences of Love - Addonia Sulaiman (Thanks Talisman) I could have added more but my TBR shelf is stuffed full and my wish list is already MASSIVE!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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