Janet Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 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 Quote
Janet Posted January 14, 2008 Author Posted January 14, 2008 Finished On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan. I read it in less than 24 hours which is good for me, even if it was only about 160 pages long! Not the most exciting book in the world, but I did enjoy it. 6 Quote
Janet Posted January 14, 2008 Author Posted January 14, 2008 The Diary of Anne Frank - I've never managed to read this before, despite trying a few years ago (and giving up because the print was tiny!). I did feel that it was rather repetitive, but that only mirrors the life that Anne lived. For her age (13-15) the diaries show remarkable language skills and that Anne was a highly intelligent girl. 7½/10 I'm reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusac now. About of a quarter of the way in and I'm loving it! Quote
Janet Posted January 18, 2008 Author Posted January 18, 2008 Finished The Book Thief I loved it! It was absolutely fantastic - one of those books that you can't stop reading... and yet you don't want it to end either. I finished it this morning at my Mum's house (I stayed the night). When I turned up I told her about it, she'd cut it out of the paper at the weekend because she wanted to read it, so I was able to leave it behind for her. I got into it straight away. The story was great and I loved the quirky centred information bits! Definitely a 10/10 for me. Quote
Janet Posted January 27, 2008 Author Posted January 27, 2008 I finished Water for Elephants yesterday. Another brilliant book. 9½/10. 2008 is shaping up to be an excellent year book-wise. Quote
angerball Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 2008 is shaping up to be an excellent year book-wise. I'll second that. Everything I've read this month has been excellent. Let's hope it stays that way! Quote
Janet Posted March 1, 2008 Author Posted March 1, 2008 I finally finished the superb Mister Pip. 9 Quote
Janet Posted March 13, 2008 Author Posted March 13, 2008 Finished Strange Meeting by Susan Hill at the weekend. It's about WW1. The subject is beautifully handled and written. 7/10 Quote
Janet Posted March 18, 2008 Author Posted March 18, 2008 Finished The Road to Wigan Pier. Part 1 - 7/10 Part 2 - 3/10 Quote
Janet Posted March 25, 2008 Author Posted March 25, 2008 Shopaholic and Baby I wouldn’t go so far as to say to anyone that they must read this book as it doesn’t have a lot of substance, but it’s funny and light-hearted and was the perfect antidote to the gloomy (even though I enjoyed it!) previous book that I read! I'm not sure whether Ms Kinsella is planning a sixth Becky book or whether she'll quit on a high! 7/10 Quote
Weave Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Janet, I am so glad you enjoyed 'The Book Thief' Quote
Janet Posted March 26, 2008 Author Posted March 26, 2008 Oh I loved it, Gyre! I took it straight over to my Mum because I knew she'd love it too! Quote
Janet Posted March 27, 2008 Author Posted March 27, 2008 Finished Peter Pan by J M Barrie this morning. Great fun! 7/10 Quote
Janet Posted March 30, 2008 Author Posted March 30, 2008 For One More Day by Mitch Albom 8/10. A great, and quick, read. This was my freebie book from NewBooksMag. Quote
Michelle Posted April 1, 2008 Posted April 1, 2008 I must find the time to take a look at my NewBooksMag.. and see if I want one of the books. Quote
Janet Posted June 13, 2008 Author Posted June 13, 2008 *Brushes away cobwebs and blows off dust!* I read Casino Royale by Ian Fleming in April 4½/10 and Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler in May 6½/10 Apart from that, I've been reading John Clare's poetry (beautiful, close observations of the English countryside - the seventh Romantic poet - eg the unknown one!), Will Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale (10/10) and masses of WW1 poetry (Dulce Et Decorum Est is probably my favourite poem) and prose, including the excellent Out of the Dark anthology. Now my A Level is out of the way, I don't know what to read. I wanted something 'fluffy' so started Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon, but I only got about 20 pages in and I'm finding it rather boring - and the protagonist a bit irritating, so I think I might try Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee instead. Quote
Janet Posted June 13, 2008 Author Posted June 13, 2008 And this is why I love you. I enjoyed most of it actually - even the really bleak stuff - but Owen is definitely my favourite, with Sassoon a close second. Popular choices both - and with good reason! Quote
Kylie Posted June 14, 2008 Posted June 14, 2008 Dulce Et Decorum Est is probably my favourite poem I had to look up this poem to see what you were talking about. I was hoping that by some chance it would be a poem that I remember studying back in high school, and it was! I've thought of it periodically over the years - it's one that really stays with you isn't it? Thanks for bringing it to my attention again. Quote
Janet Posted June 14, 2008 Author Posted June 14, 2008 I had to look up this poem to see what you were talking about. I was hoping that by some chance it would be a poem that I remember studying back in high school, and it was! I've thought of it periodically over the years - it's one that really stays with you isn't it? Thanks for bringing it to my attention again. Yay! I was vaguely familiar with it before the course - and like you said, it's definitely one that stays with you. Quote
~Andrea~ Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Oh we did that at school as well. It's a great poem. Dulce est decorum est pro patria mori *rushes off to find it and red it again* Quote
Janet Posted June 19, 2008 Author Posted June 19, 2008 Finished Cider with Rosie today - what a lovely book! 10/10 Quote
Janet Posted June 22, 2008 Author Posted June 22, 2008 Finished The Outcast by Sadie Jones (a Richard and Judy 'Summer Read') - 7 Quote
Janet Posted June 26, 2008 Author Posted June 26, 2008 What was the 1/2 for? Because I gave I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 3/10 and I disliked this more! Quote
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