frankie Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share Posted November 24, 2008 Frankie, you are in for a treat with Kathy Reichs' books I know! Since my last post I've read: Kathy Reichs: Death Du Jour. I think this was so much better than Deja Dead (even though I liked that one too). I read it in Finnish so it was a faster read. The medical and forensic terms were giving me a hard time in Deja Dead so I made the wise choice to read Reichs in Finnish in the future I am quite eager to start Deadly Decisions next but I'm also really keen on Twilight. Hmph. Stephen King: Lisey's Story. This book took off really slowly but I knew that beforehand so was able to just enjoy the ride. Like in most of King's novels the characters and their history was detailed and rich which I like. Still, the main character managed to remain quite distant to me and she never grew on me. Her sister Amanda was far more interesting and human. I think this was an interesting read but not one of my favorite King books. Cormac McCarthy: No Country for Old Men. A bit too bloody for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 I finished Twilight today. I had such high expectations with this one and that may have affected on my reading. For the first half of the book I wasn't convinced at all: I didn't find the characters believable (I was annoyed by Edward's constant moodswings) and the dialogue was really embarrasing and awkward. I was really glad that I hadn't been able to order the next novel from play.com. After the baseball game things picked up really quickly and I was engrossed by the plot. I even started to like some of the characters. I'll definitely have to read New Moon now and see how things go with B&E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 After the last post I've read the following books: - Stephenie Meyer: New Moon 9/10 - D. H. Lawrence: Lady Chatterley's Lover 5/10 - Philip Roth: Portnoy's Complaint 7/10 - Gaetan Soucy: The Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches 8/10 - Diana Wynne Jones: Fire and Hemlock 10/10 - Sarah Dunant: Birth Marks 9/10 - Terry Pratchett: Johnny and the Dead 9/10 - Kathy Reichs: Deadly Decisions 8/10 So I guess that's it for the year 2008. It was a very, very good year. Here's what I thought of 2008 readingwise (from the thread in generel discussion on books): "This year was superb for me! - I joined this forum (which increased my TBR) - I've found play.com These books stood out for me this year: - Alain de Botton: How Proust Can Change Your Life - Tuula-Liina Varis: Kilpikonna ja olkimarsalkka - Ronald Hayman: The Death and Life of Sylvia Plath - Joanne Harris: Gentlemen and Players - Diane Setterfield: The Thirteenth Tale - Sarah Waters: Fingersmith - Augusten Burroughs: Dry - Markus Zusak: The Book Thief - Augusten Burroughs: A Wolf at the Table - Mark Haddon: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time -John Grogan: Marley and Me - Stephenie Meyer's Twilight-series - Sarah Dunant (Hannah Wolfe -series) Writers I discovered: - Elizabeth Flock - Sarah Waters - Terry Pratchett - Neil Gaiman - Kathy Reichs Plus, I spent some good times with Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole diaries which I hadn't read in ages." Finally the statistics: - books read: 78 - books bought: at least 116 (wow, I never knew I bought so many... things definitely got out of control this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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