Kate Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 (edited) I�ve decided to make some reading plans as we approach a new year: - All book ratings will now be out of 5 - My reading target will be 150 - I will complete my Discworld challenge - Books I will read from my TBR pile: Morton: The Forgotten Garden Scheinmann: Random Acts of Heroic Love Homes: This Book Will Save Your Life Torday: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Toews: A Complicated Kindness Fforde: Practically Perfect Mansell: An Offer You Can�t Refuse Yen Mah: Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society Fiorato: The Glassblower of Murano Connelly: The Book of Lost Things Carroll: The Shakespeare Secret Levy: Small Island Edited August 8, 2010 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 (edited) Books Read: 1. Terry Pratchett: The Truth 2. Terry Pratchett: The Last Hero 3. Toby Litt: Beatnix 4. Emily Bronte: Agnes Grey 5. Katy Gardner: The Mermaid's Purse Edited January 15, 2010 by Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 (edited) I am starting this year by reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Never read his work before so am looking forward to it; and so far (19 pages ) so good! Edited January 1, 2010 by Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 I've read the first story in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I really enjoyed it I've also been listening to The Truth by Terry Pratchett to continue my Discworld challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Good look with this years target Kate, you have set yourself a bit of a challenge, wow! I have no doubt after last years total that you will manage it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 Thanks Ben! Hoping to get The Truth finished today or early tomorrow, and then we will be off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Happy Reading Kate! I dare say you will have no trouble reaching your target of 150, sometimes I wonder how you get the time to eat and breathe! I have The Book Of Lost Things on my wishlist too, so I'll be looking out for your thoughts on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I really liked The Truth. THe Industrial Revolution Discworld books are all great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Some good books there, Kate! I look forward to hearing your thoughts on The Shakespeare Secret and The Book Of Lost Things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 I finished The Truth yesterday. It was very good I will add it to my list of reviews I need to write. I'm now listening to Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte. I've never read anything by Anne, but have read Charlotte and Emily so will be interested in how she compares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I see you have started off, onwards and upwards from now on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 I do hope so Ben! Book number two is done: The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett. I know I missed out Thief of Time, attempting to get my hands on it. Even though it was short I enjoyed it. Teaming Carrot with Rincewind in my opinion was genius. A full review will follow, but I was not let down by this beauty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I’ve decided to make some reading plans as we approach a new year: - My reading target will be 150 Wow. I'll be lucky if I break the 30 mark! Homes: This Book Will Save Your Life I really liked this. I know some people found it rather slow paced but I enjoyed it. I'll be interested in your thoughts on that one. Connelly: The Book of Lost Things Wasn't so keen on this though but will be interested to read your review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Hiya! I had a go at The Shakespeare Secret thinking it would be right up my street but (gasp) had to give up - I was at a point where I was really bored of the formulaic-conspiracy-theory-dashing-all-over-the-world-with-assassins-on-your-tail thing. Sometimes life is too short. But 150 books, Kate! Man, I can barely get through five! Happy reading, my friend. Happy reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I also had a go at the Shakespeare Secret, it started promisingly but the Shakespearean scholar in me quickly got frustrated at the increasing unbelievability of it all - the assassin with ninja-like stealth creeping scarily yet seductively around the library was a bit too much for me ! I hope you like it better than I did . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I also had a go at the Shakespeare Secret, it started promisingly but the Shakespearean scholar in me quickly got frustrated at the increasing unbelievability of it all - the assassin with ninja-like stealth creeping scarily yet seductively around the library was a bit too much for me ! I hope you like it better than I did . It's around this point that I hurled it over my shoulder into the aether... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Well that sounds promising....! And 150 books because I managed 145 last year. Quite a large number I agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 I'm back doing dissertation reading again - fun. Currently reading Beatniks by Toby Litt. Read 100 pages this morning. Here is the synopsis from Amazon: 1995, and at a party in Bedford, Mary meets Jack and Neal, a pair of hipsters and self-confessed �Beats� stuck (un)squarely in the sixties. After a �Beat (not-quite) Happening� at the local library, the three of them (and Neal�s cat Koko) set off in Mary�s Vauxhall on a road trip to Brighton in search of literary fame and fortune. But, this is neither the time nor the place for free love, uncomplicated sex and unrestrained cool � this is 1990s Britain and everything comes with a price � Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Hmmm, this sounds quite interesting. What genre would you stick it n, Kate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 I don't know; just fiction I think. I did manage to read it in a day. There were parts I didn't enjoy but for the most part it was alright. I would probably give it 3/5. The characters are just stick in the '60s, and at first I thought that to be odd, then realised I knew people like that back in college. It is amazing what drives people and how what they believe makes them act. I found this as interesting read as a social study; looking at people, their influences and their behaviour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 Decided on a new reading challenge for this year: to read all the novels written by the Bronte sisters http://bookreviews.me.uk/?page_id=1091 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Ooh, that looks like a good challenge, Kate. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 (edited) Thanks Janet! The first one is completed: I have just finished Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte. I've never read any of her novels before and I enjoyed it. I found myself feeling empathy and annoyance, and getting involved with the story. Good classic to start with ETA: forgot to mention my next audiobook will be Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe as I want to read some of the books from this Banned Books list, although as I don't plan to read all of them it is not a "formal" challenge Edited January 13, 2010 by Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I'll be interested in your thoughts on Uncle Tom's Cabin, Kate. I've wanted to read this for so long that I can't even remember now why I want to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 I'm looking forward to getting into it too! Currently reading The Mermaid's Purse. The further in I get, the better the book gets. Here is the Waterstones synopsis: Cass Bainbridge is being stalked ? New job, new home, new life ? Cass has moved to Brighton to start over as a lecturer at the university. But she?s already acquired some unwanted baggage. Someone?s watching her ? they?ve even taken photos. She?s being followed, too. And then there are the anonymous and threatening emails she?s receiving. With an unknown assailant attacking students on campus, Cass fears for her life. Is she to be the next random victim? Or is there a more sinister reason she?s been targeted? Unsure as to why there are a load of random question marks in that quote.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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