sirinrob 2010 reading list

[sirinrob]

Decided to keep a reading list this year, which will hopefully contain books that others find inspiring. When I've read a book, I'll post a review in the appropriate section with a link from this list. Decided I'd be strict on myself, so If I start a book, I'll finish it ( unless its dire) then review, onto next. Didn't see the need for a TBR list as thats fluid, and i reread alot as well.

Edited January 3, 2010 by sirinrob

[sirinrob]

Fiction

 

This list will roll-up all of the fiction I've read in 2010. Where I have reread a book it will be marked with an 'R'

 

'Something Rotten' Jasper Fforde review

'Cousin Bette' Honor

Edited April 29, 2010 by sirinrob

[sirinrob]

Non-Fiction

 

since I have quite a few to read , this could get busy

 

'Iron Kingdom: The rise and downfall of Prussia 1600 - 1947' Christopher Clark

'With Their Backs to the World' Ǻsne Seierstad review

'The Rebel' Albert Camus review

'The Mercurial Emperor - The Magic Circle of Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague' Peter Marshell review

'Northern Shores - A History of the Baltic Sea and its Peoples' Alan Palmer review

Edited March 5, 2010 by sirinrob

[sirinrob]

Reading Circle

 

January 'Fahrenheit 451' Ray Bradbury

February 'Macbeth' William Shakespeare

March 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' Khaled Hosseini

Edited February 11, 2010 by sirinrob

[sirinrob]

Poetry, Plays, Essays,Short Stories

 

'A Winter Book' Tove Jansson review

'Midsummer Days and other tales' August Strindberg review

'Best European Fiction 2010' edited by Aleksander Hemon

Edited April 1, 2010 by sirinrob

[sirinrob]

Decided this year to leave my Classics challenge as a background activity as I'm reading more books that do not fit into the pre-First World War category

[sirinrob]

This year started in great style - discovered some authors that I really like and others to maintain as 'keepers'. the new ones I met were Thomas Wharton, Markus Zusak, Steve Toltz, Peter Hoeg, Tove Jansson and continued with Jasper FForde.

 

There were a couple of disappointments - Junot Daiz - debut novel should never have been debuted and Abraham Vergheze - tedious

[sirinrob]

February proved to be a productive reading month- 24 books read . mostly fiction, but did manage to read one nonfiction book; 'The Rebel' Albert Camus.

 

Discovered some more authors that I like: Roberto Bola

[poppyshake]

This year started in great style - discovered some authors that I really like and others to maintain as 'keepers'. the new ones I met were Thomas Wharton, Markus Zusak, Steve Toltz, Peter Hoeg, Tove Jansson and continued with Jasper FForde.

 

There were a couple of disappointments - Junot Daiz - debut novel should never have been debuted and Abraham Vergheze - tedious

 

Was that 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao'? .. I was really disappointed with it, I thought I was going to love it from the blurb on the back and initially I quite liked it but it went downhill quickly.

[sirinrob]

no -'The Shadow of the Wind, but i disliked the Diaz effort as much, if that makes any sense.

[Lucybird]

Laura Esquivel

 

She wrote Like Water for Chocolate, right? I enjoyed that but haven't read anything else by her

[sirinrob]

Yes, 'Like Water for Chocolate' is the book I read and really enjoyed.

[sirinrob]

some new authors I enjoyed this month:

 

Marcio Antonio Flores, Naguib Mahfouz and Samuel Beckett

 

William Heinsen proved to be a slight disappointment