Mexicola Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) In this thread I will keep a record of all books read and all books acquired in 2010. If I can muster the energy, I may also list my TBRs. Fiction Non-Fiction I would like to aim to read one non-fiction book a month. Edited March 11, 2010 by Mexicola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) January Jaunts: 1. The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova (2005) Started- 22.12.09 Finished- 03.01.10. Rating- 4/5. 2. Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier (2009) Started- 03.01.10 Finished- 08.01.10. Rating - 3.5/5 3. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde (1891) Started- 08.01.10 Finished- 16.01.10. Rating - 5/5 4. Winston Churchill, War Leader, Bill Price (2009) Started- 16.01.10 Finished- 06.02.2010. Rating - 3/5 5. Small Island, Andrea Levy (2004) Started- 18.01.10 Finished- 22.01.10. Rating - 4.5/5 6. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2004) Started- 26.01.2010 Finished- 01.02.2010. Rating - 4.5/5 Books acquired: 1. My Cousin Rachel, Daphne Du Maurier 2. The Boleyn Inheritance, Philippa Gregory3. Winston Churchill - War Leader, Bill Price Edited August 18, 2010 by Mexicola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 (edited) Fruitful February: 7. Macbeth, William Shakespeare Started- 01.02.2010 Finished- 07.02.2010. Rating - 3.5/5 8. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte (1847) Started- 07.02.2010 Finished- 15.02.2010. Rating - 5/5 9. The Dinosaur Hunters, Deborah Cadbury (2000) Started- 07.02.2010 Finished- 01.03.2010 10. The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde (2001) Started- 15.02.2010 Finished- 20.02.2010. Rating - 4/5 11. Lost in a Good Book, Jasper Fforde (2002) Started- 21.02.2010 Finished-01.03.2010. Rating - 4/5 Books acquired: 4. Shirley, Charlotte Bronte 5. Villette, Charlotte Bronte 6. Little Dorrit, Charles Dickens 7. Gilliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift 8. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain Edited August 18, 2010 by Mexicola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 (edited) March Medley: 12. My Cousin Rachel, Daphne Du Maurier (1951) Started - 01.03.2010 Finished - 11.03.2010. Rating- 4.5/5 13. The Passion, Jeanette Winterson (1987) Started - 15.03.2010 Finished - 16.03.2010. Rating- 3.5/5 14. The Winter King, Bernard Cornwell (1995) Started - 20.03.2010 Finished - 02.04.2010. Rating- 4.5/5 Books acquired: 9. The Winter King, Bernard Cornwell 10. Jamaica Inn, Daphne Du Maurier Edited August 18, 2010 by Mexicola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 (edited) April Antics: 15. Jamaica Inn, Daphne Du Maurier (1936) Started - 05.04.2010 Finished - 15.04.2010. Rating - 3.5/5 16. City of Thieves, David Benioff (2008) Started - 15.04.2010 Finished - 23.04.2010. Rating - 4.5/5 17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens (1861) Started - 23.04.2010 Finished - 20.06.2010. Rating - 4.5/5 Books acquired: 11. The Old Curiosity Shop, Charles Dickens 12. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens 13. Barnaby Rudge, Charles Dickens 14. A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens 15. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens 16. Nicholas Nickleby, Charles Dickens 17. Best Ghost Stories, Charles Dickens 18. Christmas Books, Charles Dickens 19. Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens 20. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens 21. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens 22. Bleak House, Charles Dickens 23. Wideacre, Philippa Gregory 24. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson Edited August 18, 2010 by Mexicola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 (edited) Maudlin May: 18. Geisha of Gion, Mineko Iwasaki (2002) Started - 09.05.2010 Finished - 12.05.2010. Rating - 4.5/5 19. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen (1817) Started - 12.05.2010 Finished - 18.05.2010. Rating - 4/5 20. Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier (1938) Started - 18.05.2010 Finished - 27.05.2010. Rating - 5/5 21. Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane (2003) Started - 29.05.2010 Finished - 01.06.2010. Rating - 4/5 Books acquired: 25. Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert 26. Mansfield Park, Jane Austen 27. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen 28. Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier 29. Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel 30. Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane 31. The Angel's Game, Carlos Ruiz Zafon 32. The Secret History, Donna Tartt 33. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke 34. The Loving Spirit, Daphne Du Maurier Edited August 18, 2010 by Mexicola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Maudlin May:18. Books acquired: 25. Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert 26. Mansfield Park, Jane Austen 27. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen 28. Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier You bought Rebecca then? I hope you like it Have you read the two Jane Austen books before? Northanger Abbey is my favourite Austen, and I think Mansfield Park is her most accomplished piece of writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 I did I told you I could no longer resist! I'm not sure how I've managed it, but I've not yet read either of those Austen's. Looking forward to them, Northanger Abbey particularly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 (edited) Just June: 22. The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas (1844) Started - 02.06.2010 Finished - 18.08.2010. Rating - 5/5 23. The Loving Spirit, Daphne Du Maurier (1931) Started - 20.06.2010 Finished - 29.06.2010. Rating - 3/5 24. The Dante Club, Matthew Pearl (2004) Started - 29.06.2010 Finished - 16.07.2010. Rating - 4/5 Books Acquired: 35. Vlad: The Last Confession, C.C. Humphreys Edited August 18, 2010 by Mexicola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Did you make it your mission in April to buy every book Dickens ever wrote? I love your catchy monthly headings. We share a lot of books in common and our ratings are very similar too. Needless to say, I think you have wonderful taste in books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 Aw, thanks Kylie! That of course, in turn means that you do too I bought all those Dickens at a bootfair for the measley sum of I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 My creativity wouldn't have lasted until June so I think you're doing great! The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favourite ever books. It took me ages to read but it was so worth it. It has absolutely everything you could ever want in a book. I reckon you'll love it too. Have you read The Three Musketeers? It's on my TBR pile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Of course Mexicola has excellent taste, I could've told you that! As do you, Kylie, and anyone who shares a 'fave' status of the Count! I hope you're enjoying so far, Mexicola!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted June 5, 2010 Author Share Posted June 5, 2010 I couldn't ask for better recommendations for the book, thanks guys! I've only read a few pages so far but due to an impromptu night in on my lonesome, I plan to get stuck in tonight I've not read Three Musketeers yet but I'm sure it'll work it's way onto my TBR pretty soon! Hope you're both well and enjoying your current reads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted July 25, 2010 Author Share Posted July 25, 2010 (edited) July 25. The Behaviour of Moths, Poppy Adams (2008) Started - 16.07.2010 Finished - 30.07.2010. Rating - 2/5. Books Acquired: 36. The Swan Thieves, Elizabeth Kostova 37. The Passion of Artemisia, Susan Vreeland Edited August 22, 2010 by Mexicola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Books Acquired: 36. The Swan Thieves, Elizabeth Kostova 37. The Passion of Artemisia, Susan Vreeland Both excellent choices, Mexicola!! I loved both of these (especially the Kostova) and therefore highly approve. Can't wait for you to read them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted July 25, 2010 Author Share Posted July 25, 2010 Thanks! They were two good finds, I thought Oh, I finished The Dante Club last week and thought it was brilliant. I loved Longfellow and the guys, it had me gripped! Didn't see anything coming either. I'll be on the lookout for The Last Dickens now. Thanks for another top recc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted August 2, 2010 Author Share Posted August 2, 2010 (edited) Antsy August 26. Vlad: The Last Confession, C.C. Humphreys (2009) Started - 01.08.2010. Finished - 01.09.2010 Rating - 3/5 27. Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Jeff Lindsay (2004) Started- 26.08.10 Finished - 02.09.2010 Rating - 4/5 Books Acquired 38. Stephen Fry Presents Oscar Wilde's Stories for All Ages, Oscar Wilde, Stephen Fry 39. Frenchman's Creek, Daphne Du Maurier Edited September 3, 2010 by Mexicola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Oh, I finished The Dante Club last week and thought it was brilliant. I loved Longfellow and the guys, it had me gripped! Didn't see anything coming either. I'll be on the lookout for The Last Dickens now. Thanks for another top recc! Wonderful, Mexicola!! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I loved reading about Longfellow as well, and really like that time period in history and the setting in Cambridge. When I took my trip out there a few years ago we visited his 'Craigie House' and it was so magical! I know it was fiction, but I could just see he and Holmes and Lowell sitting around the fire . I also went to Mt. Auburn cemetery and visited all of their graves, which was so interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted August 12, 2010 Author Share Posted August 12, 2010 How cool is that?! Mt Auburn cemetery looks beautiful. I'm on my way to finishing Monte Cristo, and what can I say other than it's astoundingly aaaaamazing! When I visit Paris next month, I'm going to try and visit some of the places mentioned like the Count's address on the Champs Elysees etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 I'm so glad you're enjoying the Count, Mexicola! It's such an epic book isn't it? How cool that you'll get to see some places mentioned in the book! I'm jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I'm jealous too, Mexicola, and SO glad you're loving the Count! I hope you take lots of photos on your trip! Do you think you'll finish the book before you go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 I finished it today I'm not sure what I can say about it other than it has become an instant favourite and that I think it'll stay with me for a very long time! Although I do hope to read it again one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I finished it today I'm not sure what I can say about it other than it has become an instant favourite and that I think it'll stay with me for a very long time! Although I do hope to read it again one day I'm SOOO happy you liked the Count, Mexicola, and that you now count it as one of your faves! Yay!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I'm SOOO happy you liked the Count, Mexicola, and that you now count it as one of your faves! Yay!!! Oh, Marcia...Mexicola Counts it amongst her favourites? I might need to calm down a bit here... It's up there for me, as well. But don't get me started on Mr Dumas's name... Good work, Mexicola. Good work. x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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