rach.at.the.disco Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) Welcome to my shiny new reading list for 2010. Last year was my best year for reading with my total reaching 103 books. This year, however, I don't think I'll be as lucky but I hope to make some sort of dent in my To Be Read pile which is around the 100 mark. Books Read in 2010: 1. The To-Do List - Mike Gayle 2. Chasing Harry Winston - Lauren Weisberger 3. Heaven Can Wait - Cally Taylor 4. French Kissing - Catherine Sanderson 5. The Glamorous (Double) Life Of Isabel Bookbinder - Holly McQueen 6. The Fabulously Fashionable Life Of Isabel Bookbinder - Holly McQueen 7. Queen of Babble Gets Hitched - Meg Cabot 8. Ghost Girl - Torey Hayden 9. Girl Missing - Tess Gerritsen 10. Slumdog Millionaire - Vikas Swarup 11. The Seven Secrets Of Happiness - Sharon Owens 12. The Secret Life Of Evie Hamilton - Catherine Alliott 13. The Truth About Melody Browne - Lisa Jewell 14. West End Girls - Jenny Colgan 15. The Sculptress - Minette Walters 16. I Heart Hollywood - Lindsey Kelk 17. My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult 18. One Child - Torey Hayden 19. The Evil Seed - Joanne Harris 20. How To Be Married - Polly Williams 21. Mwah Mwah - Chloe Rayban 22. Chocolate Wishes - Trisha Ashley 23. Fallen - Lauren Kate 24. Do You Come Here Often - Alexandra Potter 25. Mercy - Jodi Picoult 26. The Girl Next Door - Elizabeth Noble 27. Going It Alone - Clare Dowling 28. The House At Riverton - Kate Morton 29. The Best Of Times - Penny Vincenzi 30. Vanishing Acts - Jodi Picoult 31. The Echo - Minette Walters 32. Bloodstream - Tess Gerritsen 33. Julie and Julia - Julie Powell 34. Precious - Sapphire 35. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini 36. The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories - Tim Burton 37. Things I Wish I'd Known - Linda Green 38. The Tiger's Child - Torey Hayden 39. The Good, The Bad and The Dumped - Jenny Colgan 40. Silent Boy - Torey Hayden 41. Lucy In The Sky - Paige Toon 42. Call After Midnight - Tess Gerritsen 43. My **** Life So Far - Frankie Boyle 44. The Ice House - Minette Walters 45. Life On The Refrigerator Door - Alice Kuipers 46. Boy Meets Girl - Meg Cabot 47. The Guy Next Door - Meg Cabot 48. Dead and Gone - Charlaine Harris 49. Petite Anglaise - Catherine Sanderson 50. I Heart Paris - Lindsey Kelk 51. An Education - Lynn Barber 52. Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger 53. The Glass House - Rachel Caine 54. Confetti Confidential - Holly McQueen 55. Moonshine - Christina Jones 56. Girl Friday - Jane Green 57. The Scold's Bridle - Minette Walters 58. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly - Jean Dominique Bauby 59. Picture Perfect - Jodi Picoult 60. Always The Bridesmaid - Sarah Webb 61. Second Glance - Jodi Picoult 62. Whistleblower - Tess Gerritsen 63. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom 64. The Night Watch - Sarah Waters 65. Burton on Burton - Tim Burton and Mark Salisbury 66. The Ice Cream Girls - Dorothy Koomsoon 67. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro 68. Eat. Pray. Love - Elizabeth Gilbert 69. Twelve Days Of Christmas - Trisha Ashley Edited November 4, 2010 by rach.at.the.disco Update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) To Be Read: My Books Library Books A Hopeless Romantic - Harriet Evans Going Home - Harriet Evans The Secrets She Keeps - Helen Cross The Chocolate Run - Dorothy Koomson Body Surfing - Anita Shreve The Chameleon's Shadow - Minette Walters Carrie - Stephen King Misery - Stephen King Lisey's Story - Stephen King The Green Mile - Stephen King Watermelon - Marian Keyes Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes Angels - Marian Keyes The Queen's Fool - Philippa Gregory The Virgin's Lover - Philippa Gregory The Other Queen - Philippa Gregory Making Your Mind Up - Jill Mansell Songs Of The Humpback Whale - Jodi Picoult Picture Perfect - Jodi Picoult Vanishing Acts - Jodi Picoult Mercy - Jodi Picoult Second Glance - Jodi Picoult Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk Choke - Chuck Palahniuk Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro The Hobbit - J.R.R Tolkein A Million Little Pieces - James Frey Saturday - Ian McEwan The Child In Time - Ian McEwan Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides Girlfriend In A Coma - Douglas Coupland The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks Walking On Glass - Iain Banks Perfume - Patrick Suskind Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver Tess Of The D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy Selected Tales - Edgar Allan Poe Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte Sense And Sensibility - Jane Austen Emma - Jane Austen Pride And Prejudice - Jane Austen Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Mansfield Park - Jane Austen Persusion - Jane Austen Dracula - Bram Stoker The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov The Catcher In The Rye - J.D Salinger Interview With The Vampire - Anne Rice Going It Alone - Clare Dowling Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates Slumdog Millionaire - Vikas Swarup The Book Theif - Markus Zusak A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini Artistic Licence - Katie Fforde Highland Fling - Katie Fforde Living Dangerously - Katie Fforde Double Cross - Malorie Blackman Lucy In The Sky - Paige Toon Back Spin - Harlen Coban Memoirs Of A Geisha - Arthur Golden The Secret History - Donna Tartt The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman The Secret Life Of Evie Hamilton - Catherine Alliot Flowers In The Attic - Virginia Andrews Alphabet Weekends - Elizabeth Noble The Girl Next Door - Elizabeth Noble The Host - Stephenie Meyer The House At Riverton - Kate Morton The Book Of Lost Things - John Connolly The Evil Seed - Joanne Harris Mother's Day - Kirsty Scott Forget Me Not - Isabel Wolff The Other Half Lives - Sophie Hannah All The Things We Didn't Say - Sara Shepard The Bay At Midnight - Diane Chamberlain Girl Missing - Tess Gerritsen The Fabulously Fashionable Life Of Isabel Bookbinder - Holly McQueen Notes From An Exhibition - Patrick Gale How To Talk To A Widower - Jonathan Tropper Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger Chasing Harry Winston - Lauren Weisberger The To-Do List - Mike Gayle Ghost Girl - Torey Hayden The Flight Of The Swallows - Audrey Howard Pillow Talk - Freya North Home Truths - Freya North Love Rules - Freya North Heaven Can Wait - Cally Taylor Queen Of Babble Gets Hitched - Meg Cabot French Kissing - Catherine Sanderson The Glamorous (Double) Life Of Isabel Bookbinder - Holly McQueen Wild Designs - Katie Fforde Call After Midnight - Tess Gerritsen Bloodstream - Tess Gerritsen I Heart Hollywood - Lindsey Kelk West End Girls - Jenny Colgan The Seven Secrets Of Happiness - Sharon Owens The Truth About Melody Browne - Lisa Jewell The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters The Ice House - Minette Walters The Sculptress - Minette Walters The Scold's Bridle - Minette Walters The Breaker - Minette Walters The Echo - Minette Walters Airs and Graces - Erica James Brown Owl's Giude to Life - Kate Harrison Two's Company - Jill Mansell One Child - Torey Hayden Just Another Kid - Torey Hayden Tiger's Child - Torey Hayden Fallen - Lauren Kate Chocolate Wishes - Trisha Ashley How To Be Married - Polly Williams The Self-Preservation Society - Kate Harrison Size 12 Is Not Fat - Meg Cabot Size 14 Is Not Fat Either - Meg Cabot When The Boys Are Away - Sarah Webb Take A Chance - Sarah Webb Always The Bridesmaid - Sarah Webb It Had To Be You - Sarah Webb Mwah Mwah - Chloe Rayban Do You Come Here Often - Alexandra Potter Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass - Lewis Caroll Silent Boy - Torey Hayden The Best Of Times - Penny Vincenzi Dreaming Of Amelia - Jaclyn Moriaty Going Too Far - Catherine Alliott The Real Thing - Catherine Alliott The Wedding Day - Catherine Alliott Julie and Julia - Julie Powell Precious - Sapphire Ash - Malinda Lo The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee - Rebecca Miller The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood Moab Is My Washpot - Stephen Fry The Meloncholy Death Of Oyster Boy & Other Stories - Tim Burton Things I Wish I'd Known - Linda Green The Good, The Bad and The Dumped - Jenny Colgan I'll Be There For You - Louise Candlish My **** Life So Far - Frankie Boyle I'll Be There For You - Louise Candlish Boy Meets Girl - Meg CabotThe Guy Next Door - Meg Cabot Life On The Refrigerator Door - Alice Kuipers The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows Mr Darcy, Vampyre - Amanda Grange Dead and Gone - Charlaine Harris Confetti Confidential - Holly McQueen I Heart Paris - Lindsey Kelk Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger The Glass House - Rachel Caine Midnight Alley - Rachel Caine Dead Girls Dance - Rachel Caine An Education - Lynn Barber Moonshine - Christina Jones Girl Friday - Jane Green The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby Heavier Than Heaven: The Biography of Kurt Cobain - Charles R. Cross The Night Watch - Sarah Waters Burton on Burton - Time Burton and Mark Salisbury Babyville - Jane Green Whistleblower - Tess Gerritsen Eat. Pray. Love - Elizabeth Gilbert Twelve Days Of Christmas - Trisha Ashley Have A Little Faith - Mitch Albom The One I Love - Anna McPartlin The Ice Cream Girls - Dorothy Koomson Edited November 4, 2010 by rach.at.the.disco Update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) Books bought in 2010: 1. Heaven Can Wait - Cally Taylor 2. Queen Of Babble Gets Hitched - Meg Cabot 3. French Kissing - Catherine Sanderson 4. The Glamorous (Double) Life Of Isabel Bookbinder - Holly McQueen 5. Wild Designs - Katie Fforde 6. Call After Midnight - Tess Gerritsen 7. Bloodstream - Tess Gerritsen 8. I Heart Hollywood - Lindsey Kelk 9. West End Girls - Jenny Colgan 10. The Seven Secrets Of Happiness - Sharon Owens 11. The Truth About Melody Browne - Lisa Jewell 12. The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters 13. The Ice House - Minette Walters 14. The Sculptress - Minette Walters 15. The Scold's Bridle - Minette Walters 16. The Breaker - Minette Walters 17. The Echo - Minette Walters 18. Airs and Graces - Erica James 19. Brown Owl's Guide to Life - Kate Harrison 20. Two's Company - Jill Mansell 21. One Child - Torey Hayden 22. Just Another Kid - Torey Hayden 23. Tiger's Child - Torey Hayden 24. Fallen - Lauren Kate 25. Chocolate Wishes - Trisha Ashley 26. How To Be Married - Polly Williams 27. The Self-Preservation Society - Kate Harrison 28. Size 12 Is Not Fat - Meg Cabot 29. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either - Meg Cabot 30. When The Boys Are Away - Sarah Webb 31. Take A Chance - Sarah Webb 32. Always The Bridesmaid - Sarah Webb 33. It Had To Be You - Sarah Webb 34. Mwah Mwah - Chloe Rayban 35. Do You Come Here Often - Alexandra Potter 36. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 37. Through The Looking Glass - Lewis Caroll 38. Silent Boy - Torey Hayden 39. The Best Of Times - Penny Vincenzi 40. Dreaming Of Amelia - Jaclyn Moriaty 41. Going Too Far - Catherine Alliott 42. The Real Thing - Catherine Alliott 43. The Wedding Day - Catherine Alliott 44. Julie and Julia - Julie Powell 45. Precious - Sapphire 46. Ash - Malinda Lo 47. The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee - Rebecca Miller 48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood 49. Moab Is My Washpot - Stephen Fry 50. The Meloncholy Death Of Oyster Boy & Other Stories - Tim Burton 51. Things I Wish I'd Known - Linda Green 52. The Good, The Bad and The Dumped - Jenny Colgan 53. My **** Life So Far - Frankie Boyle 54. I'll Be There For You - Louise Candlish 55. The Love Killers - Jackie Collins 56. Boy Meets Girl - Meg Cabot 57. The Guy Next Door - Meg Cabot 58. Life On The Refrigerator Door - Alice Kuipers 59. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows 60. Mr Darcy, Vampyre - Amanda Grange 61. Dead and Gone - Charlaine Harris 62. Confetti Confidential - Holly McQueen 63. I Heart Paris - Lindsey Kelk 64. Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger 65. The Glass House - Rachel Caine 66. The Dead Girl's Dance - Rachel Caine 67. Midnight Alley - Rachel Caine 68. Eat. Pray. Love - Elizabeth Gilbert 69. Twelve Days Of Christmas - Trisha Ashley 70. The One I Love - Anna McPartlin 71. Have A Little Faith - Mitch Alobom Edited November 4, 2010 by rach.at.the.disco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) Wishlist: Welcome To My World - Miranda Dickinson The Brightest Star In The Sky - Marian Keyes All Together Dead - Charlaine Harris Queen Of Babble Gets Hitched - Meg Cabot Before I Die - Jenny Downham The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown Missing You - Louise Douglas The Good, The Bad and The Dumped - Jenny Colgan The Way We Were - Elizabeth Noble Rules For A Perfect Life - Niamh Greene A Perfect Proposal - Katie Fforde You're The One That I Don't Want - Alexandra Potter I Heart Paris - Lindsey Kelk French Kissing - Catherine Sanderson Knit The Season - Kate Jacobs Heaven Can Wait - Cally Taylor The Secret Shopper Unwrapped - Kate Harrison I Heart Hollywood - Lindsey Kelk Becoming Scarlett - Ciara Geraghty The Ice Cream Girls - Dorothy Koomson My **** Life So Far - Frankie Boyle The Chocolate Lovers Club - Carole Matthews The Chocolate Lovers Diet - Carole Matthews Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger Alligators, Old Mink and New Money - Alison Houtte and Melissa Houte Never Close Your Eyes - Emma Burstall The Penny Pinchers Club - Sarah Strohmeyer Single To Rome - Sarah Duncan The Glamorous (Double) Life Of Isabel Bookbinder - Holly McQueen The Fabulously Fashionable Life Of Isabel Bookbinder - Holly McQueen The Sisterhood - Emily Barr The Household Guide To Dying - Debra Adelaide You Had Me At Halo - Amanda Ashby The Rise And Fall Of The Wondergirls - Sarah May Love In The Making - Roisin Meaney Mini Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella Finding Monsieur Right - Muriel Zagha Chocolate Wishes - Trisha Ashley Fast Friends - Jill Mansell Head Over Heels - Jill Mansell 50 Ways To Find A Lover - Lucy Anne Holmes It's Now Or Never - Carole Matthews Tout Sweet - Karen Wheeler Life On The Refrigerator Door - Alice Kuipers And God Created The Au Pair - Pascale Smets and Benedicte Newland Boy Meets Girl - Meg Cabot The Guy Next Door - Meg Cabot All You Need Is Love - Carole Matthews A Compromising Position - Carole Matthews The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters The Colour Purple - Alice Walker The Handmaid's Tale- Margaret Atwood House Rules - Jodi Picoult Recipe For Scandal - Debby Holt The Surgeon - Tess Gerritsen The Apprentice - Tess Gerritsen The Sinner - Tess Gerritsen Body Double - Tess Gerritsen Vanish - Tess Gerritsen The Mephisto Club - Tess Gerritsen Keeping The Dead - Tess Gerritsen The Truth About Melody Browne - Lisa Jewell The Seven Secrets Of Happiness - Sharon Owens Things I Wish I'd Known - Linda Green A Storm In A Teacup - Lucy Cavendish The Bone Garden - Tess Gerritsen Confetti Confidential - Holly McQueen No Way To Say Goodbye - Anna McPartlin Lunch In Paris - Elizabeth Bard Daughters Of Fortune - Tara Hyland The Bridesmaid Pact - Julia Williams Loves Me, Loves Me Not - Various Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll Matilda - Roald Dahl Fallen - Lauren Kate Do You Come Here Often - Alexandra Potter Dead And Gone - Charlaine Harris Dead In The Family - Charlaine Harris The Reading Group - Elizabeth Noble Harvesting The Heart - Jodi Picoult Precious - Sapphire Love Letters - Katie Fforde Fear The Worst - Linwood Barclay The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen Last Chance - Sarah Dessen Do You Remember The First Time - Jenny Colgan Twilight: Vol.1 - The Graphic Novel - Stephenie Meyer So What If I'm Broken - Anna McPartlin The Truth Will Out - Anna McPartlin Edited July 30, 2010 by rach.at.the.disco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rach.at.the.disco Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 (edited) 1. The To-Do List Mike Gayle Synopsis from Waterstones: Would a proper adult ignore the spilt milk under the fridge for weeks? Would a proper adult take three years to post a solitary Christmas card? Would a proper adult have decades-old underwear in active service? Mike Gayle is nowhere near being a proper adult -- even though his tenth wedding anniversary is looming; his second child is due any moment; and in less than twenty-four hours he is going to be officially closer to forty than he is to thirty. Appalled by this lack of maturity, Mike draws up a To-Do list containing every single item he's been meaning to do but just keeps putting off...He's got a lot of stuff that needs doing. But unlike previous To-Do lists, he promises himself that this one will actually get DONE. And along the way, Mike will learn stuff about life (323), love (999), friends (1004) and family (9) and finally work out what it means to be a grown up (846). Started: 30th December - Finished: 1st January 343 pages Rating: 8/10 Edited April 25, 2010 by rach.at.the.disco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 (edited) 2. Chasing Harry Winston Lauren Weisberger Synopsis from Waterstones: How far would you go to change your life in a year? Emmy finds herself single for the first time in years. She vows to find a man on every continent for some pure no-strings-attached fun. Adriana is stunning and can have any man she desires.Yet she wants an eligible bachelor who'll slip a five-carat Harry Winston diamond on her finger. Leigh has a doting boyfriend that most girls would kill for. But when literary bad boy Jesse Chapman asks to work with her, she just can't refuse. Knocking back raspberry mojitos one night, the three friends make a pact - to change one thing in their lives by the end of the year. Game On. Started: 1st January - Finished: 3rd January 278 pages Rating: 6/10 Edited April 25, 2010 by rach.at.the.disco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I was disappointed by both Everyone Worth Knowing and Chasing Harry Winston after enjoying The Devil Wears Prada a lot. In fact, I think her books have got progressively worse, and probably won't bother with any more. Their only saving grace is the fact I love the look of the book spines on my bookshelf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethany725 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I also was disappointed with "Chasing Harry Winston".. couldn't even get through half of it. I liked her other 2 similar novels much better, but can't say I'd run out and buy/borrow any future novels she writes. "Chasing..." just put me off it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Great lists, Rach! I too am looking forward to hopefully reading The Host and The House at Riverton this year. You can't go wrong with The JD Salinger, and I'm so looking forward to you reading The Secret History! I've read it a few times and there's really nothing like it . I've only read Carrie of the King's you listed, but really you can't go wrong with an author like him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 You have some AWESOME reads ahead of you! You actually have some of my all-time favourites on your TBR list - Lolita, Northanger Abbey and Jane Eyre. Happy reading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'm so looking forward to you reading The Secret History! I've read it a few times and there's really nothing like it . I've only read Carrie of the King's you listed, but really you can't go wrong with an author like him! This is all true. I've read a bunch of stuff on your TBR pile, Rach, and I don't think any of these are duff'uns. With Ian Banks' stuff, sit back and enjoy the amazingness of it all. He's magic! Just avoid A Song of Stone, purely because neither I nor anyone else I've spoken to enjoyed it at all. It's an anomaly, to be certain, because the rest of his books are pure gold! Hope you're very well, chum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Carrie - Stephen King Misery - Stephen King Lisey's Story - Stephen King The Green Mile - Stephen King Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte Sense And Sensibility - Jane Austen Emma - Jane Austen Pride And Prejudice - Jane Austen Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Mansfield Park - Jane Austen Persusion - Jane Austen Dracula - Bram Stoker Perfume - Patrick Suskind Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh Interview With The Vampire - Anne Rice Slumdog Millionaire - Vikas Swarup The Book Theif - Markus Zusak The Secret History - Donna Tartt Oh my goodness Rach, you have so many great reads on your TBR/wishlist, I'm so jealous! I wish I was you and could read those books for the first time! The Secret History, The Book Thief and Slumdog Millionaire are especially magnificent, as well as the Jane Austen and Stephen King novels of course. We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini Memoirs Of A Geisha - Arthur Golden The Book Of Lost Things - John Connolly The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown These are on my TBR/wishlist too, I hope they're good Have a great year 2010, and happy reading Rach! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 I was disappointed by both Everyone Worth Knowing and Chasing Harry Winston after enjoying The Devil Wears Prada a lot. In fact, I think her books have got progressively worse, and probably won't bother with any more. Their only saving grace is the fact I love the look of the book spines on my bookshelf! I also was disappointed with "Chasing Harry Winston".. couldn't even get through half of it. I liked her other 2 similar novels much better, but can't say I'd run out and buy/borrow any future novels she writes. "Chasing..." just put me off it. I did expect it to be better than it was. I'm still willing to give EWK a go though, especially as it was a Christmas present and I'd feel awful not reading it. I doubt it will beat TDWP though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 Great lists, Rach! I too am looking forward to hopefully reading The Host and The House at Riverton this year. You can't go wrong with The JD Salinger, and I'm so looking forward to you reading The Secret History! I've read it a few times and there's really nothing like it. I've only read Carrie of the King's you listed, but really you can't go wrong with an author like him! Hope I can manage to get through most of my pile this year! I think I read a chapter of The Catcher In The Rye last year but can't remember why I gave up on it. Hope I enjoy King as much as you do . You have some AWESOME reads ahead of you! You actually have some of my all-time favourites on your TBR list - Lolita, Northanger Abbey and Jane Eyre. Happy reading! Thanks Kell. I hope to have read one of those three by the end of the year. Although I have to admit I started Jane Eyre and gave up after 50 pages for some reason . This is all true. I've read a bunch of stuff on your TBR pile, Rach, and I don't think any of these are duff'uns. With Ian Banks' stuff, sit back and enjoy the amazingness of it all. He's magic! Just avoid A Song of Stone, purely because neither I nor anyone else I've spoken to enjoyed it at all. It's an anomaly, to be certain, because the rest of his books are pure gold! Hope you're very well, chum! I trust your judgement so I'll be sure to avoid that one . I studied The Wasp Factory in college and I thought it was a decent enough book to buy and have another read. Oh my goodness Rach, you have so many great reads on your TBR/wishlist, I'm so jealous! I wish I was you and could read those books for the first time! The Secret History, The Book Thief and Slumdog Millionaire are especially magnificent, as well as the Jane Austen and Stephen King novels of course. These are on my TBR/wishlist too, I hope they're good Have a great year 2010, and happy reading Rach! Thanks frankie. I just hope I can mange to read some of these awesome books you all love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Hope I can manage to get through most of my pile this year! I think I read a chapter of The Catcher In The Rye last year but can't remember why I gave up on it. Hope I enjoy King as much as you do . I hope you do too! It's great that you're starting with some of King's older works - you'll really get a sense of classic King then! If you like him, you should try and read The Shining one day. It's my fave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) 3. Heaven Can Wait Cally Taylor Synopsis from Waterstones: 'What would I do without you, Lucy Brown?' he said, and kissed me softly. I held his face in my hands and kissed him back. I felt that life just couldn't get any more perfect. And I was right, it wouldn't. By the end of the next day, I'd be dead. Lucy is about to marry the man of her dreams - kind, handsome, funny Dan - when she breaks her neck the night before their wedding. Unable to accept a lifetime's separation from her soulmate, Lucy decides to become a ghost rather than go to heaven and be parted from Dan. But it turns out things aren't quite as easy as that. When Lucy discovers that Limbo is a grotty student-style house in North London she's less than thrilled. Especially after meeting her new flatmates: grumpy, cider-swilling EMO-kid Claire; and Brian, a train-spotter with a Thomas the Tank Engine duvet and a big BO problem. But Lucy has a more major problem on her hands - if she wants to become a ghost and be with Dan she has to complete an almost impossible task. How the hell does a girl like Lucy find a girlfriend for the dorkiest man in England? IT geek Archie's only passions are multi-player computer games and his Grandma. But Lucy only has twenty-one days to find him love. And when she discovers that her so-called friend Anna is determined to make a move on the heart-broken, vulnerable Dan, the pressure is really on... Started: 4th January - Finished: 5th January 375 pages Rating: 8.5/10 Edited April 25, 2010 by rach.at.the.disco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Heaven Can Wait sounds good Rach, a fairly good start to the year's reading I see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Heaven Can Wait sounds good Rach, a fairly good start to the year's reading I see! I couldn't put it down - I loved it! I did finish it in tears though . A good start indeed, hope it continues . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 (edited) 4. French Kissing Catherine Sanderson Synopsis from Waterstones: Name: Sally Marshall, Status: single mother, Age: 32. Nationality: ten years in France, yet still English through and through, I like: Living in Paris, playing with my daughter Lila (four years old), the company of good friends, the smell of baking bread...So reads Sally's ad, posted on a French online dating site called Rendez-Vous. Sally left Nicolas, her French boyfriend of ten years and Lila's father, after she discovered that he was having an affair with his secretary. Six months have now passed, and although most of the time she feels as if she's just dashing around like a headless chicken, she's beginning to bounce back. But making a new start is fraught with complications. As she meets freshly single Frederic for a drink, spends the night with charmer Manu and runs away from ex-pat Marcus, she wonders: can she find a way to reconcile motherhood with single womanhood? To what extent can she keep Lila and her love life separate? And is she truly ready to turn her back on Nicolas? Started: 6th January - Finished: 9th January 365 pages Rating: 7/10 Edited April 25, 2010 by rach.at.the.disco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Hmmm...I'm not entirely sure that this one'll be a novel I actively seek out. No offence, mind. After all, I am a man (at least, I was last time I checked!) Chick lit's not for me. Or maybe I'm just not connecting with my inner girly? Are these any good? Does this make me seem softer? Hope you're alright, Rach. TTFN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 To Be Read: Watermelon - Marian Keyes Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes Angels - Marian Keyes The Hobbit - J.R.R Tolkein We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver Tess Of The D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte Sense And Sensibility - Jane Austen Emma - Jane Austen Pride And Prejudice - Jane Austen Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Mansfield Park - Jane Austen Persusion - Jane Austen Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates The Book Theif - Markus Zusak Great list Rach, I loved all of the above You're doing great so far, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 Hmmm...I'm not entirely sure that this one'll be a novel I actively seek out. No offence, mind. After all, I am a man (at least, I was last time I checked!) Chick lit's not for me. Or maybe I'm just not connecting with my inner girly? Are these any good? Does this make me seem softer? Hope you're alright, Rach. TTFN. Why am I not surprised that a man doesn't like chick lit . I love a bit of chick lit now and again, it's a nice release from the more intense books out there. Especially when they have lots of fluffy, lovey-dovey romance in them lol. Great list Rach, I loved all of the above You're doing great so far, well done. Thanks poppyshake. I hope I manage to read a couple of those this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethany725 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I did expect it to be better than it was. I'm still willing to give EWK a go though, especially as it was a Christmas present and I'd feel awful not reading it. I doubt it will beat TDWP though. I enjoyed EWK MUCH better than the start I had to CHW.. I hope you do, too. Sounds like you've been reading some great things! Thanks for all your reviews.. I love to see what you've been reading lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) 5. The Glamorous (Double) Life Of Isabel Bookbinder Holly McQueen Synopsis from Waterstones: There's an aroma of fresh coffee and warming bagels as gorgeous bestselling novelist Isabel, 27, welcomes us into her sunny apartment, light glinting off the huge Tiffany diamond studs in her ears. For Isabel Bookbinder, there's no doubt about where she's headed. Reasons to become a bestselling author: Opportunities to swish new Super-hair and captivate the lovely Joe Madison; Prove to father that Really Am Not a Waster; Leave column inch-measuring days at the Saturday Mercury behind Potential setbacks; Don't yet have 'Yoko' bag, as carried by arch rival with book deal, Gina D ...or honed size eight figure (useful for interviews). Am also at the centre of a major political sex scandal - Paparazzi are doorstepping my parents and boring boyfriend Russell. Of course she hasn't yet quite got round to putting pen to paper yet, but Isabel's not one to let a little thing like that stand in her way. Started: 10th January - Finished: 11th January 423 pages Rating: 6.5/10 Edited April 25, 2010 by rach.at.the.disco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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