labellevie's book list: July-Dec 2010

[labellevie]

Because I've only just picked up reading again this year, I've only managed to properly document since July, so here goes...

 

 

Read and to be read:

 

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (05/07/10 - 08/07/10)

 

Vibrator - Mari Akasaka (12/07/10 - 18/07/10)

 

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald (19/07/10 - 25/07/10)

 

Manon Lescaut - Abbé Prévost (26/07/10 – 01/08/10)

 

Delta Of Venus - Anais Nin (02/08/10 – 08/08/10)

 

Fear And Trembling - Amélie Nothomb (09/08/10 – 11/08/10)

 

In The Miso Soup - Ryu Murakami (11/08/10 – 16/08/10)

 

Dream Story - Arthur Schnitzler (18/08/10 – 22/08/10)

 

The Dancing Girl Of Izu - Yasunari Kawabata (23/08/10 - 29/08/10)

 

Black Girl In Paris – Shay Youngblood (30/08/10 - 05/09/10)

 

Billy Liar - Keith Waterhouse (06/09/10 - 12/09/10)

 

And Now You Can Go - Vendela Vida (13/09/10 - 23/09/10)

 

The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides (24/09/10 - 24/10/10)

 

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (25/10/10 - 30/11/10)

The Blue Room - Georges Simenon (13/12/10 - 31/12/10!)

 

 

EDIT: The books listed below were also originally included in my 2010 reading list but I didn't manage to read them, so they will be rolled over onto my 2011 list!

 

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers - Xiaolu Guo

South of the Border, West of the Sun - Murakami Haruki

The White Man In The Tree - Mark Kurlansky

 

At Home With Miss Vanessa - E.A Markham

 

I Heart New York - Lindsay Kelk

Edited December 31, 2010 by labellevie

[lopeanha]

The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides

 

That's a good one! I even have the english and the german book and the dvd aswell

[Kylie]

Some great books there. What did you think of Delta of Venus?

[AbielleRose]

You have some excellent books on there Quite a few of us have been reading To Kill a Mockingbird the past few weeks because this year is the 50th anniversary. Hope you enjoyh it as its one of my all time favorites

Edited September 3, 2010 by CaliLily

[labellevie]

That's a good one! I even have the english and the german book and the dvd aswell

 

Hehe I definitely want to see the film, but I always like to read the books first before the adaptations for some reason.

[labellevie]

Some great books there. What did you think of Delta of Venus?

 

Thanks!

 

Hmmm...well the Delta of Venus wasn't really what I was expecting. I do like to read a bit of erotica now and then, as long as it's tasteful, but at the same time warm, sexy and sensual. While Anais wasn't vulgar, I did think her tone was a little cold throughout and there were a couple of themes I found pretty disturbing to be honest, which kind of spoilt it (for me anyway). If you've read it, you'll know which ones I mean heheh .

Anywhoo, those themes where the ones that stayed in my mind after I finished the book which is a shame, but maybe that's just me being oversensitve!

[labellevie]

You have some excellent books on there Quite a few of us have been reading To Kill a Mockingbird the past few weeks because this year is the 50th anniversary. Hope you enjoyh it as its one of my all time favorites

 

Thanks

 

Yeah I was watching the documentary on BBC4 not long ago and I've been trying to hunt it down at the library, but it's always being loaned out non-stop! I'll have to buy a copy as it seems to be an enduring classic to keep and read over and over anyway

[lopeanha]

Hehe I definitely want to see the film, but I always like to read the books first before the adaptations for some reason.

 

Me too, usually. But with the Virgin Suicides I actually saw the movie first, which only happens if I really don't know that there's a book.