Lefty_UK Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) So, I like the idea of sharing what books I have read with everyone and getting other peoples feedback. Books read in January 2011 The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands - Stephen King The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass - Stephen King The Lily Bard Mysteries: Shakespear's Landlord - Charlaine Harris Books read in February 2011 The Lily Bard Mysteries: Shakespeare's Champion - Charlaine Harris The Dark Tower V: The Wolves of Calla - Stephen King The Lily Bard Mysteries: Shakespeare's Christmas - Charlaine Harris The Dark Tower VI - Song of Susannah - Stephen King The Lily Bard Mysteries: Shakespeare's Trollop - Charlaine Harris The Lily Bard Mysteries: Shakespeare's Counselor - Charlaine Harris The Dark Tower VII - The Dark Tower - Stephen King The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Dead Over Heels - Charlaine Harris The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson Books read in March 2011 The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Fool and His Honey - Charlaine Harris The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Last Scene Alive - Charlaine Harris The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Poppy Done to Death - Charlaine Harris The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson Dark Visions I-III - L.J. Smith And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie Haunted - Kelley Armstrong Broken - Kelley Armstrong Apartment 16 - Adam Nevill Books read in April 2011 No Humans Involved - Kelley Armstrong Personal Demon - Kelley Armstrong A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin Men of the Otherworld - Kelley Armstrong She Walks in Beauty - Siri Mitchell Books read in May 2011 Living With the Dead - Kelley Armstrong Books read in June 2011 The Vampire Diaries - The Return: Midnight - L. J. Smith Frostbitten - Kelley Armstrong Waking the Witch - Kelley Armstrong Catching Caroline - Sylvia Day Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher William Walker's First Year of Marriage - Matt Rudd UR - Stephen King Tales of the Otherworld - Kelley Armstrong Books read in July 2011 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath Moab is My Washpot - Stephen Fry The Help - Kathryn Stockett Books read in August 2011 Anita Blake Book Two: The Laughing Corpse - Laurell K. Hamilton True Compass - Edward Kennedy Books read in September 2011 Anita Blake Book Three: Circus of the Damned - Laurell K. Hamilton Currently Reading Fatherland - Robert Harris A Clash of Kings - George R. R. Martin Edited September 14, 2011 by Lefty_UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty_UK Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) My 'To Be Read' List The Dark Tower III - The Waste Lands - Stephen King The Dark Tower IV - Wizard and Glass - Stephen King The Dark Tower V - The Wolves of Calla - Stephen King The Dark Tower VI - Song of Susannah - Stephen King The Dark Tower VII - The Dark Tower - Stephen King Desperation - Stephen King Tommyknockers - Stephen King Under the Dome - Stephen King UR - Stephen King The Bachman Books - Stephen King The Colorado Kid - Stephen King Nightmares and Dreamscapes - Stephen King The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King From a Buick 8 - Stephen King Blaze - Stephen King Blockade Billy - Stephen King The Talisman - Stephen King and Peter Straub Black House - Stephen King and Peter Straub The Lily Bard Mysteries: Shakespeare's Landlord - Charlaine Harris The Lily Bard Mysteries: Shakespeare's Champion - Charlaine Harris The Lily Bard Mysteries: Shakespeare's Christmas - Charlaine Harris The Lily Bard Mysteries: Shakespeare's Trollop - Charlaine Harris The Lily Bard Mysteries: Shakespeare's Counselor - Charlaine Harris The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Dead Over Heels -Charlaine Harris The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Fool and His Honey - Charlaine Harris The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Last Scene Alive - Charlaine Harris The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Poppy Done to Death - Charlaine Harris Haunted - Kelley Armstrong Broken - Kelley Armstrong No Humans Involved - Kelley Armstrong Personal Demon - Kelley Armstrong Living With the Dead - Kelley Armstrong Frostbitten - Kelley Armstrong Waking the Witch - Kelley Armstrong Tales of the Otherworld - Kelley Armstrong Men of the Otherworld - Kelley Armstrong The Summoning - Kelley Armstrong The Awakening - Kelley Armstrong The Reckoning - Kelley Armstrong Dark Visions - L. J. Smith The Night World 1: Secret Vampire - L. J. Smith The Night World 2: Daughters of Darkness - L. J. Smith The Vampire Diaries - The Return: Midnight - L. J. Smith The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson Room - Emma Donohue Atonement - Ian McEwan Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution - Sara Marcus The Ice Cream Girls - Dorothy Koomson Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov Women In Love - D. H. Lawrence Sons and Lovers - D. H. Lawrence The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clark Horns - Joe Hill A Life Apart - Neel Mukherjee Life and Laughing - Michael McIntrye Just Kids - Patti Smith The Invisible Man - H. G. Wells The Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison Moby Dick - Herman Melville War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy Crime and Punishment - Fyoder Dostoevfsky Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler Dissolution - C. J. Sansom Spellwright - Blake Charlton At Swim-two-birds - Flann O'Brien Moab is My Washpot - Stephen Fry The Fry Chronicles - Stephen Fry Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters The Turn of the Screw - Henry James Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe The Complete Works of... - Mark Twain The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett Mort - Terry Pratchett Sourcery - Terry Pratchett Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins The Complete Works of... - Jane Austin The Complete Works of... - William Shakespeare The Complete Works of... - Charles Dickens The Complete Works of... - Oscar Wilde The Complete Works of... - Lord Byron The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie Apartment 16 - Adam Nevill Soul Identity - Dennis Batchelder My Blood Approves - Amanda Hocking The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry The Small Hand - Susan Hill Still Missing - Chevy Stevens The Help - Kathryn Stockett Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained - John Milton The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri Dante's Inferno - Dante Alighieri Gypsy Boy - Mikey Walsh William Walkers First Year of Marriage - Matt Rudd The Golden Acorn - Catherine Cooper No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy The Road - Cormac McCarthy Catching Caroline - Sylvia Day The Demon Girl - Penelope Fletcher The Blood That Bonds - Christopher Buecheler Lorna Doone - R. D. Blackmore Tom Brown's School Days - Thomas Hughes The Immortals: Evermore - Alyson Noel Marked - Kristin Cast Kitty and the Midnight Hour - Carrie Vaughn Storm Born - Richelle Mead Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead Moon Called: Mercy Thompson - Patricia Briggs The Magician's Apprentice - Trudi Canavan How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks Glass Houses - Rachel Caine Halfway to the Grave - Jeaniene Frost Anita Blake Book Two: The Laughing Corpse - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Three: Circus of the Damned - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Four: The Lunatic Cafe - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Five: Bloody Bones - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Six: The Killing Dance - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Seven: Burnt Offerings - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Eight: Blue Moon - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Nine: Obsidian Butterfly - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Ten: Narcissus in Chains - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Eleven: Cerulean Sins - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Twelve: Incubus Dreams - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Thirteen: Micah - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Fourteen: Danse Macabre - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Fifteen: The Harlequin - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Sixteen: Blood Noir - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Seventeen: Skin Trade - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Eighteen: Flirt - Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Book Nineteen: Bullet - Laurell K. Hamilton The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath Brave New World - Aldous Huxley The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck East of Eden - John Steinbeck A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin A Clash of Kings - George R. R. Martin A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin She Walks in Beauty - Siri Mitchell The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber True Compass - Edward Kennedy Fatherland - Robert Harris More to be added... Edited September 14, 2011 by Lefty_UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 My 'To Be Read' List The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne Moab is my Washpot - Stephen Fry The Fry Chronicles - Stephen Fry Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters The Turn of the Screw - Henry James The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak You have some great books coming up - I've read the ones above and really enjoyed them. The Complete Works of... - Jane Austin The Complete Works of... - William Shakespeare The Complete Works of... - Charles Dickens The Complete Works of... - Oscar Wilde The Complete Works of... - Lord Byron Good luck with those. I'd like to 'do' Jane Austen and William Shakespeare from those choices. I've only read one Dickens - A Christmas Carol, which is brilliant. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray is also great. Happy reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty_UK Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 Good luck with those. I'd like to 'do' Jane Austen and William Shakespeare from those choices. I've only read one Dickens - A Christmas Carol, which is brilliant. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray is also great. Happy reading. Oh I have already read The Picture of Dorian Gray and it's my favourite book I want to finish the Dark Tower and Lily Bard series' and then I will read the Stieg Larsson books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Great TBR pile, Lefty! You have some great reads ahead of you, and heaps of books that I haven't read but want to. I'll be interested in your thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmy619 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Woah! That is some list Some brilliant books on there though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty_UK Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 (edited) Ok so this year so far I have completed both The Lily Bard Mysteries and The Dark Tower Series' and brief reviews follow: The Lily Bard Mysteries - Charlaine Harris Lily Bard is a cleaner in a small town called Shaespeare - a place she chose to live as it fit her name. For most of her life she was normal girl until one day she was abducted, tortured and gang raped. After that she took charge of her own life, she started weight lifting and took put in martial arts classes so she knew how to take care if herself. After a few years of living peacefully in this new town murders start happening and naturally she manages to be in the thick of every single one of them. These books aren't going to win any literary prizes but they are an easy, fun little read and they were a welcome break from The Dark Tower books for a brief period of time. Charlaine Harris is a somewhat inconsistent writer (see the last Sookie Stackhouse book, which was terrible), but I do tend to enjoy the characters she writes and Lily Bard is certainly an interesting one. The Dark Tower - Stephen King Where to start with these books. I loved books I-V (The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, The Waste Lands, Wizard and Glass and The Wolves of Calla) - the story seemed epic, the characters were wonderfully written and I have always love Stephen King's style of writing. I enjoyed all the cross-overs with other King books as well. The book VI Song of Susannah came along and, although I didn't hate it, it certainly didn't capture my imagination as it's predecessors did but it set the stage for the final showdown in book VII The Dark Tower. I'm not sure how I feel about the ending yet as have only just finished it. Part of me feels like it was inevitable, part of me feels like it was vaguely genius but a louder part of me feels a little cheated. I'm not sure what the position is on spoilers in these threads but to cover myself Roland has searched for years and years and years for the elusive Tower and has picked up friends on the way who have been discarded eventually so he can continue his journey. He finally reaches it and makes it to the top where there is a door with his name on it. He opens the door and gets sucked through into the desert... where the whole story starts again. We discover that his he has completed his search for the Tower before and every time it ends with him starting again. Like I said, I'm still unsure how I feel about the ending but as a series it was an epic journey and was very well written. I loved the characters of Roland, Jake, Eddie, Susannah and Oy (who was adorable throughout) and the enemies were, mostly, well written although the Crimson King was a bit weak ultimately. I would definitely recommend the books to people who are open minded to non-conventionally told and ended stories. Edited March 20, 2011 by Lefty_UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty_UK Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -Stieg Larsson I started and finished this within around 30 hours - I literally struggled to put it down! This is one of the most enjoyable books I have read in a while. The story was interesting and I loved the characters who Larsson portrayed vividly. The mystery within the story was riveting and I sat up until 2am this morning to finish it as I couldn't go to bed without knowing what had happened. Can't wait to read the next one in the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty_UK Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 Ok, so I have read so much lately. I completed the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson and I would recommend them to everybody, brilliant books with, what seems to me, such originality about them. And Lisbeth, the title character, is one of, if not the, most extraordinary character I have ever come across. I have also read the second omnibus of Charlaine Harris' Aurora Teagarden Mysteries which are easy to ready and perfectly enjoyable little books although I struggled to identify with Aurora through the last two stories. I have read the Dark Visions trilogy by L.J. Smith which was highly enjoyable. I have read that she is writing a sequel which I will definitely read. The story centres around a small group of teenagers who have psychic abilities and are invited to a specialist place to live where they can hone their abilities but all is not as it first seems. A friend recommended that I read Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None which was a very cleverly told little mystery about ten people invited onto an island only to find themselves getting picked off one by one. Lastly, I have finally gotten round to reading the next in Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series, Haunted which is told by the ghost of Savannah's mother Eve Levine. I finished reading it today and have to say that so far it's actually my favourite in the series. I have been reading a lot thanks to having my Kindle and I have already set out the order of the next thirteen books I read, starting with Broken by Kelley Armstrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I am a Stephen King fan from way back, but have never tried the Dark Tower series, so it's good to see that you enjoyed those. I will need to give them a try sometime! Looks like you are/will be doing lots of interesting reading this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty_UK Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 I am a Stephen King fan from way back, but have never tried the Dark Tower series, so it's good to see that you enjoyed those. I will need to give them a try sometime! Looks like you are/will be doing lots of interesting reading this year They're very good although, as it can be with King, can be a little hard going at times. I would definitely recommend them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty_UK Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 Just finished reading Apartment 16 by Adam Nevill. I had heard a lot about this book, lots of people saying how scary it is and I read a few Stephen King comparisons and I have to say, it didn't disappoint. It takes a lot to scare me these days and although this didn't fully manage it, it certainly made me look over my shoulder a few times. I can see why people compare it to Stephen King's The Shining as well. It's a completely different style of writing but the idea of an artist (instead of a writer) going slowly and maddeningly insane as a result of ghosts of the past in an old building full of penthouse apartments (instead of a hotel) is definitely familiar, not so much so that you could accuse Nevill of copying the idea though. It's the first book I have read by Adam Nevill and I will definitely look into getting some more to read (once I have made it some of the way through my TBR list). I very much liked his style, his use of language and imagery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty_UK Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 Ok so I haven't written in here for a while and I have read a few books since but the one that I really want to talk about is the one I have just finished reading - Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. The basic premise is a boy receives a delivery of numerous tapes and when he listens to them realises that they are voice recordings of a girl from his school who recently committed suicide. In the tapes she reveals thirteen things that had a contributing factor to her taking her own life. It wasn't a really long book so I was able to read it within a few hours and it was a really good book, definitely unique - I have never read or seen anything like it. There are times in the book where you feel very sorry for the girl who kills herself and other times where you want to shake her but ultimately it would seem futile. I would definitely recommend this to people though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 This sounds like an interesting read. I do like it when a good book tackles a difficult subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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