Another relatively poor year of reading - definitely need to get my head into the game ;) Most challenges were completed, though I still owe Rhinoa a read of Lolita. Picking favourite reads is always difficult for me, but I can say that my most enjoyed reads of 2010 include: A Fine and Private Place, The Book of Flying, Monsters of Men, Lonely Werewolf Girl, The Vintner's Luck, Clockwork Angel and Bernard Cornwell's The Warlord Chronicles.
As for 2011...I was gifted an awful lot of books over the holidays, so will be endeavouring to read the reams stashed in my house before buying any more!
Happy New Year folks...and happy reading in 2011.
Books Read:
The Ask and the Answer - Patrick Ness
A Fine and Private Place - Peter S Beagle
Here Lies Arthur - Philip Reeve
The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell
Enemy of God - Bernard Cornwell
Excalibur - Bernard Cornwell
A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K.Rowling (audiobook read by Stephen Fry)
Red Spikes - Margo Lanagan
Monsters of Men - Patrick Ness
Witch Hill - Marcus Sedgwick
The Foreshadowing - Marcus Sedgwick
Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
Gentlemen of the Road - Michael Chabon
The Vintner's Luck - Elizabeth Knox
The Book of Flying - Keith Miller
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
Harp of the Grey Rose - Charles de Lint
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Collector - John Fowles
White Crow - Marcus Sedgwick
Lonely Werewolf Girl - Martin Millar
Curse of the Wolf Girl - Martin Millar
The City and The City - China Mieville
Revolver - Marcus Sedgwick
Psyche in a Dress - Francesca Lia Block
The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare
City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare
Challenges Completed:
Arthurian Challenge
Isolde: Queen of the Western Isle - Rosalind Miles
Isolde: The Maiden of White Hands - Rosalind Miles
Isolde: The Lady of the Sea - Rosalind Miles
The Once and Future King - T.H. White
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Simon Armitage
The Winter King - Bernard Cornwall
Enemy of God - Bernard Cornwall
Excalibur - Bernard Cornwall
Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
Guenevere: Queen of the Summer Country - Rosalind Miles
Le Morte D'Arthur - Sir Thomas Malory
Idylls of the King - Alfred Tennyson
I am Morgan le Fay - Nancy Springer
Here Lies Arthur - Phillip Reeve
A Tournament of Reading
1. Here Lies Arthur - Phillip Reeve
2. The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell
3. Enemy of God - Bernard Cornwell
4. Excalibur - Bernard Cornwell
5. Gentlemen of the Road - Michael Chabon
Our Mutual Read
1. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2. The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
RIP V
1. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2. The Collector - John Fowles
3. White Crow - Marcus Sedgwick
4. Lonely Werewolf Girl - Martin Millar
5. Curse of the Wolf Girl - Martin Millar
Much Ado About Shakespeare Challenge
1. Hamlet (film)
2. The Tempest (stage)
3. Macbeth (stage)
4. The Taming of the Shrew (stage)
5. Henry V (stage)
6. Hamlet (stage)
Challenge with Rhinoa
The Happy Prince - Oscar Wilde
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
Piece by Piece - Tori Amos
The Last Unicorn - Peter S Beagle
3 comments:
Glad you liked The Warlord Chronicles so much. Looking forward to our challenge in 2011. Happy reading!
Hurray for Lonely Werewolf Girl! I just saw the sequel before Christmas, and it's on my list of books to get. What did you think of it? I also just picked up Bernard Cornwell's The Burning Land, about Saxon England, from the library, to try. Now I see you liked his Arthurian books too, so I'll have to look for them!
You do know that now that you've mentioned you received tons of books for Christmas, that some of us would love to see what they are! lol
Rhinoa - Thanks for the recommendations ;)
Susan - I loved both werewolf books. I'll try and get round to a review soon ;)
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