Monday, 19 January 2009
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The Everlasting Man
By Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Yes, I will keep editing this thing.
My list appears to be growing and growing. This is at least the third time I've added more titleS! And when I told my officemate that I intended to attempt both Dune and Don Quixote in one year, she laughed. heh
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate - Alexander McCall Smith
Island of Dr. Moreau - H. G. Wells
The Divine Conspiracy - Dallas Willard
The Thief - Megan Whelan Turner
Ladies of Grace Adieu - Susannah Clarke
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold - John LeCarre
Book 2 in the Evan Evans series - Rhys Bowen
The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
Witch Wood - John Buchan
And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
The Book of Lost Things - John Connolly
The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K. Rowling
New Moon - Stephanie Meyer
Julie & Julia - Julie Powell
The Napolean of Notting Hill - G.K. Chesterton
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Shepherd of the Hills - Harold Bell Wright
Don Quixote - Cervantes
John Adams - David McCullough
Truman - David McCullough
Night Train to Lisbon - Pascal Mercier
Dune - Frank Herbert
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Excellent Woman - Barbara Pym
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski
Three Cups of Tea - ??
The Devil in the White City
The Book of Atrix
The Circle Trilogy - Ted Dekker
I Am Legend - Matheson
The Yiddish Policeman's Union
Howl's Moving Castle
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick
Odd and the Frost Giants - Neil Gaiman
The Time Traveler's Wife - Niffeneggar
Manalive - G.K. Chesterton
The Stand - Stephen King
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty SmithSo far finished: The Sunday Philosophy Club - Alexander McCall Smith
I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
Tuck Everlasting - Babbit
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Marley & Me - John Grogan
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
Inkheart - Cornelia Funke
Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
Reading: The Everlasting Man and.....Granted, a much more conservative number on my list this year, but I've tried to be more realistic since I know the number of house projects we'll be undertaking. We must get lavender and boxwood into the front beds. And find a proper biscuit tin. And then there are the tomatoes and herbs. London starts school in the fall, and I may (will) be job hunting. Oh, if only January were a wee bit longer. I've never wished for a delayed spring before.
That thing they say about life being short is really very true. *sigh*
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Comments (7)
I definitely recommend The Graveyard Book. At first I didn't think I was gonna like it, but it quickly grew on me.
I hope you will write reviews of each. I have read some, and some are on my TBR list. I'm interested in what other's think about them. ~ L
There are some nice selections here - some I've read and some are on my to-read list too. Best wishes as you begin reading this year!
I read Tuck Everlasting at the moot last week. It's quite short, and, as others noted, has a rather sad ending. The thing I noticed most were the descriptions of the weather. Hmmm...guess I really am a weather geek.
You read the whole book?? when?? How did I miss that? Was it while we were watching Kung Fu Panda? You're a fast reader!
I read most of it while you were out and about (picking up London, for example). I finished it at the downtown library Friday afternoon. (I'd never seen Kung Fu Panda, so that was fun too).
*tunes in to the "Lost: Destiny Calls" 5th season introductory show*
The Graveyard Book is indeed most excellent.
I've read a good number of the books on your list. Excellent choices! I think you will like Eco (I think you've read some of his other books, no?). Tuck Everlasting is very simple and poignant. And Then There Were None is simply splendid — my first Christie, and it was quite an experience! The Woman in White is great; the villain is wonderful and so is the narrator Marion. And I just read The Napoleon of Notting Hill — you will be blown away! Chesterton was a genius.
I didn't really care for Dune. It was dry, somehow, lacking something.
I don't have any specific books I am planning to read this year. I pick up books on the spur of the moment. I am hoping to hit 120 books though. It's do-able, I think. I managed it last year without even trying (until the very end).