2011 Book Count
Karen Russell – St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
Finished: December 25, 2011 2011 Book Count: 67 Karen Russell is one of my new favourites. I think she’s totally brilliant, and I have her full length novel, Swamplandia! on my bedside table, awaiting the perfect moment to be cracked
Karen Russell – St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
Finished: December 25, 2011 2011 Book Count: 67 Karen Russell is one of my new favourites. I think she’s totally brilliant, and I have her full length novel, Swamplandia! on my bedside table, awaiting the perfect moment to be cracked
Pablo Bacigalupi – The Windup Girl
Finished: December 16, 2011 2011 Book Count: 62 This was a pretty incredible read, and one of the most convincing speculative fiction novels I have ever read. I hesitate a little to call it science fiction, even though literally speaking
Pablo Bacigalupi – The Windup Girl
Finished: December 16, 2011 2011 Book Count: 62 This was a pretty incredible read, and one of the most convincing speculative fiction novels I have ever read. I hesitate a little to call it science fiction, even though literally speaking
Ray Bradbury – I Sing the Body Electric!
Finished: December 9, 2011 2011 Book Count: 61 I was just looking at my 2011 Book Count Post-Mortem, and I realized that I hadn’t written about many of the books that made my Notably Excellent Books of 2011 list. Oops.
Ray Bradbury – I Sing the Body Electric!
Finished: December 9, 2011 2011 Book Count: 61 I was just looking at my 2011 Book Count Post-Mortem, and I realized that I hadn’t written about many of the books that made my Notably Excellent Books of 2011 list. Oops.
2011 Book Count Post-Mortem
Well, the end of the year has been rung in, and here are the stats: Of a total of 68 books. I think the one that surprised me the most was that I had only read 8 and 7 Science
2011 Book Count Post-Mortem
Well, the end of the year has been rung in, and here are the stats: Of a total of 68 books. I think the one that surprised me the most was that I had only read 8 and 7 Science
Michael Ondaatje – The Cat’s Table
Finished: September 22 2011 Book Count: 54 When it came to things like ice cream cones and party shoes, my mother always told me “expect nothing and you will seldom be disappointed”. As discouraging as that is to hear as
Michael Ondaatje – The Cat’s Table
Finished: September 22 2011 Book Count: 54 When it came to things like ice cream cones and party shoes, my mother always told me “expect nothing and you will seldom be disappointed”. As discouraging as that is to hear as
Charlaine Harris – Dead Reckoning
Finished: July 18 Book Count: 43 People ask me what I think about vampire fiction – mostly in reference to a particular brand of vampire fiction that I am sure that we all know. I have never read these books
Charlaine Harris – Dead Reckoning
Finished: July 18 Book Count: 43 People ask me what I think about vampire fiction – mostly in reference to a particular brand of vampire fiction that I am sure that we all know. I have never read these books
PD James – Death comes to Pemberley
Finished: December 20 2011 Book Count: 65 Enjoy some rambles and cat stretches.
PD James – Death comes to Pemberley
Finished: December 20 2011 Book Count: 65 Enjoy some rambles and cat stretches.
Donald J Hauka – Mister Jinnah: Securities
Finished: October 17 2011 Book Count: 55 Confession: I LOVE books set where I live – which is beautiful Vancouver British Columbia. So imagine my joy when perusing the varied offerings of the annual Word on the Street festival at
Donald J Hauka – Mister Jinnah: Securities
Finished: October 17 2011 Book Count: 55 Confession: I LOVE books set where I live – which is beautiful Vancouver British Columbia. So imagine my joy when perusing the varied offerings of the annual Word on the Street festival at
Freeman Wills Crofts – The Pit Prop Syndicate
Finished: July 27th 2011 Book Count: 48 Freeman Wills Croft turns up in a lot of lists. He was part of the royal family of the Golden Age of Detective Stories, along with Dame Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers,
Freeman Wills Crofts – The Pit Prop Syndicate
Finished: July 27th 2011 Book Count: 48 Freeman Wills Croft turns up in a lot of lists. He was part of the royal family of the Golden Age of Detective Stories, along with Dame Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers,
Whodunnit? Not me.
I love detective stories. If you asked my why, however, I would have a really hard time explaining in any sort of cogent way what it is exactly I love so much about them. I recently did a quick look
Whodunnit? Not me.
I love detective stories. If you asked my why, however, I would have a really hard time explaining in any sort of cogent way what it is exactly I love so much about them. I recently did a quick look
John le Carré – Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
Finished: April 22 2011 Book Count: 31 I have done John le Carré a terrible disservice for a very, very long time. I tried to read The Tailor of Panama when I was 15 or so, and never got to
John le Carré – Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
Finished: April 22 2011 Book Count: 31 I have done John le Carré a terrible disservice for a very, very long time. I tried to read The Tailor of Panama when I was 15 or so, and never got to
Douglas Coupland – The Gum Theif
Finished: April 12 2011 Book Count: 28 For the most part, I don’t really like Douglas Coupland. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I positively loathe his novels, but after the awful betrayal that was Eleanor Rigby,
Douglas Coupland – The Gum Theif
Finished: April 12 2011 Book Count: 28 For the most part, I don’t really like Douglas Coupland. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I positively loathe his novels, but after the awful betrayal that was Eleanor Rigby,