2011 Book Count
Wilkie Collins – The Haunted Hotel
Finished April 10, 2011 2011 Book Count: 27 Tricked you! I’m not actually going to write about The Haunted Hotel at all! I just really like the cover designs of these flashy new editions Penguin keeps putting out. It was
Wilkie Collins – The Haunted Hotel
Finished April 10, 2011 2011 Book Count: 27 Tricked you! I’m not actually going to write about The Haunted Hotel at all! I just really like the cover designs of these flashy new editions Penguin keeps putting out. It was
Michel Faber – The Crimson Petal and the White
Finished: March 26, 2011 2001 Book Count: 21 I picked up this book because, like rather a few others in recent history, there was a television adaptation coming out and I wanted to be prepared. I’ve noticed that everyone seems
Michel Faber – The Crimson Petal and the White
Finished: March 26, 2011 2001 Book Count: 21 I picked up this book because, like rather a few others in recent history, there was a television adaptation coming out and I wanted to be prepared. I’ve noticed that everyone seems
George RR Martin – A Game of Thrones
Finished: March 10 2011 Book Count: 19 I hadn’t read a fantasy novel for a long time, so when HBO got all set to make their adaptation of A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin, I jumped on
George RR Martin – A Game of Thrones
Finished: March 10 2011 Book Count: 19 I hadn’t read a fantasy novel for a long time, so when HBO got all set to make their adaptation of A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin, I jumped on
PG Wodehouse – Carry On, Jeeves
Finished: March 7, 2011 2011 Book Count: 18 Now, touching this business of old Jeeves – my man, you know – how do we stand? Lots of people think I’m much too dependent on him. My Aunt Agatha, in fact,
PG Wodehouse – Carry On, Jeeves
Finished: March 7, 2011 2011 Book Count: 18 Now, touching this business of old Jeeves – my man, you know – how do we stand? Lots of people think I’m much too dependent on him. My Aunt Agatha, in fact,
Christopher Isherwood – The Memorial
Finished: March 2, 2011 2011 Book Count: 17 My first reaction when I finished The Memorial is that by some freak publishing accident my book must have been missing a large chunk of pages. And then I thought perhaps that
Christopher Isherwood – The Memorial
Finished: March 2, 2011 2011 Book Count: 17 My first reaction when I finished The Memorial is that by some freak publishing accident my book must have been missing a large chunk of pages. And then I thought perhaps that
Dashiell Hammett – The Thin Man
Finished: February 24, 2011 2011 Book Count: 16 Still taking a break from my long and serious book, I decided to read that last of Dashiell Hammett’s novels – The Thin Man. I’m still not quite sure what I think
Dashiell Hammett – The Thin Man
Finished: February 24, 2011 2011 Book Count: 16 Still taking a break from my long and serious book, I decided to read that last of Dashiell Hammett’s novels – The Thin Man. I’m still not quite sure what I think
Raymond Chandler – The Little Sister
Finished: January 17, 2011 2011 Book Count: 7 After Humphrey Bogart starred in The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler became a household name overnight. He was courted by Hollywood and offered obscene amounts of money to write screen plays (The Blue
Raymond Chandler – The Little Sister
Finished: January 17, 2011 2011 Book Count: 7 After Humphrey Bogart starred in The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler became a household name overnight. He was courted by Hollywood and offered obscene amounts of money to write screen plays (The Blue
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö – Roseanna
Finished: February 14, 2011 2011 Book Count: 15 After The Finkler Question* left a bad taste in my mouth, I needed to cleanse my palette with something delicious and Swedish. It was by pure chance that I stumbled on Roseanna
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö – Roseanna
Finished: February 14, 2011 2011 Book Count: 15 After The Finkler Question* left a bad taste in my mouth, I needed to cleanse my palette with something delicious and Swedish. It was by pure chance that I stumbled on Roseanna
Stephen Hunt – The Kingdom Beyond the Waves
Finished February 9, 2011 2011 Book Count: 13 I didn’t expect I would enjoy the second book in Stephen Hunt’s Jackelian series as much as I enjoyed the first one, but I did! The Court of the Air did very
Stephen Hunt – The Kingdom Beyond the Waves
Finished February 9, 2011 2011 Book Count: 13 I didn’t expect I would enjoy the second book in Stephen Hunt’s Jackelian series as much as I enjoyed the first one, but I did! The Court of the Air did very
Howard Jacobson – The Finkler Question
Finished: February 12, 2011 2011 Book Count: 14 My very first reading goal was to read every book that had ever won the Man Booker Prize. The Man Booker Prize is awarded each year to the best full-length novel in
Howard Jacobson – The Finkler Question
Finished: February 12, 2011 2011 Book Count: 14 My very first reading goal was to read every book that had ever won the Man Booker Prize. The Man Booker Prize is awarded each year to the best full-length novel in
Stephen Hunt – The Court of the Air
Finished: February 5, 2011 2011 Book Count: 12 I am having rather a hard time understanding why these books are not a Bigger Deal. Granted, they do not have that always-in-vogue heretical spice that flavours Philip Pullman’s novels*, but they
Stephen Hunt – The Court of the Air
Finished: February 5, 2011 2011 Book Count: 12 I am having rather a hard time understanding why these books are not a Bigger Deal. Granted, they do not have that always-in-vogue heretical spice that flavours Philip Pullman’s novels*, but they
Alan Hollinghurst – The Folding Star
Finished: January 15, 2011 2011 Book Count: 6 My favourite time was soon after sunset, when I liked to catch the first sight of the evening star, suddenly bright, high in the west above the darkening outlines of the copses.
Alan Hollinghurst – The Folding Star
Finished: January 15, 2011 2011 Book Count: 6 My favourite time was soon after sunset, when I liked to catch the first sight of the evening star, suddenly bright, high in the west above the darkening outlines of the copses.