My target for 2016 is 40 books. So I made it easier by picking books under 400pages long, most of which were about 200pages. You might think that’s cheating, I think it’s smart, like Trump and not paying taxes… Continue reading
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10 Weird And Wonderful Books To Read
I suppose this is mainly sci-fi and fantasy fiction but some of my picks don’t seem to fall into that category. Or they do really but you might not think they do. And they aren’t necessarily my favourite books ever, or necessarily always a pleasant read but they are worth reading.
- Ice by Anna Kavan
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov
- The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adam
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Times Arrow by Martin Amis
- The Vegetarian by Han Kang
- Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
- The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Days by Salman Rushdie
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Ubik by Philip K Dick
- This Book Is Full Of Spiders by David Wong
Book Review- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Well this may be my new favourite book. It’s not perfect but certainly got me right in the feels. It’s hard to really talk about without giving loads away, and it’s one of those books where little bits of information are drip fed to you until it all comes out. But then it was made into a film with Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, and Andrew Garfield a few years ago so maybe everyone knows the plot anyway…
Books of 2015
So I wanted to read 10 books this year, how did I do?
1.This Book Is Full Of Spiders by David Wong
Anyway, it’s two in the morning and we’re taking turns pissing off of the tower (rather than going at the same time, because we weren’t raised by wolves).
2.The Amber Amulet by Craig Silvey
I don’t mean to pry, but saving people is my calling.
3.Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
So strange an incident has happened to us that I cannot forbear recording it…
4.Dr Who: The Seeds of Doom and The Deadly Assassin by Philip Hinchcliffe and Terrance Dicks
A monstrous, hybrid creature lay on the bed, half human, half vegetable.
5.The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
Every woman is the architect of her own fortune.
6.Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
The act of memory is an act of ghostwriting.
7.Yes Please! by Amy Poehler
Plus, I am forty-two, which is smack-dab in the middle. I haven’t live a full enough life to look back on, but I am too old to get by on being pithy and cute.
8.The Narrow Road To The Deep North by Richard Flanagan
The Australia that took refuge in his head was mapped with the stories of the dead; the Australia of the living he found an ever stranger country.
9.The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Dr Marinus was the first Chinese person I ever met, apart from the ones at the Thousand Autumns Restaurant where me and Brendan were sometimes sent for takeaways if Mam was too tired to cook.
It looked like it was going to be 9, but I managed to read my 10th book The Bees by Laline Paull in the last week of the year! Woo!!
Books of 2015 So Far
Well we’re 6 months into the year and my reading so far has been rather woeful. Generally, I only read when I’m traveling my bus or train, mainly the train as you have more time and space. But I often sat with my work colleagues on my way to my old job and since April I haven’t commuted by train, instead I just take a 15min bus to work. I’m hoping that blogging about reading will force me into in!
So here are my books so far, you can click the link to read my review:
This Book Is Full Of Spiders by David Wong
Anyway, it’s two in the morning and we’re taking turns pissing off of the tower (rather than going at the same time, because we weren’t raised by wolves).
The Amber Amulet by Craig Silvey
I don’t mean to pry, but saving people is my calling.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
So strange an incident has happened to us that I cannot forbear recording it…
Dr Who: The Seeds of Doom and The Deadly Assassin by Philip Hinchcliffe and Terrance Dicks
A monstrous, hybrid creature lay on the bed, half human, half vegetable.
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
Every woman is the architect of her own fortune.
And my current book is Ghostwritten by David Mitchell. I liked Cloud Atlas by him but I really liked The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet which I recommend if you found Cloud Atlas’s structure tough going.
Books of 2014
Here you go, what you’ve all been waiting for; the books I’ve read in 2014…(and links to my reviews)!
- The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway- in a word, boring!
- The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth- interesting facts, irritating style.
- Sherlock Bones by Yuma Ando and Yuki Sato- CUTE!
- The House of Silk– The New Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz- engaging and dark, a good interpretation of Holmes.
- Chavs and The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones- got me all fired up!
- Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut- Dresden was bombed? As it goes…
- Queenie by Alice Munro- Short but powerful.
- The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton- low on action and heavy on pseudo science.
- Star Trek The Next Generation: The Genesis Wave Part Two by John Vornholt- better than part one…
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens- no full review of this but I wasn’t a fan, everyone is either horrible or dull.
- CSI- The Killing Game by Max Allan Collins- bit rubbish…
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