As it has been a tough academic year, I've tended to read mostly "easy books", and I've gotten depressingly little time to read at all.
The list is in a random sequence.
* The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger
Loved those books - witty and some lovely characters. Great way to get my mind off upcoming exams. Thank you Rebekah for writing the review.
* SUM: Forty tales from the afterlife by David Eagleman
A small book with lots in it. Some of the scenarios were rather disturbing, and some a bit more nice. I hope none of those are the truth of it though.
* The Gathering Strom by Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson
Once a fan - always a fan. Enough said.
* The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A classic. Lovely. No idea why I haven't read it earlier.
* Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas
A nice summer read about life's mysteries, knitting and the storyless story.
The list is in a random sequence.
* The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger
Loved those books - witty and some lovely characters. Great way to get my mind off upcoming exams. Thank you Rebekah for writing the review.
* SUM: Forty tales from the afterlife by David Eagleman
A small book with lots in it. Some of the scenarios were rather disturbing, and some a bit more nice. I hope none of those are the truth of it though.
* The Gathering Strom by Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson
Once a fan - always a fan. Enough said.
* The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A classic. Lovely. No idea why I haven't read it earlier.
* Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas
A nice summer read about life's mysteries, knitting and the storyless story.
Maria
Little?
Me?
Far from it.
I am just large enough.
Fill myself completely
lengthwise and across
from top to bottom.
Are you larger than yourself maybe?
-Ingrid Hagerup-
Little?
Me?
Far from it.
I am just large enough.
Fill myself completely
lengthwise and across
from top to bottom.
Are you larger than yourself maybe?
-Ingrid Hagerup-
What are your top ten reads of 2010?
- 20/12/2010 12:07:54 PM
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I'll give you a top five. I only read about 25 books so the top 10 isn't necessarily "good".
- 20/12/2010 07:26:41 PM
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Let's see, this is an interesting exercise...
- 20/12/2010 08:48:20 PM
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I enjoyed Mahfouz, but I agree the translation wasn't stellar
- 20/12/2010 11:27:39 PM
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I read a Dutch translation, so presumably not the same one as yours. 
- 21/12/2010 06:38:29 PM
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- 21/12/2010 06:38:29 PM
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Okay, have to add Yourcenar's Memoirs of Hadrian in there somewhere, see my review. *NM*
- 29/12/2010 09:41:22 PM
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Hmm.(New)
- 21/12/2010 02:21:40 AM
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You have to be the only person I've ever met who prefers Erikson's first book over the second.
- 21/12/2010 06:42:40 PM
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Well.
- 21/12/2010 09:19:42 PM
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Re: I'm with you on Felisin. Boring.
- 25/12/2010 12:45:03 AM
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Yeah. Whenever I think of DH- it's always the Chain of Dogs.
- 26/12/2010 09:47:49 PM
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Re: Yeah. Whenever I think of DH- it's always the Chain of Dogs.
- 26/12/2010 11:49:49 PM
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850? So you have the best 200 pages left? *NM*
- 27/12/2010 11:55:21 AM
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Hey hey hey no.
- 27/12/2010 02:07:38 PM
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My top eight in no particular order, as well as my two most disappointing books for the year.
- 21/12/2010 06:19:00 AM
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2010 Top 5
- 21/12/2010 10:51:10 AM
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