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Tricky, mostly because I don't remember everything I read last year... Legolas Send a noteboard - 08/01/2015 06:10:50 PM

Among the ones I remember reading or talking about, it's easy enough to get to five, as I really haven't read all that many:

  • Henry James, Portrait of a Lady
  • Almudena Grandes, El Corazon Helado (The Frozen Heart)
  • Christopher Clark, Sleepwalkers (history book on the outbreak of WW1)
  • Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
  • Gustave Flaubert, Salammbo

View original post4. Laini Taylor ~ Books 2&3 of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy (dark fantasy)

The trilogy as a whole is a lot of fun, but not sure if the third book quite fulfilled the promise of the first book. I don't generally like it much when the third book of a trilogy suddenly pulls new villains or new threats out of thin air and acts as if everything that came before was just warming up. In fact, I read the book half a year or so ago, and can remember really very little of the climax of the final book - less than I can remember of the previous books that I read years ago.
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What are your top 5 reads of the year? Aeryn - 31/12/2014 02:00:00 PM 1545 Views
I have a weird list this year nossy - 01/01/2015 05:32:42 PM 972 Views
I know that wasn't five nossy - 03/01/2015 10:23:18 AM 1137 Views
Sounds interesting. What geners would you put it in? random thoughts - 05/01/2015 05:28:54 PM 854 Views
a young person could read it nossy - 07/01/2015 01:22:19 PM 1080 Views
If I can ever finish that last Stephen R Donaldson book I think I may give it a try random thoughts - 07/01/2015 01:33:12 PM 955 Views
just skip it! nossy - 07/01/2015 04:07:38 PM 1040 Views
But I have been reading them since Carter was in office and it is the last one random thoughts - 07/01/2015 05:05:05 PM 897 Views
It seems likely that you read other books in that time... nossy - 07/01/2015 06:20:50 PM 1077 Views
And I keep thinking someone else posted their top 5, but I check and it's you two kibbitzing about. Tom - 07/01/2015 08:08:27 PM 819 Views
OK here is my list then random thoughts - 07/01/2015 09:21:54 PM 850 Views
I liked Wind-up! nossy - 07/01/2015 11:15:54 PM 901 Views
It was the first biopunk I have read and I really liked it random thoughts - 08/01/2015 01:35:54 PM 819 Views
ok, first you whine that nobody's posting, then you whine that it's the wrong people. nossy - 07/01/2015 11:14:03 PM 885 Views
It wasn't whining, it was just an observation. Tom - 08/01/2015 09:37:57 PM 801 Views
no point? nossy - 09/01/2015 07:55:46 PM 869 Views
In order of preference: Tom - 02/01/2015 03:09:30 AM 897 Views
Hmm, tough DREWRULESWOT! - 02/01/2015 08:26:24 PM 925 Views
A Dark and Hungery Gods Arise isn't only a great book but I think it is my favorite title random thoughts - 07/01/2015 09:23:38 PM 881 Views
Re: A Dark and Hungery Gods Arise isn't only a great book but I think it is my favorite title DREWRULESWOT! - 10/01/2015 12:17:09 AM 807 Views
Tricky, mostly because I don't remember everything I read last year... Legolas - 08/01/2015 06:10:50 PM 914 Views
My list: ranagrande - 09/01/2015 12:08:40 AM 847 Views
I didn't finish very many books last year. jh - 09/01/2015 06:24:38 PM 918 Views
Ocean at the End of the Lane, Sanderson's releases, and the Worm/Parahumans web serial Burr - 09/02/2015 10:27:33 PM 1193 Views
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