More on the reading list front
Mar 2008
- The True & Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters (Elisabeth Robinson) - this was all written in letters form, which I found annoying but still managed to finish
- Bubbles in Trouble (Sarah Strohmeyer) - the note to myself says "trash". I think that says it all
- Ice Blue (Anne Stuart) - murder mystery
- Small Gods (Terry Pratchett) - always good
- The Year of Our War (Stephen Swainston) - unreadable. I returned it to the library unread
- Like (Ali Smith) - very modern. Felt the author just tried too hard
- The Wedding Day(Catherin Alliott) - chick lit. Ho hum
- The Chocolate Run (Dorothy Koomson) - chick lit. Very good
April 2008
- Freedom's Challenge (Anne McCaffrey) - fantasy. Quick read
- The Buenos Aires Quintet (Manual Vazquez Montalban) - didn't finish it as just didn't get into it
- Summer in the City (Pauline McLynn) - light & trashy. Don't remember this one but I suspect I quite enjoyed it!
- Chocolate & Zucchini (Clotilde Dusoher) - recipe book from the website of the same name. Enjoyed thumbing through it but didn't take the time to make anything from it
- Snap Happy (Fiona Walker) - chick lit
- Nine Layers of Sky (Liz Williams) - fantasy. Unsatisfying
- The War of the Flowers (Tad Williams) - fantasy. Enjoyable but the library doesn't have the next book!!
- Just Enough French (Sally Hammond) - author travelled in France for a few months. Ultimately unsatisfying
May 2008
- Deep France (Celia Brayfield) - another author living in France. OK
- Girls' Night In (can't remember author) - chick lit. Unmemorable [Edited to add: I just "googled" the title and now remember that it was a selection of short stories from female authors. I also remembered that I found most of the stories well below par but I think it was the 3rd book produced so that probably explains it.]
- Billy Straight (Jonathan Kellerman) - murder mystery. Very good
- Two for the Dough (Janet Evanovich) - light. Nice to catch up on early book from the series that I hadn't read
At the moment I'm reading Nelson Mandela's biography and I'd have to say that I'm making fairly slow progress. I'm only managing 1 chapter a day and its a BIG book. At the rate I'm going its going to take me more than a month to read it.
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