As a goal for 2011, I want to read 100 books. This should not be very hard for me, as I read pretty fast. So to make it more of a challenge I am not counting books I have read before (unless they are for PSBC, as we read deeply and in depth) or books written for teenagers.
My progress so far, with my notes:
1. The Swan Thieves, Elizabeth Kostova.
2.Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood. This one is so, so, so good. The Sequel/companion to Oryx and Crake, which I read in December. Margaret Atwood is maybe my favorite author.
3. Faithful Place, Tana French. Sort of sequel to The Likeness and In The Woods, which were beautifully written but bleak as hell. This one is cheerier (although still dark) and a better story, with the same lovely words.
4. The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People who Read them, Elif Batuman. Funny! Not sure how enjoyable it would be to someone who doesn't read russian books, but I loved it.
5. Purgatorio, Dante Alighieri. I read half of this in december, but it was hard so it counts.
6. The Scarpetta Factor, Patricia Cornwell.
7. Bite Me, Christopher Moore. Also very funny.
8. Devil in the White CityEric Larson.
2 comments:
i'm excited for all the great book recommendations i'm going to get!
and it will take me approximately 75 years to read 100 books since i fall asleep as soon as i read two pages.
guess i have a project for the rest of my life :)
I think you would like Oryx and Crake and Year of the Flood, as well as Bite Me (or anything by Christopher Moore). Bite me takes a little while to get used to because it is narrated by a 16 year old Goth girl in 16 year old vernacular, which can be really annoying.
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