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26. The Mill on the Floss 27. The Remains of the Day
Title: The Mill on the Floss
Author: George Eliot
Synopsis:(from amazon.co.uk) here
My thoughts: With this book, I've completed the four books set for my University reading back in March, I think it was. Now, I only have 12 left to read for October. Nice ( Read more... ) -
24. Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince 25. Middlemarch
I'm not going to bother reviewing Harry Potter: it's so widely read that it seems a bit pointless. I read it to refresh myself before book 7, and I love it just as much as I did last year.
The 6th is still one of my favourite books. I would have argued it's a bit too dark, but in the context of book 7, it's really not. At all.
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21 To Kill a Mockingbird 22. Bleak House 23. The Monk
Title: To Kill A Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
Synopsis:(from amazon.co.uk) here
My thoughts: Another 'classic'. And I really wasn't dissapointed, at all. I really don't know what I could say about this book that hasn't already been said, but I'll just say what I thought. I loved the child's perspective. I love how long was spent setting the ( Read more... ) -
17. Life of Pi 18. Never Let me Go
Title: Life of Pi
Author: Yann Martel
Synopsis:(from amazon.co.uk) here
My thoughts: I've considered buying this book so many times when shopping:
the ship capsizes in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, leaving Pi an orphan, alone on a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra, and an enormous Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.I was so curious to see how ( Read more... ) -
14. The Dead School 15. Hamlet 16. Mythology
Title: The Dead School
Author: Patrick McCabe
Synopsis:(from amazon.co.uk) here
My thoughts: I'm still in two minds about this book, I really am. It seems to be one of those books which I can admire for thematics and writing, but which I don't actually enjoy reading. Thus, leaving me with the question: if you have to choose, is it better for a ( Read more... ) -
12. Great Expectations and 13. The Picture of Dorian Grey
Title: Great Expectations
Author: Charles Dickens
Synopsis:(from amazon.co.uk) here
My thoughts: Ever since I tried to read Oliver Twist when I was 9, I've always faced Charles Dickens with trepidation. But, this is one of my University set texts, so I thought I'd get a head start with the first read through. I'm sure I'll try to read it again ( Read more... ) -
11. We Need to Talk About Kevin
So. I got side-tracked from reading Great Expectations.
Title: We need to talk about Kevin
Author: Lionel Shriver
Synopsis:(from amazon.co.uk) here
My thoughts: I seem to be reading quite a lot of good books this year. It's told through letters to Eva's husband after the event. (Hurrah for epistoalry form: I love the intimacy of it, and the way it ( Read more... ) -
9. On the Road 10. The Hippopotamus
Title: On the Road
Author: Jack Kerouac
Synopsis:(from amazon.co.uk) here
My thoughts: I make a point of reading cult classics. Aside from wanting to get past the hype, I find they're often very good accounts of an era of history long gone. Especially since this novel, in particular, is just thinly-veiled autobiography. (Which I'm not using as a ( Read more... ) -
8. The War of the Worlds
Title: The War of the Worlds
Author: H.G Wells
Synopsis:(from amazon.co.uk) here
My thoughts: I picked this up at the library recently, after remembering how much I used to be terrified by the 1970's adaptation when I was a child. (Why my parents agreed to let a very easily scared me listen to something like this while in the back of car in the ( Read more... ) -
6. To the Lighthouse 7. Love in the Time of Cholera
Title: To The Lighthouse
Author: Virginia Woolf
Synopsis:(from amazon.co.uk) here
My thoughts: So, I've always heard good things about Virginia Woolf, more so since reading Atonement by Ian McEwan for school last year (in which he mimics her stream-of consciousness style). I know a lot of people who are irritated by the fact there is almost no ( Read more... )