Hello hello!
So, I have been away for a week and what a wonderful week away it was!
I managed to get in some extra reading time which is almost unheard of when not on holiday and it was great. I read 2 full books and 2 half books (which I am in the process of finishing and the one should be finished by tonight at the latest).
The first one I read was ‘Her Fearful Symmetry‘ – by Audrey Niffeneger, which is the one which I will be completing tonight, and so far it is brilliant. I wont tell you all about it here, but will post a review at a slightly later date.
Second one was ‘More Ants’ – by Annica Foxcroft, who we were very privileged to get an interview with. If you haven’t yet read it, hop on over here to see it.
Third one was ‘Friends, lovers and other indiscretions‘ – by Fiona Neill, which I have to say is one of the most blah books I have read to date, I loved her first novel though, so plowed my way through this one to see if it might redeem itself. Alas, it was not to be.
Fourth one and still reading is ‘Inkdeath‘ – by Cornelia Funke and the third in her Inkheart trilogy. Fabulous fabulous book and am itching to get stuck back into it. ( I was up till 1am last night reading…)
Reviews will be put up of them all in due course and you can then decide for yourself which ones to read or which ones to discard.
I love how different books are. The stories they tell and the characters journeys, they can either pull you in, mesmerising you and taking you to imagined places or… not! Some books fall flat on their covers with no qualities that allow you to even enjoy them for themselves, but then, that is only one opinion (mine of course);-).
So, what I would like from you, oh fellow book lovers is a list of your favourite books to date. I would like to do a Top 20 for The Book Club Blog and would love to see what would be on your list of highly recommended books. Go on, don’t be shy! You can put as many or as few books as you’d like and I will then dedicate a post on your list of books. Christmas is coming and I don’t know about you, but I am always on the look out for books to give as gifts.
I’l start you off with three of my favourite books:
Jitterbug Perfume – Tom Robbins
Perfume – Patrick Suskind
Rasero – Francisco Reboledo
Ooh, cant wait to hear what is on your list!
Heartland – Jann Turner (must do must do!)
Bookends – Jane Green
Hannah’s Gift – Maria Housden
have you read ‘fraction of the whole’ by steven tolz? oooh, my book of the year so far.
Havent read ‘Fraction of a whole’ but after wikipediaing it, I plan to find it and give it a go, thanks for the recommendation:-)