I just checked out several books from the library. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë; The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys; The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy; and He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trolloppe. I have several others on hold. I'm really serious about my reading this year!
I'm really looking forward to Tenant...Anne is the only Brontë sister I've never read. I'll probably read her Agnes Grey later this year, too. Charlotte's Jane Eyre is one of my favorite novels, and I can't wait to read Sargasso Sea, the prequel by Jean Rhys. I've read Emily's Wuthering Heights, but I didn't like it much. I may give it another try.
Another book I have to wait for, because the library only has one copy- Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus. A friend recommended it to me years ago but I never got around to reading it...
Friday, January 4, 2008
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
2007 in books...
I'm terrible. I don't think I've read twenty-five books this year- and many of those were cookbooks or craft books. But the novels I did get around to reading, I really enjoyed.
The big book event was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which was a very satisfying end to J.K. Rowling's series about the boy wizard. I'm sorry to see it all end, but at least there will be two more movies coming!
I don't usually read bestsellers as they come out- I wait a year or so. This year, I finally got around to reading Wicked by Gregory Maguire- and that came out years ago! I still hope to see the musical someday. The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, was wonderful. I read it on my mother's recommendation, and because of the movie- which I have yet to see! The only new book I read this year was Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen. When he has a new book, I'm usually first in line at the library to get it! It wasn't his best, but I enjoyed it.
This year I also read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It was the grimmest book I've ever read. I've never gotten so depressed after reading! It was an amazing book, though, very well written.
I read The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens. I wanted to like it, I really did, but I got so bored. I think this is the first Dickens I didn't like much.
I finished the year with Little Children by Tom Perrotta. When I say finished the year, I mean it. I finished it on December 31! Another book I enjoyed despite the subject matter. I'd like to see the movie now...
I re-read some classics, like Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, and Rebecca (the last two I re-read often!). I'll be doing that again in the coming years.
My goal for 2008 is to read fifty books- and I'll post them here as I read.
I'm beginning the new year with Atonement by Ian McEwan. I started it last week and I'm loving it so far. I keep meaning to read Austen's Mansfield Park, but other things got in the way. This year I will read it!
The big book event was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which was a very satisfying end to J.K. Rowling's series about the boy wizard. I'm sorry to see it all end, but at least there will be two more movies coming!
I don't usually read bestsellers as they come out- I wait a year or so. This year, I finally got around to reading Wicked by Gregory Maguire- and that came out years ago! I still hope to see the musical someday. The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, was wonderful. I read it on my mother's recommendation, and because of the movie- which I have yet to see! The only new book I read this year was Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen. When he has a new book, I'm usually first in line at the library to get it! It wasn't his best, but I enjoyed it.
This year I also read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It was the grimmest book I've ever read. I've never gotten so depressed after reading! It was an amazing book, though, very well written.
I read The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens. I wanted to like it, I really did, but I got so bored. I think this is the first Dickens I didn't like much.
I finished the year with Little Children by Tom Perrotta. When I say finished the year, I mean it. I finished it on December 31! Another book I enjoyed despite the subject matter. I'd like to see the movie now...
I re-read some classics, like Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, and Rebecca (the last two I re-read often!). I'll be doing that again in the coming years.
My goal for 2008 is to read fifty books- and I'll post them here as I read.
I'm beginning the new year with Atonement by Ian McEwan. I started it last week and I'm loving it so far. I keep meaning to read Austen's Mansfield Park, but other things got in the way. This year I will read it!
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