Archive: Latest Lists: Books
An arhive of all the books that have been moved off the 'Latest List' page ever since the books list on the latest lists page was started.
- Split by Tara Moss. Nope, this book didn't help to sate my curiousity as to whether the Detective committed a crime in the previous novel. sigh.
- Wicked Witch by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie - the beginning... a little confusing but became clearer toward the end. Probably not something I would have normally picked up but when you are cat sitting and your sister's tastes and bookshelf so much reflects your own - you are forced to search out those books she owns that you've never seen before. Even though I found it hard to stop my attention from wandering during some parts of the book, once I got to the end I was kind of curious about waht might happen in the next books.
- Festish by Tara Moss. Ok... but pales a little when compared to authors such as Reichs and Cornwell's early stuff (before Dr Kay Scarpetta, (the lead character), became so irritating). ANYWAY the thing I liked even though it drove me totally nuts was being left in the dark as to whether the cop really did do the crime he was accused of and then latter absolved from via false evidence. It still drives me bonkers.
- Bubbles A Broad by Sarah Strohmeyer- light entertainment but I do prefer the Plum Series by Janet Evanovich.
- One Hundred Years of Solitude - by Gabriel García Márquez. A fantastical novel.
- The Winds of Change, Volume 1 - by Stuart Wilde. New Age ideas meet activism.
- Affirmations - by Stuart Wilde. I bought this book in 1989. Tried to read it on several occassions over the years but I just couldn't (I could read similar matter but this book just didn't do it for me for some reason). Finally, doing a clean up of 'stuff I no longer wanted/required' I picked up the book and decided I'd give it one final go and if I couldn't read it, it'd go out to bookcrossing. I whizzed through it and wondered why I hadn't been able to before. It took 16 years for me to read it but I it was worth it.
- Olympus by Dan Simmons - I enjoyed it, but I think Illium was a stronger story. I feel too much time was wasted in the beginning of this book and the end was all finished in a rush. That aside, I did enjoy the story and kept wanting to know what was happening back at... [some place in the story]. I discoved Dan Simmons books when a friend gave me Illium for my birthday... I borrowed Olympus from a friend who I'd introduced Illium to once I'd finished reading it.
- Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs - liked it... interesting subject.
- 'The time travellers wife' - I bought it mostly because the title and the concept of the story sounded good. I'm enjoyed it... but I just wanted to get to the end to know what happened.
- Seven types of ambiguity by Elliot Perlman. I bought it, mostly, because I loved the title. I enjoyed it... a story told from seven different perspectives/people - each story overlapping at some point. The descriptions in some of the book were fantastic, making you want to savour every word.
- The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith. I loved the ideas/thoughts throught the book. And the story. In particular one paragraph pretty much summed up something in my own life.
- The Bourne Legacy by Eric Van Lustbader - Right on track with the original books written by Robert Ludlum ('Bourne Identity', 'Bourne Supremacy', 'Bourne Ultimatum') - unlike the recent films of the same name that star Matt Damon.
- Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs. I liked it, of course.
- Love Overboard by Janet Evanovich. I thought I saw glimmers of stephanie and mebbe a bit of morelli and his gran (Plum Series)
- The Rocky Road to Romance by Janet Evanovich. You can see Granny and Bob's history in this book (Plum Series)
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby* - loved it... then again, I loved the film. I'd normally read the book first but the film was how I discovered Nick Hornby...
- Somewhere in here I re-read a heap of books floating around in my house... including a number of 'Saint' novels.
- Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich. What can I say? I'm still of the Ranger camp. Of course, there's nothing wrong with Morelli either, it's just that if I had to choose...
- A long way down by Nick Hornby. Loved it. Heaps of bits you want to read to people. If you are going to suicide, I like the idea of it being with a book you love... so that more people will read it! (see partial quote on my ooks and authors page.) I liked some of his other stuff better but it didn't stop me from enjoying this one.
- The Saint Goes On by Leslie Charteris. I'm addicted to the Saint and they are such light reading that you can read them when you aren't in the mood for reading.
- Brilliance of the Moon (Tales of the Otori, Book 3) - Love it. Love the previous two.
- Grass for his pillow (Tales of the Otori, Book 2) - Loved it. As much as the first.
- Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book 1) - A friend lent it to me... took me a while to start it but when I did I couldn't put it down. Loved it and wanted more.
- In the company of cheerful ladies by Alexander McCall Smith. Yet another enjoyable story based around the life of lady detective Mma Ramotswe and her associates in Botswana. Seriously, if you've not read them and you don't mind a meandering story get out there and beg, borrow or purchase at least one of these books.
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. I love this book so far. The chapters are numbered, not consecutively but using prime numbers. The simple style makes it highly readable and you do want to know who killed the dog.
- Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre. Interesting concept (media effect on our justice system) - so it's definitely worth a read. I think I need to read the end, maybe it was because I finished it in the evening when I was a bit tired. Not my favourite book but I was in love with the concept.
- The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith - Another charmingly meandering story based around the life of lady detective Mma Ramotswe and her associates in Botswana. I want more!
- Tallulahland by Lynn Messina - My friend got this book free with a New Woman magazine and left it at my place. Readable. Not rocket science. Enjoyable for the light story it was.
- The Bride Stripped Bare by anonymous. I really enjoyed the reflective style. I flew through the first half of this book and slowed a little during the cabbie scenes which I didn't find a sign of empowerment but a sign of addiction, not to mention a little grubby. Finally, this book probably has the most realistic description of a woman's body after child birth. Worth reading... and then reading again later. I'm sure at different stages of your life you would find something new in the book.
- A Good Clean Fight by Derek Robinson - I was told to read this by two men who like war type stories and was therefore a bit dubious. However, it was readable from day one.
- The Naked Husband by Mark D'Arbanville. I related to all of the characters at some level. It made me feel and think. Definitely worth a read.
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. They say you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, but it was the cover that kept me looking at this book with curiosity and finally made me buy it. A few people I know also told me they'd read the book and thought it was great. It is not a fast paced book that makes you want to rush to the end to keep up with the pace of a story. It is set in africa and meanders through the tale with regular tangents. The charm of the story and characters will keep you reading to the end and will leaving you wanting more.
- The Walker by Jane Goodall. A Christmas present from friends, I got through it pretty fast as I wanted to know What Would Happen Next.
- Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett. A lot of sock references. A lot indeed. Definitely enjoyable.
- Going Postal by Terry Pratchett. For some reason this one particularly appealed..
- The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett. I especially enjoyed the few parts of the book that had the wee free men imitating 'birdies' - there were not enough of them or the wee free men and too much focus on the girl. Oh well.
- Chronicle of Ages by Traci Harding. Book one of The Celestial Triad - again a book I picked up from a heap of books left by a friend. I quite enjoyed it and would certainly read other books from the same series. Many characters are familiar (eg. biblical, king arthur, robin hood) as are some of the localities (eg. glamorgan).
- Sinner by Sara Douglas - part of The Wayfarer Redemption trilogy... just picked up the coverless book from a heap of books a friend had at my house. I have read this previously, however several years ago now.
- The Diary of V: The Break-up - an accidental read provided by a friend. Despite myself, I wanted to know what would happen next. Available in full on the web.
- The Diary of V: The Affair - a friend thought I'd given her these books and gave them back in a little bag with a book I did actually lend her (War on Iraq). By the time I realised that I'd never even seen two of the books in the bag before in my life - she'd gone. I did what any book-o-holic would do, I read them. Now ready to return to her to find the true owner.
- Metro Girl - after the Plum Series I intially found this a bit slow but it warmed up by the end and I was quite enjoying it so I'll be curious to see next one. I wouldn't necessarily call it hotter or bigger... and many of the characters are kinda recognisable.
- The Catcher in the Rye by Jerome David Salinger. Not a lot happens in the book, but the way it is written makes it readable.
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