Bedside Table
Always have one or two books by my bedside. I HAVE to read, even just a few pages, every night.
2009
A list as I go
- Madame Bovoray – done – 4/10 – blah
- The God of Small things – 6/10 – hmmm, jury is out
- The Secret River – 7/10 – a little light/trite
- Angels and Demons – done – 9/10 – enjoyed it
- Digital Fortress – done – 8/10 – good
- Twilight- done – 10/10 – loved it
- New Moon-done – 7/10 – got bored with Jacob
- Eclipse-done – ?? – read it – can’t remember it
- New Dawn- done – 7/10 – Bella too perfect
- The Slap – done – 11/10 – loved it
- Revolutionary Road – done – 11/10 – BRILLIANT
- Salmon fishing in the Yemen – 9/10 – Loved it
- The Pilots Wife – 3/10 – Meh
- The School of Essential Ingredients – reading it
- The Curious Murder of the Dog in the Night Time – 8/10 – really enjoyed it.
- The boy in the striped pajamas – reading it
- the Glass Palace – long book – rather enjoyable but not the best book I have read
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2008
1. Losing my Virginity – Finished. Really enjoyed this book – loved all the name dropping
2. Left Bank – Finished. A very different book to what the cover portrays. It looks all airy and light but is quite black and heavy. Still enjoyed reading it.
3. The Unbearable Lightness of Being Now finished. Enjoyed it a lot and it wasn’t as heavy as I expected.
4. The Last Templar
- finished – feh….ok
5. The Book Thief
6. One hundred years of Solitudehave started this.
7. The Colour Purple Have started this and am ENTHRALLED.
8. Snow flower and the secret fanFinished! Loved it
9. The Poisonwood bible Finished it – loved it.
10. The Idea of Perfection - finished. Astonishingly wonderful insight into “Australiana”.
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