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50. Saving Faithby Baldacci
I had never read a book by Baldacci and after all those times that i wanted to read one, I am soooo glad I finally did.
The book was really good and I read through the last 300 pages in one time.
First of many others!
Mmmm. I think I am doing again better than I thought i was. As I don't have a complete year of like last year but still try to read at least the same amount, I thought it wasn't going well. But this days last year I was between book 51 and 52.
I am reading The alchemist now and Saving Faith, so I am near to my goal.
It seems I have forgotten to write down some books along the way:
46. Travels with Charley In Search of America by JOhn Steinbeck
I like Steinbeck books and this one was te first non-fiction I read but very good. It was great to go along with him and Charley on his trip.
47. Tales & Legends of the Irish Peasantry
I had a completely different idea of this book. I thought it would be Irish legends and so but it were more a romatized collection of tales. Still, taking th book as it was after a couple of stories, I started liking it.
48. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
After having this book pushed for almsot a yearmy dearest friend must have decided that it was enough and sent me her book! Thank you for that as I have truly enjoyed reading this book. I love reading books but 95% of them are very good but all at the same level. This one was higher, nicer and different. It made you relax not because you were reading but because of the beauty of te writing style and the story. It gave you a soft feeling.
49. California Sorcery
A collection of short stories which I didn't all like but tere were some very good ones in too.
Really? if I wouldn't have seen a one euro sticker on it and read it was a bit crime kind, I wouldn't have known about it! But I liked it a lot.
Jeane wrote: "42. The Gardens of the Dead by William BrodrickI liked this one. Never read something by this author and it was his second of a serie,but you don't notice it. Ia ctually foud out..."
Hmm I've always been curious about this author.
44. The Fire
Not going to write about how wonderful this book was because I am trying to get rid of the drugs I got through my body and mind by reading this amazing book!
The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck
I ahd never heard of this book and would probably never have picked it up. I had read the more known once like The grapes of wrath and Travels with Charly. Thanks to my team leader I read this short book, which really didn't feel like a Steinbeck bok but was really good and ver fast.
It was original to have a story about the nazi conquerers in a Scandinacian village and the conquererd. The view of both parties. The story itself was also very good and the writting style was fast.
I have really enjoyed this book.
42. The Gardens of the Dead by William Brodrick
I liked this one. Never read something by this author and it was his second of a serie,but you don't notice it. Ia ctually foud out while reading it. Fast to read too.
39. Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witchbut Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
40. The House of the Spiritsby Isabel Allende
41. The Whitethorn Woodsby Mave Binchy
Just realized that I said I was going to try to read 65 books....mmmmm, shall I take the rest of the year off????
Oh that was the book I was hoping that would catch my eye atb the library...really thanks to you I soend almsot have an hour in there, even while knowing I couldn't bring one! I jsut couldn't remember.
first finishing this, then the other book and then remember me this becayse they told me I can use the same library card!!!
JG wrote: "You still have about 4 months to work on it though. But you have to read The Book Thief! :-) *push, push*"No read I Capture the Castle first!
You still have about 4 months to work on it though. But you have to read The Book Thief! :-) *push, push*
This was what I wrote that I wanted to read this year at the end of february:
The Mists of Avalon (first book I put on my first list about five years ago and still didn't read it)
something by Dorris Lessing
an unread John Steinbeck book
The House of the Spirits
Mountains Beyond Mountains The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
The Secret Life of Bees
The Audacity of Hope Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Brisingr
For the spring challenge I am thinking about reading the following books:
Angela's Ashes
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
something by or about Yeats
The Red and the Green
The Copper Beech
The Book Thief
something by marian keyes
something by or abour Jane Goodall
Nights of Rain and Stars
Of this I read the following (only):
The House of the Spirits (reading now)
The Secret Life of Bees
the spring challenge:
Angela's Ashes
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
The Red and the Green
The Copper Beech
something by marian keyes (I read two or three)
not really good but at least I did read some of the ones I mentioned....
36. Io uccido by Giorgio Faletti
This is one of my favourite books i read for now this year. In english the title would be I kill.
The story is a little bit long but so well build and interesting that it is a good thing, because when it ends you don't want it to. It was really my kind of book, even though on some moments i thought it was a bit creepy. But it is a very big five star book which makes me want to read his other books too. This is said to be not only his first book but also his best.
Kandice, I wonder if we are talking about the same book or if i jsut have a total black out about that part!!!:-)
Jeane wrote: "Kandice wrote: "I recently re-read The Mysterious Affair at Styles. I don't usually re-read hers on purpose, but when I find I am accidentally re-reading, I still love them! I felt so stupid for no..."
Wow! I haven't looked here in a long time. Sorry. The painting that the guy appraised at a ridiculously high amount so that she would then believe his future appraisals even if they were low.
35. Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
Loved it. This one is practically again on the level of the first ones before she changed her style.
Kandice wrote: "I recently re-read The Mysterious Affair at Styles. I don't usually re-read hers on purpose, but when I find I am accidentally re-reading, I still love them! I felt so stupid for not figuring out w..."
Kandice, which painting???
I practically don't reread hers either because I have so many other books to read. But sometimes I just want to do a big reread of her books because I know they are my true loves!
I recently re-read The Mysterious Affair at Styles. I don't usually re-read hers on purpose, but when I find I am accidentally re-reading, I still love them! I felt so stupid for not figuring out why he paid her too much for the painting. It made perfect sense!
32.The Secret Life of Bees
Besides the backcover summary and the beginning of this book I really enjoyed the story. It was energetic, interesting and very colourful.
Becky wrote: "Kandice wrote: "Mine is the moon over the plain with wolf silhouettes. Very beautiful. Oh, and snow. I have now sent it to my mom who may not like it as much as us because of what's done to the w..."
No, it is really good - it is - it will make you angry and you'll be emotionally on a knife edge but it is such a good good good brilliant, beautifully written book.
It isn't just about people beating wolves up, it goes a lot deeper then just that - it's more about other things.
Becky, like Kandice mentioned..if this is my favourite fiction book and you know how I am about animal abuse. I don't say nothing happens but the story goes very deep. Try it, maybe you will be the first one I tell to ead it and doesn't like it but till now everybody loved it. I would be so glad if you would give it a try anyway. And pssss if I remember well there might even be something in you like ... 's..':-)
Kandice wrote: "Mine is the moon over the plain with wolf silhouettes. Very beautiful. Oh, and snow. I have now sent it to my mom who may not like it as much as us because of what's done to the wolves...."
I'm afraid that there is going to be horrible animal abuse or something now... :(
27. The Queen's FoolVery good story. My first of her stories bur suprisingly (I an not really into the Tudors)I really liked the story, the changes in the girl her life. Loved it.
28. My Place
A non-fiction I read for the spring challenge and very good and interesting.
29. Borderlands
The first book this Irish uthor wrote and the first one I read. It was a very good crime-detective story with good switches in it. Borderlands is the name for the border between Northern Ireland and The republic of Ireland, which I found interesting because since last year I live in Ireland and like this story, in Dublin. But the title means also something else.
30. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
Don't really know what to say about this book. I read two other stories written by Jules Verne and one in particular I enjoyed a lot. This stories has to many and too long,too detailled parts about fish that the characters in the story see. This added to the fact that during most of the story nothing really happens made me struggle through it.Only the last 50-80 pages were interesting. But I am glad that I now know what this famous book is about and that I know if I like it or not.
31. Absent in the Spring
I longed to do this for so long, read a story written by the best writer ever but under a different name. This story was written by Agatha Christie but under a different name. She was the queen of crime and still is but suprise suprise in this book no crime or murder happens. It is completely different of her Agatha christie stories but I did enjoy it.
Mine is the moon over the plain with wolf silhouettes. Very beautiful. Oh, and snow.
I have now sent it to my mom who may not like it as much as us because of what's done to the wolves. We'll see...
Kandice wrote: "Well, I promise to think of you as I read this one. BTW it's a perfect hardback that I bought for $1.25. Hooray! Very pretty cover.
NOT that one."
Only?????? Great Kandice and thank you sooo much for reading it.
Well, I promise to think of you as I read this one. BTW it's a perfect hardback that I bought for $1.25. Hooray! Very pretty cover.
NOT that one.
I would love that Kandice! But don't want to read it out of any other copy than my beloved one at home and I am not really short of books even here! I seem to have a wardrobe in belgium, italy and wherever we live at the moment but the same is happening with books.
26. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
Started interesting and a fast read but after a while it was just all the same.
25. Watermelon - Marian Keyes
This book was soooo good and funny.
It is told by a different sister of this Irish family. The author wrote a book from the view of every sister in te family which is great.
This one starts all around the time when Claire is in hospital to get her first child and he husband tells her he is leaving her.
I read this book in like one day and was hyper because of it.
24. Plan B 2.0. - Lester R. Brown
Such an interesting book of which I wished there wouldn't be the reason to write it.
The updated version is 3.0. and should be, according to me, be read by everyone and especially politicians and owners of companies, builders of cars and so on. But actually by any single person of every age. Very very interesting and well written.
23. The Red Book
This is a very beautiful book. It has small stories about three people and theri lvies come together in the end of the book but still through three stories.
I really liked the characters of the people, especially Francoise.
22. A Traveller's Companion to Dublin
such an interesting book. You read about the history of Dublin through parts of diaries, letters, .... it was great!
yes, it was nice. I liek reading stories that are set in the places I have been. I am still reading two other books and then my secret one!!:-)
21.The Welsh Girl
still busy with two other books but read aslo this lovely book for the spring challenge. very good.
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