false 21 106 61 true 5682389 read 1 true 2276553 currently-reading 44 true 2276552 to-read 25 false 3076691 on-my-bedside-table 21 false 3706552 read-in-2007 18 false 4337216 read-in-2009 16 false 3076853 want-to-read 11 false 3706543 read-in-2008 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77301123 Y: The Last Man Vol. 6: Girl on Girl (Paperback) by Brian K. Vaughan
bookshelves: to-read, want-to-read
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77300929 to: Y: The Last Man Vol. 5: Ring of Truth (Paperback) by Brian K. Vaughan
bookshelves: read-in-2009
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77300894 V for Vendetta (Hardcover) by Alan Moore
bookshelves: on-my-bedside-table, to-read
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77300866 Final Crisis (Hardcover) by Grant Morrison
bookshelves: on-my-bedside-table, to-read
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71286329 The White Tiger (Paperback) by Aravind Adiga
bookshelves: currently-reading, on-my-bedside-table
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24721740 to: The Kite Runner (Paperback) by Khaled Hosseini
bookshelves: read-in-2009
This was the first book chosen for our club and it was a great way to start. Although I think we all agreed that the book itself was good and worthwhile, there were still some widely differing views. I thought this was a good book but I could not say that I LOVED it. See my thoughts, along with those of some of my book club pals here:

The Kite Runner ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46497146 to: Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World (Paperback) by Bryan Lee O'Malley
bookshelves: read-in-2009
After the first book, I was left feeling decidedly underwhelmed. I wasn't really sure what all the fuss was about. However, after reading the second book, my heart is definitely warmed. Sure, the eponymous Scott Pilgrim is a bit of a douchebag, especially when it comes to the girls, but there is something funny and charming about him and the situations he finds himself in are definitely amusing. I am keen to watch the film, especially since I can see Michael Cera bringing a sensitivity to the role and the all-important likability that will mean you are rooting for him to succeed, not fail. I will be reading the next one at some point for sure. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71285511 to: The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) by C.S. Lewis
bookshelves: read-in-2009
This is the first time I had read any of the Narnia books (I know, it's a crime...) and I loved it. It was a book I flew through and I am definitely keen to read on - I have the whole set. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71285735 to: Tom's Midnight Garden (Oxford Children's Modern Classics) by Philippa Pearce
bookshelves: read-in-2009
I had to read this for my upcoming Open University course and I loved it. I am sure I read it as a child, although I hadn't really remembered much of it. It was magical, fun and I ate it up with delight! The story follows a boy called Tom whose brother gets the measles. To protect him, his parents ship him off to his aunt and uncle's flat where he has to stay in doors in quarantine.

His despair at staying away from his brother for the summer, with no garden to play in and no trees to climb, is quickly halted by discovering a strange garden, only visible to him and only when the grandfather clock strikes thirteen!

In this margical place, he meets Hattie, a little orphan girl who is lonely and unwanted by her cousins and aunt. It is soon clear that Hattie lives in a different time to Tom and yet depite this, their friendship grows.

Each time Tom visits the garden, which for him is every night, time has passed for Hattie meaning she ages in front of Tom's eyes but without him really noticing.

I am so glad I read this book and look forward to getting into it on my new OU Children's Literature course.

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