'New Starts' Theme - 2015

[LauraT]

Heather wrote: "4.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
5. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton"

I'm about to start The Luminaries; how is it?

[dely]

8) Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (first book I read by her)

[LauraT]

Some other books:
24 Mary Wollstonecraft A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Read
25 Anna Maria Ortese, Silenzio a Milano Read
26 Eleonor Cotton,  The Luminaires Reading now
27 Jonathan Lethem, Concerto per archi e canguro Reading now
28 Antonia Fraser Le sei mogli di Enrico VIII Reading now

[Petra]

More "New To Me" Authors:
17. Pearl of China
18. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
19. Death Comes to Pemberley
20. Marcelo in the Real World
21. The Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump: John Snow and the Mystery of Cholera
22. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
23. Sisters in the Wilderness
24. Charles Dickens
25. When God Was a Rabbit
26. Hexe

[Leslie]

yet more new-to-me authors:
38. Dr. Jerri Nielsen - Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
39. Brent Crawford - Carter Finally Gets It
40. A.G. Riddle - The Atlantis Gene
41. Michael J. Sullivan - The Viscount and the Witch
42. Helen Haught Fanick - Moon Signs
43. Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim
44. Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things
45. Morris Gleitzman - Once
46. Louise Erdrich - The Round House
47. Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera
48. Alan Bennett - The Uncommon Reader
49. Anthony E. Zuiker - Whodunnit? Murder in Mystery Manor
50. Christa Wolf - Medea
51. Joe Orton - Loot

[LauraT]

Mine:
26 Eleonor Cotton,  The Luminaires Read
27 Jonathan Lethem, Concerto per archi e canguro Read
28 Giffin Emily Something Borrowed Read
29 Kerstin Gier, In verità è meglio mentire Read
30 Nicoletta Nuzzo,  Cronache di un gatto perfezionista Read
31 Antonia Fraser Le sei mogli di Enrico VIII Reading now
32 Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage Reading now
33 Catherine Dunne, La metà di niente Reading now

[dely]

9) The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels by Ágota Kristof (first book I read by this author)

[LauraT]

31 Antonia Fraser Le sei mogli di Enrico VIII Read
32 Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage Read
33 Catherine Dunne, La metà di niente Read
34 Max Beerbohm,  Zuleika Dobson  Reading now

[Petra]

New-To-Me authors:
27. My Father's Keeper: Children of Nazi Leaders-- An Intimate History of Damage and Denial

[dely]

10) Seven Who Were Hanged by Leonid Andreyev (first book I read by him)

[LauraT]

34 Max Beerbohm,  Zuleika Dobson  Read
35 Ford Maddox Ford, The Good Soldier Read
36 Francesco Piccolo,  Il desiderio di essere come tutti Read
37 Laurie V. RIegler, In viaggio con Jane Austen Read
38 Antonella Cilento,  Lisario o il piacere infinito delle donne Read
39 Antonio Scurati  Il padre infedele Reading now
40 Claire Tomalin, Charles Dickens, A life Reading now
41 Francesco Pecoraro, La vita in tempo di pace Reading now

[Petra]

28. Someone Knows My Name
29. The Polished Hoe
30. Her

[Leslie]

52. Fernando Pessoa - Fernando Pessoa and Co.: Selected Poems
53. Robert Gordon Anderson - Seven O'Clock Stories
54. Jennifer L. Jennings - An Appointment with Murder
55. Robin LaFevers - Grave Mercy
56. Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Sonnets from the Portuguese
57. Hannah Kent - Burial Rites
58. Elizabeth Wein - Code Name Verity
59. Robertson Davies - the Deptford trilogy
60. Francis Iles - Malice Aforethought
61. Tom Sharpe - Porterhouse Blue
62. Emile Zola - Thérèse Raquin
63. Nancy Springer - The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline
64. T.J. Kirby - Our Future Good
65. C.A. Newsome - A Shot in the Bark

[dely]

11) Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (first book I read by him)

[LauraT]

39 Antonio Scurati  Il padre infedele Read
40 Claire Tomalin, Charles Dickens, A life Read
41 Francesco Pecoraro, La vita in tempo di pace Read
42 Beppe Fenoglio Un giorno di fuoco Read
43 Powell Pioneer go Home! Read
44 Lawrence Hill,  The Book of Negroes Read
45 Jojo Moyes, Io prima di te Reading now
46 Qiu Xiaolong La misteriosa morte dela compagna Guan Reading now

[Evelyn]

The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton
Burial Rites, Hannah Kent
The Language of Flowers, Vanessa Diffenbaugh

[Petra]

More "new to me" authors:


31. Hey Nostradamus!
32. The Complete Essex County
33. The Time In Between
34. Rickshaw Boy
35. The John Lennon Letters

[dely]

12) Jenny by Sigrid Undset (first book I read by her)

[Petra]

More "new to me" authors:


36. The Shadow Tracer
37. Human Traces

[dely]

13) The Good Life Elsewhere by Vladimir Lorchenkov (first book I read by him)

[LauraT]

45 Jojo Moyes, Io prima di te Read
46 Qiu Xiaolong La misteriosa morte dela compagna Guan Read
47 Yrsa Sigurdardottir Last Rituals Read
48 Kajsa Ingemarsson La vita in via dei mirtilli Read
49 Melany McGrath White Heat Read
50 Brad Meltzer Il quinto assassino Read
51 Louise Penny, Still Life Read
52 Ninni Schulman La bambina con la neve tra i capelli Read
53 Kjell Ola Dahl Un piccolo anello d'oro Read
54 Helene Wecker,  The Golem and the Jinni Read
55 Vanessa Roggeri, Il cuore selvatico del ginepro Read
56 Paolo Nori Garbaldi fu ferito Read
57 Daniel Glattauer Le ho mai raccontato del vento del nord Read
58 Elisabeth Loupas La lettrice di fiori Reading now

[dely]

14) La vita perfetta di William Sidis by Morten Brask (first book I read by him and perhaps it is the first book this author writes)

[dely]

15) Job by Joseph Roth (first book I read by him)

[LauraT]

58 Elisabeth Loupas La lettrice di fiori Read
59 Marina Minelli 101 storie di regine e principesse che non ti hanno mai raccontato Read
60 Cecilia Ahern I cento nomi Read
61 Piero Dorfles,  I cento libri che rendono più ricca la nostra vita Read
62 Collene McCullogh,  La casa degli angeli Read
63 Clare Vanderpool, Moon over Manifest Read
64 Paul Muray, Skippy muore Reading now

[dely]

16) Saturday Date by Ken Doyle (first book I read by him)

[LauraT]

64 Paul Muray, Skippy muore Read
65 Robert Anderson Tea and Sympathy Read
66 Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman Read
67 Tennesse Williams, The Cat on the Hot Tin Roof Read
68 Margaret Oliphant, The Open Door Read
69 Javier Marías, Gli innamoramenti Read
70 Anjali Banerjee Gatti, merletti e chicchi di caffe Reading now

[Leslie]

and yet more new-to-me authors:
66. Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
67. Peter Lovesey, The Last Detective (also the start of a new-to-me series)
68. Garrison Keillor, Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon
69. Patrick Bowman, Torn from Troy
70. Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
71. Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers
72. Eoin Colfer, The Reluctant Assassin
73. Allie Carter, I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
74. Bernadette Calonego, The Zurich Conspiracy
75. Robert Galbraith?? Do I count this if it is really J.K. Rowlings? I guess not...
75. Julio Cortázar, Blow-Up and Other Stories
76. Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage
77. Sir James Knowles, The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
78. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro, Confessions of a Murder Suspect
79. H.P. Lovecraft, The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft
80. W.S. Gilbert, poems & plays
81. George Gissing, New Grub Street
82. Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice
83. Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna
84. Stefan Bachmann, The Peculiar
85. Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
86. Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
87. John Green & David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

[LauraT]

70 Anjali Banerjee Gatti, merletti e chicchi di caffè Read
71 Maha Akhtar, Miele amaro e mandorle dolci Reading now
72 Nina George, Una piccola libreria a Parigi Reading now

[dely]

17) Processo a Gesù by Diego Fabbri (new author to me)

[dely]

18) Bicchiere pieno e altri racconti by John Updike (new author to me)

[dely]

19) Roquenval by Nina Berberova (new author to me)

[Leslie]

and more new-to-me authors:
88. Robert Lowell, Selected Poems: Expanded Edition: Including selections from Day by Day
89. Elizabeth Bishop, Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell (currently reading)
90. Bailey White, Nothing with Strings: NPR's Beloved Holiday Stories (audiobook)
91. Elizabeth Sherry, Under the Aspens (not recommended!)
92. Daniel Kraus, Rotters (audiobook)
93. Neil Gaiman, Click-Clack the Rattlebag (audiobook short story)

[dely]

20) The Shades, A Fantasy by Vladimir Korolenko (new author to me)
21) A Red Flower: A Story by Vsevolod Garshin (new author to me)

[Leslie]

January roundup -- 7 new-to-me authors:

Eleanor Catton
Sunny Benson
Delano Ames
John D. MacDonald
Pat Barker
W.G. Sebald
Jan Dunlap

[LauraT]

Here mine:
January

Eugene O'Neill Anna Christie
Stephen Chbovsky  The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Joannes Harris Five Quarters Of The Orange
Jean Thompson, La casa dei racconti segreti
Mrs Woods,  East Lynne
Adriano Petta Assiotea: La donna che sfidò Platone e l'Accademia
Helen Simpson Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Stella Gibson  Cold Comfort Farm
Margaret Doody Aristotele detective
W. Somerset Maugham Cakes and Ale
 
Those I'm reading in February 

W. Somerset Maugham Il libro segreto di Dante: Il codice nascosto della Divina Commedia
Veronica Roth, Divergent
Clarissa Pinkola Donne che corrono coi lupi. Il mito della Donna Selvaggia

[Leslie]

I forgot to do round ups in February so here is my totals for both Feb and March. (I am stealing Kristin's idea of putting a * by authors I might read again; an ✕ for those I never want to read again)

February -- 8 new-to-me authors

Mary Oliver*
Jean Rhys
Jenna Harte
W.E.B. Du Bois
Laila Ibrahim
Sarah Waters
Susan Hill*
Maddy Hunter

March -- 5 new-to-me authors

Jiang Rong* (don't know if he has written anything else that has been translated into English)
Armistead Maupin*
John Webster*
Rosamund Hodges✕
Kate Kingsbury*

[LauraT]

Sandy wrote: "LauraT wrote: "Here mine:
Clarissa Pinkola Donne che corrono coi lupi. Il mito della Donna Selvaggia"

Laura, is this [book:Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archet..."

Liked it; a bit too ... "deterministic"; I don't really believe that in psycology this means that, but generally speaking a lot of interesting theories

[LauraT]

My update:
February 
W. Somerset Maugham Il libro segreto di Dante: Il codice nascosto della Divina Commedia
Gerard Donovan Morte a Dublino
Jonathan Kellerman  Flesh and Blood
Veronica Roth, Divergent
Clarissa Pinkola Donne che corrono coi lupi. Il mito della Donna Selvaggia
Ann B. Ross,  Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
Isabella L. Bird A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

March
Laurie R. King, The Beekeeper's Apprentice
Christian Mascheroni Non avere paura dei libri
Laurie R. King, The Beekeeper's Apprentice
Donato Carrisi,  Il suggeritore
Pierre Hadot,  Esercizi spirituali e filosofia antica
Jan Guillou, La moglie straniera
Yann Martell  Life of Pi
Christopher Moore Fool

April
Laurent Seksik Il caso Eduard Einstein 
Antonella Benvenuti Calce viva. La storia di un amore assoluto nell'inferno della prima guerra mondiale

[Kristin]

New to me authors (a * means that I might want to read more):

1. Ian McEwan, Atonement *
2. Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
3. Alexander Kielland, Gift *
4. Emma Donoghue, Room (*)
5. Donna Tartt, The Secret History *
6. Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
7. Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic *

[Leslie]

Kristin wrote: "New to me authors (a * means that I might want to read more):

1. Ian McEwan, Atonement * ..."

Oooh, I like the * idea!

[Danielle]

New to me authors since the beginning of 2015:

1: Nuala Ní Chonchúir - You
2: Doris Lessing - The Grass is Singing
3: Simon Tolkien - Orders from Berlin and Final Witness
4: Ernst Weiss - The Eyewitness
5: Truman Capote - In Cold Blood
6: Alain Claude Sulzer - Zur falschen Zeit
7: Ivan Turgenev - Home of the Gentry
8: James Scott - The Kept

[LauraT]

April

Laurent Seksik Il caso Eduard Einstein ***
Antonella Benvenuti Calce viva. La storia di un amore assoluto nell'inferno della prima guerra mondiale ***
Norman Duncan, THE MEASURE OF A MAN ***
Miriam  Petrosjan, La casa del tempo sospeso Reading now

[Kristin]

More new authors for me:

8. Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
9. Carl-Johan Vallgren, Den vidunderliga kärlekens historia
10. Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 *
11. Ann Patchett, Bel Canto
12. Jojo Moyes, Me Before You

[Leslie]

May roundup: 2 new-to-me authors

Colette
Kazuo Ishiguro*

[Jenny]

New to me authors this year until May:

1. Sibylle Lewitscharoff
2. Georg Klein
3. Gerard Donovan
4. Marion Poschmann
5. A.D. Miller
6. László Krasznahorkai
7. Klaus Modick
8. Pierre Michon
9. Philippe Beaussant
10. Ralf Rothmann
11. Blaise Pascal
12. Ilan Stavans
13. Walt Whitman

[Jenny]

Danielle wrote: "New to me authors since the beginning of 2015:

1: Nuala Ní Chonchúir - You
2: Doris Lessing - The Grass is Singing
3: "

Danielle, how did you like The Eyewitness?

[LauraT]

I've not updated my entries since months ago!!!
Here my books of these last months:
April
Laurent Seksik Il caso Eduard Einstein  ***
Antonella Benvenuti Calce viva. La storia di un amore assoluto nell'inferno della prima guerra mondiale ***
Norman Duncan, THE MEASURE OF A MAN ***
Miriam  Petrosjan, La casa del tempo sospeso ***
Stefan Bollmann Le donne che pensano sono pericolose ***
Jennifer Scott,  Il club delle lettrici ***

May
Ian Sansom  The Case of the Missing Books ****
Pulkkinen Rikka L'armadio dei vestiti dimenticati ***
Benjamin, Disraeli,  Sybil, or the Two Nations ***
Deborah Mayerl Lo strano caso dell'apprendista libraia ***
Bill Brysion Il mondo è un teatro: La vita e l'epoca di William Shakespeare ****
George Moore. Esther Waters ***

June
Paul Auster,  Trilogia di New York. Città di vetro, Fantasmi, La stanza chiusa **
Regina Hensheid, Memorie di un gatto ****
Sara Gruen,  Acqua agli elefanti ***
Charlotte Link La casa delle sorelle ****

July
Tim Winton Cloudstreet ***
Amitav Ghosh Il cromosoma Calcutta ***
Marilynne Robinson,  Home Reading now
Harold bennet,  Anna of the Five Towns Reading now
Graeme Simsion L'amore è un difetto meraviglioso Reading now

[Leslie]

June roundup: 5 new-to-me authors

Paul Auster, The New York Trilogy
Norma Huss, Yesterday's Body
Loretta Jackson and Vickie Britton, A Deal on a Handshake
Erskine Childers, The Riddle of the Sands
Martin Jensen, The King's Hounds

[Kristin]

More new to me authors:

13. Frøydis Simonsen, Hver morgen kryper jeg opp fra havet
14. Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore *
15. Johan Harstad, Darlah - 172 timer på månen

[LauraT]

Harold bennet,  Anna of the Five Towns ****
Marilynne Robinson,  Home Reading now
Graeme Simsion L'amore è un difetto meraviglioso Reading now