Today I decided to take a *photograph of all the books I own, but have not yet **read (click to enlarge). Yikes! Turned out to be a much bigger pile than I’d expected and after I’d taken the photo and put all the books back in their spots, I discovered at least three I’d [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by Love
Filed under: General booktalk | 12 Comments »
Duktig pojke
by Inger Edelfeldt
For the Decades ‘08 (first published 1977) and A-Z reading challenges.
Swedish
208 pages
Rabén & Sjögren
ISBN: 91-29-64869-6
First line: Han var ett väldigt snällt barn, annars var det väl ingenting som skilde honom från andra barn; jag menar, ingenting som märktes.
Back cover blurb:
“Är det här nåt slags modenyck, Jim?” grälade min far. “Nåt sånt [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A, A-Z Reading Challenge, Decades '08, GLBT interest, Swedish, Young Adult | No Comments »
A Tale of a Tub
by Jonathan Swift
For the Decades ‘08 (first published 1704) and A-Z reading challenges.
English
132 pages
a Project Gutenberg e-book
First line: My LORD, Though the author has written a large Dedication, yet that being addressed to a Prince whom I am never likely to have the honour of being known to; a person, [...]
Posted on January 20th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, C, Classics, Decades '08, English | 1 Comment »
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer
For the Young Adult, First in a Series and A-Z reading challenges.
English
434 pages
Atom Books
ISBN: 978-1-904233-65-7
First line: I’d never given much thought to how I would die—though I’d had reason enough in the last few months—but even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this.
Back cover blurb:
When Isabella Swan moves [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, English, Fantasy, First in a Series, Romance, YA Challenge 2008, Young Adult | 10 Comments »
Boy Meets Boy
by David Levithan
For the Young Adult and A-Z reading challenges.
English
185 pages
Random House
ISBN: 0-375-83299-8
First line: 9 P.M. on a November Saturday.
Back cover blurb:
Love is never easy. Especially if you’re Paul. He’s a sophomore at a high school like no other—and these are his friends:
Infinite Darlene, the homecoming queen and star quarterback
Joni, Paul’s best [...]
Posted on January 15th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, C, English, GLBT interest, Humour, Romance, YA Challenge 2008, Young Adult | 3 Comments »
The Princess Diaries V: Give Me Five
by Meg Cabot
For the Young Adult and A-Z reading challenges.
English
166 pages
e-book
First line: The week of May 5-10 is Senior Week.
Back cover blurb:
Mia is about to turn fifteen and can’t wait to dance the night away with Michael at the biggest, most romantic event of her life so far: [...]
Posted on January 13th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, Chick lit, English, F, YA Challenge 2008, Young Adult | 3 Comments »
Some Danger Involved
by Will Thomas
For the Back to History and A-Z reading challenges.
English
302 pages
Touchstone
ISBN: 978-0-7432-5619-3
First line: If someone had told me, those many years ago, that I would spend the bulk of my life as assistant and eventual partner to one of the most eminent detectives in London, I would have thought him a [...]
Posted on January 7th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, Back to History, English, Historical, Mystery | 1 Comment »
The more I think about it, the more annoyed I get with Flambards Divided. It was written more than ten years after the third Flambards book and to be honest, I don’t see the point of it.
Flambards in Summer ended on a pretty positive note and, whereas I personally wanted more at that moment, that’s [...]
Posted on January 6th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: General booktalk | No Comments »
An Assembly Such as This
by Pamela Aidan
For the First in a Series, Back to History and A-Z reading challenges.
English
256 pages
Touchstone
ISBN: 978-0-7432-9134-7
First line: Fitzwilliam George Alexander Darcy rose from his seat in the Bingley carriage and reluctantly descended to earth before the assembly hall above the only inn to which the small market town of [...]
Posted on January 5th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, Back to History, English, First in a Series, Historical, Romance | 4 Comments »
Flambards Divided
by KM Peyton
For the Young Adult and Decades ‘08 (first published 1981) reading challenges.
English
283 pages
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19-257055-6
First line: Christina had dreamed of Will again.
Back cover blurb:
When Christina marries Dick, she hopes that life at Flambards will settle down at last. But the village gossips find it scandalous that she, a rich landowner, [...]
Posted on January 5th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: D, Decades '08, English, Historical, YA Challenge 2008, Young Adult | 1 Comment »
