I never posted my reading stats for April, mostly because I didn’t read more than two books that month, so I didn’t feel like there was a point to it. In May, however, my lust for reading came back with a vengeance. The monthly total for May ended up forty books, and I don’t know [...]
Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Love
Filed under: Stats | 2 Comments »
Mr. Darcy Presents His Bride
by Helen Halstead
For the Back to History reading challenge.
English
310 pages
Ulysses Press
ISBN: 978-1-56975-588-4
First line: What a joy it is to have a worthy topic of conversation, to hold the power to amaze!
Back cover blurb:
In Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen brought together one of the most beloved literary couples of all time—Elizabeth [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: Back to History, D, English, Historical, Romance | 3 Comments »
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
For the Decades ‘08 reading challenge (first published 1902).
English
111 pages
a Project Gutenberg e-book
First line: The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.
Back cover blurb:
In this tale of colonial exploitation, the narrator, Marlowe, journeys deep into the heart of [...]
Posted on May 25th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: C, Classics, Decades '08, English, Historical | No Comments »
Doctor Who: The Feast of the Drowned
by Stephen Cole
English
254 pages
BBC Books
ISBN: 0-563-48644-9
First line:How can something so big sink so fast?
Back cover blurb:
When a naval cruiser sinks in mysterious circumstances in the North Sea, all aboard are lost. Rose is saddened to hear that the brother of her friend, Keisha, was among the dead. And [...]
Posted on May 25th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: Adventure, B, English, Science Fiction | No Comments »
Strong Poison
by Dorothy L Sayers
English
261 pages
Harper Mystery
ISBN: 978-0-06-104350-5
First line:There were crimson roses on the bench; they looked like splashes of blood.
Back cover blurb:
Mystery novelist Harriet Vane knew all about poisons, and when her fiancé died in the manner prescribed in one of her books, a jury of her peers had a hangman’s noose in [...]
Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Love
Filed under: B, English, Historical, Mystery | 1 Comment »
Since I last spent a couple of hours updating with reviews (that’d be last night), I have read seven books, which means I am now caught up with my personal goal of reading an average of four books a week. I was way behind on that after my reading slump back in March/April, but after [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: General booktalk | 4 Comments »
Daddy-Long-Legs
by Jean Webster
For the Decades ‘08 reading challenge (first published 1912).
English
160 pages
J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd/E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc.
ISBN: n/a
First line: The first Wednesday in every month was a Perfectly Awful Day—a day to be awaited with dread, endured with courage and forgotten with haste.
Back cover blurb: n/a
Thoughts: I’ve read Daddy-Long-Legs before, but [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: B, Classics, Decades '08, English, Young Adult | No Comments »
Doctor Who: I Am a Dalek
by Gareth Roberts
English
106 pages
BBC Books
ISBN: 0-563-48648-1
First line: Rose checked the seal on her space helmet, then she looked across the TARDIS controls to the Doctor.
Back cover blurb:
Equipped with space suits, golf clubs and a flag, the Doctor and Rose are planning to live it up on the Moon, Apollo-mission [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: Adventure, C, English, Science Fiction | No Comments »
Sent i november
by Tove Jansson
Swedish
164 pages
Alfabeta
ISBN: 91-501-0473-X
First line: En tidig morgon i Mumindalen vaknade Snusmumriken i sitt tält och kände att det var höst och uppbrott i luften.
Back cover blurb:
Det är höst i Mumindalen. För dem som kommer dit ser allting annorlunda ut, inte riktigt som de hade tänkt sig. Och muminfamiljen tycks inte [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: Adventure, C, Children's lit, Fantasy, Swedish | No Comments »
Pappan och havet
by Tove Jansson
Swedish
203 pages
AWE/Gebers
ISBN: 91-20-06402-0
First line: En obestämd eftermiddag i slutet av augusti gick en pappa omkring i sin trädgård och kände sig onödig.
Back cover blurb:
Långt ute i havet låg Ön. Den var så gott som öde. Där fanns en fyr, men den var släckt. På en udde bodde en fiskare, men [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: Adventure, C, Children's lit, Fantasy, Swedish | No Comments »
