Wednesday 30 April 2008

Books I have read in 2008

103. The Host, Stephanie Meyer****
102. Passing, Nella Larson ****
101. All the Pretty Horses, McCarthy ***
100. Hardboiled/Hardluck, Yoshimoto ***
99. Choke, Palahnuik
98. East of Eden, Steinbeck *****
97. Life isn't all Ha Ha Hee Hee, Myal ****
96. Under the Skin, Faber ****
95. Sea of Poppies, Ghosh ***
94. Metamorposes, Kafka ****
93. The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Edwards ****
92. The Gathering, Enright ****
91.The Gargoyle, Davidson *****
90. Creatures of the Night, Gaiman
89. Coraline, Gaiman
88. Fragile Things, Gaiman ****
87. The Little Black Book of Stories, A.S Byatt ***
86. The Wooden Sea, Jonathan Carrol *****
85. The End of Mr Y, Scarlett Thomas *****
84. Two Carvans. Lewycka ****
83. The Stolen Child, Donohue ****
82. Rabbit Proof Fence, Pilkington **
81. Goodbye Tsugumi, ****
80. The Virgin Blue
79. The Famished Road, Okri ***
78. The Three Shadows
77. Varjak Paw
76. Skin, Roald Dahl ****
75. Portrait in Sepia, Allende ****1/2
74. Blankets
73. Yossel
72. The Changeling, Jenkins *** 1/2
71. Neverwhere, Gaiman *****
70. Gods Behaving Badly, Phillips ****
69. Theft: A Love Story, Carey ***
68. A Woman of My Age, Bawden ***
67. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
66. The Garbage Kid, Laird ***
65. The Fragrance of the Guava, Mendoza ****
64. Gone With the Wind, Mitchell *****
63. Apache, Landman ****
62. Tomaree, Robson ***
61. Gatty, Crossely-Holland****
6o. Journey to the River Sea, Ibbotson ***
59. The Unabridged PocketBook of Lightning, Foer**
58. The Secrets We Keep, Monroe ****
57. Persepolois: A Return, Satrapi ***
56. Stuart: A Life Backwards, Masters *****
55. Breakfast at Tiffany's, Capote ****
54. Siddartha, Hesse***
53. Persepolis, Satari *****
52. Mirrormask, Gaiman ***
51. Twilight, Meyer*****
50. Stardust, Gaiman****
49. The Red Queen, Drabble
48. Junky, Burroughs ***
47. A Dog So Small, Pearce ****
46. The Space Between Us, Umigar ****
45. A Pure Swift Cry, Dowd *****
44. Daughter of Fortune, Allende ****
43. The Sandman: Dream Country (Graphic Novel), Gaiman ****
42. Mister Pip, Jones *****
41. The Plague, Camus ***
40. The Orchard on Fire, Mackay ****
39. Moon Tiger, Lively **
38. Sour Sweet, Mo ****
37. A Walk in the Woods, Bryson ****
36. The Alchemist, Coelho ****
35. The Shadow of the North, Phillip Pullman ****
34. Persian Brides, Rabinyan ***
33. The Echo Maker, Richard Powers ***
32. Peony In Love, Lisa See *****
31. The Devil and Miss Prym, Coelho ****
30. Microserfs, Douglas Coupland ****
29. The Motorcycle Diaries, Che Guevara ***
28. The Book of Dave, Will Self *****
27. The Ruby In the Smoke, Pullman ****
26. A Thousand Acres, Smiley *****
25. Twelve, McDonell **
24. The Ringmaster's Daughter, Gaarder *****
23. Waiting for the Barbarians, Coetzee ****
22. Like Water for Chocolate, Esquivel ***
21. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 and 3/4 ****
20. The Passion, Winterson *****
19. Autobiography of a Geisha, Mesuda ****
18. Monster, Wuornos ****
17. The Bookseller of Kabul, ****
16. Cold Comfort Farm, Gibbons ***
15. The Sound Of the Waves, Mishma ***
14. Falling Leaves, Yen Mah ****
13. As I Walked Out One Summer Morning, Lee **
12. Roots, Haley ****
11. The Thirteenth Tale, Seterfield *****
10. The Shipping News ****
09. The Notebook, Sparks *****
08. The Savage Garden, Mills **
07. The Kite Runner *****
06.A Spot of Bother, Haddon ****
05. In the Eye of the Sun ****
04. Snow, Pamuk ****
03. Black Dogs, McEwan ****
02. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, Hoeg ****
01.Empire of the Sun, Ballard ****

2 comments:

Josette said...

Oh, I would really like to read The Kite Runner! Haven't bought the book yet but I've already watched the movie. It's a superb movie, that's why I'm more eager to read the book. Or else I wouldn't have bothered!

katrina said...

the movie didn't get general release in the UK was only at a few selected cinemas