BOOKS READ 2009
Stephenie Meyer: New Moon
-This was bad, but it could be taken humorously. The reason I okayed it might have been the werewolves.
Terry Pratchett: Maskerade
Terry Pratchett: Going Postal
- Fell in love with this. So hilarious!
Neil Gaiman: Stardust
- Better than the movie.
Terry Pratchett: Making Money
- Sequel to Postal. This wasn't quite as good, but very entertaining anyway.
Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman: Good Omens (x2)
-One of my all-time favourites. You don't get bored with this one, no matter how many times you read it!
Merja & Marvi Jalo: Pappilan ponitytöt ja rokkiromanssi
Merja Jalo: Ponisaaren kirous
-Both of the above are horse-books directed to 10-year-olds. They made good summertime reading.
Scott Lynch: The Lies of Locke Lamora
-The find of the year! Great book, read it!
Robin McKinley: Beauty
John William Polidori: The Vampyre
Jasper Fforde: The Eyre Affair
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
-First re-reading after publishing. Still cried like a fountain.
Scott Lynch: Red Seas Under Red Skies
Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange
-I was pleasantly surprised. I liked this book immensely.
Henrik Ibsen: Villisorsa
- The Wild Duck.
George Orvell: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Diana Wynne Jones: Howl's Moving Castle
Diana Wynne Jones: Castle in the Air
Toby Barlow: Sharp Teeth
Henry N. Beard & Douglas C. Kenney: Bored of the Rings
Terry Pratchett: Wyrd Sisters
-A great one!
Oscar Wilde: The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Oscar Wilde: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
-I like these stories very well, best one's being Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and A Sphinx Without A Secret
Stephenie Meyer: Eclipse
-It's hard to believe, but this was even worse than the ones before. I'm seriously considering not reading the last one, though a friend (who finds these equally Gods-damned awful) said it's worth a try.
I left two books unfinished this year: Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan and Heart-Beast by Tanith Lee. The first one was boring and intended to someone younger than me, and with the second I'm not sure. It just didn't sweep me off my feet, which is quality I feel a good book should have.
Currently I'm reading Macbeth (my first Shakespeare in English!) and have Pratchett's Night Watch coming. Finally.
So it's 2010 now, and there are loads of books to read! :D
~Wilzo
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