lauantai 1. tammikuuta 2011

Books read 2010

So here's the list of what I've read this year.


William Shakespeare: Macbeth

Terry Pratchett: Night Watch

P. G. Wodehouse: Jeeves In the Offing

Terry Pratchett: Monstrous Regiment

Colette: Chéri

Eva Hoffman: Lost In Translation (x3, an entrance exam book)

Scott Lynch: the Lies of Locke Lamora

Anne Rice: Angel Time - the Songs of the Seraphim

Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimna: Good Omens

Humphrey Carpenter: J.R.R. Tolkien - a biography

Jaana Kapari-Jatta: Pollomuhku ja posityyhtynen (a book by the translator of the Potter-series, about her decisions in translating)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study In Scarlet

E.M. Forster: A Room with a View

Mike Ashley (edit.): the Mammoth Book of Fantasy

Ellen Kushner: the Privilege of the Sword (x2)

Ellen Kushner: Thomas the Rhymer

Gregory Maguire: Wicked

Ellen Kushner: Swordspoint

Jane Austen: Emma

Gregory Maguire: Son of a Witch

Trisha Telep (edit.): the Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance

Gregory Maguire: A Lion Among Men

Diana Wynne Jones: Tough Guide to Fantasyland

Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman: the Fall of the Kings

Terry Pratchett: Going Postal

J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
Oscar Wilde: the Picture of Dorian Gray

Jonathan Strahan and Lou Andrews: Swords and Dark Magic: the New Sword and Sorcery

Donna Tartt: the Secret History

J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Choderlos de Laclos: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (in English despite the name)

Jon Sprunk: Shadow's Son

Diana Wynne Jones: House of Many Ways

Scott Lynch: Red Seas Under Red Skies

Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer: Sorcery and Cecelia, or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot

Robin McKinley: Deerskin

Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice

Toby Barlow: Sharp Teeth

George R.R. Martin: A Game of Thrones

Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer: the Grand Tour, or the Purloined Coronation Regalia


Soooo. That's quite a few books more than last year. The list doesn't include stuff I've read for school:
Shakespeare - King Lear
Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
Graddol et al. - Changing English (x4)
Yule - Pragmatics (x4)
Melchers and Shaw - World Englishes
+ miscellaneous items of literature, such as Swift's A Modest Proposal and excerpts from Beowulf
The Graddol book and the Yule book were entrance exam books, hence why I've read them so many times. Have to say, Changing English is actually very interesting, not to mention useful in my line of study.

I'm not gonna add pictures just now, maybe later.
At the moment I'm contemplating on buying all the three books by Stevermer and Wrede, but maybe I'll just start with buying the third one, since it's not available in the libraries.

I just watched the Serpent's Kiss for the second time after buying it, and I love love love love it. It's still wonderful, and I've probably seen it about ten times. ^^

That's all folks!

~Wil

//2nd Jan 2011: Added pictures, but couldn't be bothered with the Potter covers.

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