Books read - September 2009 through August 2010
Submitted by burneyfan on Sun, 09/06/2009 - 11:59
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- Selected Stories -- Alice Munro, 1996 (9/5/09)
- Underworld -- Reginald Hill, 1988 (9/7/09)
- The Eye of the World -- Robert Jordan, 1990 (10/7/09)
- Thérèse Raquin -- Émile Zola, 1867 (10/9/09)
- The Siege of Krishnapur -- J.G. Farrell, 1973 (10/14/09)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -- Stieg Larsson, 2008 (10/22/09)
- East Lynne -- Mrs. Henry Wood, 1861 (12/12/09)
- The Soul of Kindness -- Elizabeth Taylor, 1964 (12/13/09)
- The Curse of Chalion -- Lois McMaster Bujold, 2001 (12/18/09)
- The Private Patient -- P.D. James, 2008 (12/22/09)
- The Last of the Wine -- Mary Renault, 1956 (12/26/09)
- Simonetta Perkins -- L.P. Hartley, 1925 (12/27/09)
- James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon -- Julie Phillips, 2006 (1/1/10)
- Brightness Falls from the Air -- James Tiptree, Jr., 1985 (1/2/10)
- The Coquette -- Hannah W. Foster, 1797 (1/3/10)
- Dracula -- Bram Stoker, 1897 (1/7/10)
- The Detective Wore Silk Drawers -- Peter Lovesey, 1971 (1/9/10)
- Marriage -- Susan Ferrier, 1818 (1/14/10)
- Powder and Patch -- Georgette Heyer, 1923/1930 (1/16/10)
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society -- Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows, 2008 (1/18/10)
- Nervous Conditions -- Tsitsi Dangarembga, 1988 (1/26/10)
- The Lies of Locke Lamora -- Scott Lynch, 2006 (2/8/10)
- The Children's Book -- A.S. Byatt, 2009 (2/18/10)
- Fanny: A Fiction -- Edmund White, 2003 (2/22/10)
- The Italian Girl -- Iris Murdoch, 1964 (2/26/10)
- Open Season -- C.J. Box, 2001 (2/28/10)
- American Silent Film -- William K. Everson, 1978 (2/28/10)
- A Certain Justice -- P.D. James, 1997 (3/4/10)
- Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, a Personal Biography -- Charlotte Chandler, 2007 (3/16/10)
- Hide and Seek -- Wilkie Collins, 1854 (3/27/10)
- The Old Man and the Sea -- Ernest Hemingway, 1952 (3/28/10)
- The Real Life of Domingos Xavier -- José Luandno Vieira, 1961 (trans. 1974) (3/29/10)
- Night -- Elie Wiesel, 1960 (4/17/10)
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie -- Alan Bradley, 2009 (5/31/10)
- Paladin of Souls -- Lois McMaster Bujold, 2003 (6/12/10)
- Baltimore Blues -- Laura Lippman, 1997 (6/24/10)
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet -- Jamie Ford, 2009 (7/21/10)
- The Mysterious Benedict Society -- Trenton Lee Stewart, 2007 (7/23/10)
- Clara S.: A Musical Tragedy -- Elfriede Jelinek, 1981 (7/29/10)
- The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag -- Alan Bradley, 2010 (7/31/10)
Author Comments:
Having a baby definitely cuts into one's reading time!
I can see Dracula on your list. That's my favourite book.... I love the way it's been written, in form of letters....very similar to Frankenstein...have u read it?
I read it in college, and then with my husband about 5-6 years ago. I love both novels, and have a special fondness for epistolary novels in general. If you like novels written in different formats (letters, journals, news stories), two I heartily recommend are Choderlos de Laclos' Dangerous Liaisons (a.k.a. Les liaisons dangereuses) and Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White. Neither is horror/gothic horror, but they're both suspenseful and creepy in wonderful ways.
I read The Woman in White. It's one of my favourite books. I will look for Dangerous Liaisions in my local library and will read it... Thank u for the suggestions :)