Books I read in 2005

Submitted by ukaunz on Wed, 07/27/2005 - 07:39
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  1. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
  2. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
  3. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
  4. Eucalyptus - Murray Bail
  5. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
  6. The House of the Spirits - Isabelle Allende
  7. The Thirty-nine Steps - John Buchan
  8. Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks
  9. The Powerbook - Jeanette Winterson
  10. Enduring Love - Ian McEwan
  11. Holes - Louis Sacher
  12. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
  13. The Rule of Four - Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
  14. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
  15. London - Edward Rutherford
  16. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
  17. Unless - Carol Shields
  18. Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn
  19. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
  20. Affinity - Sarah Waters
  21. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
  22. Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis de Bernieres
  23. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
  24. Invisible Cities – Italo Calvino
  25. The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco
  26. Momo – Michael Ende
  27. The Devil and Miss Prym – Paulo Coelho
  28. Hotel World – Ali Smith
  29. The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd
  30. Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks
  31. The War of the Worlds – H.G. Wells
professor08/06/2005

What did you think of Wuthering Heights?
I finished it last week. I thought it was excellent, but rather jumbled.

ukaunz08/10/2005

I just realised you asked the same question here, so I have cut and pasted my answer from the other list discussion:

I didn't enjoy Wuthering Heights much at all unfortunately. Didn't think much of the characters, couldn't be bothered caring if Heathcliffe and Cathy ever got together! Then again, I might be tempted to read it again, because I haven't read very many classics - maybe I just need to get used to the style.

I can't remember much about The Outsiders as I read it in high school, but do remember being impressed.

misscurly08/30/2005

I had to read Wuthering for one of my courses last year. I read it by myself before the class started, and decided that I hated it for the same reasons you mentioned.
Then we dissected it in tutorial, I came to appreciate and eventually love the book. I think the tutorial allowed me to see other people's reactions to the scenes that I disliked the most, and they read something different into it that cast the whole outlook of the book in a different light.
It's hard to explain... I just know that through discussion it is possible to understand and appreciate better.