Archive for the ‘Challenges’ Category
Sarah Waters – The Night Watch
Sarah Waters’ The Night Watch is the third novel I’ve read by her, and it’s as different as the previous two as it can be. While one was a gothic ghost story set in Warwickshire (The Little Stranger), the other was a Victorian thriller (Fingersmith). And then we have this: a book set (mostly in) […]
Filed under: Booker Prize Shortlist, Books 2010, Complete Booker, Guardian 1000, Historical Fiction, Orange Prize Shortlist, Review, Sarah Waters | 16 Comments
Tags: London, Sarah Waters, World War II
David Mitchell – Cloud Atlas
In January 2009, I was introduced to the wonderful world of David Mitchell by a friend, who lent me the surreal number9dream – a book I absolutely loved. She proceeded to lend me Cloud Atlas next, and it’s been sitting abandoned on my unread shelf for about a year now, as I’ve been reluctant to pick […]
Filed under: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Arthur C. Clarke Award, Booker Prize Shortlist, Books 2010, British Book Awards Book Of The Year, Complete Booker, David Mitchell, Guardian 1000, National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, Review, Richard & Judy Book Group, Sci-Fi Challenge, Sci-Fi/Fantasy | 29 Comments
Tags: David Mitchell, Dystopia
The amazing thing about Murakami’s books is, you never know what you’re going to get – when that bridge between reality and surrealism will get crossed, and, what avenues the surrealism will take. Past experiences with Murakami have also taught me that the story is not going to be like anything I’ve read before. Experience […]
Filed under: Books 2010, Haruki Murakami, Japanese Literature Challenge 3, Magical Realism, Review | 27 Comments
Tags: Haruki Murakami, Japan
Terry Pratchett – Equal Rites
Terry Pratchett’s Equal Rites is the third book of the Discworld series, and, it’s the first Discworld book that I have read. Equal Rites explores the world where women cannot be wizards, and men cannot be witches. However, when a dying wizard visits a blacksmith, things in the wizarding world are about to change. The […]
Filed under: Books 2010, Review, Sci-Fi Challenge, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Terry Pratchett, Young Adult | 15 Comments
Tags: Discworld, Terry Pratchett
The Complete Booker in 2010
The Complete Booker originated in 2007, to bring together book lovers and book bloggers interested in reading winners of The Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Next year, they’re hosting the Complete Booker in 2010 Challenge, with five levels of participation: Winners Circle: read at least 6 winners Contender: read at least 6 shortlisted nominees Longshot: read at […]
Filed under: Complete Booker | 23 Comments
I just about finished the Take A Chance Challenge in the nick of time, and I have to say, it’s been fun! The randomness of this challenge led to me being pleasantly surprised a couple of times, and slightly disappointed a couple of times. I created a list of the nine books I’d read as […]
Filed under: It's A Wrap!, Take A Chance Challenge | 6 Comments
Background: This is the final book read, as part of the Take A Chance Challenge hosted by Jenners. Challenge#7, i.e. Random Bestseller reads: Go to Random.org and, using the True Random Number Generator, enter the number 1950 for the min. and 2008 for the max. and then hit generate. Then go to this site and find the […]
Filed under: Books 2009, David Guterson, General Fiction, Review, Take A Chance Challenge | 12 Comments
Tags: David Guterson
Background: While this month, my blog entries seem to be focused a lot on the Take A Chance challenge, it’s only because the challenge is up end of month, and I am actually trying to finish it. After this, I only have one more challenge to tackle, and I’ve already started the final book (David […]
Filed under: Books 2009, John Christopher, Penguin Modern Classics, Review, Sci-Fi Challenge, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Take A Chance Challenge | 6 Comments
Tags: Dystopia, John Christopher, London
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