I feel slightly dissapointed at finishing the year off by re-reading a novel, but never mind. It's for my first tutorial, and a book I always enjoy hugely, for varying reasons. The first time, it was the novelty of reading an older book (I remember I bought this and Wuthering Heights about two years ago, as my first foray into anything other than ( Read more... )

I'm not going to go into huge detail on these to, because they're both re-reads, and both reading ahead of time for next term ( Read more... )

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Synopsis:(from amazon.co.uk)
When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother's seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy's father, William Dorrit, a man of shabby grandeur, long imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea. As Arthur soon discovers, the dark shadow of the ( Read more... )

Title: The Mill on the Floss
Author: George Eliot
Synopsis:(from amazon.co.uk) here
My thoughts: With this book, I've completed the four books set for my University reading back in March, I think it was. Now, I only have 12 left to read for October. Nice ( Read more... )

I'm not going to bother reviewing Harry Potter: it's so widely read that it seems a bit pointless. I read it to refresh myself before book 7, and I love it just as much as I did last year.

The 6th is still one of my favourite books. I would have argued it's a bit too dark, but in the context of book 7, it's really not. At all.

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Title: To Kill A Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
Synopsis:(from amazon.co.uk) here
My thoughts: Another 'classic'. And I really wasn't dissapointed, at all. I really don't know what I could say about this book that hasn't already been said, but I'll just say what I thought. I loved the child's perspective. I love how long was spent setting the ( Read more... )

So. I got side-tracked from reading Great Expectations.

Title: We need to talk about Kevin
Author: Lionel Shriver
Synopsis:(from amazon.co.uk) here
My thoughts: I seem to be reading quite a lot of good books this year. It's told through letters to Eva's husband after the event. (Hurrah for epistoalry form: I love the intimacy of it, and the way it ( Read more... )

Title: On the Road
Author: Jack Kerouac
Synopsis:(from amazon.co.uk) here
My thoughts: I make a point of reading cult classics. Aside from wanting to get past the hype, I find they're often very good accounts of an era of history long gone. Especially since this novel, in particular, is just thinly-veiled autobiography. (Which I'm not using as a ( Read more... )