2017 in Books.
~Every link leads to an entry with basic information about the book, my favourite quotes and my review.
~The image I use is the edition I read.
♥♥♥ = Personal favourites I recommend.
NON-FICTION:
♥♥♥ The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10):
♡♡♡ Sidelights on Sherlock Holmes. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Sherlock Holmes Competition (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Background to Sherlock Holmes. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The True Story of Sherlock Holmes. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Last of Sherlock Holmes. (8/10)
♡ Plot for Sherlock Holmes Story. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Review by Joseph Bell. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Sir Arthur Conany Doyle or, An Ungrateful Father by Beverley Nichols. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms by Amy Stewart. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Rasputin: His Malignant Influence and His Assassination by Prince Felix Youssoupoff. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Catastrophe of Success by Prince Tennessee Williams. (9/10)
♥♥♥ The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson. (8/10)
♥♥♥ More Fool Me: A Memoir by Stephen Fry. (7.5/10)
FICTION:
~~~NOVELS:
♥♥♥ Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien. (8.5/10)
♥ The Sicilian by Mario Puzo. (7/10)♧
♥ Indignation by Philip Roth. (7/10)
♥ Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. (6/10)♧
♥♥♥ Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. (7.5/10)
♥ Daisy Miller by Henry James. (7/10)
♥ My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Pincher Martin by William Golding. (8.5/10)
♥ The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon (Leslie McFarlane). (7/10)◄
♥♥♥ Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King. (7.5/10)
♥ Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson. (7/10)♧
♥♥♥ The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Bambi: A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten.(8.5/10)♧
♥♥♥ The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie. (7.5/10)♧
♧ --> Part of a series, but the only book from it read this year.
◄ --> Part of a series, but I am not intending on pursuing beyond the first volume (which was read out of curiosity).
Series and Sequeled Works:
(titles listed here only if other books in the series read in the same year)
♥♥♥ A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket. (8.5/10)☁
♥ A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle by L.J. Smith. (8/10)☁
♥ The Vampire Diaries: The Fury by L.J. Smith. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Shining by Stephen King. (8/10)
♥ Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien. (9/10)☁
♥ The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. (8/10)
♥ The Marvellous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum. (7.5/10)
♥ Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries by Helen Fielding. (6/10)
♥ Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy by Helen Fielding. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Mad About Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans. (9/10):☁
♡♡♡ Madeline. (10/10)
♡♡♡ Madeline's Rescue. (9/10)
♡♡♡ Madeline and the Bad Hat. (9.5/10)
☁ --> Not all books in the series listed, as some have been read in previous years, or are still to be finished.
~~~SHORT STORIES:
♥♥♥ Skin and Other Stories by Roald Dahl. (7.5/10):☁
♡♡♡ Lamb to the Slaughter. (8.5/10)
♡ The Sound Machine. (7/10)
♡ An African Story. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Galloping Foxley. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Wish. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Surgeon. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Dip in the Pool. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Champion of the World. (7.5/10)
♡ Beware of the Dog. (7/10)
♡ My Lady Love, My Dove. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edogawa Rampo (Tarō Hirai) (8.5/10):
♡♡♡ The Human Chair. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Psychological Test. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Caterpillar. (8.5/10)
♡ The Cliff. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Hell of Mirrors. (8.5/10)
♡ The Twins. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Red Chamber. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Two Crippled Men. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Traveler With the Pasted Rag Picture. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Perrault's Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault. (8.5/10):
♡♡♡ The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Puss in Boots. (8.5/10)
♡ Little Tom Thumb. (8/10)
♡ The Fairies. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Ricky of the Tuft. (8.5/10)
♡ Cinderella. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Little Red Riding Hood. (9/10)
♡♡♡ Blue Beard. (9/10)
♡♡♡ The Ridiculous Wishes. (8/10)
♡ Donkey-Skin. (8/10)
♡ Patient Griselda. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Beauty and the Beast by Mme Leprince de Beaumont. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Friendly Frog by Mme d'Aulnoy. (9/10)
♡ Princess Rosette by Mme d'Aulnoy. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Arranged Marriage by Chitra Banjerjee Divakaruni. (8/10):
♡♡♡ The Bats. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Clothes. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Word Love. (8.5/10)
♡ Perfect Life. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Maid Servant's Story. (9/10)
♡ The Disappearance. (7.5/10)
♡ Doors. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Ultrasound. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Affair. (8/10)
♡ Meeting Mrinal. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Natasha and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis. (7.5/10):
♡♡♡ Tapka. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Roman Berman, Massage Therapist. (7.5/10)
♡ The Second Strongest Man. (7.5/10)
♡ An Animal to the Memory. (4/10)
♡♡♡ Natasha. (8/10)
♡ Choynski. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Minyan. (9/10)
♥♥♥ The Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker. (8/10):☁
♡♡♡ Arrangement in Black and White. (8/10)
♡♡♡ A Telephone Call. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Terrible Day Tomorrow. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Just a Little One. (7.5/10)
♡ The Mantle of Whistler. (7/10)
♡ The Garter. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ New York to Detroit. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Big Blonde. (8/10)
♡♡♡ You Were Perfectly Fine. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Cradle of Civilization. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ But the One on the Right. (7.5/10)
♡ Here We Are. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Lady with a Lamp. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Dusk Before Fireworks. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Young Woman in Green Lace. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Horsie. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Advice to the Little Peyton Girl. (8/10)
♡ From the Diary of a New York Lady: During Days of Horror, Despair, and World Change. (7/10)
♡ Sentiment. (7.5/10)
♡ Mrs. Carrington and Mrs. Crane. (7/10)
♡ The Little Hours. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Waltz. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Road Home. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Glory in the Daytime. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Cousin Larry. (8/10)
♡ Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Clothe the Naked. (8.5/10)
♡ Soldiers of the Republic. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Custard Heart. (9/10)
♡ Song of the Shirt, 1941. (7.5/10)
♡ The Standard of Living. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Lovely Leave. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Game. (7.5/10)
♡ I Live on Your Visits. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Lolita. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Banquet of Crow. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Bolt Behind the Blue. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Our Tuesday Club. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ As the Spirit Moves. (9/10)
♡♡♡ A Dinner Party Anthology. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Summer Hotel Anthology. (8/10)
♡ An Apartment House Anthology. (7.5/10)
♡ Men I'm Not Married To. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Welcome Home. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Our Own Crowd. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Professional Youth. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Вечера на Хуторе Близ Диканьки (Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka), Н. В. Гоголь (by Nikolai Gogol). (8/10):
♡♡♡ Сорочинская Ярмарка (The Fair at Sorochyntsi). (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Вечер Накануне Ивана Купала (St. John's Eve). (8/10)
♡♡♡ Майская Ночь, или Утопленница (May Night, or The Drowned Maiden). (9/10)
♡♡♡ Пропавшая Грамота (The Lost Letter). (8/10)
♡♡♡ Ночь перед Рождеством (The Night Before Christmas). (9/10)
♡ Страшная Месть (A Terrible Vengeance). (8/10)
♡ Иван Фёдорович Шпонька и Его Тётушка (Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt). (7/10)
♡ Заколдованное Mесто (A Bewitched Place). (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Gothic Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell. (8/10):☁
♡ Disappearances. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Old Nurse's Story. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Squire's Story. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Poor Clare. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Doom of the Griffiths. (7.5/10)
☁ --> Not all stories in the compendium listed, as some have been read in previous years or are still to be finished.
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ Books of Blood Volume 1 by Clive Barker. (8.5/10):✿
♡♡♡ The Book of Blood. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Midnight Meat Train. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Yattering and Jack. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Pig Blood Blues. (7.5/10)
♡ Sex, Death and Starshine. (8/10)
♡♡♡ In the Hills, the Cities. (9/10)
♥ Books of Blood Volume 2 by Clive Barker. (7.5/10):
♡♡♡ Dread. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Hell's Event. (8/10)
♡ Jacqueline Ess: Her Will And Testament. (6.5/10)
♡ The Skins of the Fathers. (7/10)
♡♡♡ New Murders in the Rue Morgue. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (8/10):♧
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Illustrious Client. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone. (8.5/10)
♡ The Adventure of the Three Gables. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Three Garridebs. (9/10)
♡♡♡ The Problem of Thor Bridge. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Creeping Man. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Lion's Mane. (8.5/10)
♡ The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger. (7.5/10)
♡ The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Retired Colourman. (8/10)
♥ The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10):☼
♡♡♡ The Adventures of the Two Collaborators by J.M. Barrie. (9/10)
♡♡♡ The Late Sherlock Holmes by J.M. Barrie. (8.5/10)
✿ --> A series of short story collections, wherein the short stories themselves are primarily independent of each other or stories within other volumes (though sometimes tied together by a general setting or plot device).
~~~PLAYS:
♥♥♥ Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. (8.5/10)
♥ Dom Juan or The Feast with the Statue by Molière. (6/10)
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ The Barber of Seville or the Useless Precaution by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. (8/10)☁
♥ The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. (8.5/10)
☁ --> Not all books in the series listed, as some have been read in previous years, or are still to be finished.
POETRY:
♥♥♥ The Homeric Hymns by Various Anonymous (translated by Thelma Sargent) (8/10):☁
♡♡♡ To Aphrodite. (8/10)
♡♡♡ To Dionysos. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Ares. (9/10)
♡ To Artemis. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Aphrodite. (8/10)
♡♡♡ To Athene. (9/10)
♡ To Hera. (8/10)
♡ To Demeter. (7/10)
♡♡♡ To the Mother of the Gods. (8.5/10)
♡ To Heracles the Lion-Hearted. (7.5/10)
♡ To Asclepios. (7.5/10)
♡ To the Dioscuri. (7/10)
♡ To Hermes. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Pan. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Hephaistos. (8.5/10)
♡ To Apollo. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Poseidon. (9/10)
♡ To the Most High, the Son of Cronos. (8/10)
♡ To Hestia. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Dionysos. (8/10)
♡♡♡ To Artemis. (8.5/10)
♡ To Athene. (9.5/10)
☁ --> Not all poems in the compendium listed, as some have been read in previous years, or are still to be finished.
GRAPHIC NOVELS:
♥ The Filth by Grant Morrison and Chris Weston and Gary Erskine. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Red Sea Sharks by Hergé. (7.5/10)♧
♧ --> Part of a series, but the only book from it read this year.
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus: Volume 1 by Various. (8.5/10):☁✿
♡♡♡ All's Fair. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Buffy: The Origin. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Broken Parts. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Dawn & Hoopy the Bear. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Slayer, Interrupted. (9/10)
♥ Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus: Volume 2 by Various. (8/10):
♡♡♡ Angels We Have Seen on High. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Steak to the Heart. (8.5/10)
♡ MacGuffins. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Queen of Hearts. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Ring of Fire. (8/10)
♡ Paint the Town Red. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Dust Waltz. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Doubt Omnibus 1 by Yoshiki Tonogai. (8.5/10)
♥ Doubt Omnibus 2 by Yoshiki Tonogai. (7.5/10)
♥ Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Ex Machina: Tag by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Ex Machina: Fact v. Fiction by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris. (7/10)
☁ --> Not all books/stories in the series listed, as some have been read in previous years, or are still to be finished.
✿ --> A series of short story collections, wherein the short stories themselves are primarily independent of each other or stories within other volumes (though sometimes tied together by a general setting or plot device).
PREVIOUS YEARS:
2009-2010/ 2010/ 2011/ 2012/ 2013/ 2014/ 2015/ 2016
~The image I use is the edition I read.
♥♥♥ = Personal favourites I recommend.
NON-FICTION:
♥♥♥ The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10):
♡♡♡ Sidelights on Sherlock Holmes. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Sherlock Holmes Competition (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Background to Sherlock Holmes. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The True Story of Sherlock Holmes. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Last of Sherlock Holmes. (8/10)
♡ Plot for Sherlock Holmes Story. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Review by Joseph Bell. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Sir Arthur Conany Doyle or, An Ungrateful Father by Beverley Nichols. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms by Amy Stewart. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Rasputin: His Malignant Influence and His Assassination by Prince Felix Youssoupoff. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Catastrophe of Success by Prince Tennessee Williams. (9/10)
♥♥♥ The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson. (8/10)
♥♥♥ More Fool Me: A Memoir by Stephen Fry. (7.5/10)
FICTION:
~~~NOVELS:
♥♥♥ Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien. (8.5/10)
♥ The Sicilian by Mario Puzo. (7/10)♧
♥ Indignation by Philip Roth. (7/10)
♥ Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. (6/10)♧
♥♥♥ Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. (7.5/10)
♥ Daisy Miller by Henry James. (7/10)
♥ My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Pincher Martin by William Golding. (8.5/10)
♥ The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon (Leslie McFarlane). (7/10)◄
♥♥♥ Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King. (7.5/10)
♥ Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson. (7/10)♧
♥♥♥ The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Bambi: A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten.(8.5/10)♧
♥♥♥ The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie. (7.5/10)♧
♧ --> Part of a series, but the only book from it read this year.
◄ --> Part of a series, but I am not intending on pursuing beyond the first volume (which was read out of curiosity).
Series and Sequeled Works:
(titles listed here only if other books in the series read in the same year)
♥♥♥ A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket. (8.5/10)☁
♥ A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle by L.J. Smith. (8/10)☁
♥ The Vampire Diaries: The Fury by L.J. Smith. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Shining by Stephen King. (8/10)
♥ Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien. (9/10)☁
♥ The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. (8/10)
♥ The Marvellous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum. (7.5/10)
♥ Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries by Helen Fielding. (6/10)
♥ Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy by Helen Fielding. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Mad About Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans. (9/10):☁
♡♡♡ Madeline. (10/10)
♡♡♡ Madeline's Rescue. (9/10)
♡♡♡ Madeline and the Bad Hat. (9.5/10)
☁ --> Not all books in the series listed, as some have been read in previous years, or are still to be finished.
~~~SHORT STORIES:
♥♥♥ Skin and Other Stories by Roald Dahl. (7.5/10):☁
♡♡♡ Lamb to the Slaughter. (8.5/10)
♡ The Sound Machine. (7/10)
♡ An African Story. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Galloping Foxley. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Wish. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Surgeon. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Dip in the Pool. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Champion of the World. (7.5/10)
♡ Beware of the Dog. (7/10)
♡ My Lady Love, My Dove. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edogawa Rampo (Tarō Hirai) (8.5/10):
♡♡♡ The Human Chair. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Psychological Test. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Caterpillar. (8.5/10)
♡ The Cliff. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Hell of Mirrors. (8.5/10)
♡ The Twins. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Red Chamber. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Two Crippled Men. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Traveler With the Pasted Rag Picture. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Perrault's Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault. (8.5/10):
♡♡♡ The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Puss in Boots. (8.5/10)
♡ Little Tom Thumb. (8/10)
♡ The Fairies. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Ricky of the Tuft. (8.5/10)
♡ Cinderella. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Little Red Riding Hood. (9/10)
♡♡♡ Blue Beard. (9/10)
♡♡♡ The Ridiculous Wishes. (8/10)
♡ Donkey-Skin. (8/10)
♡ Patient Griselda. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Beauty and the Beast by Mme Leprince de Beaumont. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Friendly Frog by Mme d'Aulnoy. (9/10)
♡ Princess Rosette by Mme d'Aulnoy. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Arranged Marriage by Chitra Banjerjee Divakaruni. (8/10):
♡♡♡ The Bats. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Clothes. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Word Love. (8.5/10)
♡ Perfect Life. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Maid Servant's Story. (9/10)
♡ The Disappearance. (7.5/10)
♡ Doors. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Ultrasound. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Affair. (8/10)
♡ Meeting Mrinal. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Natasha and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis. (7.5/10):
♡♡♡ Tapka. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Roman Berman, Massage Therapist. (7.5/10)
♡ The Second Strongest Man. (7.5/10)
♡ An Animal to the Memory. (4/10)
♡♡♡ Natasha. (8/10)
♡ Choynski. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Minyan. (9/10)
♥♥♥ The Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker. (8/10):☁
♡♡♡ Arrangement in Black and White. (8/10)
♡♡♡ A Telephone Call. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Terrible Day Tomorrow. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Just a Little One. (7.5/10)
♡ The Mantle of Whistler. (7/10)
♡ The Garter. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ New York to Detroit. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Big Blonde. (8/10)
♡♡♡ You Were Perfectly Fine. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Cradle of Civilization. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ But the One on the Right. (7.5/10)
♡ Here We Are. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Lady with a Lamp. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Dusk Before Fireworks. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Young Woman in Green Lace. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Horsie. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Advice to the Little Peyton Girl. (8/10)
♡ From the Diary of a New York Lady: During Days of Horror, Despair, and World Change. (7/10)
♡ Sentiment. (7.5/10)
♡ Mrs. Carrington and Mrs. Crane. (7/10)
♡ The Little Hours. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Waltz. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Road Home. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Glory in the Daytime. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Cousin Larry. (8/10)
♡ Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Clothe the Naked. (8.5/10)
♡ Soldiers of the Republic. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Custard Heart. (9/10)
♡ Song of the Shirt, 1941. (7.5/10)
♡ The Standard of Living. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Lovely Leave. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Game. (7.5/10)
♡ I Live on Your Visits. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Lolita. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Banquet of Crow. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Bolt Behind the Blue. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Our Tuesday Club. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ As the Spirit Moves. (9/10)
♡♡♡ A Dinner Party Anthology. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Summer Hotel Anthology. (8/10)
♡ An Apartment House Anthology. (7.5/10)
♡ Men I'm Not Married To. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Welcome Home. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Our Own Crowd. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Professional Youth. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Вечера на Хуторе Близ Диканьки (Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka), Н. В. Гоголь (by Nikolai Gogol). (8/10):
♡♡♡ Сорочинская Ярмарка (The Fair at Sorochyntsi). (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Вечер Накануне Ивана Купала (St. John's Eve). (8/10)
♡♡♡ Майская Ночь, или Утопленница (May Night, or The Drowned Maiden). (9/10)
♡♡♡ Пропавшая Грамота (The Lost Letter). (8/10)
♡♡♡ Ночь перед Рождеством (The Night Before Christmas). (9/10)
♡ Страшная Месть (A Terrible Vengeance). (8/10)
♡ Иван Фёдорович Шпонька и Его Тётушка (Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt). (7/10)
♡ Заколдованное Mесто (A Bewitched Place). (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Gothic Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell. (8/10):☁
♡ Disappearances. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Old Nurse's Story. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Squire's Story. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Poor Clare. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Doom of the Griffiths. (7.5/10)
☁ --> Not all stories in the compendium listed, as some have been read in previous years or are still to be finished.
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ Books of Blood Volume 1 by Clive Barker. (8.5/10):✿
♡♡♡ The Book of Blood. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Midnight Meat Train. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Yattering and Jack. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Pig Blood Blues. (7.5/10)
♡ Sex, Death and Starshine. (8/10)
♡♡♡ In the Hills, the Cities. (9/10)
♥ Books of Blood Volume 2 by Clive Barker. (7.5/10):
♡♡♡ Dread. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Hell's Event. (8/10)
♡ Jacqueline Ess: Her Will And Testament. (6.5/10)
♡ The Skins of the Fathers. (7/10)
♡♡♡ New Murders in the Rue Morgue. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (8/10):♧
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Illustrious Client. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone. (8.5/10)
♡ The Adventure of the Three Gables. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Three Garridebs. (9/10)
♡♡♡ The Problem of Thor Bridge. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Creeping Man. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Lion's Mane. (8.5/10)
♡ The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger. (7.5/10)
♡ The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Adventure of the Retired Colourman. (8/10)
♥ The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10):☼
♡♡♡ The Adventures of the Two Collaborators by J.M. Barrie. (9/10)
♡♡♡ The Late Sherlock Holmes by J.M. Barrie. (8.5/10)
✿ --> A series of short story collections, wherein the short stories themselves are primarily independent of each other or stories within other volumes (though sometimes tied together by a general setting or plot device).
~~~PLAYS:
♥♥♥ Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. (8.5/10)
♥ Dom Juan or The Feast with the Statue by Molière. (6/10)
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ The Barber of Seville or the Useless Precaution by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. (8/10)☁
♥ The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. (8.5/10)
☁ --> Not all books in the series listed, as some have been read in previous years, or are still to be finished.
POETRY:
♥♥♥ The Homeric Hymns by Various Anonymous (translated by Thelma Sargent) (8/10):☁
♡♡♡ To Aphrodite. (8/10)
♡♡♡ To Dionysos. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Ares. (9/10)
♡ To Artemis. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Aphrodite. (8/10)
♡♡♡ To Athene. (9/10)
♡ To Hera. (8/10)
♡ To Demeter. (7/10)
♡♡♡ To the Mother of the Gods. (8.5/10)
♡ To Heracles the Lion-Hearted. (7.5/10)
♡ To Asclepios. (7.5/10)
♡ To the Dioscuri. (7/10)
♡ To Hermes. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Pan. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Hephaistos. (8.5/10)
♡ To Apollo. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Poseidon. (9/10)
♡ To the Most High, the Son of Cronos. (8/10)
♡ To Hestia. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Dionysos. (8/10)
♡♡♡ To Artemis. (8.5/10)
♡ To Athene. (9.5/10)
☁ --> Not all poems in the compendium listed, as some have been read in previous years, or are still to be finished.
GRAPHIC NOVELS:
♥ The Filth by Grant Morrison and Chris Weston and Gary Erskine. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Red Sea Sharks by Hergé. (7.5/10)♧
♧ --> Part of a series, but the only book from it read this year.
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus: Volume 1 by Various. (8.5/10):☁✿
♡♡♡ All's Fair. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Buffy: The Origin. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Broken Parts. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Dawn & Hoopy the Bear. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Slayer, Interrupted. (9/10)
♥ Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus: Volume 2 by Various. (8/10):
♡♡♡ Angels We Have Seen on High. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Steak to the Heart. (8.5/10)
♡ MacGuffins. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Queen of Hearts. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Ring of Fire. (8/10)
♡ Paint the Town Red. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Dust Waltz. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Doubt Omnibus 1 by Yoshiki Tonogai. (8.5/10)
♥ Doubt Omnibus 2 by Yoshiki Tonogai. (7.5/10)
♥ Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Ex Machina: Tag by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Ex Machina: Fact v. Fiction by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris. (7/10)
☁ --> Not all books/stories in the series listed, as some have been read in previous years, or are still to be finished.
✿ --> A series of short story collections, wherein the short stories themselves are primarily independent of each other or stories within other volumes (though sometimes tied together by a general setting or plot device).
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