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katie__pillar

2011 in books

Jan 01, 2012 23:18

It's that time again, book list of the year! Tick the ones you've read so I can be nosy. I read 125 books this year, so comfortably went over my 100 book target. There is an obvious downturn towards the end, but that's because I was knitting like a demon to get my nephew's Christmas present done so I didn't have a lot of time for reading. I shall ( Read more... )

a year in books

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donna_k January 1 2012, 23:45:22 UTC

I read The Night Circus after you talked about it on twitter (I think), so thank you, because I really enjoyed it and I probably wouldn't have come across it otherwise. And I really enjoyed Rivers of London too. I assume you know there's a sequel? You might also like the Mike Carey books - I'm not sure if I've rec'd them before, but they're my favourites from that kind of genre.

katie__pillar January 2 2012, 10:04:17 UTC

Yes, I need to get the Moon over Soho actually, I thought I'd ordered it for work but it hasn't come in so I assume I didn't. Glad you enjoyed The Night Circus - it was a big deal at the London Book Fair last year, there was a leaflet campaign and a giant version of the cover art up, so you have them to thank for that.

lost_house January 2 2012, 11:17:45 UTC

there is something very endearing about books where london is almost a character in itself, but one i recognise & not just the tourist highlights :) mike carey uses the suburbs wonderfully (even if i do find the series horribly depressing in places. charles stross does it too in the laundry series books.

rivers of london was my only point of intersection (which seems to be popular:) i still think about it every time i go for a walk through wimbledon common (most weeks, it's one of our regular walking routes) and amble alongside beverly brook.
i think most of the YA i read must have been on last years lists. i catch up eventually.

sunsetmog January 2 2012, 17:21:47 UTC

I have to do this too. Maybe this evening! And Sweet Valley Confidential is awesome. Hurrah!

katie__pillar January 3 2012, 10:17:23 UTC

I am not getting any comment notifications from this post. It's vexing. >:(

But yay books! Seeing all the Suzanne Brockmans again made me giggle happily.