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Books read 2010
83
Looking for Alaska
John Green
2010-12-29
Language: English
Pages: 221
Rating: Okay.
82
Daughter of the Forest
Juliet Marillier
2010-12-23
Language: English
Pages: 544
Rating: Quite good, although it could have been shorter.
81
Green Rider
Kristen Britain
2010-12-17
Language: English
Pages: 471
Rating: Quite good!
80
Poison Study
Maria V. Snyder
2010-12-10
Language: English
Pages: 409
Rating: ... not entirely bad.
79
Godless
Pete Hautman
2010-12-06
Language: English
Pages: 198
Rating: Good
78
Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior
Chris Bradford
2010-12-05
Language: English
Pages: 317
Rating: Okay. Maybe more for boys.
77
The Hallowed Hunt
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-12-02
Language: English
Pages: 432
Rating: Quite nice.
76
The Red Wolf Conspiracy
Robert V.S. Redrick
2010-11-23
Language: English
Pages: 505
Rating: Not entirely bad.
75
Mistborn
Brandon Sanderson
2010-11-15
Language: English
Pages: 643
Rating: ok
74
The Maze Runner
James Dashner
2010-11-07
Language: English
Pages: 374
Rating: Very good!
73
Miles, Mutants & Microbes
(Falling Free, Labyrinth, Diplomatic Immunity)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-11-06
Language: English
Pages: 814
Rating: Excellent!!!
72
Miles in Love
(Komarr, A Civil Campaign, Winterfair Gifts)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-10-31
Language: English
Pages: 862
Rating: Excellent Plus!!!
71
The Land of Night
Kirby Crow
2010-10-23
Language: English
Pages: 277
Rating: The word "badfic" comes to mind.
70
Paladin of Souls
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-10-20
Language: English
Pages: 470
Rating: Good..ish
69
Memory
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-10-16
Language: English
Pages: 462
Rating: Excellent!!!!
68
Miles Errant
(The Borders of Infinity, Brothers in Arms, Mirror Dance)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-10-11
Language: English
Pages: 741
Rating: Excellent!
67
Miles, Mystery & Mayhem
(Cetaganda, Ethan of Athos, Labyrinth)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-10-05
Language: English
Pages: 556
Rating: Excellent!
66
Young Miles
(The Warrior's Apprentice, The Mountains of Mourning, The Vor Game)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-10-01 (?)
Language: English
Pages: 838
Rating: Excellent!
65
Desert Spear
Peter V.Brett
2010-09-22
Language: English
Pages: 608
Rating: Good. The first half was boring though, the next quite good.
64
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
2010-09-15
Language: English
Pages: 289
Rating: Good
63
The Curse of Chalion
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-09-12
Language: English
Pages: 502
Rating: Good.
62
The Demon's Covenant
Sarah Rees Brennan
2010-09-09
Language: English
Pages: 440
Rating: Good..ish.
61
Paahde (Holes)
Louis Sachar
2010-08-30
Language: Finnish
Pages: 239
Rating: Good
60
The Hunchback Assignments
Arthur Slade
2010-08-29
Language: English
Pages: 278
Rating: Ok
59
Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
2010-08-28
Language: English
Pages: 455
Rating: Good!
58
Cordelia's Honor (Vorkosigan Saga Omnibus: Shards of Honor / Barrayar)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-08-27
Language: English
Pages: 590
Rating: Good!
57
Puhdistus (Purge)
Sofi Oksanen
2010-08-21
Language: Finnish
Pages: 381
Rating: Disgusting!
56
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
N.K.Jemisin
2010-08-18
Language: English
Pages: 398
Rating: Blah!
55
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
2010-08-14
Language: English
Pages: 300
Rating: Lovely!! I want to start reading it again from the beginning right away!
54
The Painted Man
Peter Brett
2010-08-12
Language: English
Pages: 544
Rating: Very good! Can't wait to get my hands on the next installment!
53
The Magicians
Lev Grossman
2010-08-08
Language: English
Pages 416
Rating: Amazingly bad! The most dislikeable characters, the stupidest morals and limping plot. The book is so bad that you just have to finish it to see if it can get any worse. And believe me, IT CAN! Horrible book!
52
The Outlaws of Sherwood
Robin McKinley
2010-08-03
Language: English
Pages: 344
Rating: Okay.
51
Horizon (The Sharing Knife, Book 4)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-07-30
Language: English
Pages: 422
Rating: Lovely! Too bad the series ended here, sniff!
50
Here Lies Arthur
Philip Reeve
2010-07-26
Language: English
Pages: 337
Rating: Okay-Good.
49
Passage
Lois Mcmaster Bujold
2010-07-23
Language: English
Pages: 411
Rating: Very good!
48
Jumalten sota (The Last Olympian)
Rick Riordan
2010-07-19
Language: Finnish
Pages: 364
Rating: Very good!
47
Mariner's Luck
Kirby Crow
2010-07-13
Language: English
Pages: 211
Rating: Limping but still compelling story. Scarlet is too much a girl to my liking though.
46
The Sea of Trolls
Nancy Farmer
2010-07-11
Language: English
Pages: 455
Rating: A book about Norse mythology (with a wise woman from Finmark, no less!). Quite okay, although there's something that irritates me in the author's writing.
45
An Abundance of Katherines
John Green
2010-06-26
Language: English
Pages: 227
Finland reference: page 26: "Did you already know that the World's Largest Wooden Crucifix was in Kentucky?" he shouted, his window down and his left hand waving through the fast-passing air. "Not before today," Colin answered. "But I did know that the world's largest wooden church is in Finland."
Rating: Quite nice! Coming of age, road trip, maths, the lot :D
44
Perchance to Dream: Theatre Illuminata #2
Lisa Mantchev
2010-06-24
Language: English
Pages: 303
Rating: Lovely! Different!
43
The Shakespeare Stealer
Gary Blackwood
2010-06-22
Language: English
Pages: 216
Rating: Not very interesting.
42
Legacy (The Sharing Knife, Book 2)
Lois Mcmaster Bujold
2010-06-19
Language: English
Pages: 356
Rating: Good.
41
Beguilement (The Sharing Knife, Book 1)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-06-16
Language: English
Pages: 361
Rating: Okay, maybe a little too romance oriented for my taste.
40
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (Pilvilinna joka romahti)
Stieg Larsson
2010-06-05
Language: Finnish
Pages: 784
Rating: Amazingly good. Too bad this was the last part. Also, amazingly many of the smalltime crooks had Finnish names. And wives, them too.
36-39
The Earthsea Trilogy ("Maameren tarinat")
A Wizard of Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
Tehanu
Ursula K. Le Guin
2010-06-02
Language: Finnish
Pages: 874
Rating: Classic, yes, and I loved this series as a kid but maybe I shouldn't have re-read it after all... *yawn*
35
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Jeff Kinney
2010-05-27
Language: English
Pages: 217
Rating: Better than the other books in the series. The kids loved this one too but I'm still not in the target group (Greg is simply too lazy and MEAN to be a favourite of mine!)
34
Tyttö joka leikki tulella (The Girl Who Played With Fire)
Stieg Larsson
2010-05-23
Language: Finnish
Pages: 691
Rating: Good, bordering on excellent. The author's tendency for LISTS gets annoying though.
33
Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
2010-05-19
Language: English
Pages: 425
Rating: Good if a bit stretched, part one in series
32
The Back Passage
James Lear
2010-05-16
Language: English
Pages: 199
Rating: >_<
31
Scarlet and the White Wolf
Kirby Crow
2010-05-14
Language: English
Pages: 239
Rating: Slow start, became better towards the end. Could have been better still.
30
Tuliterä ("Fireblade")
Timo Parvela
2010-05-13
Language: Finnish
Pages: 227
Rating: Finnish mythology in modern times, for children. Quite good. Part one in series.
29
Bog Child
Siobhan Dowd
2010-05-12
Language: English
Pages: 314
Rating: Quite good, interesting themes all in all.
28
Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking)
Patrick Ness
2010-05-09
Language: English
Pages: 693
Rating: The story ends. I liked parts 1 and 2 better but this was not bad either.
27
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
2010-05-06
Language: Finnish
Pages: 612
Rating: Quite good. I still can't understand why the original name "Men who hate women" has been changed to something else for the English book though.
26
Pojallani on seksielämä ja minä luen äidilleni Punahilkkaa
("Mijn zoon heeft een seksleven en ik lees mijn moeder Roodkapje voor")
("My son has a sex life and I'm reading my mother Little Red Riding Hood")
Renate Dorrestein
2010-05-02
Language: Finnish
Pages 214
Rating: Partly funny, partly scary, quite good.
25
The House of the Scorpion
Nancy Farmer
2010-05-01
Language: English
Pages: 380
Rating: Okay.
24
Princess Academy
Shannon Hale
2010-04-27
Language: English
Pages: 351
Rating: Totally misleading name, EXCELLENT book!!
23
Susitosi
Niina Repo, Seita Parkkola
2010-04-26
Language: Finnish
Pages: 251
Rating: Bad beginning, better towards the end, I'm not in the target group. Umph.
22
Blackbringer
Laini Taylor
2010-04-23
Language: English
Pages: 437
Rating: Quite good. And that's quite surprising considering how little I like fairies :D
21
Leviathan
Scott Westerfield
2010-04-19
Language: English
Pages: 440
Summary: Steampunk mixing WWI and fantasy/scifi. Austria-Hungary has mighty (walking) war machines and Brits use Darwin-developed fabricated animals for the same (flying whales!). The lives of a Scottish fifteen year old girl pretending to be a boy to get into the air forces, and the sixteen year son of the assassinated Austrian Arch Duke collide in a crash-landing in Switzerland.
Rating: EXCELLENT! MUST GET BOOK TWO!!!
20
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth George Speare
2010-04-16
Language: English
Pages: 249
Rating: Ok. A bit Mary-Sueish.
19
Strong And Sudden Thaw
R.W. Day
2010-04-11
Language: English
Pages: 275
Rating: Excellent!
18
Dragon Haven
Robin Hobb
2010-04-08
Language: English
Pages: 570
Rating: Excellent! The first book in the series wasn't very good, but this, WOW!!
17
Incarceron
Catherine Fisher
2010-04-01
Language: English
Pages: 458
Rating: The book had potential but it didn't live up to it. Blah.
16
Fall of The Kings
Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman
2010-03-20
Language: English
Pages: 505
Rating: Quite good actually, a LOT better than Swordsmen (see #1 2010)
15
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Jeff Kinney
2010-03-12
Language: German
Pages: 217
Rating: Alright, I guess. I'm not exactly in the target group...
14
Eyes Like Stars
Lisa Mantchev
2010-03-06
Language: English
Pages: 368
Rating: Excellent!!!
13
Gregor And The Code of Claw
Suzanne Collins
2010-03-04
Language: English
Pages: 412
Rating: Quite good, final, part five in the series
12
Gregor And The Marks of Secret
Suzanne Collins
2010-03-02
Language: English
Pages: 343
Rating: Quite good, part four in the series
11
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
2010-02-26
Language: English
Pages: 183
Rating: Nice fluff!
10
Labyrinttitaistelu (Battle of the Labyrinth)
Rick Riordan
2010-02-24
Language: Finnish
Pages: 367
Rating: Quite nice! Better than previous in the series!
9
Usva ("Mist")
Seita Parkkola
2010-02-20
Language: Finnish
Pages: 375
Rating: Very good! Finnish realism/fantasy YA! Very much recommended!
8
The Time Quake
Linda Buckley-Archer
2010-02-18
Language: English
Pages: 371
Rating: Blah.
7
Fire
Kristin Cashore
2010-02-06
Language: English
Pages: 334
Rating: Quite good. Weird issues with marriage and children.
6
Noughts and Crosses
Malorie Blackman
2010-01-31
Language: English
Pages: 479
Rating: Decent enough, predictable, couldn't really relate
5
Gregor And The Curse Of The Warmbloods
Suzanne Collins
2010-01-25
Language: English
Pages: 358
Rating: Also Decent enough, part three in series.
4
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
Suzanne Collins
2010-01-23
Language: English
Pages: 309
Rating: Decent enough, part two in series.
3
Marcelo in the Real World
Francisco Stork
2010-01-20
Language: English
Pages: 312
Rating: Lovely, feel-good novel, highly recommended!
2
Going Bovine
Libba Bray
2010-01-17
Language: English
Pages: 480
Rating: Funny, well written, a bit on the lecturing side.
1
Swordspoint
Ellen Kushner
2010-01-14
Language: English
Pages: 368
Rating: Hmm. Not bad, not good. Could have been better with small changes.
Books read 2009
54 books, 21885 pages altogether, 10 in Finnish, 44 in English.
54
Viima (Draft, Strong/Icy wind) (English description)
Seija Parkkola
2009-12-18
Language: Finnish
Pages: 334
Rating: Very good! The book will be published in English (The School of Possibilities) in June 2010!
53
Neuromancer
William Gibson
2009-12-17
Language: English
Finland reference: Throughout the book
Pages: 317
Rating: Hard to say, as I understood so very little of it.
52
Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (Opalin kosto)
Eoin Colfer
2009-11-28
Language: Finnish
Pages: 348
Rating: Quite okay, fast moving, if maybe a bit too "boyish" for my tastes.
51
The Laurentine Spy
Emily Gee
2009-11-25
Language: English
Pages: 416
Rating: Heh! My first romance novel! Decent, I suppose, not stellar.
50
Wicked Gentlemen
Ginn Hale
2009-11-18
Language: English
Pages: 222
Rating: Very good! Too short! Where is the sequel!
49
Best Served Cold
Joe Abercrombie
2009-11-13
Language: English
Pages: 534
Rating: ... Good. Violent. Depressing.
48
The Draegan Lords
M.L.Rhodes
2009-10-28
Language: English
Pages: 350
Rating: Lovely fluff, with plot!
47
A Great And Terrible Beauty (Kauhun ja kauneuden valtakunta)
Libba Bray
2009-10-23
Language: Finnish
Pages: 360
Rating: Ympf
46
Gregor The Overlander
Suzanne Collins
2009-10-18
Language: English
Pages: 320
Rating: Very good!
45
The Elf And Shoemaker
M. L. Rhodes
2009-10-17
Language: English
Pages: 108
Rating: Silly fluff (Harlequin!)
44
Castle in the Air (Leijuva Linna)
Diana Wynne Jones
2009-10-16
Language: Finnish
Pages: 277
Rating: Fairly good
43
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
2009-10-14
Pages: 440
Language: English
Rating: Good. Abrupt ending, loose ends.
42
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Neropatin päiväkirja)
Jeff Kinney
2009-10-03
Pages: 217
Language: Finnish
Rating: *yawn*
41
Graceling
by Kristin Cashore
2009-10-03
Pages: 370
Language: English
Rating: Excellent!
40
The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield
2009-09-17
Pages: 460
Language: English
Rating: Good
39
Dragon Keeper
Robin Hobb
2009-09-11
Pages: 553
Language: English
Rating: Good
38
School's Out - Forever
James Patterson
2009-09-05
Pages: 399
Language: English
Rating: Good
37
Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
2009-09-03
Pages: 391
Language: English
Rating: Excellent!
36
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie
2009-08-30
Pages: 230
Language: English
Rating: Excellent!
35
Death of a Red Heroine
Qiu Xiaolong
2009-08-29
Pages: 464
Language: English
Rating: Good
34
The Hero and The Crown
Robin McKinley
2009-08-23
Pages: 246
Language: English
Rating: Fairly good-
33
Ender's Shadow
Orson Scott Card
2009-08-20
Pages: 467
Language: English
Rating: Very good
32
The Titan's Curse (Titaanien kirous)
Rick Riordan
2009-08-16
Pages: 308
Language: Finnish
Rating: Good
31
The Time Thief
Linda Buckley-Archer
2009-08-13
Pages: 512
Language: English
Rating: Good-
30
The Time Travelers
Linda Buckley-Archer
2009-08-09
Pages: 404
Language: English
Rating: Good-
29
Hunger Games (Nälkäpeli)
Suzanne Collins
2009-08-04
Language: Finnish
Pages: 335
Rating: Very good, violent
28
The Thief Lord
Cornelia Funke
Language: English
Pages: 345
Rating: Good-
27
City of Glass
Cassandra Clare
Language: English
Pages: 541
Rating: Good
26
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
James Patterson
Language: English
Pages: 464
Rating: Good
25
The People of Sparks
Jeanne DuPrau
Language: English
Pages: 338
Rating: Good
24
Uniin piirretty polku (Path drawn in dreams)
Helena Waris
Language: Finnish
Pages: 461
Rating: STUNNING!
23
The Giver
Lois Lowry
Language: English
Pages: 180
Rating: Intriguing, disturbing, not very surprising
22
The Princess Bride
William Goldman
Language: English
Pages: 399
Rating: Blah.
21
Sunshine
Robin McKinley
Language: English
Pages: 416
Rating: Very good
20
Eclipse
Stephenie Meyer
Language: Finnish
Pages: 524
Rating: hmph
19
Magician: Apprentice
Raymond Feist
Language: English
Pages: 528
Rating: hmph
18
The Way of Shadows
Brent Weeks
Language: English
Pages: 645
Rating: hmph
17
Beastly
Alex Flinn
Language: English
Pages: 336
Rating: Quite nice
16
The Ask and the Answer
Patrick Ness
Language: English
Pages: 619
Rating: Excellent!!!
15
Last Argument of Kings
Joe Abercrombie
Language: English
Pages: 639
Rating: Very good!
14
The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan
Language: Finnish
Pages: 284
Rating: Good
13
Beauty
Robin McKinley
Language: English
Pages: 325
Rating: Good
12
The Demon's Lexicon
Sarah Rees Brennan
Language: English
Pages: 329
Rating: Very good!
11
The City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau
Language: English
Pages: 270
Rating: Very good!
10
Before They Are Hanged
Joe Abercrombie
Language: English
Pages: 543
Rating: Very good!
9
Dark Lord of Derkholm
Diana Wynne Jones
Language: English
Pages: 528
Rating: Very good!
8
The Blade Itself
Joe Abercrombie
Language: English
Pages: 531
Rating: Very good!
7
Forgotten Beasts of Eld
Patricia A. McKillip
Language: English
Pages: 352
Rating: LOVELY!
6
Traitor's Moon
Lynn Flewelling
Language: English
Pages: 540
Rating: fairly bad
5
Blue Sword
Robin McKinley
Language: English
Pages: 272
Rating: LOVELY!
4
Stalking Darkness
Lynn Flewelling
Language: English
Pages: 501
Rating: Very good
3
Nightmare Academy
Dean Lorey
Language: English
Pages: 330
Rating: Average
2
Luck in the Shadows
Lynn Flewelling
Language: English
Pages: 479
Rating: Good
1
Red Seas Under Red Skies
Scott Lynch
Language: English
Pages: 784
Rating: good
Books read 2008
31
Abhorsen
Garth Nix
Language: English
Pages: 518
Rating: fairly bad
30
Lirael
Garth Nix
Language: English
Pages: 705
Rating: Fairly bad
29
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Patrick Ness
Language: English
Pages: 496
Rating: EXCELLENT!
28
City of Ashes
Cassandra Clare
Language: English
Pages: 464
Rating: ....
27
Amulet of Samarkand
Jonathan Stroud
Language: English
Pages: 480
Rating: Very good
26
Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris
Language: English
Pages: 292
Rating: Good
25
Witch Week
Diana Wynne Jones
Language: English
Pages: 269
Finland reference: p. 403 "Now the geography of Finland is very much affected by the last Ice Age. Simon, what happens in an Ice Age?"
Rating: fairly good
24
The Magicians of Caprona
Diana Wynne Jones
Language: English
Pages: 273
Rating: bad
23
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch
Language: English
Pages 752
Rating: Excellent
21-22
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume 1: Charmed Life / The Lives of Christopher Chant
Diana Wynne Jones
Language: English
Pages: 608
Rating: EXCELLENT!
20
Storm Front
Jim Butcher
Language: English
Pages: 320
Rating: Very good
19
Sabriel
Garth Nix
Language: English
Pages: 491
Rating: Very good
18
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
Language: English
Pages: 324
Rating: Very good
17
Howl's Moving Castle
Diana Wynne Jones
Language: Finnish
Pages: 323
Rating: very good
16
Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss
Language: English
Pages: 662
Rating: fairly bad
15
The Lighting Thief
Rick Riordan
Language: Finnish (original in English)
Pages: 362
Finland reference: (p 202 in the English copy) In the Finnish copy it says "the Gateway Arch designed by architect Eero Saarinen", whereas the English copy doesn't mention the architect at all.
Rating: Excellent
14
New Moon
Stephanie Meyer
Language: Finnish (original in English)
Pages: 455
Rating: Very good
13
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
Language: Finnish (original in English)
Pages: 462
Rating: Very good
12
The Magicians' Guild
Trudi Canavan
Language: English
Pages: 465
Rating: Fairly good-
11
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
Language: English
Pages: 174
Rating: Good
10
Death in the Clouds
Agatha Christie
Language: Finnish (original in English)
Pages: 240
Rating: Good
9
Slam
Nick Hornby
Language: English
Pages: 342
Rating: Good
8
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Language: English
Pages: 471
Rating: Good
7
Sisustaja
Torgrim Eggen
Language: Finnish (original in Norwegian)
Pages: 447
Rating: Disturbing
6
Boy Meets Boy
David Levithan
Language: English
Pages: 223
Rating: fairly good
5
A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin
Language: English
Pages: 976
Rating: Good
4
A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin
Language: English
Pages: 1128
Rating: Good
3
A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin
Language: English
Pages: 969
Rating: Good
2
A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin
Language: English
Pages: 807
Rating: Good
1
His Majesty's Dragon
Naomi Novik
Language: English
Pages: 356
Rating: Good
Books read 2007
Bridge of Birds
Barry Hughart
Language: English
Rating: Good
Fool's Fate
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Excellent
Golden Fool
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Excellent
Fool's Errand
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Excellent
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story
Leonie Swann
Language: German
Rating: Excellent
Das Parfüm
Patrick Süskind
Language: German
Rating: Good
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
Holly Black
Language: English
Rating: fairly good
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K Rowling
Language: English
Rating: Good
Ship of Destiny
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Excellent
The Mad Ship
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Good
Ship of Magic
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Good
Running With Scissors
Augusten Burroughs
Language: English
Finland reference: p. 277: "Well, if that's the way everybody feels," she screamed, running into the living room, her blue Marimekko caftan flowing ..."
Rating: Good, causing a lot of googling
Valiant
Holly Black
Language: English
Rating: Good, if somewhat disturbing
How to Write a Damn Good Novel
James N. Frey
Language: English
Rating: Good
City of Bones
Cassandra Clare
Language: English
Rating: Good
Assassin's Quest
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Very good
Royal Assassin
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Very good
Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Very good
The Book of Illusions
Paul Auster
Language: English
Rating: Very good
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
Language: English
Rating: Very good
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer
Language: English
Rating: annoying, pointless
Equus
Peter Shaffer
Language: English
Rating: Good
Skinny Dip
Carl Hiaasen
Language: English
Rating: Good
The Bad Beginning (Ankea alku)
Lemony Snicket
Language: Finnish
Rating: Good
Books read 2006
Nobelin testamentti
Original name: Nobels testamente
Liza Marklund
Language: Finnish
Finland reference: Ebba's mother defecting from Soviet Union through Finland. Caroline being in a conference in Helsinki. A talented Finnish graduate called Tuula.
Rating: Good
The Secret Country
Pamela Dean
Language: English
Rating: Booooooring
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
Language: English
Rating: fairly bad
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian : A Novel
Marina Lewycka
Language: English
Finland reference: p. 183 "... to put himself in an even worse light, he invented an older brother for Ludmilla, a counter-revolutionary terrorist living in Finland, dedicated to the overthrow of the Soviet state."
Rating: fairly good
A Long Way Down
Nick Hornby
Language: Finnish
Finland reference: p 30, JJ talking about delivering pizzas: "..I couldn't work legit because I'm not an English guy. Or an Italian guy, or Spanish guy, or even like a fucking Finnish guy or whatever. So I was doing the only work I could find: Ivan, the Lithuanian proprietor of Casa Luigi on Holloway Road, didn't care that I was from Chicago, not Helsinki."
Rating: Good
The Piano Teacher: A Novel
Elfriede Jelinek
Language: English
Rating: Disturbing
Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
Language: English
Rating: Very good
Twilight (Houkutus)
Stephenie Meyer
Language: Finnish
Rating: Excellent
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
Language: English
Finland reference: p 323. Finnish man calling a muslim talk show to find out if his teenaged son would go to hell for wearing his baggy pants so low that the seam of his underwear showed.
"... pepper gray long beards and white turbans were taking calls from the faithful all over the world. One caller fron Finland, a guy named Ayub, asked if his teenaged son could go to hell for wearing his baggy pants so low..."
Rating: Excellent
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Language: English
Rating: Very good
A Brother's Journey
Richard Pelzer
Language: English
Rating: Bad
Troll: A Love Story (other English title: "Not Before Sundown")
Johanna Sinisalo
Language: Swedish
Finland reference: Story happens in Finland
Rating: Excellent
Popular Music from Vittula
Mikael Niemi
Language: Finnish
Finland reference: Constant mentions of language, country and culture
Rating: Very good
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
Language: English
Rating: Excellent
Naïve, Super
Erland Loe
Language: Finnish
Rating: Good
Books read 2005
American Gods
Neil Gaiman
Language: English
Finland reference: People with Finnish heritage and names
Rating: Excellent
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Chris Fuhrman
Language: English
Rating: Very good
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
John Berendt
Language: English
Rating: Good
His Dark Materials Trilogy
Philip Pullman
Language: English
Finland reference: Witch Serafina Pekkala and her clan
Rating: Excellent
Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides
Language: English
Rating: Excellent
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Language: English
Rating: Excellent
Good Omens
Neil Gaiman
Language: English
Rating: Fairly good
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman
Language: English
Finland reference: Richard meets Finnish people on Trafalgar square:
p.351. "He tried talking to a pretty fair haired girl, who laughed and shook her head, and said something in a language Richard thought might have been Italian, but was actually Finnish"
Rating: Good
Stardust
Neil Gaiman
Language: English
Rating: Good
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
Language: English
Rating: Fairly good but angsty
The Face of a Stranger
Anne Perry
Language: English
Rating: Fairly good
Shoulder the sky
Anne Perry
Language: English
Rating: Fairly bad
Half Moon Street
Anne Perry
Language: English
Rating: Fairly good
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling
Language: English
Rating: Good
Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
Language: Finnish
Rating: Fairly good
Maurice
E.M. Forster
Language: English
Rating: Good
Books not finished
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Susanne Clarke
Language: English
Rating: Bad
Status: 100 pages read
83
Looking for Alaska
John Green
2010-12-29
Language: English
Pages: 221
Rating: Okay.
82
Daughter of the Forest
Juliet Marillier
2010-12-23
Language: English
Pages: 544
Rating: Quite good, although it could have been shorter.
81
Green Rider
Kristen Britain
2010-12-17
Language: English
Pages: 471
Rating: Quite good!
80
Poison Study
Maria V. Snyder
2010-12-10
Language: English
Pages: 409
Rating: ... not entirely bad.
79
Godless
Pete Hautman
2010-12-06
Language: English
Pages: 198
Rating: Good
78
Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior
Chris Bradford
2010-12-05
Language: English
Pages: 317
Rating: Okay. Maybe more for boys.
77
The Hallowed Hunt
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-12-02
Language: English
Pages: 432
Rating: Quite nice.
76
The Red Wolf Conspiracy
Robert V.S. Redrick
2010-11-23
Language: English
Pages: 505
Rating: Not entirely bad.
75
Mistborn
Brandon Sanderson
2010-11-15
Language: English
Pages: 643
Rating: ok
74
The Maze Runner
James Dashner
2010-11-07
Language: English
Pages: 374
Rating: Very good!
73
Miles, Mutants & Microbes
(Falling Free, Labyrinth, Diplomatic Immunity)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-11-06
Language: English
Pages: 814
Rating: Excellent!!!
72
Miles in Love
(Komarr, A Civil Campaign, Winterfair Gifts)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-10-31
Language: English
Pages: 862
Rating: Excellent Plus!!!
71
The Land of Night
Kirby Crow
2010-10-23
Language: English
Pages: 277
Rating: The word "badfic" comes to mind.
70
Paladin of Souls
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-10-20
Language: English
Pages: 470
Rating: Good..ish
69
Memory
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-10-16
Language: English
Pages: 462
Rating: Excellent!!!!
68
Miles Errant
(The Borders of Infinity, Brothers in Arms, Mirror Dance)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-10-11
Language: English
Pages: 741
Rating: Excellent!
67
Miles, Mystery & Mayhem
(Cetaganda, Ethan of Athos, Labyrinth)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-10-05
Language: English
Pages: 556
Rating: Excellent!
66
Young Miles
(The Warrior's Apprentice, The Mountains of Mourning, The Vor Game)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-10-01 (?)
Language: English
Pages: 838
Rating: Excellent!
65
Desert Spear
Peter V.Brett
2010-09-22
Language: English
Pages: 608
Rating: Good. The first half was boring though, the next quite good.
64
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
2010-09-15
Language: English
Pages: 289
Rating: Good
63
The Curse of Chalion
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-09-12
Language: English
Pages: 502
Rating: Good.
62
The Demon's Covenant
Sarah Rees Brennan
2010-09-09
Language: English
Pages: 440
Rating: Good..ish.
61
Paahde (Holes)
Louis Sachar
2010-08-30
Language: Finnish
Pages: 239
Rating: Good
60
The Hunchback Assignments
Arthur Slade
2010-08-29
Language: English
Pages: 278
Rating: Ok
59
Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
2010-08-28
Language: English
Pages: 455
Rating: Good!
58
Cordelia's Honor (Vorkosigan Saga Omnibus: Shards of Honor / Barrayar)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-08-27
Language: English
Pages: 590
Rating: Good!
57
Puhdistus (Purge)
Sofi Oksanen
2010-08-21
Language: Finnish
Pages: 381
Rating: Disgusting!
56
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
N.K.Jemisin
2010-08-18
Language: English
Pages: 398
Rating: Blah!
55
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
2010-08-14
Language: English
Pages: 300
Rating: Lovely!! I want to start reading it again from the beginning right away!
54
The Painted Man
Peter Brett
2010-08-12
Language: English
Pages: 544
Rating: Very good! Can't wait to get my hands on the next installment!
53
The Magicians
Lev Grossman
2010-08-08
Language: English
Pages 416
Rating: Amazingly bad! The most dislikeable characters, the stupidest morals and limping plot. The book is so bad that you just have to finish it to see if it can get any worse. And believe me, IT CAN! Horrible book!
52
The Outlaws of Sherwood
Robin McKinley
2010-08-03
Language: English
Pages: 344
Rating: Okay.
51
Horizon (The Sharing Knife, Book 4)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-07-30
Language: English
Pages: 422
Rating: Lovely! Too bad the series ended here, sniff!
50
Here Lies Arthur
Philip Reeve
2010-07-26
Language: English
Pages: 337
Rating: Okay-Good.
49
Passage
Lois Mcmaster Bujold
2010-07-23
Language: English
Pages: 411
Rating: Very good!
48
Jumalten sota (The Last Olympian)
Rick Riordan
2010-07-19
Language: Finnish
Pages: 364
Rating: Very good!
47
Mariner's Luck
Kirby Crow
2010-07-13
Language: English
Pages: 211
Rating: Limping but still compelling story. Scarlet is too much a girl to my liking though.
46
The Sea of Trolls
Nancy Farmer
2010-07-11
Language: English
Pages: 455
Rating: A book about Norse mythology (with a wise woman from Finmark, no less!). Quite okay, although there's something that irritates me in the author's writing.
45
An Abundance of Katherines
John Green
2010-06-26
Language: English
Pages: 227
Finland reference: page 26: "Did you already know that the World's Largest Wooden Crucifix was in Kentucky?" he shouted, his window down and his left hand waving through the fast-passing air. "Not before today," Colin answered. "But I did know that the world's largest wooden church is in Finland."
Rating: Quite nice! Coming of age, road trip, maths, the lot :D
44
Perchance to Dream: Theatre Illuminata #2
Lisa Mantchev
2010-06-24
Language: English
Pages: 303
Rating: Lovely! Different!
43
The Shakespeare Stealer
Gary Blackwood
2010-06-22
Language: English
Pages: 216
Rating: Not very interesting.
42
Legacy (The Sharing Knife, Book 2)
Lois Mcmaster Bujold
2010-06-19
Language: English
Pages: 356
Rating: Good.
41
Beguilement (The Sharing Knife, Book 1)
Lois McMaster Bujold
2010-06-16
Language: English
Pages: 361
Rating: Okay, maybe a little too romance oriented for my taste.
40
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (Pilvilinna joka romahti)
Stieg Larsson
2010-06-05
Language: Finnish
Pages: 784
Rating: Amazingly good. Too bad this was the last part. Also, amazingly many of the smalltime crooks had Finnish names. And wives, them too.
36-39
The Earthsea Trilogy ("Maameren tarinat")
A Wizard of Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
Tehanu
Ursula K. Le Guin
2010-06-02
Language: Finnish
Pages: 874
Rating: Classic, yes, and I loved this series as a kid but maybe I shouldn't have re-read it after all... *yawn*
35
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Jeff Kinney
2010-05-27
Language: English
Pages: 217
Rating: Better than the other books in the series. The kids loved this one too but I'm still not in the target group (Greg is simply too lazy and MEAN to be a favourite of mine!)
34
Tyttö joka leikki tulella (The Girl Who Played With Fire)
Stieg Larsson
2010-05-23
Language: Finnish
Pages: 691
Rating: Good, bordering on excellent. The author's tendency for LISTS gets annoying though.
33
Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
2010-05-19
Language: English
Pages: 425
Rating: Good if a bit stretched, part one in series
32
The Back Passage
James Lear
2010-05-16
Language: English
Pages: 199
Rating: >_<
31
Scarlet and the White Wolf
Kirby Crow
2010-05-14
Language: English
Pages: 239
Rating: Slow start, became better towards the end. Could have been better still.
30
Tuliterä ("Fireblade")
Timo Parvela
2010-05-13
Language: Finnish
Pages: 227
Rating: Finnish mythology in modern times, for children. Quite good. Part one in series.
29
Bog Child
Siobhan Dowd
2010-05-12
Language: English
Pages: 314
Rating: Quite good, interesting themes all in all.
28
Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking)
Patrick Ness
2010-05-09
Language: English
Pages: 693
Rating: The story ends. I liked parts 1 and 2 better but this was not bad either.
27
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
2010-05-06
Language: Finnish
Pages: 612
Rating: Quite good. I still can't understand why the original name "Men who hate women" has been changed to something else for the English book though.
26
Pojallani on seksielämä ja minä luen äidilleni Punahilkkaa
("Mijn zoon heeft een seksleven en ik lees mijn moeder Roodkapje voor")
("My son has a sex life and I'm reading my mother Little Red Riding Hood")
Renate Dorrestein
2010-05-02
Language: Finnish
Pages 214
Rating: Partly funny, partly scary, quite good.
25
The House of the Scorpion
Nancy Farmer
2010-05-01
Language: English
Pages: 380
Rating: Okay.
24
Princess Academy
Shannon Hale
2010-04-27
Language: English
Pages: 351
Rating: Totally misleading name, EXCELLENT book!!
23
Susitosi
Niina Repo, Seita Parkkola
2010-04-26
Language: Finnish
Pages: 251
Rating: Bad beginning, better towards the end, I'm not in the target group. Umph.
22
Blackbringer
Laini Taylor
2010-04-23
Language: English
Pages: 437
Rating: Quite good. And that's quite surprising considering how little I like fairies :D
21
Leviathan
Scott Westerfield
2010-04-19
Language: English
Pages: 440
Summary: Steampunk mixing WWI and fantasy/scifi. Austria-Hungary has mighty (walking) war machines and Brits use Darwin-developed fabricated animals for the same (flying whales!). The lives of a Scottish fifteen year old girl pretending to be a boy to get into the air forces, and the sixteen year son of the assassinated Austrian Arch Duke collide in a crash-landing in Switzerland.
Rating: EXCELLENT! MUST GET BOOK TWO!!!
20
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth George Speare
2010-04-16
Language: English
Pages: 249
Rating: Ok. A bit Mary-Sueish.
19
Strong And Sudden Thaw
R.W. Day
2010-04-11
Language: English
Pages: 275
Rating: Excellent!
18
Dragon Haven
Robin Hobb
2010-04-08
Language: English
Pages: 570
Rating: Excellent! The first book in the series wasn't very good, but this, WOW!!
17
Incarceron
Catherine Fisher
2010-04-01
Language: English
Pages: 458
Rating: The book had potential but it didn't live up to it. Blah.
16
Fall of The Kings
Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman
2010-03-20
Language: English
Pages: 505
Rating: Quite good actually, a LOT better than Swordsmen (see #1 2010)
15
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Jeff Kinney
2010-03-12
Language: German
Pages: 217
Rating: Alright, I guess. I'm not exactly in the target group...
14
Eyes Like Stars
Lisa Mantchev
2010-03-06
Language: English
Pages: 368
Rating: Excellent!!!
13
Gregor And The Code of Claw
Suzanne Collins
2010-03-04
Language: English
Pages: 412
Rating: Quite good, final, part five in the series
12
Gregor And The Marks of Secret
Suzanne Collins
2010-03-02
Language: English
Pages: 343
Rating: Quite good, part four in the series
11
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
2010-02-26
Language: English
Pages: 183
Rating: Nice fluff!
10
Labyrinttitaistelu (Battle of the Labyrinth)
Rick Riordan
2010-02-24
Language: Finnish
Pages: 367
Rating: Quite nice! Better than previous in the series!
9
Usva ("Mist")
Seita Parkkola
2010-02-20
Language: Finnish
Pages: 375
Rating: Very good! Finnish realism/fantasy YA! Very much recommended!
8
The Time Quake
Linda Buckley-Archer
2010-02-18
Language: English
Pages: 371
Rating: Blah.
7
Fire
Kristin Cashore
2010-02-06
Language: English
Pages: 334
Rating: Quite good. Weird issues with marriage and children.
6
Noughts and Crosses
Malorie Blackman
2010-01-31
Language: English
Pages: 479
Rating: Decent enough, predictable, couldn't really relate
5
Gregor And The Curse Of The Warmbloods
Suzanne Collins
2010-01-25
Language: English
Pages: 358
Rating: Also Decent enough, part three in series.
4
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
Suzanne Collins
2010-01-23
Language: English
Pages: 309
Rating: Decent enough, part two in series.
3
Marcelo in the Real World
Francisco Stork
2010-01-20
Language: English
Pages: 312
Rating: Lovely, feel-good novel, highly recommended!
2
Going Bovine
Libba Bray
2010-01-17
Language: English
Pages: 480
Rating: Funny, well written, a bit on the lecturing side.
1
Swordspoint
Ellen Kushner
2010-01-14
Language: English
Pages: 368
Rating: Hmm. Not bad, not good. Could have been better with small changes.
Books read 2009
54 books, 21885 pages altogether, 10 in Finnish, 44 in English.
54
Viima (Draft, Strong/Icy wind) (English description)
Seija Parkkola
2009-12-18
Language: Finnish
Pages: 334
Rating: Very good! The book will be published in English (The School of Possibilities) in June 2010!
53
Neuromancer
William Gibson
2009-12-17
Language: English
Finland reference: Throughout the book
Pages: 317
Rating: Hard to say, as I understood so very little of it.
52
Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (Opalin kosto)
Eoin Colfer
2009-11-28
Language: Finnish
Pages: 348
Rating: Quite okay, fast moving, if maybe a bit too "boyish" for my tastes.
51
The Laurentine Spy
Emily Gee
2009-11-25
Language: English
Pages: 416
Rating: Heh! My first romance novel! Decent, I suppose, not stellar.
50
Wicked Gentlemen
Ginn Hale
2009-11-18
Language: English
Pages: 222
Rating: Very good! Too short! Where is the sequel!
49
Best Served Cold
Joe Abercrombie
2009-11-13
Language: English
Pages: 534
Rating: ... Good. Violent. Depressing.
48
The Draegan Lords
M.L.Rhodes
2009-10-28
Language: English
Pages: 350
Rating: Lovely fluff, with plot!
47
A Great And Terrible Beauty (Kauhun ja kauneuden valtakunta)
Libba Bray
2009-10-23
Language: Finnish
Pages: 360
Rating: Ympf
46
Gregor The Overlander
Suzanne Collins
2009-10-18
Language: English
Pages: 320
Rating: Very good!
45
The Elf And Shoemaker
M. L. Rhodes
2009-10-17
Language: English
Pages: 108
Rating: Silly fluff (Harlequin!)
44
Castle in the Air (Leijuva Linna)
Diana Wynne Jones
2009-10-16
Language: Finnish
Pages: 277
Rating: Fairly good
43
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
2009-10-14
Pages: 440
Language: English
Rating: Good. Abrupt ending, loose ends.
42
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Neropatin päiväkirja)
Jeff Kinney
2009-10-03
Pages: 217
Language: Finnish
Rating: *yawn*
41
Graceling
by Kristin Cashore
2009-10-03
Pages: 370
Language: English
Rating: Excellent!
40
The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield
2009-09-17
Pages: 460
Language: English
Rating: Good
39
Dragon Keeper
Robin Hobb
2009-09-11
Pages: 553
Language: English
Rating: Good
38
School's Out - Forever
James Patterson
2009-09-05
Pages: 399
Language: English
Rating: Good
37
Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
2009-09-03
Pages: 391
Language: English
Rating: Excellent!
36
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie
2009-08-30
Pages: 230
Language: English
Rating: Excellent!
35
Death of a Red Heroine
Qiu Xiaolong
2009-08-29
Pages: 464
Language: English
Rating: Good
34
The Hero and The Crown
Robin McKinley
2009-08-23
Pages: 246
Language: English
Rating: Fairly good-
33
Ender's Shadow
Orson Scott Card
2009-08-20
Pages: 467
Language: English
Rating: Very good
32
The Titan's Curse (Titaanien kirous)
Rick Riordan
2009-08-16
Pages: 308
Language: Finnish
Rating: Good
31
The Time Thief
Linda Buckley-Archer
2009-08-13
Pages: 512
Language: English
Rating: Good-
30
The Time Travelers
Linda Buckley-Archer
2009-08-09
Pages: 404
Language: English
Rating: Good-
29
Hunger Games (Nälkäpeli)
Suzanne Collins
2009-08-04
Language: Finnish
Pages: 335
Rating: Very good, violent
28
The Thief Lord
Cornelia Funke
Language: English
Pages: 345
Rating: Good-
27
City of Glass
Cassandra Clare
Language: English
Pages: 541
Rating: Good
26
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
James Patterson
Language: English
Pages: 464
Rating: Good
25
The People of Sparks
Jeanne DuPrau
Language: English
Pages: 338
Rating: Good
24
Uniin piirretty polku (Path drawn in dreams)
Helena Waris
Language: Finnish
Pages: 461
Rating: STUNNING!
23
The Giver
Lois Lowry
Language: English
Pages: 180
Rating: Intriguing, disturbing, not very surprising
22
The Princess Bride
William Goldman
Language: English
Pages: 399
Rating: Blah.
21
Sunshine
Robin McKinley
Language: English
Pages: 416
Rating: Very good
20
Eclipse
Stephenie Meyer
Language: Finnish
Pages: 524
Rating: hmph
19
Magician: Apprentice
Raymond Feist
Language: English
Pages: 528
Rating: hmph
18
The Way of Shadows
Brent Weeks
Language: English
Pages: 645
Rating: hmph
17
Beastly
Alex Flinn
Language: English
Pages: 336
Rating: Quite nice
16
The Ask and the Answer
Patrick Ness
Language: English
Pages: 619
Rating: Excellent!!!
15
Last Argument of Kings
Joe Abercrombie
Language: English
Pages: 639
Rating: Very good!
14
The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan
Language: Finnish
Pages: 284
Rating: Good
13
Beauty
Robin McKinley
Language: English
Pages: 325
Rating: Good
12
The Demon's Lexicon
Sarah Rees Brennan
Language: English
Pages: 329
Rating: Very good!
11
The City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau
Language: English
Pages: 270
Rating: Very good!
10
Before They Are Hanged
Joe Abercrombie
Language: English
Pages: 543
Rating: Very good!
9
Dark Lord of Derkholm
Diana Wynne Jones
Language: English
Pages: 528
Rating: Very good!
8
The Blade Itself
Joe Abercrombie
Language: English
Pages: 531
Rating: Very good!
7
Forgotten Beasts of Eld
Patricia A. McKillip
Language: English
Pages: 352
Rating: LOVELY!
6
Traitor's Moon
Lynn Flewelling
Language: English
Pages: 540
Rating: fairly bad
5
Blue Sword
Robin McKinley
Language: English
Pages: 272
Rating: LOVELY!
4
Stalking Darkness
Lynn Flewelling
Language: English
Pages: 501
Rating: Very good
3
Nightmare Academy
Dean Lorey
Language: English
Pages: 330
Rating: Average
2
Luck in the Shadows
Lynn Flewelling
Language: English
Pages: 479
Rating: Good
1
Red Seas Under Red Skies
Scott Lynch
Language: English
Pages: 784
Rating: good
Books read 2008
31
Abhorsen
Garth Nix
Language: English
Pages: 518
Rating: fairly bad
30
Lirael
Garth Nix
Language: English
Pages: 705
Rating: Fairly bad
29
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Patrick Ness
Language: English
Pages: 496
Rating: EXCELLENT!
28
City of Ashes
Cassandra Clare
Language: English
Pages: 464
Rating: ....
27
Amulet of Samarkand
Jonathan Stroud
Language: English
Pages: 480
Rating: Very good
26
Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris
Language: English
Pages: 292
Rating: Good
25
Witch Week
Diana Wynne Jones
Language: English
Pages: 269
Finland reference: p. 403 "Now the geography of Finland is very much affected by the last Ice Age. Simon, what happens in an Ice Age?"
Rating: fairly good
24
The Magicians of Caprona
Diana Wynne Jones
Language: English
Pages: 273
Rating: bad
23
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch
Language: English
Pages 752
Rating: Excellent
21-22
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume 1: Charmed Life / The Lives of Christopher Chant
Diana Wynne Jones
Language: English
Pages: 608
Rating: EXCELLENT!
20
Storm Front
Jim Butcher
Language: English
Pages: 320
Rating: Very good
19
Sabriel
Garth Nix
Language: English
Pages: 491
Rating: Very good
18
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
Language: English
Pages: 324
Rating: Very good
17
Howl's Moving Castle
Diana Wynne Jones
Language: Finnish
Pages: 323
Rating: very good
16
Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss
Language: English
Pages: 662
Rating: fairly bad
15
The Lighting Thief
Rick Riordan
Language: Finnish (original in English)
Pages: 362
Finland reference: (p 202 in the English copy) In the Finnish copy it says "the Gateway Arch designed by architect Eero Saarinen", whereas the English copy doesn't mention the architect at all.
Rating: Excellent
14
New Moon
Stephanie Meyer
Language: Finnish (original in English)
Pages: 455
Rating: Very good
13
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
Language: Finnish (original in English)
Pages: 462
Rating: Very good
12
The Magicians' Guild
Trudi Canavan
Language: English
Pages: 465
Rating: Fairly good-
11
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
Language: English
Pages: 174
Rating: Good
10
Death in the Clouds
Agatha Christie
Language: Finnish (original in English)
Pages: 240
Rating: Good
9
Slam
Nick Hornby
Language: English
Pages: 342
Rating: Good
8
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Language: English
Pages: 471
Rating: Good
7
Sisustaja
Torgrim Eggen
Language: Finnish (original in Norwegian)
Pages: 447
Rating: Disturbing
6
Boy Meets Boy
David Levithan
Language: English
Pages: 223
Rating: fairly good
5
A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin
Language: English
Pages: 976
Rating: Good
4
A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin
Language: English
Pages: 1128
Rating: Good
3
A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin
Language: English
Pages: 969
Rating: Good
2
A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin
Language: English
Pages: 807
Rating: Good
1
His Majesty's Dragon
Naomi Novik
Language: English
Pages: 356
Rating: Good
Books read 2007
Bridge of Birds
Barry Hughart
Language: English
Rating: Good
Fool's Fate
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Excellent
Golden Fool
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Excellent
Fool's Errand
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Excellent
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story
Leonie Swann
Language: German
Rating: Excellent
Das Parfüm
Patrick Süskind
Language: German
Rating: Good
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
Holly Black
Language: English
Rating: fairly good
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K Rowling
Language: English
Rating: Good
Ship of Destiny
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Excellent
The Mad Ship
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Good
Ship of Magic
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Good
Running With Scissors
Augusten Burroughs
Language: English
Finland reference: p. 277: "Well, if that's the way everybody feels," she screamed, running into the living room, her blue Marimekko caftan flowing ..."
Rating: Good, causing a lot of googling
Valiant
Holly Black
Language: English
Rating: Good, if somewhat disturbing
How to Write a Damn Good Novel
James N. Frey
Language: English
Rating: Good
City of Bones
Cassandra Clare
Language: English
Rating: Good
Assassin's Quest
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Very good
Royal Assassin
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Very good
Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb
Language: English
Rating: Very good
The Book of Illusions
Paul Auster
Language: English
Rating: Very good
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
Language: English
Rating: Very good
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer
Language: English
Rating: annoying, pointless
Equus
Peter Shaffer
Language: English
Rating: Good
Skinny Dip
Carl Hiaasen
Language: English
Rating: Good
The Bad Beginning (Ankea alku)
Lemony Snicket
Language: Finnish
Rating: Good
Books read 2006
Nobelin testamentti
Original name: Nobels testamente
Liza Marklund
Language: Finnish
Finland reference: Ebba's mother defecting from Soviet Union through Finland. Caroline being in a conference in Helsinki. A talented Finnish graduate called Tuula.
Rating: Good
The Secret Country
Pamela Dean
Language: English
Rating: Booooooring
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
Language: English
Rating: fairly bad
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian : A Novel
Marina Lewycka
Language: English
Finland reference: p. 183 "... to put himself in an even worse light, he invented an older brother for Ludmilla, a counter-revolutionary terrorist living in Finland, dedicated to the overthrow of the Soviet state."
Rating: fairly good
A Long Way Down
Nick Hornby
Language: Finnish
Finland reference: p 30, JJ talking about delivering pizzas: "..I couldn't work legit because I'm not an English guy. Or an Italian guy, or Spanish guy, or even like a fucking Finnish guy or whatever. So I was doing the only work I could find: Ivan, the Lithuanian proprietor of Casa Luigi on Holloway Road, didn't care that I was from Chicago, not Helsinki."
Rating: Good
The Piano Teacher: A Novel
Elfriede Jelinek
Language: English
Rating: Disturbing
Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
Language: English
Rating: Very good
Twilight (Houkutus)
Stephenie Meyer
Language: Finnish
Rating: Excellent
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
Language: English
Finland reference: p 323. Finnish man calling a muslim talk show to find out if his teenaged son would go to hell for wearing his baggy pants so low that the seam of his underwear showed.
"... pepper gray long beards and white turbans were taking calls from the faithful all over the world. One caller fron Finland, a guy named Ayub, asked if his teenaged son could go to hell for wearing his baggy pants so low..."
Rating: Excellent
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Language: English
Rating: Very good
A Brother's Journey
Richard Pelzer
Language: English
Rating: Bad
Troll: A Love Story (other English title: "Not Before Sundown")
Johanna Sinisalo
Language: Swedish
Finland reference: Story happens in Finland
Rating: Excellent
Popular Music from Vittula
Mikael Niemi
Language: Finnish
Finland reference: Constant mentions of language, country and culture
Rating: Very good
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
Language: English
Rating: Excellent
Naïve, Super
Erland Loe
Language: Finnish
Rating: Good
Books read 2005
American Gods
Neil Gaiman
Language: English
Finland reference: People with Finnish heritage and names
Rating: Excellent
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Chris Fuhrman
Language: English
Rating: Very good
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
John Berendt
Language: English
Rating: Good
His Dark Materials Trilogy
Philip Pullman
Language: English
Finland reference: Witch Serafina Pekkala and her clan
Rating: Excellent
Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides
Language: English
Rating: Excellent
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Language: English
Rating: Excellent
Good Omens
Neil Gaiman
Language: English
Rating: Fairly good
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman
Language: English
Finland reference: Richard meets Finnish people on Trafalgar square:
p.351. "He tried talking to a pretty fair haired girl, who laughed and shook her head, and said something in a language Richard thought might have been Italian, but was actually Finnish"
Rating: Good
Stardust
Neil Gaiman
Language: English
Rating: Good
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
Language: English
Rating: Fairly good but angsty
The Face of a Stranger
Anne Perry
Language: English
Rating: Fairly good
Shoulder the sky
Anne Perry
Language: English
Rating: Fairly bad
Half Moon Street
Anne Perry
Language: English
Rating: Fairly good
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling
Language: English
Rating: Good
Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
Language: Finnish
Rating: Fairly good
Maurice
E.M. Forster
Language: English
Rating: Good
Books not finished
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Susanne Clarke
Language: English
Rating: Bad
Status: 100 pages read