Reading List - 2007
2007 Reads
My ongoing list of what I've been reading this year. To see last year's list, go here.
Some of these books (not enough) are Bookcrossing books and some of the classics are bibliophyles reads.
Unfortunately I don't have nearly as much time to read this year as I'd like, as I'm working full-time and trying to finish my Master's thesis. So I just read a bit every night and remind myself that next year things will be back to normal and I'll be able to catch up on all the reading I can't do this year...
* - books I enjoyed a lot and highly recommend (9 or 10 out of 10)
NF - non-fiction, I don't read many of these
January
*A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby
Jeeves and the Impending Doom - PG Wodehouse (Penguin 70th anniversary pocket book)
HMS Surprise - Patrick O'Brian
February
Boy: Tales of Childhood - Roald Dahl (NF)
*The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Danny, the Champion of the World - Roald Dahl
March
*Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - JK Rowling (reread)
*The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamillo
Bunnicula - James & Deborah Howe
Moomin: The Complete Comic Strip, vol 1 - Tove Jansson
Whitethorn Woods - Maeve Binchy
April
Morality for Beautiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - JK Rowling (reread)
300 - Frank Miller (graphic novel)
The Fall of Troy - Peter Ackroyd
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne
*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling (reread)
*The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
May
A Taste of Life - Sara Paretsky (Penguin 60th anniversary pocket book)
*Spud - John van de Ruit
June
Gem Squash Tokoloshe - Rachel Zadok
Little Sparrow - Phyllis Owen
*Paper Faces - Rachel Anderson
*A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
July
The Mauritius Command - Patrick O'Brian
**Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
The Kestral - Lloyd Alexander
August
The Club of Queer Trades - GK Chesterton
The Beggar Queen - Lloyd Alexander
Algeria's Way - Alex Smith
*About a Boy - Nick Hornby
Cape Town Stories - Madeline Barnard
September
Wicked - Gregory Maguire
A Private Performance: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice - Helen Halstead
Death Drop - B.M. Gill
October
The Wombles - Elizabeth Beresford
The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper (reread)
Literary Trivia - Richard Lederer
Befiddled - Pedro de Alcantara
Over Sea Under Stone - Susan Cooper
November
Silk - Alessandro Baricco
*Greenwitch - Susan Cooper (reread)
Right Ho, Jeeves - PG Wodehouse
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller (graphic novel)
*The Grey King - Susan Cooper (reread)
December
Silver on the Tree - Susan Cooper (reread)
Hoot - Carl Hiaasen
Mouse Noses on Toast - Darren King
The Case for Christmas - Lee Strobel
*Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn
Grass for his Pillow - Lian Hearn
*Ottoline and the Yellow Cat - Chris Riddell
My ongoing list of what I've been reading this year. To see last year's list, go here.
Some of these books (not enough) are Bookcrossing books and some of the classics are bibliophyles reads.
Unfortunately I don't have nearly as much time to read this year as I'd like, as I'm working full-time and trying to finish my Master's thesis. So I just read a bit every night and remind myself that next year things will be back to normal and I'll be able to catch up on all the reading I can't do this year...
* - books I enjoyed a lot and highly recommend (9 or 10 out of 10)
NF - non-fiction, I don't read many of these
January
*A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby
Jeeves and the Impending Doom - PG Wodehouse (Penguin 70th anniversary pocket book)
HMS Surprise - Patrick O'Brian
February
Boy: Tales of Childhood - Roald Dahl (NF)
*The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Danny, the Champion of the World - Roald Dahl
March
*Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - JK Rowling (reread)
*The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamillo
Bunnicula - James & Deborah Howe
Moomin: The Complete Comic Strip, vol 1 - Tove Jansson
Whitethorn Woods - Maeve Binchy
April
Morality for Beautiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - JK Rowling (reread)
300 - Frank Miller (graphic novel)
The Fall of Troy - Peter Ackroyd
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne
*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling (reread)
*The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
May
A Taste of Life - Sara Paretsky (Penguin 60th anniversary pocket book)
*Spud - John van de Ruit
June
Gem Squash Tokoloshe - Rachel Zadok
Little Sparrow - Phyllis Owen
*Paper Faces - Rachel Anderson
*A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
July
The Mauritius Command - Patrick O'Brian
**Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
The Kestral - Lloyd Alexander
August
The Club of Queer Trades - GK Chesterton
The Beggar Queen - Lloyd Alexander
Algeria's Way - Alex Smith
*About a Boy - Nick Hornby
Cape Town Stories - Madeline Barnard
September
Wicked - Gregory Maguire
A Private Performance: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice - Helen Halstead
Death Drop - B.M. Gill
October
The Wombles - Elizabeth Beresford
The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper (reread)
Literary Trivia - Richard Lederer
Befiddled - Pedro de Alcantara
Over Sea Under Stone - Susan Cooper
November
Silk - Alessandro Baricco
*Greenwitch - Susan Cooper (reread)
Right Ho, Jeeves - PG Wodehouse
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller (graphic novel)
*The Grey King - Susan Cooper (reread)
December
Silver on the Tree - Susan Cooper (reread)
Hoot - Carl Hiaasen
Mouse Noses on Toast - Darren King
The Case for Christmas - Lee Strobel
*Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn
Grass for his Pillow - Lian Hearn
*Ottoline and the Yellow Cat - Chris Riddell