Books read, 2010


  • Kafka a la Platja, Haruki Murakami. 29.12.10. Simply wonderful in every way.
    • A Partisan's Daughter, Louis de Bernières. 26.12.10. Meh
    • Dragon Drums, Anne McCaffery. 25.12.10. Better than when I was younger.
    • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Thing Around Your Neck. 16.12.10. Short stories. Fine, sad.
    • Monstrous Regiment, Terry Pratchett. 10.12.10. As usual, excellent.
    • The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery. 9.12.10. OK
    • The Jade Peony, Wayson Choy. 6.12.10. Good.
    • The School of Essential Ingredients, Erica Bauermeister. 4.12.10. Delicious, read it in one sitting. Great art? Not sure, but delicious.
    • A S Byatt, Insects and Angels. 27.11.10. Blech.
    • Serrafyn's Oriental Adventure, Lin and Larry Pardey. For the 4th time. 20.11.10
    • Dragon Song, Anne McCaffery, with Youngest. Loved it as a kid and I still do. 19.11.10
    • The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett. 14.11.10 It's Pratchett, of course it's good.
    • Masterpiece, Miranda Glover. 9.11.10. Transfixing.
    • Baking Cakes in Kigali, Gaile Parkin. 07.11.10
    • Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen. 3.11.10. Very very good.
    • Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier. 2.11.10. Excellent.
    • A Mercy, Toni Morrison. 1.11.10. Excellent
    • Captain Corelli's Mandoline. Louis de Bèrier. 31.10.10. Good. Not great, but good.
    • The Road Home, Rose Tremain. 27.10.10. OK
    • The Fantora Family Photograhps, with Youngest. Adèle Geras. 25.10.10. Good fun.
    • Possession, AS Byatt. 24.10.10. Claustrophobic, long and I think probably worth the slog.
    • The Fantora Family Files, Adèle Geras, with Youngest. 17.10.10. Good.
    • Proust was a neuroscientist. Jonah Lehrer. 17.10.10. Fantastic and oh so necessary.
    • Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic. Wonderful. 15.10.10
    • Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger. 8.10.10 Good.
    • Proust and the Squid, the story and science of the reading brain. Maryanne Wolf. 7.10.10. Excellent
    • Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett. 24.9.10 Brilliant.
    • The Sea Captain's Wife, Beth Powning 16.9.10. Good.
    • Reading Magic: why reading aloud to our children will change our lives forever. Mem Fox 15.9.10. Important.
    • The End of the Alphabet. C.S. Richardson. 13.9.10. Exquisite.
    • How We Decide, Jonah Lehrer, 13.9.10. Fascinating.
    • Forever Today, Deborah Wearing. 9.9.10. Fabulous.
    • Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs. 7.9.10. Utterly dismal
    • The Boy in the Moon, Ian Brown. 6.9.10. Excellent
    • A Gesture Life, CHang-rae Lee. 5.9.10. Good.
      • Open House, Elizabeth Berg. 31.8.10. Very good. Light
      • Anansi Boys, Neil Gaimon. 30.8.10. Bailed. Too mean and bleak.
      • Dealing with Dragons. Patricia C Wrede. With youngest. 30.8.10. Excellent
      • Sojourner Truth: a life, a symbol. 28.8.10. Excellent
      • 1000 Days of Wonder: a scientist's chronicle of his daughter's developing mind. Charles Fernyhough. 27.8.10 OK.
      • The History of Love, Nicole Krauss. 27.8.10. Lovely
      • Trustee from the Toolroom, Nevil Shute. 22.8.10. Light
      • A Pearl in the Storm: How I found my heart in the middle of the ocean. Tori Murden McClure. 21.8.10. Good, fast, fun.
      • Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout. 19.8.10. Ummmmmm
      • Look me in the Eye: my life with Asperger's, John Elder Robison. 15.8.10. Good
      • The Necromancer, MIchael Scott. 14.8.10 with Eldest.  Good
      • Travels with my Family, Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel, 14.8.10 with Youngest
      • The Child in the Family, Maria Montessori. 11.8.10
      • Little House in the Big Woods, Laura Ingalls Wilder, 7.8.10. With Youngest, good, of course
      • Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name, Vendela Vida. 3.8.10
      • People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks. 02.8.10. Interesting
    • The yggyssey by Daniel Pinkwater 27.7.10, with Youngest. good
    • A Map of Glass, Jane Urquart. 25.7.10 Fine.
    • Drawing in the Dust by Zoe Klein 15.7.10 Loved it!
    • The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger. 12.7.10. Audio. Long but fascinating
    • Amb Gust a la Vida, Anna Gavaldi, 29.6.10
    • Three Singles to Adventure, Gerald Durrell. 27.6.10. LOVE Durrell's books.
    • Nightwatch, Terry Pratchet, 25.6.10. lovely
    • Sula, Toni Morrison. 25.6.10 must reread.
    • Swamp Angel, Edith Wilson. 20.6.10. Excellent
    • Exit Lines, Joan Barfoot. 18.6.10. Meh
    • Utterly Me, Clarice Bean by Lauren Child. 13.5.10. Hilarious
    • Grammar Lessons: translating a life in Spain. Michele Morano, 12.6.10. OK
    • This Boy's Life, Tobias Wolff. 8.6.10 meh
    • I wish someone were waiting for me somewhere, Anna Gavalda, 6.6.10. Very good.
  • The Mystery of the Ivory Charm, Carolyn Keene. 3.6.10. Nancy Drew!
    • Molly Fox's Birthday, Dierdre Madden. 29.5.10
    • Sing Them Home, Stephanie Kallos, 27.5.10
    • Terry Pratchett, Going Postal 24.5.10 excellent
    • Half Broke Horses, Jeannette Walls. Very good. 21.5.10
    • The Winter Vault, Anne Michaels. Heavenly. 20.5.10
    • Spain, Jan Morris. 17.5.10
    • The Clue in the Broken Locket, Carolyn Keene. 14.5.10
    • Spanish Steps, Tim Moore, 14.5.10 funny.
    • Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie good and thank goodness it's over. 12.5.10
    • War Child, Emmanuel Jal. 2.5.10. Must read.
  • The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma, Trenton Lee Stewart. 1.5.10. Excellent
  • Hip Hop World, Dalton Higgins, 1.5.10 Excellent.
  • Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant. 29.4.10. Lovely
  • Dark Star Safari, Paul Theroux, 27.4.10 Repetitive
  • Nancy Drew, The Password at Larkspur Lane. 23.4.10
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini. 17.4.10. Viscous but good.
  • Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel. 12.4.10 wonderful.
  • The Virgin in the Ice, Ellis Peters, 11.4.10 Good
  • Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 10.4.10. Lovely
  • Mr Putter and Tabby Stir the Soup. Cynthia Rylant and Arthur Howard. 8.4.10. Lovely
  • The Bad Girl, Mario Vargas Llosa. 7.4.10 Terrible, never read it.
  • The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie, 3.4.10 Fabulous.
  • The Adventure of English, Melvyn Bragg. 1.4.10. Excellent.

    • On Beauty, Zadie Smith. Terrible. 28.3.10
    • The Song of Solomon, Tony Morrison. 24.3.10. Needs a re-read due to depth
    • The Journey Home, Edward Abbey 21.3 Good, skip some of the middle.
    • Nikolski, Nicholas Dickner. Second time. Better for it. 19.3.10
    • La Lacuna, Barbara Kingsoliver. Absolute Heaven. 15.3.10
    • The Death of Adam, Marilynne Robinson. 13.3.10 Good
    • Birds, Beasts and Relatives, Gerald Durrell 12.3.10 DURRELL!!!
    • The Leper of St. Giles, Ellis Peters, 7.3.10 Good.
    • Homeland, Barbara Kingsoliver. 6.3.10 Wonderful.
    • Going Solo, Roald Dahl. 28.2.10 Very good.
    • Boy, Roald Dahl. 27.2.10  Very good.
    • The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, Louise Erdich. Brilliant but horrible. Abandoned 26.2.10
    • Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson. 23.2.10 Depth. Wonderful.
    • Pigs in Heaven, Barbara Kingsoliver. 21.2.10 Lord I love her books.
    • Tòquio Blues, Haruki Murakami. 20.2.10 en català
    • Moving Pictures, Terry Pratchett. 17.2.10 hehehe
    • My Family and Other Animals, Gerald Durrell. Perfect and hilarious. 15.2.10
    • Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner. 14.2.10  Yummy, wickedly untight.
    • St Peter's Fair, Ellis Peters. 12.2.10 good.
    • El Noi del pijama de ratlles, John Boyne 12.2.10
    • What is the What, Dave Eggers. Very good.
    • Home, Marilynne Robinson.  Incredible.
    • The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison (again) Good.
    • Gilead, Marilyn Robinson. Amazing read.
    • Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks. Fascinating.
    • The Sorceress, Michael Scott. Good.
    • Pip, the Story of Olive by Kim Kane. Very very cool
    • The Face of Spain, Gerald Brenan. Interesting.
    • The Magician, Michael Scott. Good.
    • Charlie Connelly, Attention All Shipping. Meh.
    • The Secret of the Wooden Lady, Carolyn Keene. Nancy Drew.

    Total, 118
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