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Books 50 - 55
Sep. 2nd, 2008 03:25 pm50. Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers, Buck Compton - I got the audio cd of this from Manda. I'm not usually the hugest fan of audios, as I read a lot faster than other people read to me, but I enjoyed this one. It may be that I liked listening to Buck's story, and that I was traveling a lot that weekend, so had a bunch of listening time, but I liked it. I'd only really recommend it to other Band of Brothers fans though.
51. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L'Engle - it's been years since I read this and I forgot how much I loved Meg, Calvin and Charles Wallace. This book was very hard to find here in oz, and I wish it was easier, and not half of the crappy young adult vampire fantasy shite that's out there. If you do like young adult fantasy, you really should read this, and all the subsequent books.
52. Eleanor Rigby, David Coupland - Coupland is a very hit and miss writer I find; I either adore his books or hate them. Recommended by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
eudaimon, This was definitely a win. The story of a middle-aged woman who lives her life alone, suddenly faced with the son no one knows she has. It's touching in a very odd way, and his way of noticing details just works so well in this.
53. The World According to Garp, John Irving - Another recommendation, this time bybohemian__storm I really quite liked this book as well. Again amazing attention to detail, and the stories within the story were really fascinating. It literally is the story of a man's life, and a strange one at that. It foundered at bits, and I don't know that I'll be picking it up again anytime soon, but I would recommend it, and I think that someday I'll likely end up reading it again.
54. Persuasion, Jane Austen - While I've never been a big Austen fan, this is a book I have read before of hers (many years ago) and enjoyed. I did like it again, this second time through. You can lose yourself, reading this book, in the detail and the images that it evokes. It's a smart book, and I'd recommend it. Though, honestly (and this may make me a heathen), but there was a very faithful version of this made just a bit ago with Rupert Penry-Jones in it, and you'd likely do just as well simply watching that.
55. Gale Force, Rachel Caine - Urban fantasy light reading ftw! Newest installment of the Weather Warden Series, I do really love these books. I do not love the cliffhangers they end with, leaving you waiting for the next each time. But it's an amusing, well written and put together little series.
The rest of what I've read this year
51. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L'Engle - it's been years since I read this and I forgot how much I loved Meg, Calvin and Charles Wallace. This book was very hard to find here in oz, and I wish it was easier, and not half of the crappy young adult vampire fantasy shite that's out there. If you do like young adult fantasy, you really should read this, and all the subsequent books.
52. Eleanor Rigby, David Coupland - Coupland is a very hit and miss writer I find; I either adore his books or hate them. Recommended by
eudaimon, This was definitely a win. The story of a middle-aged woman who lives her life alone, suddenly faced with the son no one knows she has. It's touching in a very odd way, and his way of noticing details just works so well in this.53. The World According to Garp, John Irving - Another recommendation, this time by
bohemian__storm I really quite liked this book as well. Again amazing attention to detail, and the stories within the story were really fascinating. It literally is the story of a man's life, and a strange one at that. It foundered at bits, and I don't know that I'll be picking it up again anytime soon, but I would recommend it, and I think that someday I'll likely end up reading it again.54. Persuasion, Jane Austen - While I've never been a big Austen fan, this is a book I have read before of hers (many years ago) and enjoyed. I did like it again, this second time through. You can lose yourself, reading this book, in the detail and the images that it evokes. It's a smart book, and I'd recommend it. Though, honestly (and this may make me a heathen), but there was a very faithful version of this made just a bit ago with Rupert Penry-Jones in it, and you'd likely do just as well simply watching that.
55. Gale Force, Rachel Caine - Urban fantasy light reading ftw! Newest installment of the Weather Warden Series, I do really love these books. I do not love the cliffhangers they end with, leaving you waiting for the next each time. But it's an amusing, well written and put together little series.
The rest of what I've read this year
