Books 7-13
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deenseFact, I will almost always do book posts NOT near my pile of books I've read. I'm good that way.
7. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory. The sort of sequel to the Other Boleyn Girl, it tells the stories of Anne of Cleves, Kitty Howard and Jane Boleyn. I disliked the skipping around of viewpoints at first, but got used to it and in the end really enjoyed it.
8. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. Like the other book I've read by this man it took me a while to get into this. Once I did I was very happy that I did. An odd style of narrative, it's a very moving story about a boy who lost his father in 9/11 and of his family.
9. Spooks: The Personnel Files. All sorts of in character background info on the various MI-5 agents. Only good for Spooks fanatics. You may notice that includes me.
10. The Priestess of the White by Trudy Canavan. Oh gods. This is the dross on the bottom of the barrel of bad fantasy. Really. Just... No.
11. Slam by Nick Hornby. A few years ago Nick wrote a couple of good books. This is not one of them. The end.
12. Anthony Blunt: His Lives by Miranda Carter. (I originally typed His Wives, a very amusing typo). This book was lovely and amazing. It's rare to find such a well written biography, and it was a joy to read. Fascinating man.
13. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. I read this book when it first came out. A long time ago. After reading Inheritance, I picked this up last night, and re-read it in one evening. I win?
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7. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory. The sort of sequel to the Other Boleyn Girl, it tells the stories of Anne of Cleves, Kitty Howard and Jane Boleyn. I disliked the skipping around of viewpoints at first, but got used to it and in the end really enjoyed it.
8. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. Like the other book I've read by this man it took me a while to get into this. Once I did I was very happy that I did. An odd style of narrative, it's a very moving story about a boy who lost his father in 9/11 and of his family.
9. Spooks: The Personnel Files. All sorts of in character background info on the various MI-5 agents. Only good for Spooks fanatics. You may notice that includes me.
10. The Priestess of the White by Trudy Canavan. Oh gods. This is the dross on the bottom of the barrel of bad fantasy. Really. Just... No.
11. Slam by Nick Hornby. A few years ago Nick wrote a couple of good books. This is not one of them. The end.
12. Anthony Blunt: His Lives by Miranda Carter. (I originally typed His Wives, a very amusing typo). This book was lovely and amazing. It's rare to find such a well written biography, and it was a joy to read. Fascinating man.
13. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. I read this book when it first came out. A long time ago. After reading Inheritance, I picked this up last night, and re-read it in one evening. I win?
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Date: 2008-03-15 02:17 am (UTC)Hey. I am here for other people's amusement.