100 books

I couldn't do a hundred books without at least trying Pullman. And, after six months of battling through the first of the trilogy. I like his characterisation, I like the whole daemonology of it. I don't like the very typical add on attack on the church. Its just not very well grafted into the plotline. But then I would say that. He's a better writer than Rowling, but I enjoy her more!

Nice little murder mystery.. though not massively tantalising at the end.. but then I did mainly read this book in book stores before finally succumbing and buying it this afternoon! It means I;ve read the odd 20 pages here and there for the last three months.. so maybe I didn't grasp the flow of the story so well!!

I got sent this from Canada last week, with a little note saying 'for your heart'. Its an historical novel about Boudica, Queen of the Iceni; to whom I have been much compared. Its a good read, about the very classic story of the Ancient Britons. What I liked: well the story- the notion that the Ancient Britons were much more egalitarian than their Roman counterparts. The no holds barred approach to viewing Boudica- acknowledging her tactical errors. What I didn't like: its not hugely well written!

So I hadn't quite clocked that this was thriller about Dracula- but for an essentially not very "me" book, it did rather well. In common with lots of new reads, its written from three or four points fo view using letters as a key genre of communication. I liked it.. not least for its slightly slow feel.. Its really detailed and frankly will interest very few non historical bods but I liked it!

This film has been a bit of a seminal one for a lot of people in the UK. This is actually an abridgement of the original book by a guy teh name of Morgenstern.. and is funny (Goldman does this little interruptions all over which are very amusing).. Well worth a read even if you haven't seen teh film.

My first dive into her writing.. and.. well .. its OK.. she does this thing where she writes from lots of different people's points of view and stuff. It means you have to follow a little more closely than you would like. But hey ho! Good story though..

Its trendy at the moment to write books which portray the church (whether the church RC for Dan Brown, or the church Mid West for Sam Bourne) as an evil power broking insttitution prepared to kill to get its own way! It is also trendy to write about it very badly! And so why oh why did I manage to eat through this book in a day! Well its just about compelling enough to get you there.. And if you go fast enough you don't find yourself choking over the appallingly cheesy naff writing. Of which there was plenty! Its a good tube read (as is Brown).. and if you, like me, ever fancy having a go at writing a novel, its encouraging to know that you don't have to get far beyond GCSE English to get published.. though if you have to slag off the church to do it maybe I'm not so keen!

I sneakily read this in Starbucks in Borders the other day! Its the book of the film that has just come out and was another foray into the world on kids literature. It turns out that its a good foray. I really enjoyed it- fast paced, good characters (good enough for film, not for study in school I think). I would certainly pick up another Horowitz!

I bought this book for 99p in Waterstones. There is a reason it was 99p. As a piece of writing it is awful. Conceptually its great. Its kind of in the genre of Anita wasserface and "The Red Tent", taking a Biblical story (which at least gives it a decent plot), and fleshing it out with lots of details.. or in this case lots of sex! It does the fleshing out reasonably well, conjecturing about how they gathered the myriad animals and sparing no details about mucking out and the like. What makes it a bad book is that there doesn't seem to be a consistent style. One chapter a character sounds like a Jewish grandmother from New Yoik (sic) the next like a semi Arabic character. There are details and turns of expression that don't fit (crowbar??).. just doesn't feel pre apocalyptic flood.. (because obviously we knwo how that feels!!)

I like Coupland, but had never read his seminal (well at least his kick start) work until now. The story of Gen X, is based around Andy, middle child from middle America, choosing to live an edgy existence in California. Its definitely a book of its time- the notion of dropping out in this way is no longer strange but seems to depict how most of my friends are living just now- all of us with jobs that just get us by. I;m not sure we're quite so neurotic but hey.. Definitely worth a read, though for me doesn’t measure up to the wonderful Hey Nostradamus.

Do you ever get just the teensiest bit scared when reading a Roald Dahl book? I know that most of his characters are designed to be just a little bit sinister, but this book really brought it home to me. As ever with Dahl, its a really good read but just an iddy bit weird!

What a great concept.. guy meets girl, they get married.. but in a really weird order cos he's a time traveller.. I;m fascinated about how Audrey wasserface put the whole thing together.. did she have a room with lots of post its and timelines??? I loved this book. As I read it, it reignited my desire to write a novel.. maybe I should? Anyhoo.. read it and weep.. cos its sad, not cos its bad!

Love it! This is my favourite of the Narnia Chronicles. I just love its aspect on healing and redemption. Love the whole thing of journeying after what is lost and love the redeemd and changed Edmund! Wonderful wonderful book, please make it into a film.. please!!!

Great- moves the story on..

My least fave I'm afraid. It just has too much of a tinge of un PC-ness.. (I hesitate to say racism but.. ) Still a good story!

What can I say.. great read, the characters all the more intriguing the more times you read it.. Yay

I reread this and was surprised by how little I remembered from teh time before (onoy 4 years ago!).. Bizarre. I love the whole creation of Narnia thing... very lovely Am a tad gutted that they haven't gone for this as a film.. but well thats Hollywood!

I think I prefer the sequal.. I think its this one that has a moment I still identify with- Adrian Mole going out to the skating rink, trying to look cool and failing miserably!! He ends up wearing his school PE kit.. Anyway.,. another quick and easy read just before Christmas (yes its taken me til March to write this up so.. )..

This was a seminal piece of my childhood.. Adrian Mole and his hideous experiences as a teenager. The weird thing is that as a kid I didn't realise that Adrian Mole is a grade A whinger! On second reading, it all becomes hugely clear! But it was great to plough my way through this and the sequal!

It is a truth universally acknowledged that it was 12 years since II had read this literary classic. I studied it for A-level: and loved it. I confess I did not always love it so well as I do now. It’s a beautiful book (seeming familiar by the general over indulgence in the magnificent BBC adaptation). Elizabeth Bennett is really a delight to behold- and lets face it, Mister Darcy (to be said in slightly breathy tones) is every girl’s dream. Was also lovely to read a love story where you know its not about to burst forth into over detailed sex. I must be getting old but twas nice to have some understated good old love in there. Marvellous!