anethema_device (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} anethema_device) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} 50bookchallenge,@ 2008-05-22 19:10:00 |
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| Current location: | On my sofa |
| Current mood: |  creative |
| Entry tags: | comedy, crime fiction, fantasy, psychiatry, romance, short stories, vampires |
Loads of books....
Italics is Highly Recommended
Bold is a re-read (counted as half a book because I read them a lot faster than the first time around)
1. Dark Covenant by Peter Luther (6/5)
2. Strange Screams of Death by Nigel McCrery (2.5/5)
3. Daughters of Bast: The Hidden Land by Sarah Isidore (4/5)
3.5 Vet in Harness by James Herriot (5/5)
4.5 Fingerprints 1 : Gifted Touch by Melinda Metz (4/5)
5.5 Fingerprints 2: Haunted by Melinda Metz (4/5)
6.5 Howl's Moving Castle by Dianne Wynne Jones (4/5)
7.5 The Deptford Mice: The Dark Portal by Robin Jarvis (3/5)
8.5 The Deptford Mice: The Crystal Prison by Robin Jarvis (3/5)
9.5 The Deptford Mice: The Final Reckoning by Robin Jarvis (3/5)
10.5 My Booky Wook by Russell Brand (4/5)
11.5 Fabric of Sin by Phil Rickman (5/5)
12 The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman (4/5)
12.5 The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman (3.5/5)
13.5 Dune by Frank Herbert (6/5)
14.5 The Devil in the Kitchen by Marco Pierre White (5/5)
15.5 The Black Book of Secrets by F E Higgins (5/5)
16.5 Girls by Nic Kelman (1/5)
17.5 Carry on Loving by Norman Giller (4/5)
18 Under the Mish Mash Trees by Dick King Smith (3/5)
19 Baggage by
(Above books are
20 or 1 Dragon Secrets by Christopher Golden & Thomas E Sneigoski (4/5)
21 or 2 Ghostfire by Christopher Golden & Thomas E Sneigoski (4/5)
22. or 3 IgNobel Prizes 2 by Marc Abrahams
23 or 4 Steve and Me by Terri Irwin (5/5)
24. or 5 Demon Apocalypse by Darren Shan (5/5)
25. or 6 Fingerprints 3: Trust Me by Melinda Metz (4/5)
26 or 7 Fingerprints 4: Secrets by Melinda Metz (4/5)
27. or 8 The Torment of Others by Val McDermid (5/5)
28. or 9 Wurm War by Christopher Golden & Thomas E Sneigoski (4/5)
29. or 10 Fingerprints 5: Betrayed by Melinda Metz (4/5)
30. or 11 Fingerprints 6: Revelations by Melinda Metz (4/5)
31. or 12 The Last Siege by Jonathan Stroud (2.5/5)
32. 0r 13 What a Week to Fall in Love by Rosie Rushton (3/5)
33. or 14 What a Week to Make it Big by Rosie Rushton (3/5)
34. or 15 What a Week to Break Free by Rosie Rushton (3/5)
35. or 16 Skin and Other Stories by Roald Dahl (4.5)
36 or 17 Spellbound… Stories chosen by Dianne Wynn Jones
37 or 18 Perfume Story of a Murder by Patrick Suskind (5/5)
37.5 or 18.5 Anne of Green Gables by L M
38 or 19 Anne of Avonlea by L M
38.5 or 19.5 Anne of The Island by L M
39 or 20 Anne of Windy Willows/Poplars by L M
39.5 or 20.5 Anne’s House of Dreams by L M
40 or 21 Anne of Ingleside by L M
40.5 or 21.5
41 or 22 Rilla of Ingleside by L M
42 or 23 No! I don’t want to join a bookclub by Virginia Ironside (4/5)
43 or 24 Sexy Shorts for Christmas – various (3/5)
44 or 25 Celebrities My Arse! Ricky Tomlinson (4/5)
45 or 26 Folklore of Gwent by Alan Roderick (5/5)
46 or 27 You Are What You Eat – Michelle’s Diary by Michelle McManus (4/5)
47 or 28 Danny Wallace and The Centre of the Universe by Danny Wallace (4/5)
48 or 29 Murder by Magic – 20 Tales of the Supernatural by various (5/5)
49 or 30 Fight Club by Chuck Palahnuik (4/5)
50 or 31 The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak (5/5)
51 or 32 Crazy Aunt Purl’s Drunk Divorced and Covered in Cat Hair by Laurie Perry (3/5)
52 or 33 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne (5/5)
52.5 or 33.5 Watership Down by Richard Adams (5/5)
53.5 or 34.5 The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (5/5)
54.5 or 35.5 Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer (4/5 recommended purely for the purposes of completing the trilogy, which is no longer a trilogy, there will now be a fourth book)
55.5 or 36.5 I Did A Bad Thing by Linda Green (4/5)
56.5 or 37.5 The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle by Catherine Webb. (4/5)
57.5 or 38.5 Hero’s Guide to Deadly Dragons by Cressida Cowell (4/5)
58.5 or 39.5 Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child by Cathy Glass (5/5)
59.5 or 40.5 Murder, Myth and Make-Believe (True Crime Library) by Andrew Moss (3/5)
60.5 or 41.5 Secret Diary of a Deranged Housewife by Niamh Greene (4/5)
61.5 or 42.5 Daddy’s Little Girl by Julia Latchem-Smith (3.5/5)
62.5 or 43.5 Young Wive’s Tales: For Better For Worse by Adele Parks (4/5)
63.5 or 44.5 Making Money by Terry Pratchett (5/5)
64.5 or 45.5 Kill Grandma for Me by Jim DeFelice (2.5/5)
65.5 or 46.5 Moving on by Kevin Lewis (5/5)
66.5 or 47.5 Growing Pains by Billie Piper (4/5)
67.5 or 48.5 The Joy of Murder by Joy Swift (4/5)
68.5 or 49.5 The
69.5 or 50.5 DarkIsle by D A Nelson (3.5/5)
70 or 51 The Chaos Code by Justin Richards (3.5/5)
70.5 or 51.5 Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne (5/5)
71.5 or 52.5 Memory in Death by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb (3.5/5)
72.5 or 53.5 Wild Irish Women by Marian Broderick (3.5/5)
73.5 or 54.5 The Magic in the Weaving by Tamora Pierce (4/5)
74.5 or 55.5 The Power in the Storm by Tamora Pierce (3.5/5)
75.5 or 56.5 Strangers in Death by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb (4/5)
76.5 or 57.5 Vengeance in Death by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb (4/5)
77.5 or 58.5 Visions in Death by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb (4/5)
78 or 59 Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With The Wind by Alexandra Ripley (2/5)
79 or 60 The Secret Country by Jane Johnson (4/5)
80 or 61 The Shadow World by Jane Johnson (4/5)
81 or 62 Dragon’s Fire by Jane Johnson (4/5)
82 or 63 Trainers V. Tiaras (Diary of a Chav) by Grace Dent (2.5/5)
83 or 64 The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar: And Six More by Roald Dahl (5/5)
84 or 65 Reader I Married Him by Michele Roberts (2/5)
85 or 66 Dark Angel by Meredith Ann Pierce (4/5)
86 or 67 A Gathering of Gargoyles by Meredith Ann Pierce (5/5)
87 or 68 The
88 or 69 Irish Girls are Back in Town by various (4/5)
89 or 70 The Serial Killers: A Study in the Psychology of Violence by Colin Wilson and Donald Seaman (5/5)
90 or 71 Bitten and Smitten by Michelle Rowen (4/5)
91 or 72 Fanged and Fabulous by Michelle Rowen (4/5)
92 or 73 Girl on the Platform by Josephine Cox (3.5/5)
93 or 74 Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot (4/5)
94 or 75 The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer by Philip Carlo (5/5)
Book 83/64
The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar: And Six More
Roald Dahl
5/5
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Puffin Books; New Ed edition (27 Sep 2001)
Language English
This was Dahl at his best, the stories are designed for Young Adults, and they are interesting and informative at the same time. In fact from two of the stories you do get an insight into what made Roald Dahl Roald Dahl, and I would recommend this to anyone.
Book 84/65
Reader I Married Him
Michele Roberts
2/5
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; New Ed edition (19 Jan 2006)
Language English
Having just looked this up on Amazon, I would have to say I am in agreement with the two reviewers on there. This book was trite and boring. The characters were unbelievable and the ‘twist’ was just downright silly. This book filled a few hours on a night when I couldn’t sleep, but I would not recommend it to anyone and this is one book I was glad to return to the library.
Books 85, 86, 87 or 66, 67, 68
The Dark Angel Trilogy
Meredith Ann Pierce.
Dark Angel
4/5
Paperback: 256 pages
A Gathering of Gargoyles
5/5
Paperback: 304 pages
The
3/5
Paperback: 256
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company; Reprint edition
Language English
This is the first trilogy I have read where I can say that I found the final book to be the most disappointing (I know that I thought that Eclipse was the worst of the Twilight Series so far, but that isn’t a trilogy). The story started well, girl gets kidnapped by vampire and made his bride. Girl’s friend chases vampire, learns ancient prophecy from Dwarf as to how the vampire can be killed, fulfils property. As a twist gives vampire her heart in exchange for his, marries him. In the second book she realises that the vampire is still bound to the witch that made him, she hears second part of prophecy and goes off and fulfils that with many adventures along the way. Then in the third book she discovers more prophecy, fulfils that and then loses bloke because she has to finish saving the world.
The books were well written and I found the characters believable, but I did feel that they were perhaps a little formulaic for their genre.
Book 88/69
Irish Girls are back in Town
Various
4/5
Paperback: 470 pages
Publisher: Pocket Books/TownHouse (1 Mar 2004)
Language English
This books is exactly what it says on the tin, a collection of short stories by various female Irish authors. It was light relief for reading on the train. I thoroughly enjoyed it, although some stories were better than others. I would read it again.
Book 89/70
The Serial Killers: A Study in the Psychology of Violence
Colin Wilson and Donald Seaman
5/5
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Virgin Books (8 Nov 2007)
Language English
Another book that does exactly what it says on the tin, if you are interesting in what makes a serial killer a serial killer this books examines it. It is well written and informative and I was interested in the subject matter. Therefore, for me it was a good book.
Books 90, 91/71, 72
Bitten and Smitten and Fanged and Fabulous
Michelle Rowen
4/5
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages /368 pages
Publisher: Time Warner International
Language English
Vampire romantic comedy. My favourite line; “So help me and then kill yourself”. I loved these books, they made me laugh out loud while reading them on the train and I have to say, that is the sign of a good book. Ok so they aren’t the great British or American Novel but they are funny and light and fluffy and fun. So I think I would read these again.
Book 92/73
Girl on The Platform
Josephine Cox
3.5/5
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Harper; Quick Reads Ed edition (3 Mar 2008)
Language English
'Being aware of people, who for whatever reason find it difficult to read, I was only too pleased to write The Girl On The Platform.
I admit, I having difficulty understanding why anyone has difficulty reading, but that is because I admit to being a complete and utter bookworm. However, this was a quick and light read that kept me occupied for a train journey and I admire anything that gets more people to read.
Book 93/74
Queen of Babble
Meg Cabot
4/5
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Pan Books (1 Dec 2006)
Language English
Ok I admit it, Meg Cabot is becoming a bit of an addiction for me, I really do love her stories and her humour and although they are young adult books, this one is more on the adult side and is not so far away that I don’t remember being that old. (the main character has just finished college [university]). I am looking forward to reading the next one. Anyone that can get into this much trouble in a remote villa in
Book 94/75
The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer
Philip Carlo
5/5
Paperback: 412 pages
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing (7 Jun 2007)
Language English
Amazon Says
Top Mafia hit man, doting father - for 30 years, Richard 'the Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life beyond anything ever seen on "The Sopranos", becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting neighbourhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey. Kuklinski was Sammy 'the Bull' Gravano's partner in the killing of Paul Castellano at Sparks Steak House. John Gotti hired him to kill the neighbour who accidentally ran over his child. He was also intimately involved in the killing of Jimmy Hoffa. He conducted this sadistic business with cold-hearted intensity, never disappointing his customers. For an additional price, he would make his victims suffer. By his own estimate, he killed over 200 men, taking enormous pride in his cunning and the ferocity of his technique. Philip Carlo spent hundreds of hours with Kuklinski, his wife and his daughters, as well as with police and underworld sources. This research has resulted in an intimate and definitive portrait of a killer in the groundbreaking tradition of Peter Maas' bestselling biography of "Sammy the Bull", "Underboss", or Nicholas Pileggi's "Wiseguy".
I say
This book was leant to me by a friend, and because I am, I admit, obsessed with what goes on inside the head of people like this, I found the book fascinating. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in the psychology of things like this.
24558/45,000 at 15000pages (started 1st January 2008)
75/150 at 100ormorebooks (started 1st January 2008)
94/150 at 50bookchallenge (started on 12th November 2007)
