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We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lionel Shriver
Everything Is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer
Everything Is Illuminated
Jonathan Safran Foer
The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas, Robin Buss
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas, Robin Buss
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We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
Everything Is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer
The Color Purple - Alice Walker
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April
23
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lionel Shriver
Everything Is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer
Everything Is Illuminated
Jonathan Safran Foer
The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas, Robin Buss
currently reading
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas, Robin Buss
July 2014
22
updated shelf
Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Harperperennial Classics) - Robert Tressell
June 2014
14
finished reading:
The Silver Linings Playbook - Matthew Quick
The Silver Linings Playbook Matthew Quick
June 2014
13
finished reading:
The Color Purple - Alice Walker
The Color Purple Alice Walker
March 2014
21
finished reading:
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood
March 2014
11
finished reading:
A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute
February 2014
9
finished reading:
Tell the Wolves I'm Home: A Novel - Carol Rifka Brunt
Tell the Wolves I'm Home: A Novel Carol Rifka Brunt
February 2014
2
finished reading:
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
January 2014
6
finished reading:
Night - Marion Wiesel, Elie Wiesel
Night Marion Wiesel, Elie Wiesel
January 2014
5
finished reading:
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
On the Road Jack Kerouac
December 2013
28
finished reading:
The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe
December 2013
25
finished reading:
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
November 2013
13
finished reading:
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller
September 2013
12
reviewed: The Cuckoo's Calling
“How easy it was to capitalize on a person’s own bent for self-destruction; how simple to nudge them into non-being, then to ...
The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith
finished reading:
The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith
The Cuckoo's Calling Robert Galbraith
August 2013
11
finished reading:
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath
July 2013
25
finished reading:
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley, Maurice Hindle
Frankenstein Mary Shelley, Maurice Hindle
July 2013
19
finished reading:
A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin
A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin
July 2013
14
finished reading:
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier, Sally Beauman
Rebecca Daphne du Maurier, Sally Beauman
July 2013
11
finished reading:
The Polish Boxer - Eduardo Halfon
The Polish Boxer Eduardo Halfon
July 2013
4
finished reading:
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Dracula Bram Stoker
June 2013
26
finished reading:
There but for the - Ali Smith
There but for the Ali Smith
June 2013
25
finished reading:
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas David Mitchell
May 2013
25
finished reading:
The Shadow of the Wind - Lucia Graves, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Shadow of the Wind Lucia Graves, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
April 2013
15
finished reading:
The Yellow Birds - Kevin Powers
The Yellow Birds Kevin Powers
April 2013
12
finished reading:
The Depressed Person - David Foster Wallace
The Depressed Person David Foster Wallace
March 2013
15
reviewed: Mysterious Skin
Cinematic writing, great characterisation, quietly horrifying and viscerally uncomfortable. Reading this felt like tasting bl...
Mysterious Skin - Scott Heim
finished reading:
Mysterious Skin - Scott Heim
Mysterious Skin Scott Heim
February 2013
25
finished reading:
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
February 2013
02
reviewed: It's Kind of a Funny Story
Yeoooowch. Pretty painful to read. Most accurate description of depression. Ever. Tentacles and anchors. Cycling and shifting...
It's Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini
finished reading:
It's Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini
It's Kind of a Funny Story Ned Vizzini
January 2013
23
reviewed: Lenz
I wrote a whole essay about how Georg Buchner predicted Nietzsche's famous "look into the abyss" quote, the entire stream-of-...
Lenz - Georg Büchner, Richard Sieburth
finished reading:
Lenz - Georg Büchner, Richard Sieburth
Lenz Georg Büchner, Richard Sieburth
January 2013
17
reviewed: The Last Guardian
RIGHT IN THE CHILDHOOD.
The Last Guardian - Eoin Colfer
finished reading:
The Last Guardian - Eoin Colfer
The Last Guardian Eoin Colfer
January 2013
16
finished reading:
The Atlantis Complex - Eoin Colfer
The Atlantis Complex Eoin Colfer
January 2013
15
finished reading:
The Godfather - Peter Bart, Robert Thompson, Mario Puzo
The Godfather Peter Bart, Robert Thompson, Mario Puzo
January 2013
12
reviewed: The Importance of Being Earnest
Laugh out loud funny, typically razor sharp satire. As always, I adore Oscar Wilde in all his snarky glory.
The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde
finished reading:
The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
January 2013
11
finished reading:
The Sphinx Without a Secret - Oscar Wilde
The Sphinx Without a Secret Oscar Wilde
January 2013
09
reviewed: The Fault in Our Stars
His best book by far. Captures death and grief with more clarity than any other book I've ever read. Not very subtle - metaph...
The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
finished reading:
The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
The Fault in Our Stars John Green
December 2012
19
reviewed: The Princess Bride
Adored some parts, but not enough to compensate the bizarre author's notes, the icky sexism, and the "William Goldman" voice ...
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
finished reading:
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
The Princess Bride William Goldman
November 2012
16
reviewed: The Casual Vacancy
Most visceral characters I've ever read in fiction. Infinitely better than Harry Potter. Someone's editors have been holding ...
The Casual Vacancy - J.K. Rowling
finished reading:
The Casual Vacancy - J.K. Rowling
The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling
October 2012
09
reviewed: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Catcher in the Rye with feminism and gay rights. Substitute completely-intolerable white male protagonist for mildly-tolerabl...
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
finished reading:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky
June 2012
23
finished reading:
The World's Wife - Carol Ann Duffy
The World's Wife Carol Ann Duffy
May 2012
07
reviewed: The Master and Margarita
The Devil comes to Russia. Things get fucked up. Main characters were barely human so characterisation was a moot point. Cool...
The Master and Margarita - Diana Burgin, Katherine Tiernan O'Connor, Mikhail Bulgakov
finished reading:
The Master and Margarita - Diana Burgin, Katherine Tiernan O'Connor, Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita Diana Burgin, Katherine Tiernan O'Connor, Mikhail Bulgakov
April 2012
01
reviewed: Atonement
Pretty pretty writing. Man knows how to metaphor. Ending seemed a bit cheap though.
Atonement - Ian McEwan
finished reading:
Atonement - Ian McEwan
Atonement Ian McEwan
March 2012
10
finished reading:
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation - Lynee Truss
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation Lynee Truss
finished reading:
The War of the Worlds (Modern Library Classics) - 'H. G. Wells', 'Arthur C. Clarke'
The War of the Worlds (Modern Library Classics) 'H. G. Wells', 'Arthur C. Clarke'
March 2012
5
finished reading:
Hills like White Elephants - Ernest Hemingway
Hills like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway
finished reading:
Happy Endings - Margaret Atwood
Happy Endings Margaret Atwood
January 2012
06
reviewed: American Psycho
Startlingly effective in one capacity only. Not particularly subtle. A nuclear bomb in literature. Occasionally hypnotising w...
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
finished reading:
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
American Psycho Bret Easton Ellis
September 2011
16
reviewed: The Girl Who Played with Fire
Glacially slow with complete lack of purpose or drive. Occasional sharp edged characters. Worse than the first one.
The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
finished reading:
The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played with Fire Stieg Larsson
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