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Consumed "Reading in the Dark: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:50:51 GMT

Reading in the Dark: A Novel

by Seamus Deane

WORTH IT!

A story about "Get a Life"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:50:05 GMT

Get a Life

by Nadine Gordimer

Convoluted prose and no sense of direction. I love Gordimer’s older works but this novel was just irritating. I so much wanted to enjoy this, but after many akward sentences turned paragraphs I gave up, coulnd’t get pass page 51.

Consumed "Get a Life"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:50:05 GMT

Get a Life

by Nadine Gordimer

NOT WORTH IT!

Consuming "Chaka (African Writers Series)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:32:05 GMT

Chaka (African Writers Series)

by Thomas Mofolo

Consuming "The Famished Road"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:28:32 GMT

The Famished Road

by Ben Okri

Consumed "The Visitor"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:02:45 GMT

The Visitor

by Thomas McCarthy

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Since Otar Left"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:08:30 GMT

Since Otar Left

by Julie Bertucelli

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Behind the Sun"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:40:52 GMT

Behind the Sun

by Walter Salles

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Volver"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:39:51 GMT

Volver

by Pedro Almodóvar

WORTH IT!

Consumed "My Mother's Castle"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:39:25 GMT

My Mother's Castle

by Yves Robert

WORTH IT!

Consumed "L'anno in cui i miei genitori andarano in vacanza"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:38:56 GMT

L'anno in cui i miei genitori andarano in vacanza

by Cao Hamburguer

WORTH IT!

A story about "The God Delusion"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:21:36 GMT

The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins

I’ve been an atheist for many years, and I didn’t enjoy this book. Hard to tell exactly why, but I felt as he was trying to enlist me in some cult of atheism or something. Guess what, I don’t like being preached at. And couldn’t he be more concise? Some bits felt like endless rants. I found this book a bit irritating and gave up mid way.

Consumed "Half of a Yellow Sun"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:14:58 GMT

Half of a Yellow Sun

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Captain Corelli's Mandolin"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:16:52 GMT

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

by Louis de Bernieres

NOT WORTH IT!

A story about "Captain Corelli's Mandolin"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:42:22 GMT

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

by Louis de Bernieres

Forgot to write an entry for this one. Actually I found this book so boring I could not get past the first chapter. If I’m not intrigued by page 3 I usually give up (life is too short) but this one I read until page 20 or 30 since it won the Commonwealth Writers Prize Best Book Award.

Consumed "Coalescent: A Novel (Destiny's Children (Paperback))"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:21:50 GMT

Coalescent: A Novel (Destiny's Children (Paperback))

by Stephen Baxter

NOT WORTH IT!

A story about "Coalescent: A Novel (Destiny's Children (Paperback))"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:21:50 GMT

Coalescent: A Novel (Destiny's Children (Paperback))

by Stephen Baxter

At first it was interesting to read about Roman Britain BUT but but I found the description of modern Rome by one of the characters so annoying if the book was mine I would gladly throw it in the fireplace. Sadly I had to return it intact to my friend so I just put it aside.
Things to remember:
1. I got this one from J, the same J that insisted on lending me “the time travellers wife”, another waste of time. Avoid recommendations from J in the future.
2. I should just avoid SCI-FI, obviously it’s not my cuppa.

Consumed "Disgrace"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:32:08 GMT

Disgrace

by J. M. Coetzee

NOT WORTH IT!

A story about "Disgrace"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:30:27 GMT

Disgrace

by J. M. Coetzee

Mixed feelings about this one. The main character is an idiot, but is portrayed in a way that you can somehow walk his shoes. I mean I’m not middle-aged, I’m not even a man… but I could sometimes sympathize with the disgraced-lecturer. As for his daughter: even though she suffers the main blow I simply couldn’t care less for her, I found her so irritating. Interesting to go through the reviews at Amazon.co.uk, some people read a lot into this book… well I’m not one of them. After reading this one I was so surprised to learn Coetzee is a Nobel laureate writer.. I might try another of his novels in the future.

Consumed "Purple Hibiscus: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:58:35 GMT

Purple Hibiscus: A Novel

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

WORTH IT!

A story about "Purple Hibiscus: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pcyclepath) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:57:46 GMT

Purple Hibiscus: A Novel

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Unpredictable story, told by teenager Kambili, about growing up, escape and discovery. I could not put this book down.