75 Books...More or Less! discussion

in 2009 i read much more than 75 books, but it looks like i'm gonna have much more work in 2010 so i don't know if i'll manage to read these 75 books. i'll do my best tho :)




2010 books I lost with:
1. Uprzątniete morze, wynajęte skarpety i pani Masło by Aglaja Veteranyi - I've read Veteranyi's books before and they were wonderful, this one is catastrophic.
2. From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava by Jay Kopelman, Melinda Roth - too much about the war in Iraq, waaaay too much, written in a way that made this book inedible for me.
3. Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously
4. The Chronicles of Blarnia by Michael Gerber

Good luck!!

Happy New Year, Ola! I'm glad you're sticking with us in 2010.

i just finished my no 1 this year, makes me wanna read more now! =D

1. You suck by Christopher Moore
i kinda expected more. i really liked the 1st part - "Bloodsucking Fiends" but this one was nothing near it. such a shame =(, i gave it two stars only and i wouldn't recomend this book to anyone. it's a waste of time =(

i hope from now on, the books i read are gonna be better =D

Kay - of course i'm sticking with this group, i love it!
and Happy New Year to You too! :)

Yay for your first finish of 2010!!! I wanted to read some of his books, but now? Hmmm....Hopefully your next book will get more stars!

thanks Joy =)
i plan to read "Fool" this year, i hope it's as good as my friends say =)
take care

Hehehe... I decided to join this group as I'm convinced I'll not be able to reach in 2010 the same amount of books which I've read in 2009 ;)

Thanks for welcoming me ;p

Agnieszka, you're gonna kill us all with your 'read' list this year, and if not everyone - me at least ;-)

i've just finished my 2nd book this year - this time started in 2010 ;-)

2. Tak wyszło by Amélie Nothomb
(2 stars)

Amelie Nothomb is one of my favourite writers but this but is a catastrophe. compared to her other books i've read this one was boring and repetitive. for a second time this year - waste of time. =(

Ola - let's see who will kill who with this list. 1st of January and "i've just finished my 2nd book" ;p

And as you know - in a few days I'm off for 8 months and then I'll rather hardly read anything :(

Aga, although we've a few run-ins recently ;-), i AM gonna miss you like hell. sorry if i didn't quite express it today =)

here goes my no 3:

3. Tony Takitani by Haruki Murakami [it's Agnieszka's book, btw =):]
(4 stars)

Quite an interesting story of a man that valued loneliness, worth reading.

Ola, you've got comment on your profile ;)

I'm glad you found Tony Takitani worth reading :) And I hope you'll also enjoy other borrowed books.

my 1st re-read this year:

4. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
(5 stars)

i like re-reading books that i put on my virtual 'favorite' shelf. This one always makes me smile and remember of a few smart and really important things in our lives.

***
"You become responsible forever for what you have tamed."

5. Désirée czyli czas próby by Heidi Hassenmüller
(4 stars)

Although the narration seems kinda childish and naive, the story itself is very moving. I have to admit I cried a bit - it's just not to be understood why some people have to suffer this much. If you ever come across this book, if it's ever available in English - do read it, it's worth it.

Ola wrote: "my 1st re-read this year:

4. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
(5 stars)

i like re-reading books that i put on my virtual 'favorite' shelf. This one a..."

This is one of my all time favorites. It is just so classic...and I find that it teaches me something new every single time I read it.

Jillian - same here, it teaches me something new everytime. I guess that's why we like it so much.

6. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
(4 stars)

Maybe it's because of my book no 5, but this one didn't move me as much as I expected. It's worth spending some time to read it, but I don't think I'll ever re-read it.

7. Dobry adres to człowiek by Dorota Terakowska
(4 stars)

A nice set of feuilletons that made me think a little [each one:], worth reading. =)

8. Saga rodu Klaptunów by Maciej Wojtyszko
(1 star)

Left me speechless :/

9. Shopaholic and Sister by Sophie Kinsella
(2 stars)

Boring and repetitive, waste of time.

Ola wrote: "9. Shopaholic and Sister by Sophie Kinsella
(2 stars)

Boring and repetitive, waste of time."

Oh, too bad.

Kay - I really liked the 1st Shopaholic book, but in this one I had a feeling Kinsella didn't have anything original to say. I like Sophie Kinsella very much, btw, I decide to pretend the Shopaholic Series has never been written ;-)

10. Ring by Koji Suzuki
(4 stars)

Real cliffhanger, worth reading.

I have trouble with books where the main charachter is a mess and can't ever seem to do the right thing. I've read two of the shopaholic books and they both left me irritated because of this.

11. Muzeum Rzeczy Nieistniejących by Dorota Terakowska
(4 stars)

Quite funny, nice fast read.

12. Momo by Émile Ajar
(2 stars)

I don't even know what to say about this one other than I regret I spent so much time on this thin book. Gosh.

13. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
(5 stars)

Ola wrote: "13. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
(5 stars)"

I can't wait to read this one! I ordered it at paperbackswap.com, and am waaaaiting for it to show up, I hope it's soon!! =) I'm glad to see a 5 start rating!

14. La petite fille de Monsieur Linh by Philippe Claudel
(5 stars)

Wonderful =)

15. Evermore (The Immortals, #1) by Alyson Noel
(5 stars)

Kinda reminds me of 'Twilight' but was waaay better for me. =)

16. Kato-tata. Nie-pamiętnik by Halszka Opfer
(5 stars)

Scary and moving, makes me really thankful for having normal home and a father that truly loves me and would never do me harm.

17. Venus as a Boy by Luke Sutherland
(5 stars)

At first I thought I'd dislike it, but the more I read, the more I liked it and I'll never swap it for another book. Wonderful.

Ola wrote: "17. Venus as a Boy by Luke Sutherland
(5 stars)

At first I thought I'd dislike it, but the more I read, the more I liked it and I'll never swap it fo..."

Ola, this one really looks intriguing.

Kay - and it ('Venus as a Boy') is really good :)

18. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
(5 stars)

Great book, worth the Man Booker Prize it got in 2008. I strongly recomend it to everyone who'd like to read about the dark sides of India.

I read The White Tiger a few years go and also thought it was terrific. I remember trying to read his next book, though, and putting it down with disinterest.

19. Holly's Inbox by Holly Denham
(5 stars)

I decided to call this one a pseudo-epistolary novel since it's written as a series of e-mails instead of letters. I'm not an expert on that so I'll not brag about my knowledge of literary genres ;-).
'Holly's Inbox' is a book that made me laugh aloud wherever I was reading it (buses and trams included ;-)). A nice, fast read (despite the fact, the book is 680 pages long ;-)).

20. A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive by David Pelzer
(4 stars)

21. I była miłość w getcie by Marek Edelman
(4 stars, wanted to give it 3,5 stars but couldn't)

22. Someone I loved by Anna Gavalda
(5 stars)

23. How To Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
(4 stars)

For me it's like a Harlequin Desire series but with some supernatural elements in it. It was an easy and pleasant read. There are some pluses and minuses to this book but all in all, it's ok.
Who would I recommend it to? Everyone who likes easy entertainment and isn't affraid of silly books, hahahaha.

24. A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
(5 stars, wanted to give 4,5, but couldn't ;) )

25. Daj mi! by Irina Dienieżkina
(2 stars)
Was OK, but nothing special.

26. The Holy Innocents by Gilbert Adair
(3 stars)
Liked the film more.

27. Ocean Sea by Alessandro Baricco
(4 stars)
A good one, but I liked Baricco's "Silk" more =)

28. The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
(5 stars)
Great! If you haven't read it yet - do it asap! =D

29. Gruba by Natalia Rogińska
(5 stars)

30. Przyjacielu, kim jesteś? by Margit Sandemo
(5 stars)

31. Vamps and the City by Kerrelyn Sparks
(4 stars)

Liked "How To Marry a Millionaire Vampire" more.

32. A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) by Libba Bray
(4 stars)

33. Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, # 1) by Lian Hearn
(5 stars)

34. Grass for His Pillow (Tales of the Otori, # 2) by Lian Hearn
(5 stars)

35. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson
(4 stars)

36. Mojry by Marek Soból
(5 stars)

What did you think of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? Are you going to invest in the rest of the millenniuim series?

Joy, it was ok, although i expected something more involving and hoped that the book - being so thick - would have more content, you know, not just, like for some 100-150 pages, jabberwocky ;-). i already have the 2nd part (the 3rd too) - a Christmas gift from my dad - And i'm sure i'll read it soon :), some friends of mine said "The Girl, who played with fire" is waaaay better than "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". we'll see ;-)

37. Blue Bloods (Blue Bloods, #1) by Melissa de la Cruz
(4 stars)

38. Zacisze 13 (Zacisze 13, #1) by Olga Rudnicka
(2 stars)

39. Fallen by Lauren Kate
(4 stars)

40. Chłód od raju by Jana Frey
(4 stars)

41. Wroniec by Jacek Dukaj
(3 stars)