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Leo's Litlist 2009

What have you read in 2009? Post your list here and update it as you go along! (One thread per member, please.)
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Post by Leo62 » Mon March 9th, 2009, 11:14 am

Finally finished Daughters of Fire. It was a long haul. My braincells are now very glad to be stimulated by DJ Taylor's clever Kept: A Victorian Mystery, which promises to do exactly what it says on the tin.

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Post by Leo62 » Thu March 19th, 2009, 9:54 pm

Finished Kept. A fascinating read, though the end was slightly baffling and a bit unsatisfactory.

I've got a pile of library books, but can't resist starting Drood by Dan Simmons next. It's a right old brick of a book. Might have to find something slimmer for journeys to work. :D
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Post by diamondlil » Fri March 20th, 2009, 9:34 pm

I have Drood out from the library at the moment too, and you are right it is a brick of a book! I have thought about not taking on the train to read, but then the other place I read is in bed, and I am not sure that the size of the book is conducive to that either!
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Post by boswellbaxter » Fri March 20th, 2009, 9:45 pm

[quote=""diamondlil""]I have Drood out from the library at the moment too, and you are right it is a brick of a book! I have thought about not taking on the train to read, but then the other place I read is in bed, and I am not sure that the size of the book is conducive to that either![/quote]

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Post by Leo62 » Fri March 20th, 2009, 10:02 pm

LOL I dread to think how much a library hardback weighs. :eek: I have the paperback and it's still quite a heft. Just read the opening chapter describing the Staplehurst railway accident and I'm hooked. I may have to start getting in shape for carrying it to work. :p

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Post by Leo62 » Wed March 25th, 2009, 9:17 pm

Oh dear. I'm not getting on too well with Drood :( I'm putting it aside for a while in favour of The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin.

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Post by Leo62 » Fri April 10th, 2009, 9:51 pm

Finished The Left Hand Of Darkness last week. Now I'm swinging on back to the 14th century for Karen Maitland's Company of Liars.

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Post by Leo62 » Tue April 14th, 2009, 10:03 pm

Enjoyed Company of Liars, though it got a bit predictable towards the end. Now I'm dusting off Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks, which has been on my TBR pile forever.

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Post by Leo62 » Mon April 20th, 2009, 1:53 pm

Gave up on Human Traces. Dull as ditchwater. :(

Started The Great Gatsby, which is #1 on my list of Classics I've Never Read And Really Ought to. It's also thin and therefore easy to carry on the train :D

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Post by SonjaMarie » Mon April 20th, 2009, 5:28 pm

I had to read "Gatsby" in HS.

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