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princess's 2013 Reading Log

Posted: Mon January 14th, 2013, 11:02 pm
by princess
The Chessmen - Peter May

Posted: Tue February 5th, 2013, 11:23 pm
by princess
The Beggar King: A Hangman's Daughter Tale - Oliver Potzsch
Island of Wings - Karin Altenberg

Posted: Wed February 6th, 2013, 5:01 am
by annis
What did you make of Island of Wings? It's one of those books that I see every now and then in library and think about taking out, but wondered if it might be a bit "worthy".

Posted: Wed February 6th, 2013, 9:31 pm
by princess
[quote=""annis""]What did you make of Island of Wings? It's one of those books that I see every now and then in library and think about taking out, but wondered if it might be a bit "worthy".[/quote]

I found it so-so if I'm honest. There didn't seem to be much of a plot - it mostly focused on the relationship between the main character and her husband. It was interesting with regard to learning about the way of life on St Kilda.

Posted: Sat May 4th, 2013, 8:51 pm
by princess
The Invisible Infanta (Trastamara Chronicles) - Elizabeth Toner
The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey
Wine of Violence :1 (A Medieval Mystery) - Priscilla Royal

Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel. Purchased Wolf Hall on my Kindle on a whim (as I've never been particularly interested in the Tudor era - I think it's "overdone") and I loved it so much I went straight on to read Bring up the Bodies.

Posted: Fri May 10th, 2013, 8:35 pm
by princess
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom - loved it.

Posted: Sun May 19th, 2013, 9:01 pm
by princess
Wife to the Bastard - Hilda Lewis

Posted: Wed June 12th, 2013, 8:35 pm
by princess
Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood.

Posted: Fri July 5th, 2013, 6:03 pm
by princess
And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini. Another beautifully written book, but not quite on par with his previous two in my opinion.

The Last Runaway - Tracy Chevalier. Although her stories tend not to move fast, I always like them - and this was no different.

Posted: Mon August 12th, 2013, 7:23 pm
by princess
The Falcons of Fire and Ice by Karen Maitland - struggled with this (lack of atmosphere and style of writing) until about 60% through when it improved and the plot seemed to find a direction to take. Wouldn't recommend.