July Books

[slemslempike]

Science of the Discworld III - Terry Pratchett
The Abbey Girls - Elsie J. Oxenham
The Ship - C.S. Forrester
Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende
Rachel in the Abbey - Elsie J. Oxenham
A World of Girls - L.T. Meade
Hypatia's Heritage - Margaret Alic
St. Winifred's - F.W. Farrar
To the Last Man I Slept With and All the Jerks Just Like Him - Gwendolyn Zepeda
Stereotype - Claire Hennessy
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - J K Rowling
The Silent Speaker - Noel Streatfeild
The Royal Ballet School - Noel Streatfeild
The Bazalgettes, or Folly and Farewell - E.M. Delafield (Anon)
The Pothunters - P.G. Wodehouse
A Prefect's Uncle - P.G. Wodehouse
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Tales of St. Austin's - P.G. Wodehouse
Two Thrilling Terms - Nancy Breary

The worst book I read was The Ship, which was very dull. Best books were To the Last Man I Slept With... and The Bazalgettes. I'd been meaning to get hold of the former for a while and not managed before. It's a collection of Gwen's short stories and they're great. The Silent Speaker is an adult book of Streatfeild, and quite depressing, as they generally are. It starts with a group of friends having dinner, and then after they go home their hostess kills herself. The book's about them finding out why, wiht a rather unsatisfactory ending for me.

Comments

[coconutswirl.livejournal.com]

I've been a good girl. Only three books :)

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I don't know how many I bought this month - a lot of these were trying to finish up books I'd had around for a while and not managed to read yet despite my best intentions.

[coconutswirl.livejournal.com]

Oh Christ. I only read two books. Does articles count?

[coconutswirl.livejournal.com]

Ignore my grammar, please.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I read really quickly, and two of those were rereads. And I would say that over half of those were easy reads rather than challenging. Articles totally count.

[coconutswirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm still halfway through Tristram Shandy which I think should account for something!

I read Harry Potter plus a book on deconstruction & graphic design.

[pisica.livejournal.com]

Tristram Shandy counts TWICE!

[stealthmunchkin.livejournal.com]

There's a Science Of The Discworld III? Why wasn't I informed of this? Gah. More money to spend on Thursday :-/

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Yep. It's Darwin based, and I enjoyed it, although mostly the wizardly bits.

[iliketea.livejournal.com]

*does a little dance* :D

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I'm really looking forward to Afterwards! You're a great writer.

[iliketea.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Hee! And it has Gender Stereotyping Issues in there somewhere, so yay. :)