This week's Musing Mondays muses on mid year reading.
Now that we’ve come to the middle of the year, what do you think of your 2009 reading so far? Read anything interesting that you’d like to share? Any outstanding favourites?
I've completed forty-two books so far. That's about eight short of my half-year target, which means I'll need to read eight more books in the second half of the year. However, I do have a couple of holidays planned, which means long flights, which means books to read like there's no tomorrow. :)
I've enjoyed almost all the books I've read this year, with three notable exceptions:
- Anne Enright - The Gathering
- Kate Summerscale - The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
- Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions
If I had to recommend only three books (this is tough), they would be:
- F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
- Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange
- Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood
My proudest achievement so far has been finishing and enjoying Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. I had tried reading it some years back, and wasn't able to finish it. Didn't think I'd make it this time, but... (Well done, me!)
I do have the following reviews outstanding (naughty me!):
- Jodi Picoult - My Sister's Keeper
- John le Carre - A Murder Of Quality
- Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale
So, that's my half-year in a nutshell. How about yours? Happy with your progress? Not so much? Plans for the rest of the year?