Simona's 50-Book Challenge 2010
One year, 50 books...if it bloody well kills me
One year. 50 books...if it kills me.
August 26
Book #36 is The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
I ffound it ffantastic! I'm actually reading this series ass-backwards, as I read the sequel first, but I was so enthralled that I wanted to read the first one. Who can resist a story in an alternative universe where Wales is in a cold war with England, the Crimean War lasts 131 years, and fictional characters leap in and out of books at will?
August 20
Book #35 is Chivalry Ain't Dead by Keith Knight
Keith, Keith, you da man! If you can't do it, no-one can! I rationed this book out like candy, no more than a few pages very day, and even then, I cheated. Yeah, he's that good.
As politically astute as Aaron McGruder, but so much more subtle. Almost every cartoon is a delight. Keith, please publish another book!
August 12
Book #34 is New Girl by Mary Ann Scott
A well-written book that tackles some serious teen issues like surviving homelessness and losing one's family during a genocide in a war-torn country (really). I'd definitely recommend it - to a 14 year old.
As much as I love YA fiction, I was rapidly bored with this one, and found myself being frustrated by the immaturity of the main character.
Not that I blame her. She's, like, 15. You can't get any more immature.
August 5
Book #33 is Brevity (Remix) by Guy and Rodd
Maybe it's just me, but there seems to be an awful lot of 'homages' to Gary Larson floating around. This one was better than most, though, and I got a few laughs out of it. I'd probably buy another if one came out.
August 4
Book #32 is Stick Figure by Lori Gottlieb
The most amazing thing about this book is that it's not a work of fiction; it's the actual diary of an 11 year old girl with anorexia.
I was stunned by her eloquence and her fluid writing. She was at the same time perspicacious and naive. At some points, I was brought almost to tears by her harrowing experience.
But the hardest thing was reliving my own fat years, with the pressures to lose weight, and the feeling that absolutely nobody understood or cared to try.
A really good book!
July 27
Book #31 is Clerks by Kevin Smith
I loved the movie Clerks, but that was what, 10, 12 years ago? More? Oh God, 16! Maybe that's why I couldn't stop yawning. I mean, I'm willing to bet that I'm no longer the person who found 20-something year-old white stoners amusing.
I certainly don't now.
50-book challenge 2010 - the third 10
50-book challenge 2010- The second 10
50-book challenge 2010- The first 10
What about 2009?
50-book challenge: Rest of 2009
50-book challenge: The second 10
50-book challenge: La primera 10
How'd I do in 2008?
Read about the fourth (and final) 10 books here
Read about the third 10 books here
