Another installment of extreme mini reviews! This one from my Top Ten of 2005:
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale: She came to the library that summer. I'd never heard of her, so I got her book and read it without knowing anything. It blew me away! It had everything! I loved it!
Beauty by Robin McKinley: An awesome retelling of Beauty and the Beast... one, if not the best one, of my favorites.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling: What's there to say about this one? I was part of the craze and read it the day it came out!
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova: I loved this "intellectual" look at the whole vampire/Dracula legend. This book felt real to me and creeped me out in the most perfect way. Loved it.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: It must have been a re-read that year, and it appears it made it to my top ten... again. It's probably about time of another re-read, what do you think?
A Fine Balance by Rohintin Mistry: This book about life in India still sticks with me. Really really moving and eye opening.
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke: I really enjoyed this second book of the trilogy (though not as much as the first) and it ended in a major cliff hanging that made me crazy!
Shirley by Charlotte Bronte: I remember this one having a slow start, but by the end, I was loving it.
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman: A fun essay type book about the love of reading. I really enjoyed it.
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis: A book we read for book club way back when about time traveling back to the plague years. I don't remember whole lot more about it except that it was pretty intense and really good.
I love this walk back down memory lane. I am FINALLY reading The Goose Girl and I feel just like you stated. It's delicious! I love everything Shannon Hale writes. Why did it take me so long to read this one.
ReplyDeleteOh what the heck, I am going to use your list as my Go-to list for the next books I read!! Awesome.
Hope that you are having a fabulous time vacationing!
Loved Goose Girl but have not read any of the other books in the series. My 11 year old has, and she likes them much.
ReplyDeleteI cannot recall one book of Robin McKinley that I have read that I have not liked. Oh wait, Chalice was not a favorite. Anyway, loved Beauty.
Of Course, Harry Potter, but I will admit I am not that well versed on the books because I am more of the movie fan than book fan. Have not read all of them; only the last few and cannot remember their names.
The Historian; loved it!
Pride & Prejudice is one of my favorites too.
The rest I have not read. I am reading my first Connie Willis book right now; BLACKOUT. I am really enjoying her style of storytelling.
Great List there Suey! :D