Books read/reading in 2008
Adiga Aravind: The White Tiger
Dec 2008 (***)Mohsin Hamid: The Reluctant Fundamentalist, ISBN 0739488263
Nov 08 If you have ever, sir, been through the breakup of a romantic relationship that involved great love, you will perhaps understand what I experienced. There is in such situations usually a moment of passion during which the unthinkable is said; this is followed by a sense of euphoria at finally being liberated; the world seems fresh, as if seen for the first time; then comes the inevitable period of doubt, the desperate and doomed backpedaling of regret; and only later, once emotions have receded, is one able to view with equanimity the journey through which one has passed. (***)Junot Díaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Love it. Love it. Love it. (*****)- Twan Tan Eng: The Gift of Rain
Nov 08 (***) Greg Mortenson: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
October 08 Found the writing a bit jarring but the story simply riveting. (****)Lloyd Jones: Mister Pip
October 08 (***)- George Orwell: Penguin Great Ideas - Books v. cigarettes
October 2008 (****) Li Cunxin: Mao's Last Dancer
October 2008. Book Club Read. (**)Markus Zusak: The Book Thief
September 08. (Potentially the book of the year for me) (*****)Gina Ford: The Contented Little Baby Book of Weaning
September 08 (****)William Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury
August 08 (****)Heidi Murkoff: What to Expect the First Year, Second Ed
Feb 08 - ongoing Pressie from work colleague (***)- Miriam Stoppard: Complete Baby & Childcare
Feb 08 (****) - Gina Ford: The Contented Baby's First Year
Feb 08 (****) Victor S. Sierpina: 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses
Feb 08 - Birthday pressie from Ma Avis (****)Anne Michaels: Fugitive Pieces
Jan - Feb 08 'Sometimes we need both hands to climb out of a place. Sometimes there are steep places, where one has to walk ahead of the other. If I cant find you, I'll look deeper in myself. If I cant keep up, if you're far ahead, look back. Look back.' (****)Marjane Satrapi: The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture
Jan 08 (****)American Academy Of Pediatrics: Your Baby's First Year (Second Edition)
Jan 08 (courtesy of Sof, thanks toots) (****)- Gina Ford: The New Contented Little Baby Book
Jan 08 (****) Posy Simmonds: Tamara Drewe
Jan 08 - Read Azuradec's brandnew purchase in one sitting at home (whilst she and EC checks out the Night Safari). (****)
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