Book – Animal FarmAuthor – George OrwellYear – 1945Genre – FictionPages – 95Given to me by Alinda Haynes-Hunte In a lovely treat this weekend, Alinda arrived at our house with a massive stack of books that she had no room for any more. I am currently sat in my living room surrounded by a stack…
Month: August 2011
Book 35 – The Hardcore Diaries
Book – The Hardcore DiariesAuthor – Mick FoleyYear – 2008Genre – AutobiographyPages – 371 If you read regularly here, then you will probably notice that I do enjoy a good wrestling autobiography. It’s sort of an aim of mine to read them all – something that I should manage within a few years – and…
Book 34 – A Doll’s House
Book – A Doll’s HouseAuthor – Henrik IbsenYear – 1879Genre – PlayPages – 72 Continuing with one of my little challenges this year – namely the one that says ‘read more plays because you really haven’t read very many’ – I thought that I would pick up one of the plays by a playwright who falls…
Book 33 – The Sea
Book – The SeaAuthor – John BanvilleYear – 2005Genre – FictionPages – 263Winner of the Booker Prize 2005. One of the things that I intend to manage eventually over the next few years, is to read all of the winners of the Booker Prize. It is one of the most prestigious book awards here in…
Book 32 – A Dance With Dragons
Book – A Dance With DragonsAuthor – George RR MartinYear – 2011Genre – FantasyPages – 959Series – A Song of Ice and Fire Here it is. The book that I have been waiting for for the past six years for. The continuation of my favourite series ever. The book that – after eleven years –…
Book 31 – A Feast For Crows
Book – A Feast For CrowsAuthor – George RR MartinYear – 2005Genre – FantasyPages – Over a thousandSeries – A Song of Ice and Fire A Feast for Crows is the black sheep of the A Song of Ice and Fire series. A short publication history is probably in order to begin with (sorry, I will…
Book 30 – A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold
Book – A Storm of Swords: Blood and GoldAuthor – George RR MartinYear – 2000Genre – FantasyPages – Series – A Song of Ice and Fire I have just written a review for the first half of this book which nicely encapsulates everything that I want to say about it. Here, in lieu of a…
Book 29 – A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow
Book – A Storm of Swords: Steel and SnowAuthor – George RR MartinYear – 2000Genre – FantasyPages –Series – A Song of Ice and Fire If anyone ever asks what my favourite book ever is, then I say A Game of Thrones. I even wrote a blog about it being my favourite book ever. Well,…
Book 28 – A Clash of Kings
Book – A Clash of KingsAuthor – George RR MartinYear – 1998Genre – FantasyPages – 708Series – A Song of Ice and Fire So, many of you may have only heard of George RR Martin and his awesome series of fantasy books A Song of Ice and Fire because of the recent HBO/Sky series Game…