Book – Artemis FowlAuthor – Eoin ColferYear – 2001Genre – FantasyPages – 277Series – Artemis FowlI remember my Mum suggesting this book to me years and years ago when I was pining for a new Harry Potter book. As a fantasy series based around a young boy, there would always be comparisons made, but this…
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Book 41 – Cirque du Freak
Book – Cirque du Freak Author – Darren Shan Year – 2000 Genre – Children’s Fantasy Pages – 192 Another book that came about due to it being covered at school (prepare yourself for plenty of these over the next, I don’t know, forty years). This is the first in a series about the young…
Book 40 – Holes
Book – HolesAuthor – Louis SacharYear – 1998Genre – Children’sPages – 241For those of you who don’t know, this September I started a new job. I am now training to become an English teacher. All these years of reading plenty of books has paid off. There is a certain irony to the fact that I…
Book 39 – Freedom
Book – Freedom Author – Jonathan Franzen Year – 2011 Genre – Fiction Pages – 570 Lent to me by Angharad Rees After a bit of a reading block, I was lent Freedom by Angharad this summer with the highest recommendation. I was feeling pretty frazzled from a lot of reading, so was a little…
Book 38 – Grumpy Old Men
Book – Grumpy Old MenAuthor – David QuantickYear – 2004Genre – Toilet BookPages – 143 Over the past couple of years I have read several books that would be considered as ‘grumpy old men’ books. It was a fad that was pretty big around the early 2000s, and spawned many books and talking head TV…
Book 37 – Mother Tongue
Book – Mother TongueAuthor – Bill BrysonYear – 1990Genre – History of LanguagePages – 244Recommended by Colin Simpson (about ten years ago!) When I was at school, my English teacher, Mr Simpson, recommended to us many books. As he is one of the most well read men I know, if he picked any out, then…
Book 36 – Foxfinder
Book – FoxfinderAuthor – Dawn KingYear – 2011Genre – PlayPages 79Lent to me by Alex Campbell Another plug to begin with! Alex will be directing her first show with DAODS this summer – this very play, Foxfinder, from 29th and 30th September. If you want to come and see it then let me know, and I…
Book 35 – Sod That!
Book – Sod That! 103 Things Not to Do Before You DieAuthor – Sam JordisonYear – 2008Genre – Toilet BookPages – 227Bought for me by Jeni and Alinda Adding to the neverending array of toilet books that are available, a relative king of the genre, Sam Joridson, has released this little nugget. List books are…
Book 34 – The Power of Six
Book – The Power of Six Author – Pitticas Lore Year – 2011 Genre – Young Adult Sci Fi Pages – 380 Series – The Lorian Legacy When you are reading a series, and after a gap of only a few months between the first and second books, you still feel a need to read a…
Book 33 – Mockingjay
Book – MockingjayAuthor – Suzanne CollinsYear – 2010Genre – Young Adult Sci FiPages – 458Series – The Hunger Games As I mentioned in my post on the previous book in The Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire, I started this book at 2:30 in the morning, immediately after finishing its predecessor. And to start with, I was…