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1merry10
List of reading for 2011.
Currently reading an Australian Anthology of writing about the ocean edited by James Bradley - The Penguin Book of the Ocean. I've picked up Proust's volume 2 from under the bed and out of the dust bunnies. Moby Dick is still under review and I'm listening to Michael Connelly's Lincoln Lawyer, and I may finish the rest of The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney this year. Might not make it to 100 books if I include Infinite Jest, Cutting for Stone and the rest of Proust. :)
1. Lincon Lawyer, Michael Connelly
2. The Magician’s Assistant, Anne Patchett
3. Gaudy Night, Dorothy L. Sayers
4. Dr Faustus, Christopher Marlowe
5. The Merry Go Round in the Sea, Randolph Stowe
6. The Harp in the South, Ruth Park
7. The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood
8. The Children’s Book, A. S. Byatt
9. That Deadman Dance, Kim Scott
10. Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
11. Ragnarok: The End of the Gods, A.S. Byatt
Currently reading an Australian Anthology of writing about the ocean edited by James Bradley - The Penguin Book of the Ocean. I've picked up Proust's volume 2 from under the bed and out of the dust bunnies. Moby Dick is still under review and I'm listening to Michael Connelly's Lincoln Lawyer, and I may finish the rest of The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney this year. Might not make it to 100 books if I include Infinite Jest, Cutting for Stone and the rest of Proust. :)
1. Lincon Lawyer, Michael Connelly
2. The Magician’s Assistant, Anne Patchett
3. Gaudy Night, Dorothy L. Sayers
4. Dr Faustus, Christopher Marlowe
5. The Merry Go Round in the Sea, Randolph Stowe
6. The Harp in the South, Ruth Park
7. The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood
8. The Children’s Book, A. S. Byatt
9. That Deadman Dance, Kim Scott
10. Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
11. Ragnarok: The End of the Gods, A.S. Byatt
2jfetting
I'm reading Proust this year too! We can keep each other company, but I haven't started yet.
3judylou
I won't be reading Proust, but I'll still be listening to what your thoughts on the subject. Good to see you here Meg!
4wookiebender
I was thinking of reading the chunksters, but Proust is a bit too chunky. :) Looking forward to your comments, however! (And, ooh! Infinite Jest is going to be picked up as soon as possible...)
5merry10
1. Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Connelly
This is my first legal thriller that I can recall. And my first completed audiobook. I prefer to read and can get through a book very fast this way. Listening time unencumbered by family interruptions is pretty rare. I enjoyed the book as it introduced me to an interesting point of view, the defence lawyer who depends on repeat business for income and is paranoid about missing innocence in his defendants. Good story, thrilling premise, reasonably tight ending. Much better than I expected even though crime is not my scene.
This is my first legal thriller that I can recall. And my first completed audiobook. I prefer to read and can get through a book very fast this way. Listening time unencumbered by family interruptions is pretty rare. I enjoyed the book as it introduced me to an interesting point of view, the defence lawyer who depends on repeat business for income and is paranoid about missing innocence in his defendants. Good story, thrilling premise, reasonably tight ending. Much better than I expected even though crime is not my scene.
6merry10
2. The Magician's Assistant, Anne Patchett
I thoroughly enjoyed this exploration of grief, family and companionship and finding what magician's assistants really do!! One of my favourite Orange Prize listed books was Bel Canto by the same author, and I was so pleased to fall in with a voice I find interesting and sympathetic.
I thoroughly enjoyed this exploration of grief, family and companionship and finding what magician's assistants really do!! One of my favourite Orange Prize listed books was Bel Canto by the same author, and I was so pleased to fall in with a voice I find interesting and sympathetic.
8merry10
3. Gaudy Night, Dorothy L Sayers
Published in 1935, Gaudy Night is a later novel in the Peter Wimsey series. I had forgotten I had read this in my early twenties. It benefits from mature reading and kind of makes me wish I had more of a classical education in literature. Sayers has Harriet Vane investigate a series of nasty prank letters in her old college at Oxford and so the book investigates the role of women in society, work and academic life. Lots of fun reading her musings on the nature of academic pursuits, the writing of novels and fame.
Published in 1935, Gaudy Night is a later novel in the Peter Wimsey series. I had forgotten I had read this in my early twenties. It benefits from mature reading and kind of makes me wish I had more of a classical education in literature. Sayers has Harriet Vane investigate a series of nasty prank letters in her old college at Oxford and so the book investigates the role of women in society, work and academic life. Lots of fun reading her musings on the nature of academic pursuits, the writing of novels and fame.
9Aerrin99
> 6 Ooo, that looks great! I read Bel Canto and remember quite liking it, too - and magicians fascinate me. Definitely wishlisted!
10wookiebender
I loved Bel Canto and buy Ann Patchett's books whenever I see them. The Magician's Assistant is one that I haven't come across yet, however!
Must track down some Peter Wimsey books.
Must track down some Peter Wimsey books.
12merry10
4. Dr Faustus, Christopher Marlowe
Dr Faustus sells his soul for ultimate power.
5. The Merry Go Round in the Sea, Randolph Stowe
I've had a crush on Captain Midnite since the age of 12 and this is the first novel by Randolph Stowe that I've read since that cracking humorous book for children.
The Merry Go Round in the Sea is an amazing description of an Australia of my parents childhood, and of the effects of a Japanese concentration camp on the life of a young Australian seen through the adoring eyes of his young cousin. Stowe has a fabulous ability to create pictures, smells and kinesthetic memories that I recognise so keenly from my own childhood adventures. This is the coming of age story of Rob Coram and his relationship with his cousin Rick who goes away to war and comes back changed by his experiences as an internee.
The Merry Go Round in the Sea reminds me of Gerald Murnane's Tamarisk Row for its child's perspective and visceral description of place and Patrick White's Tree of Man for the same sense of place and its depiction of the war years in Australia. The writing is similarly rich and yet more affectionate which makes it a wonderfully satisfying novel to read. It is a Great Australian Novel.
The language in this novel really takes me back. "What's that?" you'd ask... "It's a triwantigong. A wigwam for a gooses bridle". I've actually had that said to me, so to read it written by Randolph Stowe's book published in 1965 is splendid.
Dr Faustus sells his soul for ultimate power.
5. The Merry Go Round in the Sea, Randolph Stowe
I've had a crush on Captain Midnite since the age of 12 and this is the first novel by Randolph Stowe that I've read since that cracking humorous book for children.
The Merry Go Round in the Sea is an amazing description of an Australia of my parents childhood, and of the effects of a Japanese concentration camp on the life of a young Australian seen through the adoring eyes of his young cousin. Stowe has a fabulous ability to create pictures, smells and kinesthetic memories that I recognise so keenly from my own childhood adventures. This is the coming of age story of Rob Coram and his relationship with his cousin Rick who goes away to war and comes back changed by his experiences as an internee.
The Merry Go Round in the Sea reminds me of Gerald Murnane's Tamarisk Row for its child's perspective and visceral description of place and Patrick White's Tree of Man for the same sense of place and its depiction of the war years in Australia. The writing is similarly rich and yet more affectionate which makes it a wonderfully satisfying novel to read. It is a Great Australian Novel.
The language in this novel really takes me back. "What's that?" you'd ask... "It's a triwantigong. A wigwam for a gooses bridle". I've actually had that said to me, so to read it written by Randolph Stowe's book published in 1965 is splendid.
13merry10
NB. The Merry Go Round in the Sea would have Huckleberry Finn's recent publishers spinning. The Australia of Rob Coram's day was far more unthinkingly racist towards Aborigines. Randolph Stowe's use of the young character allows him to illuminate relationships and unwritten social codes without being intrusively authorial.
14wookiebender
The Merry Go Round in the Sea is on the top of the book pile!! I'll be getting to it asap.
15merry10
6. The Harp in the South, Ruth Park
7. The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood
Loved it, loved it, loved it. Love the feminist perspective, that virtuous rage, that tolerant contempt, that yielding compromise, that passion for final justice for the hanged maids.
7. The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood
Loved it, loved it, loved it. Love the feminist perspective, that virtuous rage, that tolerant contempt, that yielding compromise, that passion for final justice for the hanged maids.
17merry10
What happened to 2011?
Other books I have read this year.
8. The Children's Book, A. S. Byatt Really enjoyed this one!
9. That Deadman Dance, Kim Scott, Miles Franklin winner 2011
I'll add others as I recall them.
Other books I have read this year.
8. The Children's Book, A. S. Byatt Really enjoyed this one!
9. That Deadman Dance, Kim Scott, Miles Franklin winner 2011
I'll add others as I recall them.
18merry10
10. Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
