Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Laura's Books Read

Here's my list of books read and ones I'd already identified as "planned reads," because I have them on hand. Later in the year I'll set a personal goal for 2008.

Books I've Read (with links to reviews where available):
2006 - The Inheritance of Loss (Desai)
2005 - The Sea (Banville)
2002 - Life of Pi (Martel)
2001 - True History of the Kelly Gang (Carey) (completed 10/30/2007)
2000 - The Blind Assassin (Atwood)
1998 - Amsterdam: A Novel (McEwan)
1997 - The God of Small Things (Roy)
1992 - The English Patient (Ondaatje)
1984 - Hotel du Lac (Brookner) (completed 9/22/2007)
1977 - Staying on (Scott)
1975 - Heat and Dust (Jhabvala) (completed 8/29/2007)

Soon to be Read (because they're already on my shelves!)
2004 - The Line of Beauty (Hollinghurst)
1988 - Oscar and Lucinda (Carey)
1985 - The Bone People (Hulme)
1981 - Midnight's Children (Rushdie)
1978 - The Sea, the Sea (Murdoch)

2 comments:

  1. The Line of Beauty (Hollinghurst), The Siege of Krishnapur (Farrell), In a Free State (Naipaul) coming within 2-3 days :-)

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  2. In fact, I did not even know that The Siege of Krishnapur (Farrell) had won a booker.

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