Here is my December reading wrap-up. It's also going to be my last wrap-up post as such as I've decided to discontinue posting monthly wrap-ups. Let's see if I'll come up with something else instead in 2011. :)
Books read: 5
Books read in English: 3
Books read in Finnish: 2
Finnish books read: 1
Fiction: 5
Nonfiction: 0
Books reviewed: 1
I cannot believe I read only 5 books in December! It felt more than that! Well, actually I did also read the first of the three novels in The Dancers at the End of Time omnibus by Michael Moorcock, but I will only count the book read after I've read the whole omnibus as it technically is one book even if it consists of three novels. I also read the title story in The Fixer and Other Stories, a graphic novel or rather a graphic novella and short stories by Joe Sacco. And I'm almost at the end of The Tapestry of Love by Rosy Thornton. It was my aim to finish it in 2010, but I still have some 40 pages left, so , instead of being my last book read in 2010, it will be the first I read in 2011. :)
Here's the books I read in December:
-The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (reread, but the first time I read it in English)
-Minne tytöt kadonneet by Leena Lehtolainen
-Kesä Baden-Badenissa (Summer in Baden-Baden) by Leonid Tsypkin
-Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
-Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
All in all I read 73 books in 2010, which is a usual number for me. I'm always aiming for 100, but have not managed that yet! Maybe in 2011... :)
My top 10 reads in 2010 were (in reverse order):
10. How Beautiful the Ordinary ed. by Michael Cart. This YA collection of 12 short stories about identity was the first book I read in 2010 and what a great beginning for my reading year it proved to be. Definitely a book I will return to in the future.
9. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly. This YA novel is quite a recent read as I only finished reading it on the Christmas Eve. The writing was great and the main characters were very likable. Partly contemporary and partly historical fiction this novel really shows how to make history interesting for young adults.
8. The PowerBook by Jeanette Winterson. It's Winterson, need I say more. :) The writing was fabulous as always.
7. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Well, is's Collins, need I say more. :) Loved this somewhat gothic mystery even more now that I read it the second time.
6. The 19th Wife by David Ebersdorf. Another partly contemporary, partly historical novel. What a great story this was! Maybe I should say here that this one shows how to make history interesting for everyone. :)
5. The Sealed Letter by Emme Donoghue. One of the three books by Donoghue I read in 2010. She really became one of my favorite writers in 2010. A historical novel with great period details and once again a great story.
4. Room by Emma Donoghue. Such a gripping story. No need to say more here.
3. Purge by Sofi Oksanen. I actually read this in the original Finnish. Judged by the writing alone this would have been my number one read, but the subject matter, in typical Oksanen style, was not in any means easy or enjoyable as such, thus my top 2 books beat Purge on the enjoyment factor.
2. In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden. Interesting that my top 10 includes two rereads, this being the other one of those. I absolutely love this book! And now that I have my own copy I will no doubt revisit Brede every now and then.
1. Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski. Loved, loved, loved this Persephone book! :) I still almost get goosepumps when I think of the ending of this novel. It's so perfect.
So, uusi vuosi, uudet kujeet (new year, new tricks) as we say here in Finland. :) I have some plans for further improving the design of A Room of One's Own and I'm really looking forward to the new blogging and reading year. So many interesting books to read! So many stories waiting to pe discovered! Isn't it wonderful? A whole new year ahead of us full of all kinds of possibilities and promises and dreams just waiting for us to make them real! Happy reading in 2011!
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