The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
To Read
- Guerillas by V.S. Naipaul
- Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
- Delirium by Lauren Oliver
- A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor
- The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
- The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk
- Mourning Ruby by Helen Dunmore
- 2666 by Roberto Bolaño
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Isiguro
- The Cry of the Sloth by Sam Savage
- The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
- The Magus by John Fowles
- The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
- Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
- Post Captain by Patrick O’Brian
- The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
- Ariel by Sylvia Plath
- Duma Key by Stephen King
- Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath
- Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil
Books I’ve read (and reviewed) since starting this blog
- The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente
- Dark Matter: A Ghost Story by Michelle Paver
- The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore
- American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
- The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
- A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
- A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold by George R.R Martin
- A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow by Geroge R.R Martin
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- A Clash of Kings by George R.R Martin
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zàfon
- The Affinity Bridge by George Mann
- The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
- Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
- A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
- Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
- The Magician’s Guild by Trudi Canavan
- Storm Front by Jim Butcher
- I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
- First Riders Call by Kristen Britain
- A Game of Thrones by George R.R Martin
- A Feast for Crows by George R.R Martin
- A Dance with Dragons: Dreams and Dust by George R.R Martin
- A Dance with Dragons: After the Feast by George R.R Martin
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
- Nourishment by Gerard Woodward
- Any Human Heart by William Boyd
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
- The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
- Grimm Tales: For Young and Old by Philip Pullman
- The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake
- The Greaty Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
- Amulet by Roberto Bolaño
- Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann
- John Dies at the End by David Wong
- The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
- Zennor in Darkness by Helen Dunmore
- The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
- The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
- Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
- World War Z by Max Brooks
- The President’s Hat by Antoine Laurain
- Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
- Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil
- Stoner: A Novel by John Williams
- A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Lies of Locke Lamora was a fun book that took a fairly standard epic fantasy setting and did some fun things with it. The Eye of the World is a brilliant book and an excellent beginning to a series that is truly Epic in every sense of the word.
Lies of Locke Lamora is painfully awesome. A word to the wise, don’t immediately jump into the sequel and you’ll enjoy it more. The second book is very good, but it’s very different in pacing and tone to the first.
Ohhh…good luck with 2666. I’m stuck at about halfway through Part 4, and the story (for me) didn’t start getting good until about halfway through Part 3.
Uh oh, duly noted! It’s so big I have to work myself up to it…
You’re currently reading Cloud Atlas, one of my all-time favorites!!!