I have a major literary crush on Ian McEwan after listening to him read On Chesil Beach this afternoon. Wow! I am in awe. This being the second of his novels that I have read and fallen in love with, the first being Atonement, I am now ready to buy everything he's written. Watch for a review this week.
McEwan is not the only author I have devoured this week. I also finished The Namesake, Chronicles of Avonlea, The Woman Who Wouldn't, and The Wednesday Sisters. Whew! It adds up to 7 books read in the month of May, which for me is phenomenal. I hope I can keep up that kind of average through the summer.
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Books
- 8.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- 7.My Life in France
- 6.French Milk
- 5.Summer
- 4.Girl, Interrupted
- 3.Fireworks Over Toccoa
- 2.Because of Winn-Dixie
- 1.Alias Grace
Annals
Identity
The Beloved
- A Fondness for Reading
- A Reader's Respite
- Annie's Eats
- At Home with Books
- Bermudaonion's
- Beth Fish Reads
- Bibliolatry
- Book Chatter
- Books 'N Border Collies
- Bookstack
- Christina Baker Kline: A Writing Year
- DogEar Diary
- Dolce Bellezza
- eclectic eccentric
- ElSurfo
- Enchanted by Josephine
- Farm Lane Books
- Framed and Booked
- GalleySmith
- Girl Detective
- Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin'?
- In THIS Life
- Incurable Logophilia
- It's like I'm...mmmagic!
- jehara
- Jenny's Books
- Kittling: Books
- KyusiReader
- Lines From the Page
- Linus's Blanket
- Lit and Life
- Literary License
- Lous_Pages
- Maw Books
- Mental Multivitamin
- Ms. Bookish
- My Friend Amy
- My Year of Reading Seriously
- Nothing But Bonfires
- One Persons Journey
- Pages Turned
- PalmTree Pundit
- Piling on the Books
- Presenting Lenore
- Raging Bibliomania
- Read Warbler
- Reading Adventures
- Ready When You Are, CB
- Rebecca Reads
- Rundpinne
- Semicolon
- She Reads Books
- Silly Little Mischief
- Small World Reads
- The Boston Bibliophile
- The Classics Circuit
- The Literate Housewife
- The Octogon
- the way I see it
- This Dangerous Life
- Trish's Reading Nook
- Tuesday in Silhouette
- Virginie Says...
- Wayside Sacraments
- What Kate's Reading
5 comments:
Seven books in one month is impressive! I need to increase my reading a bit. Since I started blogging and hearing so many great reviews, I need to be reading more like 7 books a month instead of 3 or 4!
I'm developing a healthy crush on Ian McEwan too. I also loved Atonement and right now I'm about 3/4 of the way through Amsterdam -- and it's every bit as good as Atonement. This man is a virtuoso.
It sounds as if you read most of those in the last week!
I have got to read something by Ian McEwan. I hear so many good things about his books.
Laura-I average about one a week so 7 is huge for me. I'd love to keep that number high.
Julie-I've ordered Amsterdam and Saturday from PaperBack Swap. I plan to read both this summer.
Carrie-I finished half of them this week but a few I had been working on for a while. I encourage you to read McEwan. He is fast becoming my favorite modern author.
Always great to meet another reader who loves McEwan. Amsterdam is one of my faves, too. On Chesil Beach packs a wallop in a short space, but I kept thinking about the characters in Amsterdam long after reading it.
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