100 Books in 2012

Over a year later…still true.

dalycommas — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:00:35 -0500

Over a year later…still true.

The Glass Castle- Jeannette Walls. It's a memoir, and really interesting :)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:07:51 -0500

Oh, and "Room"- Emma Donoghue. It's about a woman who is kidnapped and kept in a shed for 7 years, but the book is told from her 5 year old son's perspective.

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:07:46 -0500

#9 of 100 Books in 2012 - Flour Babies

dalycommas — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:11:21 -0500

#9 of 100 Books in 2012 - Flour Babies

So, that's me...

dalycommas — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:39:14 -0500

I’m 8 books into the 100 and not regretting starting. I don’t know if it’s being made easier by every other book being an Adrian Mole book.

However, my main concern, is that I can’t think of what books I want to read next so any suggestions are welcome!

After getting slightly ahead of the schedule,I’ve reduced the reading need from 1.9 a week to 1.8. LE SIGH.

#8 of 100 Wednesday August 13th Here I am again - in my old...

dalycommas — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:36:06 -0500

#8 of 100

Wednesday August 13th

Here I am again - in my old bedroom. Older, wiser, but with less hair, unfortunately. The atmosphere in this house is very bad. The dog looks permanently exhausted. Every time the phone rings my mother snatches it up as though a kidnapper were on the line.

Adrian Mole is thirty, single and a father. His cooking at a top London restaurant has been equally mocked (‘the sausage on my plate could have been a turd’ - AA Gill) and celebrated (will he be the nation’s first celebrity offal chef?). And the love of his life, Pandora Braithwaite, is the newly elected MP for Ashby-de-la-Zouch - one of ‘Blair’s Babes’. He is frustrated, disappointed and undersexed.

But a letter from Adrian’s past is about to change everything …

#7 of 100 I remember this being on the syllabus in school, and...

dalycommas — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:33:02 -0500

#7 of 100

I remember this being on the syllabus in school, and thought I’d revisit it to see if it was as good as I remembered. Terrifyingly the only none Penguin on the list so far.

Recommend it to anyone that enjoys sci-fi/dystopia novels.

#6 of 100 Thursday January 3rd I have the most terrible...

dalycommas — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:29:47 -0500

#6 of 100

Thursday January 3rd

I have the most terrible problems with my sex life. It all boils down to the fact that I have no sex life. At least not with another person.

Finally given the heave-ho by Pandora, Adrian Mole finds himself in the unenviable situation of living with the love-of-his-life as she goes about shacking up with other men. Worse, as he slides down the employment ladder, from deskbound civil servant in Oxford to part-time washer-upper in Soho, he finds that critical reception for his epic novel, Lo! The Flat Hills of My Homeland, is not quite as he might have hoped.

But Adrian is about to discover that extraordinary and wonderful things may blossom even in the wilderness …

#5 of 100 Great book, going to the launch of this next week....

dalycommas — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:27:16 -0500

#5 of 100

Great book, going to the launch of this next week. You’ll either love it or hate it. Synopsis:

Eliot Lamb has dreaded this occasion for the past three years of his life - the last night of university. Gathered with his mates in the King’s Arms for one final, historic night on the lash, he begins the ultimate descent: Pub, Bar, Club. As he stares into the foam of his debut pint, he knows that before the night reaches its climactic conclusion on the sweaty dance-floor of Filth he must solve the dilemma of his knotty love-life, risk his closest friendship, face up to a tragic secret, and deal with the fact that he hasn’t a clue what to do with the rest of his life.

Noughties raises a glass to all the youthful confusion, fierce ambition and helpless yearning that characterises student life. Eliot may know a lot about Renaissance poetry, the post-modern novel, French literary theory and how to get hammered at a highly competitive rate, but he is fast realising that adult life beckons, and it’s going to be asking a lot more of him than that.

Book #4 of 100 This was…alright. Nowhere near as good as...

dalycommas — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:24:38 -0500

Book #4 of 100

This was…alright. Nowhere near as good as the first in the series, but okay for a YA read.

Book #3 I’m ahead on the schedule of books, just not been...

dalycommas — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:22:36 -0500

Book #3

I’m ahead on the schedule of books, just not been updating, so expect a series of updates just now.

Again, loving the Mole series. Each Mole book is kept for just reading on the Tube, and other books in between. Met Sue Townsend, author of Adrian Mole, last week which was amazing. Total childhood hero of mine and she didn’t disappoint!

#2 The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole It’s the 30th...

dalycommas — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:10:19 -0500

#2 The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

It’s the 30th anniversary of Adrian Mole this year, and a few weeks back I received the anniversary editions and I promised myself I would work through them as part of 100 books.

Such an amazing series. Totally preferred this one to The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4. If you’ve never read Adrian Mole, you really should. If you have read them? Reread them…especially if you originally read them when you were young.

Really looking forward to hitting the later years!!

wolfslut: » 1/100 Title: Stardust Author: Neil Gaiman Year:...

dalycommas — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:34:13 -0500

wolfslut:

» 1/100

Title: Stardust

Author: Neil Gaiman

Year: 1998

Genre: Fantasy/Comedy

What Happened: Set in the 19th Century, the town of Wall is so named because of the stone wall that runs alongside it that marks where the mortal world ends and Faerie begins. Nobody is allowed to cross the wall. A seventeen year old named Tristran Thorn (who is incidentally half-faerie, raised on this side of the wall by his father and stepmother) promises to cross into Faerie to retrieve a fallen star for his “true love” Victoria Forester. Faerie proves more dangerous than he could have imagined, and the star is in fact a young Lady named Yvaine rather than a lump of rock. It’s a love story, and a magic story, and I really liked it a freaking lot.

A quote: “She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars”

Extra: This was one of those rare books where I’d actually seen the movie before reading the book- it changed the reading experience a little, and the movie actually diverged away from the book a lot in some places- particularly the ending. In the movie it’s warm and fuzzy- in the book it’s beautiful and warm but sad at the same time. Plus i also want more books about Wall.

You need to read this book.

allthecoolthingsinlife: #3 Seriously … I’m Kidding by Ellen...

dalycommas — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:41:33 -0500

allthecoolthingsinlife:

#3 Seriously … I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres

My tweet sized summary: A bit of life, a bit of advice, all comedy.

All I want to say about this book is that it’s funny. But there was more. It also had a good message of finding happiness in life. That was surprising to me. I recently read another comedian’s book and it was all comedy. Overall, Ellen’s book was funny and an easy read. Thumbs up.

Ellen DeGeneres is cool.

hey, sorry i'm confuesed (I'm a little new to tumblr). when i finish a book can i write about it and tag you in the post or what? what do i do? much love x

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:55:38 -0500

All you have to do is include 100booksin2012 or 100 books in 2012 when you tag your post and I’ll find it :)

jlwickman: Book #2: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg...

dalycommas — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:40:23 -0500

jlwickman:

Book #2: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

wolfslut: » 1/100 Title: Stardust Author: Neil Gaiman Year:...

dalycommas — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:40:16 -0500

wolfslut:

» 1/100

Title: Stardust

Author: Neil Gaiman

Year: 1998

Genre: Fantasy/Comedy

What Happened: Set in the 19th Century, the town of Wall is so named because of the stone wall that runs alongside it that marks where the mortal world ends and Faerie begins. Nobody is allowed to cross the wall. A seventeen year old named Tristran Thorn (who is incidentally half-faerie, raised on this side of the wall by his father and stepmother) promises to cross into Faerie to retrieve a fallen star for his “true love” Victoria Forester. Faerie proves more dangerous than he could have imagined, and the star is in fact a young Lady named Yvaine rather than a lump of rock. It’s a love story, and a magic story, and I really liked it a freaking lot.

A quote: “She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars”

Extra: This was one of those rare books where I’d actually seen the movie before reading the book- it changed the reading experience a little, and the movie actually diverged away from the book a lot in some places- particularly the ending. In the movie it’s warm and fuzzy- in the book it’s beautiful and warm but sad at the same time. Plus i also want more books about Wall.

You need to read this book.

jlwickman: Book #1: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.

dalycommas — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:24:49 -0500

jlwickman:

Book #1: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.

allthecoolthingsinlife: #2 Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck...

dalycommas — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:20:05 -0500

allthecoolthingsinlife:

#2 Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman

My tweet sized summary: A collection of essays about: interviews, cult leaders, football, basketball, ABBA, laugh tracks, the Unabomber, marketing and other things.

I have never read a collection of essays before. Not that I can remember. And that was definitely the first Chuck Klosterman book I’ve ever read. I think I had a hyped up pre-opinion of him before I read the book. It was good but I can easily see everything I read in the book used as snooty intellectual ammo for fake conversations that make you sound smarter than you are. “You know I read this essay by Chuck Klosterman about the effect the laugh track has had on the American psyche. It’s a really interesting study of an inexplicable phenomenon that’s really shaped all of American social interaction … blah blah blah” I’m not bashing the book. It really taught me a lot. I just won’t ever be able to reference it without feeling like I’m trying to show off.

I did learn a lot from this book and that’s just another reason that reading is cool.

Just in case anyone needs any inspiration!

dalycommas — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:00:38 -0500

randomhouse:

One of our favorite things about the holiday season is the recap of the year in books! Publications, websites, and readers everywhere begin pulling together what they think is the cream of the crop — the best books of the year. Take a look below through some of the lists we’ve pulled together, and keep an eye here for additions to the list as we approach the end of this stellar literary year.

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