The rest of the list is in purely alphabetical order:
John Gordon - The Giant Under the Snow
Garth Nix - Lady Friday
(which is out in March, so it will be the book of the month in either April or May !)Terry Pratchett - A Hat Full of Sky
Philip Pullman - The Ruby in the Smoke
J K Rowling - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(I'll probably schedule this a month after its publication - I'll let you know once the publication date is announced !)Louis Sachar - The Boy Who Lost His Face
I shall also pick an Alan Garner novel - but I'm currently trying to decide which one (probably The Owl Service
) and I'm thinking of including Charles Butler's The Fetch of Mardy Watt, but I haven't yet checked it's available in the US and I don't want to select a book that everyone is then forced to buy from the UK (much as I love this book !). Allowing for the fact that we are starting in February and that we will probably take a break during the summer since I know a lot of other people go away/are busy during the summer months, this is enough books for the whole of 2007.Of course, this "project" may fail after a couple of months !
8 comments:
King of Shadows: Library request made
The House at Norham Gardens: Will make request for that too
I have never read any John Gordon.
Lady Friday: I'm still waiting for Sir Thursday to be available at the library! This series is getting better with every book.
Philip Pullman: Love HDM Trilogy more than words can relate. I have been meaning to read the SL Trilogy for eons. Thanks for the nudge.
Louis Sachar - The Boy Who Lost His Face: You are taking me back here. I'll have to re-read this.
Alan Garner - The Owl Service: Another long-time-intend-to-read.
Well, well ! I'm so pleased that you're so keen on this list... I will probably schedule Lady Friday for May, given I've a deadline that will probably be in March, and I want to re-read the preceding four before I read the new one !
I hadn't read any John Gordon either, until this one - someone was raving about it in the Guardian as it was reissued...
Posted at Bildungsroman!
Thanks Little Willow !
The House in Norham Gardens - read yesterday, inspired my Poetry Friday pick today
Excellent !!
Let me know what the pick is for April -
Terry Pratchett's A Hat Full of Sky - I'll post an announcement here on Tuesday as well as starting the discussion on House...
(It's the second in his "Tiffany Aching" series.)
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