The point is hopefully to help fellow bookworms find cool books, and also to get recommendations from people of books they enjoyed.
But also just to have a list.
That is all.
"The literary equivalent of a huge slice of chocolate cake. It centres around Penelope, an enchanting but slightly awkward teenage girl growing up in a crumbling country manor in post-war England - and of course, ultimately, it's a love story. The protagonists are so eccentric and interesting that it's impossible not to care about them. The descriptions are equally brilliant - the book really brings the 1950s to life, and the settings are, without exception, vividly, entrancingly detailed. The dialogue sparkles with wit, vigour and intelligence; at several points I laughed out loud - and the last few chapters actually made me cry, which I very rarely do over a book"
I really enjoyed this book. The descriptions of the beautiful old house and the parties... lovely. Laughed out loud a few times to :)
Already Read
Daydream Girl - Bella Pollen
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
The Shining - Stephen King
The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Pompidou Posse - Sarah Lotz
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer
Riddle Child - Annelie Botes
The Hundred Secret Senses - Amy Tan
You Spin Me Round - Sam O'Reilly
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
As you do - Richard Hammond
The world according to Clarkson - Jeremy Clarkson
The Deportees: and Other Stories - Roddy Doyle
Why the Tree Loves the Axe - Jim Lewis
The Witch of Portobello - Paulo Coelho
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey - Chuck Palahniuk
The Cider House Rules (Black Swan) - John Irving
Sheltering Rain - Jojo Moyes
Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsay
Becoming Madame Mao - Anchee Min
Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel - David Guterson
The Meaning of Liff - Douglas Adams
The Deeper Meaning of Liff - Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams
Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams
Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams
The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time - Douglas Adams
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish - Douglas Adams
The Alchemist's Daughter - Katharine Mcmahon
Ruby Red - Linzi Glass
Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Kate Atkinson
Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life - Roald Dahl
Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt
The Witches of Chiswick - Robert Rankin
Glitz - Elmore Leonard
The Four Temperaments: A Novel - Yona Zeldis Mcdonough
Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
Diary: A Novel - Chuck Palahniuk
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Patrick Suskind
Bloodsucking Fiends - Christopher Moore
Merde Actually - Stephen Clarke
A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon
The Haven Home for Delinquent Girls - Louise Tondeur
The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
The Kitchen God's Wife - Amy Tan
Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel - Amy Tan
The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
Stories We Could Tell - Tony Parsons
Five Quarters of the Orange - Joanne Harris
Chocolat - Joanne Harris
Like Water For Chocolate - Laura Esquivel
Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle
Angels & Demons - Dan Brown
Layer Cake - John J. Connolly
Empress Orchid - Anchee Min
I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
Self - Yann Martel
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Round Ireland with a Fridge - Tony Hawks
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
A Dirty Job: A Novel - Christopher Moore
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
It - Stephen King
Second Glance: A Novel - Jodi Picoult
Sushi for Beginners: A Novel - Marian Keyes
Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes
The Brightonomicon - Robert Rankin
The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul - Douglas Adams
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams
Wicked! - Jilly Cooper
The Ledge - Blanaid McKinney
A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz
One Good Turn - Kate Atkinson
Home Safe - Elizabeth Berg
Kick the animal out - Veronique Ovalde
To Read
Snuff - Chuck PalahniukPygmy - Chuck Palahniuk
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe
Send in the Idiots: Stories from the Other Side of Autism - Kamran Nazeer
Fight Club: A Novel - Chuck Palahniuk
Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk
Clown Girl: A Novel - Monica Drake
Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon - Chuck Palahniuk
Choke - Chuck Palahniuk
Haunted: A Novel - Chuck Palahniuk
The Bonesetter's Daughter: A Novel - Amy Tan
Survivor: A Novel - Chuck Palahniuk
Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories - Chuck Palahniuk
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Liars' Club: A Memoir - Mary Karr
Foop! - Chris Genoa
Last Chance to See - Douglas Adams
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