The Reader

Too short. I love novels written in the first person, especially awkward love stories.

Nope. Im not getting any better at reviews.

The Great Railway Bazaar - Paul Theroux

Ok, I think i am my fathers daughter. You see my dad is a bit of a train fanatic. I wouldnt call myself a fanatic, actually, nothing of the sort. But i do like trains, if you get me. I prefer them to buses, planes, car, possibly donkey but definately not elephant.

So this piece of travel writing by Mr Theroux tells of the time he travelled from london and back via europe, the middle east, asia, and russia. Considering I really really really want to take the trans siberian express one day (a week or so train journey through russia/china), i really liked this book. It takes a good part of the year to travel this route and each train ride is a completely different experience from the last.

Makes me quite excited about travelling!

Animal Farm - George Orwell

This is a classic. Yup indeedy. Love the way the idea of animals being more than animals is played out. Epic. x

Catcher in the rye - J.D Salinger

Personally, found this very overrated. I guess it was well recieved because the main characters an arse. But i didnt relate to it at all. Gosh, im terrible at this review thing!

Bridget Jones Diary

Movie is better.

The end.

Black Swan Green - David Mitchell

This novel was from the author of Cloud Atlas (apparently its one of those must read books- but i ahvent read it).
Anyway.

Well this book isnt what i'd normally read. Its about this teenage guy in a small town in U.K during the Falklands war. This kid has a stutter, and gets beat up alot, although hes secretly a very good poet. I guess, i didnt really relate to this because 1. Im not a 13 year old boy. 2. The writing was very stop and starty- short sentences and changing subject all teh time. 3. It took ages to read because of point 2.

So... probably wouldnt recommend it, but if you liked cloud atlas then maybe you should. Or amybe i should just open my mind?