Comments on: Books Of 2006

By: Gingerpixel » Books Of 2007

Gingerpixel » Books Of 2007 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:37:31 +0000

[...] time last year I posted my list of books read in 2006. It was the first time Iâ€™d ever sat down and reviewed my reading for the year and it was [...]

By: gingerpixel

gingerpixel — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:07:29 +0000

I think I had too high expectations for Shutter Island. I did enjoy it but I did see the twist coming (eventhough I’m usually pretty dense when it comes to twists) so that kind of dampened it for me. I still really liked it, just not enough to put it with my favourites.

I think it will be awhile before I give GG Marquez another go.

By: finn

finn — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:53:05 +0000

100 Years of Boredom, is what i call it. i’ve got better hopes for the Melancholy Whores, however, as it’s 90% shorter, and it’s got whores.

Shutter Island only made the midlist, though?? did you figure out the twist by yourself, then?

By: gingerpixel

gingerpixel — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:53:44 +0000

John: Yes, that’s exactly how I felt about the names thing. One character having a few different names is one thing, but all the characters having the same name? That’s going a bit far. Thanks for the compliment on my showreel

Chaboyo: Hmm, a life without books…I couldn’t do it I’m afraid.

CS: Yea, that’s what I tell myself now. I feel the same way about films too and have walked out of a few that were really really bad which I never would have done years ago.

By: CS

CS — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:43:51 +0000

I used to persevere to the bitter end with a book before moving onto the next one. Until the day I explained my plight to a colleague who’d enquired on my progress with my new book. I hadn’t started it. He empathised but remarked he no longer finished a book that didn’t interest him as ‘there are too many good books to be read!’ I felt the burden lift, and since that day have only felt mild pangs of guilt on abandoning a half-read book!

By: ChaBoyo Randon Job hunter!

ChaBoyo Randon Job hunter! — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:12:45 +0000

I think i gave up on books about 15 years ago .. I never looked back!

By: John

John — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:54:37 +0000

“100 Years Of Solitude” is the only book I’ve deliberately stopped reading. I always try and finish everything to see does the end make a difference. It just wasn’t worth the work. I find it hard enough to differentiate characters without them all having the same name! I bought it after hearinbg someone say it was their favourite book of all time.

(I ended up here after following the hilarious garda link, and had a look around – your showreel is excellent)

By: gingerpixel

gingerpixel — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:49:54 +0000

Well, I’m glad I’m not the only one Una, I must have gone back to it at least four times this year just because I felt I ought to like it.

By: UnaRocks

UnaRocks — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:51:45 +0000

have to agree with you on 100 Years… was never able to get into it and have for some reason always felt guilty for not loving it.

By: Semicolon

Semicolon — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 21:16:32 +0000

[...] Claire of gingerpixel.com has a list of favorites and not-so-favorites for 2006. Her best read of 2006 was The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. I didn’t know it was a Dracula book? [...]