Captain's (Reading) Log: Stardate 2013.01-.365

Please share the books you have read in 2013 in this thread.

I have started reading The Boys from Brazil by Levin as part of my 13-seconds reading challenge.

1. The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin (S1) ~ 8/10 A thriller based on a Nazi conspiracy with a hint of sci-fi, an entertaining page-turner; ideal for holidays.

2. A Short Story of Tracktors in Ukranian by Marina Lewycka (W1/N1) ~ 7/10 A humourous take on immigrants living the UK. Very promising!

3. Decameron by Boccaccio (R11) ~ 8/10

4. Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris (W2/S2) ~ 7/10

You finished a book already this year?!?! Was it a novella? :p

1. Winterdance by Gary Paulsen 9/10.

1. King Lear.

Oh poops. I wanted to make this thread. I knew I would forget to do it and someone else would make it instead. I guess also we could include books we FINISHED in 2013 but may have started earlier.

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Originally Posted by islandclimber

You finished a book already this year?!?! Was it a novella? :p

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Somewhat; about 200 pages and I started on December 31st actually. :D

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Originally Posted by Babyguile

Oh poops. I wanted to make this thread. I knew I would forget to do it and someone else would make it instead.

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If you feel so strongly about it, I can remove my thread and let you start one...

War and War ~ László Krasznahorkai 9.25/10

A reread, but certainly a worthwhile one. Brilliant book.

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Please share the books you have read in 2013 in this thread.

I have started reading The Boys from Brazil by Levin as part of my 13-seconds reading challenge.

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What is this 13-seconds reading challenge you speak of?

I'm still working on the 11 new authors in 2011.:confused5:

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Originally Posted by papayahed

What is this 13-seconds reading challenge you speak of?

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http://www.online-literature.com/for...792-13-Seconds

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I'm still working on the 11 new authors in 2011.:confused5:

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You get full marks for dedication and determination! :smilewinkgrin:

Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

Trojan Women by Seneca, it's a play I read on January 1. I am just about finished with Apuleius and a good way through Ovid

2. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines 7/10.

The Prophecy by S J Parris. 7/10

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. 6/10

The Suppliant Women by Aeschylus 7/10

3. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 9/10.