2009 Summary

Total books read this year - 58. More than one per week, so again I have met my goal.

Unfortunately, it's been an uneven year. I've read a couple of good books but most were not all that memorable. The good ones I have already reviewed earlier, mostly. I note that I didn't mention the City of Bones series by Cassandra Clare - another vampire series for young adults that I found to be pretty well handled. I also got hold of the second of Stieg Larsson's books, "The Girl Who Played With Fire" and I really want the third. It's been published in the UK but is not out in the US until next May. Not fair! My Australian friend has read it but I can't.

I tried out the latest John Irving, "Last Night in Twisted River", and unfortunately didn't find it much better than most of his later works. I think he reworks his themes over and over again.

I also read several of the Sookie Stackhouse novels upon which the Showtime series "True Blood" is based. The television series is a lot darker (and sexier) than the novels, which have more comic overtones, and I prefer the former. But the books were fun.