This is a listing of the books that I have read so far in 2011 and a ranking out of ten summarising what I made of them. My other blog, www.izzyreads.com is where you will find some more comments on each title. Mostly, I read fiction but I do sometimes stray into other areas. My target for the year is to read at least 50 books.
Izzy’s 2011 Book Tally 
- The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas. Rated 4/10.
- The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson. Rated 4/10.
- The Fitzpatrick Tapes by Tom Lyons and Brian Carey. Rated 8/10.
- Ghost Light by Joseph O’Connor. Rated 5/10.
- Nemesis by Philip Roth. Rated 8/10.
- Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwall. Rated 5/10.
- Room by Emma Donoghue. Rated 6/10.
- The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell. Rated 6/10
- One Day by David Nicholls
- Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery. Rated 7/10
- The Return of Captain John Emmett by Elizabeth Speller. Rated 5/10.
- The Economics of Ego Surplus by Paul McDonnold. Rated 5/10.
- Coffee at Little Angels by Nadine Rose Larter. Rated 6/10.
- Daughters in Law by Joanna Trollope
- Anglo Republic by Simon Carswell
- The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst
- The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
- Snowdrops by AD Miller
If you would like to recommend a book for inclusion in my 2011 list, please leave a comment!
As a 53 year old female I have been feeling a bit revolutionary Izzy (has that anything to do with being peri-menopausal?) and re-read many of Orwell’s wonderful books this year (2011): Burmese Days; The Clergyman’s Daughter; Down & Out in Paris & London; The Road to Wigan Pier & 1984. They were truly sublime; in particular the first 2 and the final one.