50 Book Challenge - 2009

[biffy]

I made it to 50 last year... just. This year I am aiming for the same. Upping it to 55 just seemed a little scary, and it seems half the books on my 'to read' shelf are extremely fat and would kill a charging elephant at 50 paces.

01. Bone Key (Supernatural) - Keith R.A. DeCandido - finished 01/01
02. World Without End - Ken Follett - finished 24/01
03. Vanity Fair  - William Thackery - finished 04/02
04. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman - finished 21/02
05. Coraline - Neil Gaiman - finished 27/02
06. The Picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde - finished 03/03
07. Othello - William Shakespeare - finished 05/03
08. The Writer's Tale - RTD and Benjamin Cook - finished 14/03
09. Lord Foul's Bane - Stephen Donaldson - finished 22/03 [RE-READ]
10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling - finished 26/03 [RE-READ]
11. The Book of the Dead - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child - finished 31/03
12. Skypoint (Torchwood) - Phil Ford - finished 01/04
13. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde - finished 03/04
14. The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield - finished 06/04
15. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer - finished 13/04
16. The Devil in Amber - Mark Gatiss - finished 15/04
17. The House At Riverton - Kate Morton - finished 20/04
18. Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie - finished 30/04

01/05: Currently reading: Possession: A Romance, Tales of the Jazz Age, and A Tale of Two Cities.

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Comments

[deadwoodlightly.livejournal.com]

You are correct, my friend. I'm a new fan of both, yes; therefore, I haven't heard Blur's newer stuff just yet. Only heard Modern Life is Rubbish, and that one is quite upbeat and poppy. Having said that, I don't actually see the Blur/Supergrass resemblance - as I think the latter is more rockish sounding than the former.

What other Blur album would you recommend I listen to? You know, to get a much deeper insight on what they're really like.

[biffyhouse.livejournal.com]

Modern Life is Rubbish is such a brilliant album, probably my favourite of theirs. The most poppy is definitely Parklife though. That's the one that really got them a lot of fans back when it first came out. As for the later stuff, '13' is what I think of as more grown up Blur. So I'd recommend those two for now. You should be able to get them on indie_exchange :)

[deadwoodlightly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a a lot of people seem to say that 13 is a lot different than their usual stuff. I'll take your word for it then. Thanks. :)

What would you say is your favourite Pulp album, btw?

[biffyhouse.livejournal.com]

I really love This Is Hardcore. It's very underrated. Second favourite has to be Different Class. My favourite Pulp song is I Spy :)