28.87 / 50kg (58%)

Chalet School books by Elinor Brent-Dyer:
Joey & Co in Tirol
A Leader in the Chalet School
A Future Chalet School Girl
The last three Chalet School books I had left to read! So I’ve now read them all. These were fairly standard Chalet School books, really.

Road to Avonlea: The Journey Begins
This was cheap, short and didn’t take up much space in my suitcase. It wasn’t terribly exciting though, I just picked it up to see what it was like. And left it in Montreal.

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnet
This was quite interesting. I was a bit unsure about this because The Secret Garden was quite hard going, but this wasn’t so hard to read. It wasn’t the most exciting book ever, though.

By the Sword by Mercedes Lackey
This was the first Mercedes Lackey I read and I really liked it. It was a stand-alone, rather than a Valdemar book, so it was a good introduction to her writing. I will have to read more.

The Thief’s Gamble by Juliet E McKenna
I did get to the end of this but it wasn’t half hard-going. The trouble was that I never really cared about any of the characters or the plot.

Family Trust by Amanda Brown
I’ve read this before but had been looking for it to re-read for a while. And now I have it. It was just as good the second time round and definitely needs to be made into a film.

The Sharing Knife Volume One: Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
I am behind on my Lois McMaster Bujold reading. When reading this I was convinced there wasn’t enough plot to sustain one book. And then they got to the end and hadn’t finished the plot and I hadn’t really noticed. It was really good and I definitely need to get hold of the second book.

Spooks: Harry’s Diary
This is written as if it’s Harry’s diary, starting from his marriage in 1977 and going up to series 5, I think. It’s really interesting how he talks about real life events and Spooks events and other things that happened in his life before Spooks.

Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier
I still can’t decide about this one. I liked it, I just don’t know if I liked it enough to read more in the series. I might have to read more in the series to help me decide.

So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane
I saw this book on selenay936‘s bookshelf and thought the title was interesting. Sadly the book isn’t. I just didn’t care about the characters or the situation they were in. So I won’t be reading the rest of that series.

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
I really liked this. Which isn’t much of a surprise really, because I keep reading Neil Gaiman books and liking them.

Party Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
It’s pretty easy to guess how Noel Streatfeild’s books are going to turn out, but it’s always interesting to see how it goes on the way. I liked the way this changed as it went along and although it was obvious that it was going to be alright in the end, you could never be quite sure of how that was defined exactly.

The Writer’s Tale by Russell T Davies
I won this in a competition, which was just as well because I was quite interested in reading it, but not enough to spend £30(!) on it. I had intended to save it for the Christmas holidays because it’s far too big and heavy to take into work, but I ended up reading it while I had to internet. And it’s really interesting reading about how Russell T Davies writes (which sounds a lot like pulling teeth) and the decisions he makes. I have a lot more respect for what he’s done after reading it, even if I disagree with some of the decisions he’s made.

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