Book: Number 10, Sue Townsend

On my journey to catch up on classics last year, I started reading the Adrian Mole diary series by Sue Townsend and was hooked. 

I was keen to read one of her other, non-diary books as well and gave Number 10 a go. Sadly I did not enjoy it as much. In the true, beautiful, literary sense to phrase it as eloquently as possible, it was "meh". 

Book: The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, Sue Townsend

Such a fun series, looking forward to the next installment.

Book: Star Wars, The Courtship of Princess Leia, Dave Wolverton

This is a very different genre to what I normally read. Mark is a massive Star Wars fan and suggested I read this book. I have managed to sit through Episode four, five and six and did like Han Solo (or Hans Olo as I like to tease Mark). I do like his oneliners. It did take me some time to get into the book, did however enjoy it. 

Book: Sh*t My Dad Says, Justin Halpern

A wonderfully sweet book, showing the relationship between the youngest son (Justin), and his 73 year old dad.  

Book: Gang Town, Don Pinnock

For me, this book was a bit like swimming in syrup. Not exactly light Christmas reading. In 'The President's Keepers' reference was made to gang  involvement, which was incredibly interesting. I was keen to learn more about the gangs. I suppose I was expecting a slightly different read. This book does give good and fairly detailed information about the gangs in Cape Town; I think I was hoping to read about more specific examples and insights.

The last two/three chapters about drugs and also what needs to be done was the most interesting.

Book: Frankenstein, Mary W. Shelley

This forms part of catching up on classical literature #40for40. Intriguing read, rather sad.

Book: The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

B E T R A Y A L! That's pretty much the premise of the book throughout. This forms part of my #40for40 mission to read ten classics that I've not read yet.

It's a looong read. Some sections are superfluous, and at times you feel like saying to the author, get to the point! There are so many names and plot twists, that if you don't read the book for a while, you need to revisit the earlier chapters to remind yourself as to who, what, where. There are other sections that are fabulously intriguing and it feels like you can't read it quickly enough to find out what happens.

I had downloaded this as an ebook, so whenever I was in a queue or waited somewhere it was great to quickly read a page or two without having to lug a big book everywhere.