November

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne
A really good book for kids. I don't think there's as much in it for adults as people say, but it's very good. I'll probably watch the film too. I've just noticed that this book cover spells it 'pajamas' which I've never seen before. Odd.





The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
My first Faulkner (I gave up on Absalom Absalom years ago). Not bad. I'm not rushing to read any more though. Better than Joyce.
I didn't really like any of the characters but at least I thoroughly hated a couple of them. That's always something.





The Moth Diaries - Rachel Klein
A bit whiny and slow, I almost didn't finish this one. It's kind of jumping on the vampire bandwagon but at least it tries to do it a bit differently. I can't see teenagers really getting into this. Much as they like a good whiny heroine, it's requires a bit too much thought for too little reward.






To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf
I loved this. I've read it before but I think I was too young to appreciate it. It also made me notice I find a real difference in reading fiction by men and fiction by women. I can appreciate both but I really identify more with women's writing, and I found a real difference in the response to Woolf in my english class. The men tolerate her, even like her, and the women adore her.