Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) from Gilmore Girls 1x12 Double DateAs of December 21, I've read 122 books. Here are my favourites, from January to December :
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
A l'Ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs by Marcel Proust
The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Closed Door and Other Stories by Dorothy Whipple
Saplings by Noel Streatfeild
Mistress of the Revolution by Catherine Delors
Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford
The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann
Decca : The Letters of Jessica Mitford
The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn by William J. Mann
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Dusty Answer by Rosamond Lehmann
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Tiger in the Well by Philip Pullman
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
Quatre Soeurs : Enid by Malika Ferdjoukh
Miss Charity by Marie-Aude Murail
A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
A l'Ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs by Marcel Proust
The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Closed Door and Other Stories by Dorothy Whipple
Saplings by Noel Streatfeild
Mistress of the Revolution by Catherine Delors
Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford
The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann
Decca : The Letters of Jessica Mitford
The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn by William J. Mann
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Dusty Answer by Rosamond Lehmann
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Tiger in the Well by Philip Pullman
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
Quatre Soeurs : Enid by Malika Ferdjoukh
Miss Charity by Marie-Aude Murail2008 has been the best year of my life so far in terms of books. I've discovered so many favourite authors this year and if I had read new Jane Austen, Dodie Smith or Toni Morrison books in 2008, if I had discovered Atonement by Ian McEwan, Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and The Hours by Michael Cunningham this year, I could have just given you this list and say "that's who I am", because these are the only six favourites missing from this list. Life-changing books throughout, inspiring and rewarding reads from beginning to end. Bring on 2009 to see if I can make it even better !
