Excellent.

Another one that's been in the TBR bookcase for a few years. I loved the movie, and am enjoying the book so far - Frazier has a very elegant way with words. I do dislike speech that's only marked with a dash at the beginning of the line, though, like:
- it's a sunny day, she said.

The usual fun from DWJ, aimed at younger readers.

Can I just say here how much I hate, hate, hate thinking I've got 20+ pages of a book to read, wondering how the author's going to fill them out, because it's looking like the dénouement is already here - and then finding that the 20+ pages are filled with appendices of some nature or other. Even though I've generally flicked through the last few pages to see exactly where the book ends, I always, always forget that there's that much extraneous stuff.

DWJ has been one of my favourite authors For. Ever. She is the author who introduced me to fantasy. I don't have all of her books, yet, but I'm working on it :)

Not sure what I thought of this - an enjoyable character study, in many ways, but it didn't really knock my socks off.

I first heard of this on RV, of course :) and picked up a copy from Bookswapper a while ago. Immensely enjoyable and a fast read so far

I told you it was a binge... five to go after this one!

I dragged this out for a reread after Kat Warren started the discussion about cats in books at RV. This must be the first time I've read it in over 20 years. Sweet and absolutely laugh-out-loud funny.

and yet more...

Picked this up at JFK after I left the book I'd planned to read in my suitcase. Classic Stephanie Plum.

and yet more Mrs M...

More Crozet coziness...

The Mrs Murphy binge continues...

I first read this at school around 30 years ago, and I think I've seen the movie at least once, but I didn't have any great memories about what it was about, apart from the court case. It was a lot funnier than I remembered it being, but also very moving.

Hmmm... not sure what I thought of this. It wasn't as dark as American Gods, but not overwhelmingly funny either. Not the best Gaiman, but good.

I rescued this from my mum's books that were headed to the Oxfam shop, so it'd been sitting in my TBR case at least four years if not longer. Not great literature, but not bad.

They're utter nonsense, but I do confess to being a fan of the Mrs Murphy series. This was the start of this year's binge...

Good. I liked this and "Xenocide" better than "Ender's Game" I think.

I first read this for the YARG discussion in 2003, and reread it this year in preparation for finally reading the two following books which had been sitting in my TBR bookcase for ages. Not bad, but twice is enough, so I think it can go in the "to-be-swapped" stack now.