Read all the books on the BBC Big Read Top 100

After at least 3 weeks of reading Middlemarch, by George Eliot I was rewarded by falling across ‘Cold Comfort Farm’ in the library and spending a wonderful coach trip to London enjoying the book. It was positively delightful, one of the 100 I will actually invest in a copy of. Hmmm come to think of it there are a couple of new reads I want..A Town Called Alice oh and The Woman In White. Good times.
I’m half way through The Magnus, its good so far…here;s hopin.

Slowly but surely this ‘want’ is completing itself. Since deciding I wanted to read the list I have been consistently reading one book after another. A couple have just faded into the background but a lot of them are excelling themselves. After reading Thomas Hardy I found my brain thinking in the old fashioned style of conversation, I even find myself writing texts and e-mails in a similiar manner to the narrative, this is a sure sign I am hooked on a story! I recently completed The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy and much to my joy my descriptive powers were on a ridiculus overdrive for almost a week after finishing the book!

My next challenge is Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie, my book choosing process only depends on which I come across first in the library, although this book is notoriously difficult to read it seemed the better choice after flipping through War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy(the only book intimidating enough so far to be put back on the shelf!)Although about 150 pages into Midnight’s Children I am only just coming to terms with who’s who in the book!

Ok, ok, I stumbled across my City library and they were much more useful in stocking the books so I might be saved. Since beginning to read the list I have totally fell in love with Thomas Hardy’s descriptive power, he rocks, I happily while away my dinner hour lost in his world!

I’m working my way through quite well, although still ashamed with the world that my local library has only 7 of the books, i know that i can order them but these are the top 100 books surely they should be better stocked than others! The Woman in White by Wilkie collins is entertaining me at the moment, im really loving it but it does seem to be going on forever, maybe its because the writing is so small! Im also reading The Alchemist, not yet convinced by it but we will see. In response to the thoughts on not reading the books on the list that are childrens books; i disagree, they are short, snappy and well written, Jacqueline Wilson, for example, covers a lot of interesting and unusual topics in a very competant manner.

This has always been a bit of a mission for me, just checked the list and i have already read 34 of the books so its a good start! Me and the local librarian are going to become good friends and book store gift vouchers are the only kind welcome in my house now! Good Luck everyone…