{2008 Book List} a checklist...

This photo makes me very happy. Taken by chotda.

While I am still reading, I haven't been so good at doing the whole synopsis and verdict blogging. Then I came across this meme, and thought I'd use it to redeem myself...

I've answered it using books read during the last 310 days, and I've given my humble opinion of the listed books as a score out of five (5 - amazing/ 4 - really liked it/ 3 - liked it/ 2 - ok/ 1 - je deteste)

* READ A BOOK WITH THE NAME OF AN ANIMAL IN THE TITLE
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive, Alexander McCall Smith (4/5)

* READ A BOOK WITH A COLOR (RED, BLUE ETC.) IN THE TITLE
The Scarlet Pimpernel, Emmuska Orczy (4/5)

* READ A BOOK THAT HAS SOME TYPE OF PLANT LIFE OR PART OF A PLANT IN THE TITLE
Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (5/5)

* READ A BOOK WITH THE NAME OF A CITY, COUNTRY, CONTINENT IN THE TITLE
Swallows of Kabul, Yasmina Khadra (2/5)

* READ A BOOK WITH THE NAME OF A PERSON OR CHARACTER IN THE TITLE
Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier (4/5)

* READ A BANNED OR CHALLENGED BOOK
His Dark Materials Triology, Philip Pullman (challenged) (1/5)

* READ A BOOK ABOUT MUSIC OR A MUSICIAN (FICTION OR NON-FICTION)
An Equal Music, Vikram Seth (4/5)

* READ A BOOK WITH A ONE WORD TITLE
Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell (3/5)

* READ A NON-FICTION BOOK
On the Road to Kandahar: Travels Through Conflict in the Islamic World, Jason Burke (5/5)

* READ A NOVEL WRITTEN IN THE 19TH CENTURY
North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell (5/5)

* READ A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Holes, Louis Sachar (5/5)

* READ A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, ESSAYS, OR A PLAY
The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa, Alexander McCall Smith (3/5)

* READ A GRAPHIC NOVEL
The Complete Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (4/5)

* READ A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR YOU'VE NEVER READ BEFORE
The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri (5/5)

* READ A BOOK BY A MIDDLE EASTERN AUTHOR
The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (5/5)

* READ A BOOK WRITTEN BY AN AFRICAN AUTHOR
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe (4/5)

* READ A BOOK WRITTEN BY AN ASIAN AUTHOR
The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai (3/5)

* READ A BOOK BY A PULITZER PRIZE WINNER (NOT NECESSARILY THE WINNING BOOK)
The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck (won in 1932) (4/5)

* READ A NOVEL BY AN AUTHOR WHO IS NO LONGER LIVING
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston (4/5)

Far be from me to enforce memes upon you, but if you'd like to take part, do! :)