2nd Blogiversary

I almost can't believe it but The Octogon is 2 years old today. To celebrate this I have indulged my love of lists by compiling some categories about the books I have read.

My top 5 books...

Precious Bane by Mary Webb

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

Books that made me cry...

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Books that made me laugh out loud...

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

Books that I hated...

Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens

The Magus by John Fowles

Books that it was important to read...

Moments of Reprieve by Primo Levi

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Germinal by Emile Zola

Books that surprised me...

A Passage to India by E. M. Forster

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard

The Beach by Alex Garland

Books that disappointed...

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Books I read after seeing the film...

Atonement by Ian McEwan

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood

Books that scared the pants off me...

The Shining by Stephen King

The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

Books that everyone else has read except me...

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

A book I loved but no one else seems to have heard of...

The Dreamer by Daniel Quinn

I compiled this list for my own record really, but I am sure there may be some in there that you agree or disagree with. Hopefully The Octogon will continue so that I get to indulge more lists like these for a while yet..