a long way down - nick hornby - 4 suicidal strangers meet on the roof of a tower block on New Year's Eve and together find their ways back into their life. One of my all time favourites, I'm sure.
a spot of bother - mark haddon - A newly retired man in his late fifties discovers a lesion on is hip and quietly begins to lose hins mind. A really entertaining read, though unfortunately, with an equally abrupt ending as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time which is by the same author.
dämliche dämonen - royce buckingham - An orphaned boy guarding demons in an old Seattle house, left to him by his demonkeeper mentor, has to get back the most scary of the lot before it starts eating its way through town. More of an expended short story rather than a novel but still quite entertaining.
firmin - sam savage - The 1960's end of a Boston neighbourhood written from the perspective of a literate rat. A great idea and well realised.
harry potter and the deathly hallows - j.k. rowling - The final and concluding book of the series. A bit extensive in parts but as entertaining as most of the others, plus I liked the epilogue!
high fidelity - nick hornby - Mid-thirties former DJ is stuck in a really deep groove after breaking up with his last girlfriend and eventually starts asking himself the big questions of life and love. Full of musical references, funny and witty.
how to be good - nick hornby - A mid-thirties GP panics when her formerly misanthropic husband becomes a very good person overnight. Hilarious and yet thought-provoking.
imposture - benjamin markovits - A young woman falls in love with Lord Byron's personal doctor and almost double John Polidori, whom she mistakes for the famous poet, and thus getting him into the predicament of his lust for celebrity and the truth. Interesting and sad.
life on the refrigerator door - alice cuipers - Refrigerator door messages of a mother and daughter during a year of crisis. Touching and drawn from life (though not based on a true story).
mieses karma - david safier - Self-absorbed moderator is reincarnated as an ant and tries to gather enough good karma to ascent the ladder of reincarnation. Funny and entertaining.
slam - nick hornby - A 16 year old skater boy is suddenly facing a man's problems and trying to deal with them. Warm and moving, yet quite predictable.
the chameleon's shadow - minette walters - A bomb changes a young Officer's complexion and soul - but has it changed his personality enough to become a murderer? Thrilling, full of turnarounds and very entertaining. Maybe even better than The Dark Room.
the end of mr. y - scarlett thomas - Uncovering an exceedingly rare and potentially cursed copy of a book by an eccentric Victorian scientist, literature expert Ariel is swept into an adventure of love, sex, death and time-travel. Quaint, exciting and an ode to the life of mind.
Of course, these were accompanied by a number of books I reread, such as The Lord of the Rings, Stephen King's Der Fornit and The Girl who loved Tom Gordon, parts 1, 2, 3 and 5 of the Harry Potter series as well as more or less all books of Henning Mankell's Wallander series - all of which I can sincerely recommend.
Maybe you would enjoy one or two of those books, too! If I got you interested, just ask me and I'd love to lend them to you.
But for now
"from all of us here, we wish you a happy painting, and God bless you, my friend"
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