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1. Portis, Charles — True Grit (215 pages)
2. Simpson, Joe — Touching the Void (210 pages)
3. Bardin, John Franklin — The Last of Philip Banter (207 pages)
4. Millar, Martin — The Good Fairies of New York (278 pages)
5. Millar, Mark — Kick-Ass (190 pages)
6. Sachar, Louis — Holes (225 pages)
7. Baxter, Stephen — Moonseed (523 pages)
8. Buchan, John — The Thirty-Nine Steps (152 pages)
9. Bukowski, Charles — Post Office (167 pages)
10. Palahniuk, Chuck — Fight Club (211 pages)
11. Bemelmans, Ludwig — Madeline's Rescue (50 pages)
12. Rennison, Nick — Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide, Eighth Edition (508 pages)
13. Rucka, Greg & Steve Lieber — Whiteout (120 pages)
14. Rucka, Greg & Steve Lieber — Whiteout: Melt (106 pages)
15. Orwell, George — Homage to Catalonia (267 pages)
16. Moore, Brian — Catholics (87 pages)
17. Chatwin, Bruce — The Songlines (296 pages)
18. Funke, Cornelia — Inkheart (555 pages)
19. Eddison, E.R. — The Worm Ouroboros (521 pages)
20. Milligan, Spike — Puckoon (152 pages)
21. Jones, Diana Wynne — Power of Three (293 pages)
22. Juster, Norton — The Phantom Tollbooth (264 pages)
23. Jeffreys, Daniel — America's Back Porch (286 pages)
24. Robinson, Marilynne — Housekeeping (217 pages)
25. Stevenson, Robert Louis — Treasure Island (212 pages)

Page count: 6312.

I have been wanting to read — or is it re-read? I'm not sure — Treasure Island for some time. The several references to it in Inkheart increased my desire familiarize myself with the story. The opportunity presented itself when I found myself going to the seaside town of St. Leonards for a week in September. The timing was perfect! As I sat on the pebbly beach reading, a mob of pirates walked by on the boardwalk — apparently it was Hastings Pirate Day. And the following week I found myself travelling to Bristol which, of course, is where the ship leaves England on its way to Treasure Island.

I don't have much to say, as too much has happened since I read Treasure Island. I may have had something insightful to say in August. But then, so much has been written about this fantastic story, I doubt I would have added anything of relevance to any discussion. I enjoyed the book very much, and that will have to be the extent of my observations.

Whenever possible, I try to do a movie tie-in, and there must be a million movie adaptations of Treasure Island, even not counting the silly ones like the Muppet version. Needless to say, I haven't had time to watch any of them recently, so I can't comment on any of them.