Journal Entry 1 by purplerosebud from Petersfield, Hampshire United Kingdom on Monday, May 01, 2006

My book list for 2005

Books I read
A Round Heeled Woman by Jane Juska.
A Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffeneggar.
The Clock Winder by Anne Tyler.
The Domino Effect by Ann Coburn.
Brick Lane by Monica Ali.
Blitzcat by Robert Westall.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by MarkHaddon.
Calendar Girl by Tricia Stewart.
Fluke by James Herbert.
All through the Night by Mary Higgins Clark.
What Happened to the Corbetts by NevilShute.

Bookrings/Rays I took part in
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.
Hotel World by Ali Smith.
Route 66AD by Tony Perrottet.
The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier.
Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler.
The Queen's Fool by Phillipa Gregory.
The Guests of War by Kit Pearson.
Arranged Marriage by Chitra Divakaruni.
Eve Green by Susan Fletcher.
A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton.
The 10 O'Clock Horses by Laurie Graham.
K is for Killer by Sue Grafton.


 

Journal Entry 2 by purplerosebud from Petersfield, Hampshire United Kingdom on Saturday, March 10, 2007

My book list for 2006

Books I read (rings/rays below)
E by Matt Beaumont
What looks like Crazy on an ordinary day by Pearl Cleage
Man and Boy by Tony Parsons
Man and Wife by Tony Parsons
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Mr Starlight by Laurie Graham
I Choose to Live by Sabine Dardenne
The Dress Circle by Laurie Graham
Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M C Beaton
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Katwalk by Karen Kijewski
Patty Jane's House of Curl by Lorna Landvik
The Man who wasn't there by Pat Barker
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Marley & Me by John Grogan

Bookrings/Rays I took part in
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
The Dairy Queen Days by Robert Inman
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
Alphabet Weekends by Elizabeth Noble
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of death by M.C.Beaton
A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena de Blasi
Of Marriageable Age by Sharon Maas
Black & Blue by Anna Quindlen
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
Agatha Raisin and the Viscious Vet by M.C.Beaton
Dirt in the Well by Linda Lyon
Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C.Beaton
Mrs Kimble by Jennifer Haigh
Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembly by M.C.Beaton
Bread Alone by Judi Hendricks
Three to get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Felicity Fights Back by Stella Sykes
Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
Between Friends by Debbie Macomber
The Scent of Water by Alison Hoblyn
The Baker's Apprentice by Judith Ryan Hendricks
High Five by Janet Evanovich
Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
The Jigsaw Maker by Adrienne Dines
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
Toppling Miss April by Adrienne Dines
F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton
Travels with Boogie by Mark Wallington
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

 

Journal Entry 3 by purplerosebud from Petersfield, Hampshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, January 01, 2008

My book list for 2007

Books I read (rings/rays below)
Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown
Worst fears by Fay Weldon
Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud
Rosie by Alan Titchmarsh
Big City Eyes by Delia Ephron
The Horse with My Name by Colin Bateman
The Five People you meet in Heaven by Mich Albom
A River Sutra by Gita Mehta
Full House by Janet Evanovich
The things we do for love by Lisa Appignanesi
Toast by Nigel Slater
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
Emotional Geology by Linda Gillard
Meeting Point by Roisin McAuley
The Little House by Philippa Gregory
The Death and Life of Charkie St Cloud by Ben Sherwood
Lifesaver by Louise Voss
Daughters of Fire by Barbara Erskine
The Discovery of Chocolate by James Runcie
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Divorcing Jack by Colin Bateman
Full Tilt by Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes
Cat's Cradle by Lizbie Brown
16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber
Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend by Robert James Waller
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Stop the Train by Geraldine McCaughrean
204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber
Who Killed Marilyn Monroe? by Liz Evans
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
Resistance by Anita Shreve
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flag
Dead Man's Folly (Audio Book)
The Davinci Code (Audio book)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (Audio book)
Lorna Doone (Audio book)
How to talk to a Widower by Jonathan Tropper
The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder


Bookrings/Rays I took part in
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
Nella Last's War
S is for Silence by Sue Grafton
(Un)Arranged Marriage by Bali Rai
Uphill all the Way by Sue Moorcroft
Soft Voices Whispering by Adrienne Dines
A Proper Family Christmas by Jane Gordon-Cumming
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
The Great Mysteries by Lorna Landvik
The Gang of Four by Liz Byrski
The Dangerous Sports Euthanasia Society by Christine Coleman
Redemption by Kay Langdale
Peacocks Dancing by Sharon Maas 

Journal Entry 4 by purplerosebud from Petersfield, Hampshire United Kingdom on Saturday, January 10, 2009

My book list for 2008

Books I read in 2008 (rings/rays below)
The No 1 Ladies Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
311 Pelican Court by Debbie Macomber
Champagne & Polar Bears by Marie Tieche
Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich
The Return of the Tuesday Dogs by Jack Stoneley
Turnstone by Graham Hurley
44 Cranberry Point by Debbie Macomber
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien
Perfect Meringues by Laurie Graham
Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
Daisy Chain War by Joan O'Neill
No! I Don't Want to Join a Bookclub by Virginia Ironside
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie (Audio book)
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
The Bad Mother's Handbook by Kate Long
A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg


Bookrings/Rays I took part in 2008
The Florabama Ladies' Auxiliary & Sewing Circle by Lois Battle
Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
Blood Precious by Sara Banerji
The Three Miss Margarets by Louise Shaffer
Marhsmallows for Breakfast by Dorothy Koomson.
Stage by Stage by Jan Jones
The English Teacher by R K Narayan
Circles of Silence
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
After Michael by Betty O'Rourke
All the Fishes Come Home To Roost by Rachel Manija Brown
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Bed & Breakfast by Lois Battle
Tuesday Night at the Kasbah by Patricia Kitchin