Recent Book Activity

"Some people say that life is the thing,
but I prefer reading"
Logan Pearsall Smith 1865-1946




Books read in 2012

Somewhere between by Lucy Tierney
The Chase by Christopher Kremmer (read for my Bookclub)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Hunger Games book 3)
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (reread with Izzy)
A monster calls by Patrick Ness (5 Stars!)
Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets (reread with Izzy)
Gone by Michael Grant (Gone series book 1)
Last chance cafe by Liz Byrski (read for my Bookclub)
Angel in the rubble by Genelle Guzman-McMillan
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Five bells by Gail Jones (read for my Bookclub)
Hunger by Michael Grant (Gone series book 2)
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The world beneath by Cate Kennedy (read for my Bookclub)

Books read in 2011

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Liar by Justine Larbalastier
The pilot's wife by Anita Shreve (read for my Bookclub)
Catching fire by Suzanne Collins (Hunger games)
The cave by Kate Mosse
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Mr Rosenblum's list by Natasha Solomons
Saving Max by Antoinette van Heugten (read for my Bookclub)
City of fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare (Mortal Instruments series)
Where have you been? by Wendy James
The happiest refugee by Anh Do (read for my Bookclub)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (reread to my daughter)
Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (read for my Bookclub)
Safe passage by Ida Cook (read for my Bookclub)
The silver donkey by Sonya Hartnett
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (read for my Bookclub)
Sarah Thornfield by Kate Grenville
The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore
I came to say goodbye by Caroline Overington (read for my Bookclub)
Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress by Dai Sijie
Tea with Arwa by Arwa El Masri (read for my Bookclub)
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (Infernal Devices series)
City of bones by Cassandra Clare (Mortal Instruments series re-read)


OTHER BOOKS I LOVE...
I capture the castle by Dodie Smith
Blueback by Tim Winton
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
So much to tell you by John Marsden
24hrs by Margaret Mahy
Memory by Margaret Mahy
Taronga by Victor Kelleher
Displaced person by Lee Harding
The shape of three by Lilith Norman
Strange objects by Gary Crew
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Lambs of God by Marele Day
Black Foxes by Sonya Hartnett
The pact by Jodi Picoult
Plain truth by Jodi Picoult
Wrack by James Bradley
Miss Smila's feeling for snow by Peter Hoeg
Moonwind by Louise Lawrence
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
The secret river by Kate Grenville
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville

Favourite series:
Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke
JumpMan series by James Valentine
Stravaganza series by Mary Hoffman
Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith
Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn
Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix
The Feng Shui Detective series by Nury Vittachi
Obernewtyn series by Isobelle Carmody
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
Narnia series by C. S. Lewis
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling.....