Recent Book Activity

I like to read all sorts of books, although my favourite genre are the crime/thrillers and suspense especially Nicci French, Harlan Coben, Lee Child and Val McDermid. I'm also keen on (auto)/biographies/non-fiction, especially on people who have lead interesting lives, but not necessarily anyone famous or in the public eye!

Some of my books will be available for trade when read (apart from the hardbacks) and some of the TBRs may go into my private collection although I doubt there will be too many more of those. Some, on a whim, will also be RABCKs, but I would prefer to wild release when I can.

I also acquired a Kindle for Christmas 2010 which means I will be unable to register, journal and release anything I read from it but for my own records I will keep a note of them in my reading statistics per month. It will not deter me from completely giving up on real books as nothing beats the smell, feel and look of a proper book in your hand or admiring a collection of books on a bookshelf. The Kindle will just be an accessory (handy to take on holidays without suitcases being loaded down with tons of books!) as opposed to a replacement.

I didn't quite keep to my resolution of 2010 to read all the books picked up from bookcrossing meet ups but I did make some inroads into my older TBRs.

My resolution for 2011 was to finish reading all the books stashed away in two of my bedroom drawers to make room for my collection of handbags, although I have a feeling this was a resolution of 2009 I was unable to complete, and also to read all those long ago purchased books and books picked up at meet-ups, and try to keep away from reading the newer publications I am always being drawn to first!

UPDATE:
I finally managed to read all the books crammed in my chest of drawers and clear some space on the bookshelves too (for my Wii exercise CDs!) but it still didn't deter me from buying new books or downloading books on my kindle. Not quite finished reading all the books received from meet-ups but I am getting there! My resolution for 2012 is to drastically reduce my paperback collection but I think I have only about another 280 of them to go (at the last count). That doesn't include my hardbacks, kindle reads, Ibook reads and FreeBook app reads. I hope I live a long time!!!!!

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BOOKRINGS I have started:
Morning Glory by Lavyrle Spencer - Closed
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory - Closed
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George - Closed
Here Be Dragons by Sharon Penman - stuck!
The Orchard on Fire by Shena Mackay - stuck!
Stolen Lives by Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi - Closed
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne - stuck!

BOOKRAYS I have started:
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer - Closed
Lucky by Alice Sebold - closed
Payment in Blood by Elizabeth George - closed
G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton - closed
Well-Schooled in Murder by Elizabeth George - closed
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler - closed
A Handful of Time by Kit Pearson - closed

BOOKRINGS I have joined:
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez - started by GlasgowGal
Tobermorey and Other Stories by Saki - started by Daemonwolf - read
In My Hands (Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer) by Irene Gut Opdyke - started by Robbiesmum - read
The Wise Woman by Philippa Gregory - started by Ziggythecat - read
Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington - started by YowlYY - read
Old School Ties by Kate Harrison - started by GlasgowGal - read
The Good Women of China - Hidden Voices by Xinran - started by Kangaroo - read

BOOKRAYS I have joined:
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan - started by Tanis - read
Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag - started by ShyAnn - read
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown - started by loopy1 - read
Forget You Had A Daughter by Sandra Gregory - started by GlasgowGal - read
My Forbidden Face by Latifa - started by YowlYY
What We Did On Our Holiday by John Harding - started by Chelseagirl - read
The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett - started by Mastulela - read
Queens Play by Dorothy Dunnett - started by Mastulela - read
The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett - started by Mastulela - read
Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett - started by Mastulela - read
The Ringed Castle by Dorothy Dunnett - started by Mastulela - read
Checkmate by Dorothy Dunnett - started by Mastulela - read
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson - started by GlasgowGal - read
The Inn At The Edge Of The World by Alice Thomas Ellis started by Reet Petite

TRULY WILD BOOKS registered and/or released by me, or released by proxy, and been caught:
The Endearment by Lavyrle Spencer
Crystal Rooms by Melvyn Bragg
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment by Isabel Losada
The Ice House by Minette Walters
The Orchard on Fire by Shena Mackay
Beholden by Clare Littleford
A Jarful of Angels by Babs Horton
The Name Of The Rose by Umberto Eco
Alive! by Piers Paul Read
Fiction by various
The Kid Moves On by Kevin Lewis
A Long Walk In Wintertime by Libby Purves
Mr Brightly's Evening Off by Kathleen Rowntree
The Chocolate Girls by Annie Murray
Summer Of The Spanish Woman by Catherine Gaskin
JFK Is Missing by Liz Evans
Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger
Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
From Potters Field by Patricia Cornwell
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
O Jerusalem by Laurie R. King
In The Presence of the Enemy by Elizabeth George
A Second Legacy by Caroline Harvey
The Lost World by Michael Crichton
The Rosary Girls by Richard Montanari
Drop Shot by Harlan Coben
N is for Noose by Sue Grafton
Dry Bones That Dream by Peter Robinson
Mortal Causes by Ian Rankin
Let It Bleed by Ian Rankin
Violets are Blue by James Patterson
Whistle Blower by Tess Gerritsen
Flying Under Bridges by Sandi Toksvig
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
Fallen Skies by Philippa Gregory
Fractured by Karin Slaughter
Voodoo River by Robert Crais
The Queen's Man by Sharon Penman
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith
Mother Country by Libby Purves
Two Women by Martina Cole
The Woman in the Fifth by Douglas Kennedy
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
Without Fail by Lee Child
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Lazy Bones by Mark Billingham
Not Dead Enough by Peter James
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
Well-Schooled in Murder by Elizabeth George **triple jumper*
The Red Dahlia by Lynda la Plante
Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
The Closers by Michael Connelly
Play Dead by Harland Coben
Earthly Joys by Philippa Gregory
The Reading Group by Elizabeth Nobel
The Stars Shine Down and The Best Laid Plans. Two Bestsellers in One Volume by Sidney Sheldon
Shakespeare by Bill Bryson
This Body of Death by Elizabeth George
Girl Missing by Tess Gerritsen
The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen
Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
Dead Like You by Peter James
Dead Souls by Ian Rankin
Not Dead Enough by Peter James
Presumed Guilty by Tess Gerritsen
61 Hours by Lee Child
Coastliners by Joanne Harris
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs - double jumper!
The Summer that Never Was by Peter Robinson
A Thin Dark Line by Tami Hoag

Currently Reading:
Hunting Unicorns by Bella Pollen
Deception Point by Dan Brown
Reading on Kindle:
Reading on iBooks app: The One You Love by Paul Pilkington
Reading on FreeBooks app:

BOOKS READ IN 2005 (86)

BOOKS READ IN 2006 (100)

BOOKS READ IN 2007 (80)

BOOKS READ IN 2008 (101)

BOOKS READ IN 2009 (95)

BOOKS READ IN 2010 (96)

BOOKS READ IN 2011 (99)

BOOKS READ IN 2012:

JANUARY: (8)
Gone by Lisa Gardner; Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly, Coastliners by Joanne Harris; She's Never Coming Back by Hans Koppel; Live Wire by Harlan Coben; Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult; Milk Glass Moon by Adriana Trigiani;
Kindle read: Locked in by Kerry Wilkinson

February: (11)
The Husband by Dean Koontz; The Tenko Club by Elizabeth Noble; The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson; Fear of the Collar by Patrick Touher; Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee by Meera Syal; Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson; Midnight by Josephine Cox; Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton
Read on iBooks app: The Facebook Killer Part 1 by M. L. Stewart
Kindle read: My forbidden Face by Latifa; Dead Man's Grip by Peter James

MARCH: (11)
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult; The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd; The Retribution by Val McDermid; Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Green; Good as Dead by Mark Billingham; Dreamer by Peter James; The Safe House by Nicci French; Home Song by LaVyrle Spencer; Doors Open by Ian Rankin
Kindle read: Strange Affair by Peter Robinson; Vigilante by Kerry Wilkinson

APRIL: (10)
Piece of My Heart by Peter Robinson; The Associate by John Grisham; Life Support by Tess Gerritsen; Bones To Ashes by Kathy Reichs; Facing The Light by Adele Geras; A Thin Dark Line by Tami Hoag; Miracle Cure by Harlan Coben
Read on iBooks app: Serial Killers by William Murray
Kindle read: The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain
Read on FreeBooks app: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

MAY:
Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell; Keeping The Dead by Tess Gerritsen; The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly; The Devil's Garden by Richard Montanari; The Kissing Garden by Charlotte Bingham; Blackbird by Jennifer Lauck; Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson
Kindle read: The Woman in Black by Kerry Wilkinson

Unable to complete in 2012 - too awful:
The Facebook Killer Part 2 by M. L. Stewart
Marriage by Mistake by Alyssa Kress

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