Recent Book Activity

Just wish I could read faster! I like funny crime best eg Janet Evanovitch, Alisa Craig, Fidelis Morgan. I'm also a big fan of Philip Pullman, Phil Rickman and Terry Pratchett. I love anything with a pair of starcrossed lovers but lately developing a worrying penchant for regency romance.

Books read in 2012:
1) Ruby's Spoon by Anna Lawrence Pietroni
2) The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
3) Hetty Feather by Jacqueline Wilson
4) Sapphire Battersea by Jacqueline Wilson
5) Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
6) The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet by Jamie Ford
7) A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer
8) Thyme Out by Katie Fforde
9) The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
10) Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
11) Life Skills by Katie Fforde

Books read in 2011
1) The Glass Books of The Dream Eaters by GW Dahlquist
2) Love Out of Season by Ray Connolly
3) Paradise House by Erica James
4) The Somnambulist by Essie Fox
5) How To Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
8) Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn
7) An Offer You Can't Refuse by Jill Mansell
8) The Children's Book by AS Byatt
9) Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
10) Snuff by Terry Pratchett
11) The Crimson Petal & The White by Michel Faber ***Best of the year***
12) Dandy in the Underworld by Sebastian Horsley
13) Thud by Terry Pratchett


Books read in 2010 (target=18 but it took me ages to give up on feckin Strange & Norrell!)
1) Death is the Cure by Nicola Slade
2) Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn
3) Fortunate Wager by Jan Jones
4) The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
5) The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
6)The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes
7)Bel Canto by Anne Patchett
8)I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
9)The Nemesis List by RJ Frith
10)She Lover of Death by Boris Akunin
11)Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspeare
12)The Empty House by Rosamunde Pilcher

Books read in 2009:
1)To Dream of the Dead by Phil Rickman
2) Bad Vibes: Britpop and my part in its downfall by Luke Haines
3) Lake of Sorrow by Erin Hart
4) Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres **Favourite**
5) Wild Young Bohemians by Kate Saunders
6) The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
7) Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine
8) This Charming Man by Marian Keyes
9) The Forever King by Molly Cochran & Warren Murphy
10)A Dissembler by Fenella-Jane Miller
11)Naughty Neighbour by Janet Evanovitch
12)Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
13)The Ballroom on Magnolia Street by Sharon Owens


Books read in 2008:
1)Oryx and Crake by Margaret Attwood
2)Slightly Wicked by Mary Balogh
3)Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh
4)Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh
5)Slightly Sinful by Mary Balogh
6)The Cold Calling by Will Kingdom
7)The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
8)Murder Most Welcome by Nicola Slade
9)Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
10)More then a Mistress by Mary Balogh
11)Fair Deception by Jan Jones
12)Lady of Lincoln by Anne Barker
13)The Fabric of Sin by Phil Rickman
14)St Lucy's School for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell

Books read in 2007:
1)Recipes for a Perfect Marriage by Kate Kerrigan
2)Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens
3)A Proper Family Christmas by Jane Gordon Cumming
4)Middlesex by Geoffrey Evgenides
5)Smitten by Janet Evanovitch
6)Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
7)Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
8)The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
9)Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
10)Mean Spirit by Will Kingdom
11)The Island by Victoria Hislop
12)The Book of Dave by Will Self
13)Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
14)Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Allbom
15)Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
16)Slippery When Wet by Martin Goodman
17)Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
18)The Smile of a Ghost by Phil Rickman
19)The 5 People you meet in Heaven by Mitch Allbom
20)Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
21)Slightly Married by Mary Balogh
22)Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovitch
23)Thud by Terry Pratchett
24)A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh
25)White Oleander by Janet Fitch
26)The Tavern on Maple Street by Sharon Owens
27)The Remains of an Altar by Phil Rickman
28)Dreamworld by Jane Goldman
29)The Forgotten Island by Sasha Troyan
30)Too Many Mothers by Roberta Taylor

Favourite books read in 2007:
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Thud by Terry Pratchett

My favourite books read in 2006:
Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon