Please consider supporting the following organisations:
Oxfam
Médecins Sans Frontières
The Red Cross and Red Crescent
Want to talk about books?
Visit Book Group Online
I am currently reading:
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Active Bookrings and Bookrays I have joined:
The Inscrutable Americans by Mathur Anurag
Village Of Stone by Xiaolu Guo
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Sky Burial by Xinran
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Innocent by Ian McEwan
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
The Last Station by Jay Parini
Arranged Marriage by Chitra Divakaruni
Zorro by Isabel Allende
War With the Newts by Karel Capek
So far this year, I've read the following:
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville ++++ +
The Innocent by Ian McEwan ++++ +
The Virginian by Owen Wister ++++ +
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
+++ ++
The Secret River by Kate Grenville ++++ +
Visitors since 1 July 2007
Completed Bookrings and Bookrays that I took part in:
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Way the Crow Flies by Anne-Marie McDonald
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
The God Boy by Ian Cross
The Fencing Master by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Paula by Isabel Allende
The Dead Heart by Douglas Kennedy
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Seville Communion by Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Dumas Club by Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Guests Of War by Kit Pearson
The Clerkenwell Tales by Peter Ackroyd
The Ten Thousand by Michael Curtis Ford
An Artist Of The Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Tokyo by Mo Hayder
Aloft by Chang-Rae Lee
Protector by Larry Niven
The Jacaranda Tree by HE Bates
Fluke by Christopher Moore
South Of The Border, West Of The Sun by Haruki Murakami
One Night @ The Call Center by Chetan Bhagat
Objects Of Desire by CJ Emerson
In The Country Of Men by Hisham Matar
The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdich
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
The Bird Artist by Howard Norman
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin
The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
A Friend Of The Earth by TC Boyle
World's End by TC Boyle
The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri
My TBR pile has 474 books (that I am aware of). They are:
Half Of A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vibrator by Mari Akasaka Daughter Of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Abraham Lincoln by Herbert Agar The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin
Turkish Gambit by Boris Akunin More Work For The Undertaker by Margery Allingham
Gulag by Anne Applebaum The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Collected Shorter Poems 1927-1957 by W.H. Auden
Persuasion by Jane Austen Shorter Works by Jane Austen
The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw According To Queenie by Beryl Bainbridge
Lives Of The Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis Empire Of The Sun / The Kindness Of Women by J.G. Ballard
Espedair Street by Iain Banks Canal Dreams by Iain Banks
Whit by Iain Banks~ A Song Of Stone by Iain Banks
The Brontës: A Life In Letters by Juliet Barker
Buddhism Without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor The Scarlet Sword by H.E. Bates
The Sleepless Moon by H.E. Bates She Came To Stay by Simone De Beauvoir
The Smell Of Apples by Mark Behr The Island Walkers by John Bembrose
Conspirators by Michael André Bernstein The Year Of The Hangman by Gary Blackwood
New Worlds, Lost Worlds by Susan Brigden Villete by Charlotte Brontë
Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
At The Court Of The Borgias by Johann Burchard tr. Geoffrey Parker
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Poems by Byron~
The Marriage Of Cadmus and Harmony by Roberto Callaso
The Angel Of Darkness by Caleb Carr Wise Children by Angela Carter
The In-Between World Of Vikram Lall by MK Cassanji
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cerventes Daughters Of The Grail by Elizabeth Chadwick
A Choice Of Evils by Meira Chand Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra
Across the Lakes by Amal Chatterjee Utz by Bruce Chatwin~
Peril at End House by Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie The World In Winter by John Christopher
2061 Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke 3001 The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Fanny Hill by John Cleland The Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee Armadale by Wilkie Collins
Serious Concerns by Wendy Cope selected poems 1923-1958 by e.e. cummings
73 poems by e.e. cummings A Choice of Emily Dickinson's Verse by Emily Dickinson
Aristotle Detective by Margaret Doody Stuff by Joseph Connolly
City Of Bones by Michael Connolly Rebel / Copperhead by Bernard Cornwell
Battle Flag / The Bloody Ground by Bernard Cornwell
Harlequin by Bernard Cornwell Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell
Heretic by Bernard Cornwell The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell Sharpe's Fury by Bernard Cornwell
Pig by Andrew Cowan~ Common Ground by Andrew Cowan
A Strange Deception by Richard Coward Dial 200-200 by Aidan Crawley
Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das
Kominsky Heights by Lionel Davidson The Accusers by Lindsey Davis
Surface by Siddhartha Deb Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
An Expensive Place To Die by Len Deighton XPD by Len Deighton~
The Compleat Moonshadow by John Marc DeMatteis, Jon J. Muth
Breaker by Kit Denton~ Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai
The Inheritance Of Loss by Kiran Desai The Last Days Of Dogtown by Anita Diamant
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant The Last Sherlock Holmes Story by Michael Dibdin
A Rich Full Death by Michael Dibdin The Tryst by Michael Dibdin
Dirty Tricks by Michael Dibdin Dark Spectre by Michael Dibdin
End Games by Michael Dibdin Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Cheevey by Gerald DiPego The Real Story by Stephen Donaldson
Forbidden Knowledge by Stephen Donaldson Geisha by Lesley Downer
Defrosting Edmund by Nina Dufort I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan
The Spring Of The Ram by Dorothy Dunnet Esprit De Corps. Sketches From Diplomatic Life by Laurence Durrell
The Food Taster by Peter Elbling The Mill On the Floss by George Eliot
Waiting For Snow In Havana by Carlos Eire The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
Gone To Texas by Garth Ennis Until The End Of The World by Garth Ennis
Fear and Loathing by Garth Ennis Proud Americans by Garth Ennis
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
The Siege Of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell The Singapore Grip by J.G. Farrell
On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming Moonraker by Ian Fleming
Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming
Dr. No by Ian Fleming~ For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming
On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming The Temple Of Optimism by James Fleming
The Vorpal Blade by Colin Forbes The Cell by Colin Forbes
The Heights Of Zervos / Avalanche Express by Colin Forbes
No Mercy by Colin Forbes Blood Storm by Colin Forbes
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford Put Me Back On My Bike by William Fotheringham
Quiet As A Nun by Antonia Fraser The Unruly Queen. The Life of Queen Caroline by Flora Fraser
A Concise History of Germany by Mary Fulbrook American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Rising Sun by Douglas Galbraith Cranford by Mrs Gaskell
In An Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh Sea Change by Robert Goddard
The Innocent by Posie Graeme-Evans M is for Malice by Sue Grafton
N is for Noose by Sue Grafton O is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton
P is for Peril by Sue Grafton Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton S is for Silence by Sue Grafton
Count Belisarius by Robert Graves The Greek Myths by Robert Graves
The Heart Of The Mater by Graham Greene An Unholy Alliance by Susannah Gregory
A Deadly Brew by Susannah Gregory A Wicked Deed by Susannah Gregory
An Order For Death by Susannah Gregory That Summer by Andrew Greig
A House Of Sight & Shadow by Nicholas Griffin The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea by Mark Haddon
A Map Of The World by Jane Hamilton The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Atticus by Ron Hansen Destination Chunking by Han Suyin
A Many-Splendoured Thing by Han Suyin Under The Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
The Return Of The Native by Thomas Hardy The Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy
The Mayor Of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy Two In A Tower by Thomas Hardy
Poems of Thomas Hardy by Thomas Hardy The Hottest State by Ethan Hawke
Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke The God Delusion by Richard Hawkins
Pig Island by Mo Hayder Into The Forest by Jean Hegland
Men Without Women by Ernest Hemingway The Garden Of Eden by Ernest Hemingway
Death In The Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway Across The River And Into The Trees by Ernest Hemingway
Green Hills Of Africa by Ernest Hemingway To Have And Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
The Snows Of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway Death In The Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway
For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
True At First Light by Ernest Hemingway Short Stories by Ernest Hemingway
Daisy's Wars by Meg Henderson The Love Of Stones by Tonias Hills
The Woman & The Ape by Peter Høeg Indigo by Alice Hoffman
Redcoat by Richard Holmes Bonaparte's Sons / Bonaparte's Invaders by Richard Howard
Dawn Of D-Day by David Howarth The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
In God We Doubt by John Humphrys Geisha Of Gion by Miniko Iwasaki
Beneath the Pyramid by Christian Jacq Other Passports (Poems 1958-1985) by Clive James
The Portrait Of A Lady by Henry James The Last Templar by Michael Jecks
The Merchant's Partner by Michael Jecks A Moorland Hanging by Michael Jecks
The Abbot's Gibbet by Michael Jecks The Sticklepath Strangler by Michael Jecks
The Outlaws Of Ennor by Michael Jecks The Tolls Of Death by Michael Jecks
The Chapel Of Bones by Michael Jecks The Butcher Of St Peter's by Michael Jecks
The Death Ship Of Dartmoor by Michael Jecks The Mad Monk Of Gidleigh by Michael Jecks
Travellers by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Snake by Kate Jennings
Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Nasland Sunrise With Sea Monster by Neil Jordan
The War After by Anne Karps Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally The Office Of Innocence by Thomas Keneally
The Great Shame by Thomas Keneally The Tyrant's Novel by Thomas Keneally
White Cargo by Felicity Kendall Relentless Pursuit by Alexander Kent
Man Of War by Alexander Kent Anybody Out There? by Marion Keyes
Attack On The Redan by Garry Douglas Kilworth Rough Ride by Paul Kimmage
Moccasin Telegraph by W.P. Kinsella Principles Of Buddhism by Kulananda
The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru The Buddha Of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Blackbird by Jennifer Lauck
The Famine Ships by Edward Laxton The Tailor Of Panama by John le Carré
Single & Single by John le Carré Our Game by John le Carré
The Night Manager by John le Carré A Gesture Life by Chang-Rae Lee
The Anonymous Venetian by Donna Leon Aqua Alta by Donna Leon
The Death Of Faith by Donna Leon Wilful Behaviour by Donna Leon
A Noble Radiance by Donna Leon If Not Now, When? by Primo Levi (tr. William Weaver)
Voices Of The Old Sea by Norman Lewis The Whale Road by Robert Low
The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
The Good Husband Of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith The Giant's House by Elizabeth McCracken
An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCullough The Ladies Of Missalonghi by Colleen McCullough
Fall At Your Knees by Anne-Marie MacDonald Somme by Lynne McDonald
1915 by Roger McDonald Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser
Royal Flash by George MacDonald Fraser Flash For Freedom! by George MacDonald Fraser
Flashman's Lady by George MacDonald Fraser Flashman And The Mountain Of Light by George MacDonald Fraser
Saturday by Ian McEwan Above Suspicion by Helen MacInness
North From Rome by Helen MacInness Hearts Of Darkness by Frank McLynn
The Naked And The Dead by Norman Mailer The Fight by Norman Mailer
A Call To Arms by Allan Mallinson The Sabre's Edge by Allan Mallinson
Rumours Of War by Allan Mallinson An Act Of Courage by Allan Mallinson
An Act Of Courage by Allan Mallinson Company Of Spears by Allan Mallinson
Man Of War by Allan Mallinson Her Privates We by Frederick Manning
Every Day Is Mother's Day by Hilary Mantel A Vacant Possession by Hilary Mantel
Fludd by Hilary Mantel~ A Change Of Climate by Hilary Mantel
An Experiment In Love by Hilary Mantel The Giant O'Brien by Hilary Mantel
Leaf Storm by Gabriel García Márquez No One Writes To The Colonel by Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
In Evil Hour by Gabriel García Márquez The Story Of A Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez
The Autumn Of The Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez
Chronicle Of A Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel García Márquez Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez
Living To Tell The Tale by Gabriel García Márquez
These Are My People by Alan Marshall Bumping Into Friends by Alan Marshall
How Beautiful Are Thy Feet by Alan Marshall People Of the Dreamtime by Alan Marshall, Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr
The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason Athens. A Portrait Of The City In It's Golden Age by Christian Meier
Karma-Cola by Ghita Mehta The Treatment by Daniel Menakar
Fugitive Pieces by Ann Michaels Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller
The Restraint Of Beasts by Magnus Mills Catherine by Anchee Minn
Empress Orchid by Anchee Minn After The Banquet by Yukio Mishima
Such A Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry The Redundancy Of Courage by Timothy Mo
The Anatomy Lesson by John David Morley The Age Of Arthur by John Morris
The Devil's Work by Ed Mullins Death of An Englishman by Magdalen Nabb
The Enchanter by Vladimir Nakokov A Fine Boy For Killing by Jan Needle
By Force Of Arms by James Nelson The Maddest Idea by James Nelson
The Continental Risque by James Nelson A Bend In The River by VS Naipaul
The Giraffe by Marie Nimier The Sorrow Of War by Bao Ninh
Shores Of Darkness by Diana Norman The Haunting Of L by Howard Norman
Fear and Trembling by Amélie Nothomb The Shiralee by D'Arcy Nyland
Congo Journey by Redmond O'Hanlon Betrayals by Charles Palliser
My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk Snow by Orhan Pamuk
China Revealed by Basil Pao Little Saigon by T. Jefferson Parker
The Heaven Tree by Edith Pargeter The Heaven Tree by Edith Pargeter
The Brothers Of Gwynedd Quartet by Edith Pargeter
Introducing Buddhism by Chris Pauling The Queen's Man by Sharon Penman
Dragon's Lair by Sharon Penman Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Purity Of Blood by Arturo Pérez-Reverte The Nautical Chart by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
The Queen Of The South by Arturo Pérez-Reverte The Serpent On The Crown by Elizabeth Peters
The Hermit of Eyton Forest by Ellis Peters In The Heart Of The Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Cambridge by Caryl Phillips Vernon God Little by D.B.C. Pierre
Sleeping With The Enemy by Nancy Price The Image Men by J.B. Priestley
The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx Aberystwyth Mon Amour by Malcolm Pryce
The Drowning Room by Michael Pye Day Of Atonement by Jay Rayner
The Pride and the Anguish by Douglas Reeman A Dawn Like Thunder by Douglas Reeman
Dust on the Sea by Douglas Reeman Twelve Seconds To Live by Douglas Reeman
Horror In The East by Laurence Rees Deadly Décisions by Kathy Reichs
Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs
Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs
Clarrisa, or, The History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson
Echoes Of War by William Rivière Kentucky Blues by Derek Robinson
Verdun by Jules Romains The Pre-Raphaelites & their World by William Michael Rossetti
Samurai by Saburo Sakai Springsteen Point Blank by Christopher Sandford
Winter In Madrid by C.J. Sansom Memoirs Of A Fox-Hunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon
The War Poems by Siegfried Sassoon Under The Eagle by Simon Scarrow
The Eagle's Conquest by Simon Scarrow The Eagle's Prey by Simon Scarrow
Boudica: Dreaming The Hound by Manda Scott Boudica: Dreaming The Serpent Spear by Manda Scott
The Raj Quartet by Paul Scott The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See From Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth
Vintage Stuff by Tom Sharpe Cheap Lives by Antony Sher
The Tale Of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu The Reader by Bernard Shlink
Sea Glass by Anita Shreeve The Diary of Dawid Sierakowiak by Dawid Sierakowiak
A Man's Head by Georges Simenon Lock 14 by Georges Simenon
Maigret at the Crossroads by Georges Simenon The Yellow Dog by Georges Simenon
The Bar On The Siene by Georges Simenon My Friend Maigret by Georges Simenon
The Friend Of Madame Maigret by Georges Simenon
Maigret's Memoirs by Georges Simenon Maigret and the Burglar's Wife by Georges Simenon
The Man On The Boulevard by Georges Simenon Maigret In Court by Georges Simenon
Maigret And The Idle Burglar by Georges Simenon
Left Hand, Right Hand! by Osbert Sitwell August 1914 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Oak and The Calf by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maughan
Kokoro by Natsume Soseki A Map Of Love by Adhef Soueif
The Night Letter by Paul Spike The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Billy by Pamela Stephenson A Factory Of Cunning by Philippa Stockley
Spencer Tracey by Larry Swindell Perfume by Patrick Süskind
The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan Thin Air by Kate Thompson
The Insult by Rupert Thomson Bleeding Hearts by Elise Title
Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin Thomas Hardy. The Time-Torn Man by Claire Tomalin
Brother Of The More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido
Noah's Ark by Barbara Trapido The Travelling Horn Player by Barbara Trapido
Evangelista's Fan by Rose Tremain The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
A Passionate Man by Joanna Trollope The Rector's Wife by Joanna Trollope
Dream of the Red Chamber by Tsao Hsueh-Chen (tr. Chi-Chen Wang)
No Full Stops In India by Mark Tully India In Slow Motion by Mark Tully and Gillian Wright
Reversible Errors by Scott Turow Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
George Eliot by Jenny Uglow The In-Between World Of Vikram Lall by MG Vassanji
Edith's Book by Edith Velmans Around The World In 80 Days & Five Weeks In A Balloon by Jules Verne
Around The World In 80 Days by Jules Verne The Golden Age by Gore Vidal
Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Patient by Ben Watt~ Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Eleanor Of Aquitane by Alison Wier Part Of The Furniture by Mary Wesley
The Picture Of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde Betjemin by A N Wilson
A Vote For Murder by David Wishart Parthian Shot by David Wishart
Food For The Fishes by David Wishart The Story Of India by Michael Wood
The Yellow Jersey Companion To The Tour De France by Les Woodland
The Privateersman by Richard Woodman Monkey by Wu Ch’êng-Ên (tr. Arthur Waley)
Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones Strangers by Taichi Yamada tr. Wayne P. Lammers
The Easter Parade by Richard Yates The Lost Daughter Of Happiness by Geling Yan
On Parole by Akira Yoshimura tr. Stephen Snyder
British Poetry Since 1945 by anthology Up The Line To Death: The War Poets 1014-1918 by anthology
Books Read 2008: (36)
Harry Potter and the Order Of The Phoenix by JK Rowling ++++
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling +++++
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling +++++ Patient: The true Story of a Rare Illness by Ben Watt ++++
A Farewell to Arms by Enrnest Hemingway ++++ Horror In The East by Laurence Rees ++++
Monkey by Wu Ch’êng-Ên (tr. Arthur Waley) +++ Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo (bookring) +++
The Crimson Petal and The White by Michel Faber +
Blue SHoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith +++ The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith ++++
Hungry As The Sea by Wilbur Smith +++ Eagle In The Sky by Wilbur Smith +++
Elephant Song by Wilbur Smith +++ The Children's War by Monique Charlesworth +++++
The Spire by William Golding ++ The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith +++
The Light Years by Elizabeth jane Howard ++++ The Last Station by Jay Parini (bookring) ++++
Faith by Len Deighton ++++ Hope by len Deighton +++
Charity by len Deighton +++ The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri (bookring) ++++
The Inscrutable Americans by Anurag Mathur (bookring) +++
Books Read 2007: (57)
Berlin Game - Len Deighton *** Ratking - Michael Dibdin ***
SS-GB - Len Deighton (unabridged audiobook read - James Faulkner) ***
Hemingway Adventure - Michael Palin (unabridged audiobook read - Michael Palin) **
Louise de Valliere - Alexandre Dumas (e-book) *
Death At La Fenice - Donna Leon *** A Wild Sheep Chase - Haruki Murakami (unabridged audiobook read - Rupert Degas) ****
A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth **** Sahara - Michael Palin (abridged audiobook read - Michael Palin) **
Mexico Set - Len Deighton *** Take Me With You - Brad Newsham **
Vendetta - Michael Dibdin *** Daisy's Wars - Meg Henderson (unabridged audiobook read - Phoebe James) ****
In The Country Of Men - Hisham Matar (bookring) **
The Quest - Wilbur Smith ** The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins ****
Protector - Larry Niven (bookring) *** The Man In The Iron Mask - Alexandre Dumas (e-book) *
The Jacaranda Tree - HE Bates (bookring) *** Fluke - Christopher Moore (bookring) **
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill (graphic novel) ***
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. II - Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill (graphic novel) **
London Match - Len Deighton **** Cabal - Michael Dibdin ***
The War Of The Worlds - HG Wells (e-book) ** Winter - Len Deighton ****
Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie (tr. Ina Rilke) ****
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (unabridged audiobook read - Frederick Davidson) *****
The Master Butchers Singing Club - Louise Erdrich (bookring) ***
Himalaya - Michael Palin (unabridged audiobook read - Michael Palin) **
A Passage To India - E.M. Forster **** Path Of The Storm - Douglas Reeman (unabridged audiobook read - David Rintoul) ***
Dead Lagoon - Michael Dibdin **** Spy Hook - Len Deighton ****
Cosi Fan Tutti - Michael Dibdin **** Spy Line - Len Deighton *****
A Bend In The River - V.S. Naipaul (unabridged audiobook read - Simon Vance) ***
Spy Sinker - Len Dieghton *** The Interpreter Of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri *****
Go In And Sink - Douglas Reeman (unabridged audiobook read - David Rintoul) ***
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë (abridged audiobook read - Juliet Stephenson) *
The Children's War - J.N. Stroyer **** A Long Finish - Michael Dibdin ****
Blood Rain - Michael Dibdin **** The Mayor Of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy (abridged audiobook read - Nigel Anthony) ***
And Then You Die - Michael Dibdin **** High Water - Douglas Reeman (unabridged audiobook read - David Rintoul) ***
Medusa - Michael Dibdin **** Back To Bologna - Michael Dibdin ***
Harry Potter and the Order Of The Phoenix - JK Rowling ****
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - JK Rowling *** Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling ****
India's Unending Journey (Finding Balance In A Time Of Change) - Mark Tully *****
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - JK Rowling ****
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - JK Rowling *** Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling ****
Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire - JK Rowling ****
Books Read 2006: (53)
South Of The Border, West Of The Sun by Haruki Murakami (bookray)
The Dead Heart by Douglas Kennedy (bookring) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Neverhwere by Neil Gaiman The Kalahari Typing School For Men by Alexander McCall Smith
The Full Cupboard Of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (audiobook) In The Company Of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith
Torpedo Run by Douglas Reeman (audiobook) The Constant Gardener by John le Carre
The Ipcress File by Len Deighton (audiobook) The Colour by Rose Tremain
Atonement by Ian McEwan (bookring) An Equal Music by Vikram Seth (audiobook)
The Seville Communion by Arturo Perez-Reverte (bookring)
The Touch by Colleen McCullough Billion Dollar Brain by Len Deighton (audiobook)
The Dumas Club by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (bookray)
This Is The Grass by Alan Marshall The Guests Of War by Kit Pearson (bookring)
The Clerkenwell Tales by Peter Ackroyd (booking)
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (audiobook) Empire I: Midshipman by Richard Stotts (e-book)
Empire II: Heir To The Throne by Richard Stotts (e-book)
Empire III: Majesty by Richard Stotts (e-book) Libby Tubberman At Large by Justin jones (e-book)
Empire IV: A'chon by Richard Stotts (e-book) Stripped: Depeche Mode by Jonathan Miller
Empire V: Citizens Of The Empire by Richard Stotts (e-book)
One Night @ The Call Center by Chetan Bhagat (bookring) Around The World In 80 Days by Michael Palin (audiobook)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling In Mine Own Heart by Alan Marshall
Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas (e-book) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
Funeral In Berlin by Len Deighton (audiobook) Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire by JK Rowling
The Ten Thousand by Michael Curtis Ford (bookring)
Harry Potter and the Order Of The Phoenix by JK Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
An Artist Of The Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro (bookring)
Holes by Louid Sacher (bookring) The White Russian by Tom Bradby (audiobook)
The Accidental by Ali Smith Pole To Pole by Michael Palin (audiobook)
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Spy by Len Deighton (audiobook)
The Golden Mountain by Irene Kai (audiobook) A Friend Of The Eart by TC Boyle (bookring)
Death In A Strange Country by Donna Leon (audiobook)
Tokyo by Mo Hayder (bookring) Full Circle by Michael Palin (audiobook)
Aloft by Chang-Rae Lee (bookring)
Books Read 2005: (41)
Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka Autumn Bridge by Takashi Matsuoka
The Boy-Bishop's Glovemaker by Michael Jecks When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro (Bookray)
The Bird Artist by Howard Norman (Bookray) The Way the Crow Flies by Anne-Marie McDonald (Bookring)
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (Bookray) My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin (Bookring)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (e-book) Birds of Prey by Wilbur Smith
Monsoon by Wilbur Smith Blue Horizon by Wilbur Smith
The Triumph Of The Sun by Wilbur Smith Sharpe's Battle by Bernard Cornwell
Sharpe's Company by Bernard Cornwell L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton
Sharpe's Sword by Bernard Cornwell The God Boy by Ian Cross (Bookring)
A History of The Soviet Union 1917-1991 by Geoffrey Hosking
Swamp Thing Volume 1 (graphic novel) Swamp Thing Volume 2 (graphic novel)
Swamp Thing Volume 3 (graphic novel) Swamp Thing Volume 4 (graphic novel)
Swamp Thing Volume 5 (graphic novel) Swamp Thing Volume 6 (graphic novel)
Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan Broken Angels by Richard Morgan
Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas (e-book)
Grass For His Pillow by Lian Hearn Brilliance Of The Moon by Lian Hearn
The Fencing Master by Arturo Perez-Reverte (bookring)
Woken Furies by Richard Morgan Sharpe's Enemy by Bernard Cornwell
Sharpe's Honour by Bernard Cornwell Sharpe's Regiment by Bernard Cornwell
Sharpe's Siege by Bernard Cornwell Sharpe's Revenge by Bernard Cornwell
Sharpe's Waterloo by Bernard Cornwell Wolves Eat Dogs by Martin Cruz Smith
Sharpe's Devil by Bernard Cornewell
Books Read 2004: (51)
Twelve by Nick McDonell One Man's Justice by Akira Yoshimura
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
The Lord Of The Rings by JRR Tolkein Thanksgiving by Michael Dibdin
The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel)
Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel) Dream Country by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel)
Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel) A Game Of You by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel)
Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel)
Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel) Worlds' End by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel)
The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel) The Wake by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel)
A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (e-book)
A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell
B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton Sharpe's Triumph by Bernard Cornwell
C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton Sharpe's Fortress by Bernard Cornwell
The Sign Of The Four by Arthur Conan Doyle (e-book)
D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton Sharpe's Trafalgar by Bernard Cornwell
E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton The Adventures Of Sherlock Homes by Arthur Conan Doyle (e-book)
Sharpe's Prey by Bernard Cornwell F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton
Sharpe's Rifles by Bernard Cornwell The Memoirs Of Sherlock Homes by Arthur Conan Doyle (e-book)
G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton Sharpe's Eagle by Bernard Cornwell
The Hound Of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (e-book)
H is for Homicide by Sue Grafton Sharpe's Gold by Bernard Cornwell
I is for Innocent by Sue Grafton Sharpe's Havoc by Bernard Cornwell
J is for Judgement by Sue Grafton Sharpe's Escape by Bernard Cornwell
K is for Killer by Sue Grafton The Return Of Sherlock Homes by Arthur Conan Doyle (e-book)
Pompeii by Robert Harris The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (e-book)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Tears Of The Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith Morality For Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith
Absolute Friends by John le Carré Morgan's Run by Colleen McCullough
Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas (e-book) For The Term Of His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke
I won a Smile Day RABCK Competition organised by
frangipani08 and have received the following books:
Mysteries by Knut Hamsun from Haugtussa
Portrait In Smoke / The Tooth And The Nail by Bill S Ballinger from
asa-swe
Sunrise With Sea Monster by Neil Jordan from zzz
Vintage Stuff by Tom Sharpe from joolsw
Reversible Errors by Scott Turow from booklady331
An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCullough from freelunch
The Buddha Of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi from rapturina
The Smell Of Apples by Mark Behr from klaradyn
Pig Island by Mo Hayder from shimi
Winter In Madrid by CJ Sansom from book-man-8
Moonraker by Ian Fleming from RockDg9
Indigo by Alice Hoffman from leeny37
Moccasin Telegraph by WP Kinsella from amberC
Death Of A Whaler by Nerida Newton from noni22
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins from dryad23
Don't Squat With Yer Spurs On! by Texas Bix Bender from NMReader
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett from Scoobs-buddy
The Inheritance Of Loss by Kiran Desai from boirina
The Difference To Me by Gary Disher from roelina
Black Orchids by Rex Stout from Bookworm-lady
A Gift Of Wings by Richard Bach from WingedMan
Stardust by Neil Gaiman from LESEHEST
The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner from AwesomeAud
The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro from beaulivre