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Journal Entry 1 by ScarletBea from Honley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, January 1, 2006
The books I've read in 2005:

1. "Adrian Mole and the weapons of mass destruction", Sue Townsend (F)
2. "Me talk pretty one day", David Sedaris (NF - Memoir)
3. "Oranges are not the only fruit", Jeanette Winterson (F)
4. "Beyond chocolate: understanding Swiss culture", Margaret Oertig-Davidson (NF - Anthropology)
5. "The time-traveller's wife", Audrey Niffenegger (F)
6. "The pillars of the Earth", Ken Follet (R) (F)
7. "Fingersmith", Sarah Waters (R) (F)
8. "Oh, Maria" - Bücher für Anfänger, Deutsch als Fremdsprache 1 (hehe) (F)
9. "His 'n' hers", Mike Gayle (F)
10. "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell", Susanna Clarke (F)
11. "Bilder ohne Rahmen" - Bücher für Anfänger, Deutsch als Fremdsprache 2 (F)
12. "More Tales of the city", Armistead Maupin (F)
13. "Eats, shoots & leaves", Lynne Truss -> Ring (NF - Grammar)
14. "Lesbianism made easy", Helen Eisenbach (NF - Gender studies)
15. "Danny Yates must die", Stephen Walker -> Ring (F)
16. "The science of Discworld", Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen (NF - Physics)
17. "Looking for Andrew McCarthy", Jenny Colgan (F)
18. "Babycakes", Armistead Maupin (F)
19. "Sure of you", Armistead Maupin (F)
20. "The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Vol 2", varied authors -> Ring (F)
21. "The dark room", Minette Walters (F)
22. "The trespass", Barbara Ewing (F)
23. "My sister's keeper", Jodi Picault (F)
24. "Maybe the moon", Armistead Maupin (F)
25. "The Flanders Panel", Arturo Perez Reverte -> Ring (F)
26. "Who runs this place?", Anthony Sampson (NF - Politics)
27. "Sellevision", Augusten Burroughs (F)
28. "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance", Robert M. Pirsig (NF - Philosophy)
29. "Middlesex", Jeffrey Eugenides (F)
30. "The boy with no shoes", William Horwood (NF - Memoir)
31. "Nickel and dimed", Barbara Ehrenreich (NF - Economics/Politics)
32. "Dublin", Edward Rutherfurd (F)
33. "The breaker", Minette Walters (F)
34. "The rule of four", Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason (F)
35. "Tara road", Maeve Binchy (R) (F)
36. "Why people believe weird things", Michael Shermer (NF - Science)
37. "Beatrice", Nöelle Harrison (F)
38. "Scarlet Feather", Maeve Binchy (R) (F)
39. "Family Baggage", Monica McInerney (F)
40. "What's my motivation?", Michael Simkins (NF - Memoir)
41. "Further tales of the city", Armistead Maupin (F)
42. "Significant others", Armistead Maupin (F)
43. "The ghost writer", John Harwood (F)
44. "How to be good", Nick Hornby (F)
45. "Harry Potter and the half-blood prince", J. K. Rowling (F)
46. "Something rotten", Jasper Fforde (R) (F)
47. "The fabric of the cosmos", Brian Greene (NF - Physics)
48. "The big over easy", Jasper Fforde (F)
49. "E: a novel", Matt Beaumont (R) -> Ring (F)
50. "The reading group", Elizabeth Noble (R) (F)
51. "Who moved my cheese?", Spencer... (NF - Psicology)
52. "The stars' tennis balls", Stephen Fry (F)
53. "Life at the extremes - the science of survival", Frances Ashcroft (NF - Biology)
54. "Irish girls about town", varied authors (F)
55. "Magical thinking", Augusten Burroughs (F)
56. "My friend Leonard", James Frey (F)
57. "Harry Potter and the goblet of fire", J. K. Rowling (R) (F)
58. "The undomestic goddess", Sophie Kinsella (F)
59. "Pobby and Dingan", Ben Rice (F)
60. "Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix", J. K. Rowling (R) (F)
61. "Harry Potter and the half-blood prince", J. K. Rowling (R) (F)
62. "The little prisoner", Jane Elliott (F)
63. "Hunting unicorns", Bella Pollen (R) (F)
64. "Sushi for begginers", Marian Keyes (R) (F)
65. "Tödlicher Schnee" - Leichte Lektüren, Deutsch als Fremdsprache 2 (F)
66. "Cloud Atlas", David Mitchell (F)
67. "Be afraid, be very afraid: the book of scary urban legends", Jan Brunvand -> Ring (NF - Anthropology)
68. "The caveman", George Dawes Green (F)
69. "Invisible monsters", Chuck Palahniuk (R) (F)
70. "The pact", Jodi Picoult -> Ring (F)
71. "Rachel's holiday", Marian Keyes (F)
72. "Mord auf dem Golfplatz", Leichte Lektüren, Deutsch als Fremdsprache 2 (F)
73. "The inimitable Jeeves", P. G. Wodehouse (F)
74. "Can reindeer fly? The science of Christmas", Roger Highfield (NF - Science)

(R)= re-read
(F)= Fiction
(NF)= Non-Fiction

Journal Entry 2 by ScarletBea from Honley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, January 1, 2007
The books I've read in 2006:

1. "Belle de Jour: the intimate adventures of a London call girl", Anonymous (NF - Memoir)
2. "Kezang und Wangmo", Marie-Noëlle Frei-Pont (F)
3. "Air Babylon", Imogen Edwards-Jones & Anonymous (NF - real life)
4. "Dumbo", Children's book in german, for language learning (F)
5. "We need to talk about Kevin", Lionel Schriver (F)
6. "Yes man", Danny Wallace (NF - Biography)
8. "O Codex 632", José Rodrigues dos Santos (F)
7. "Arielle", Children's book in german, for language learning (F)
9. "Starter for ten", David Nicholls (F)
10. "How mumbo-jumbo conquered the world", Francis Wheen (NF - Science)
11. "Aladdin", Children's book in german, for language learning (F)
12. "The know-it-all", A.J. Jacobs -> Ring (NF - Memoir)
13. "The night watch", Sarah Waters (F)
14. "The confessions of Max Tivoli", Andrew Sean Greer -> Ring (F)
15. "The apothecary's house", Adrian Mathews (F)
16. "Are you Dave Gorman?", Dave Gorman and Danny Wallace (NF - Memoir)
17. "Labyrinth", Kate Mosse (F)
18. "A friend of the family", Lisa Jewell -> Ring (F)
19. "Dave Gorman's Googlewhack adventure", Dave Gorman (NF - Memoir)
20. "How Wal-Mart is Destroying America and The World", Bill Quinn (NF - Economics)
21. "The Isle of Glass (I)", Judith Tarr (F)
22. "Happiness TM", Will Ferguson (R) (F)
23. "The Nazis: a warning from history", Laurence Rees (NF - History)
24. "The Golden Horn (II)", Judith Tarr (F)
25. "The Hounds of God (III)", Judith Tarr (F)
26. "Der kleinest Elefant der Welt", John Wilson, Jozef Wilkon (F)
27. "The last days of Henry VIII", Robert Hutchinson (NF - History)
28. "Duncton Tales (The Book of Silence vol.1)", William Horwood (R) (F)
29. "Duncton Rising (The Book of Silence vol.2)", William Horwood (R) (F)
30. "Duncton Stone (The Book of Silence vol.3)", William Horwood (R) (F)
31. "Six feet under - better living through death", Alan Ball, etc (NF - TV)
32. "Indigo", Graham Joyce (R) (F)
33. "Here be dragons", Sharon Penman (R) (F)
34. "Family baggage", Monica McInerney (R) (F)
35. "Working wonders", Jenny Colgan (R) (F)
36. "High society", Ben Elton (F)
37. "Chew on this", Eric Schloss, Charles Wilson (NF - Economics)
38. "Into thin air", Jon Krakauer (NF - TRavel)
39. "The hole", Guy Burt (F)
40. "Yeats is dead", varied authors (R) (F)
41. "The end of faith", Sam Harris (NF - Religion)
42. "Beyond the great indoors", Ingvar Ambjornsen (F)
43. "The mists of Avalon", Marion Zimmer Bradley (R) (F)
44. "Talk to the hand", Lynne Truss -> Ring (NF - English)
45. "Watching the english", Kate Fox (NF - Anthropology)
46. "The fourth bear", Jasper Fforde (F)
47. "Krakatoa, the day the world exploded", Simon Winchester (NF - History)
48. "A long way down", Nick Hornby (F)
49. "What we believe but cannot prove", edited by John Brockman (NF - Science)
50. "Born on a blue day", Daniel Tammet (NF - Biography)
51. "Freakanomics", Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (NF - Economics)
52. "Seven ancient wonders", Matthew Reilly (F)
53. "The world is flat", Thomas L. Friedman (NF - Economics)
-- "Vernon God Little", DBC Pierre --> gave up (F)
54. "Perfect match", Jodi Picoult (F)
55. "The ancestor's tale", Richard Dawkins (NF - Biology)
56. "Everything is illuminated", Jonathan Safran Foer (F)
57. "Teacher man", Frank McCourt (NF - Biography)
58. "Blink", Malcolm Gladwell (NF - Sociology)
59. "The Historian", Elizabeth Kostova (F)
60. "Peril at End House", Agatha Christie (R) (F)
61. "The Time Traveller's Wife", Audrey Niffenegger (R) (F)
62. "A fórmula de Deus", José Rodrigues dos Santos (F)

(R)= re-read
(F)= Fiction
(NF)= Non-Fiction

Journal Entry 3 by ScarletBea from Honley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, January 6, 2008
The books I've read in 2007:

1. "The god delusion", Richard Dawkins
2. "Do you think what you think you think?", Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom
3. "The Mysterious affair at Styles", Agatha Christie
4. "Headlong", Michael Frayn (R)
5. "O código d'Avintes", 6 different portuguese authors
6. "How I became stupid", Martin Page
7. "Lasher", Anne Rice (R)
8. "Shopped", Joanna Blythman
9. "Something rotten", Jasper Fforde (R)
10. "Oxygen", Andrew Miller (R)
11. "Dinner for two", Mike Gayle (R)
12. "Circle of friends", Maeve Binchy (R)
13. "Unspeak", Steven Poole
14. "Quentins", Maeve Binchy (R)
15. "Ireland awakening", Edward Rutherfurd
16. "No laughing matter", Betty Rowlands
17. "No frills", Simon Calder
18. "Girl with a pearl earring", Tracy Chevalier (Bookring)
19. "My sister's keeper", Jodi Picoult (R)
20. "While Christ and his angels slept", Sharon Penman (R)
21. "Join me", Danny Wallace (R)
22. "Born on a blue day", Daniel Tammet (R)
23. "Dead famous", Ben Elton
24. "Therapy", David Lodge (R)
25. "Tescopoly", Andrew Simms
26. "Harry Potter and the deathly hallows", J. K. Rowling
27. "Wish you were here", Mike Gayle
28. "First among sequels", Jasper Fforde
29. "Air Mail", Terry Ravenscroft
30. "Michael Tolliver lives", Armistead Maupin
31. "Paula Spencer", Roddy Doyle
32. "Six Feet Over", Mary Roach
33. "My big, fat, mad, teenage diary", Rae Earl
34. "One in Three", Adam Wishart
35. "Chart Throb", Ben Elton
36. "Better", Atul Gawande
37. "The house in Riverton", Kate Merton
38. "Poor story", Giles Bolton
39. "Os novos misterios de Sintra", varios autores
40. "Your genes unzipped", Tim Spector
41. "The end of Mr. Y", Scarlett Thomas
42. "The science of Discworld II - the globe", Terry Pratchett, Jack Cohen, Ian Stewart
43. "Travels with my radio", Fi Glover
44. "Dragons' den", various
45. "Buddha Da", Anne Donovan

(R)= re-read



Journal Entry 4 by ScarletBea from Honley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, January 10, 2009
The books I've read in 2008:

1. "Equador", Miguel Sousa Tavares
2. "Helen of Troy", Margaret George
3. "Wasting police time", PC David Copperfield
4. "Tragedy in 3 acts", Agatha Christie (R)
5. "Air", Geoff Ryman
6. "Dearest rivals", Jane Elizabeth Varley
7. "Childfree and loving it", Nicki Defago
8. "Then we came to the end", Joshua Ferris
9. "Affluenza", Oliver James
10. "Notes from an exhibition", Patrick Gale
11. "Escape", Carolyn Jessop
12. "Survival of the sickest", Dr. Sharon Moalem
13. "O sétimo selo", José Rodrigues dos Santos
14. "The final call", Leo Hickman
15. "The year of living biblically", A. J. Jacobs
16. "The planets", Dava Sobel
17. "Pies and prejudice, in search of the North", Stuart Maconie
18. "Being Emily", Anne Donovan
19. "Made to stick", Chip and Dan Heath
20. "Boy A", Jonathan Trigell
21. "The steep approach to Garbadale", Iain Banks
22. "Noughts & Crosses", Malorie Blackman
23. "Possible side effects", Augusten Burroughs
24. "PopCo", Scarlett Thomas
25. "Into the darkness, an account of 7/7", Peter Zimonjic
26. "The wag's diary", Alison Kervin
27. "Friends like these", Danny Wallace
28. "Queing for beginniners", Joe Moran
29. "Collapse", Jared Diamond (ended up not finishing it)
30. "A república nunca existiu", vários autores
31. "Eat your heart out", Felicity Lawrence
32. "Gods behaving badly", Marie Phillips
33. "Moab is my washpot", Stephen Fry
34. "Generation X", Douglas Coupland
35. "Paradise news", David Lodge (R)
36. "Fermat's last theorem", Simon Singh
37. "Have a nice doomsday", Nicholas Guyatt
38. "Attack of the unsinkable rubber ducks", Christopher Brookmyre
39. "Bad science", Ben Goldacre
40. "World without end", Ken Follet
41. "Before I die", Jenny Downham
42. "The solitaire mysteries", Jostein Garner
43. "The shock doctrine", Naaomi Klein
44. "My year of meats", Ruth L. Ozeki
45. "Unweaving the rainbow", Richard Dawkins
46. "Dreaming of Jupiter", Ted Simon

(R)= re-read

Journal Entry 5 by ScarletBea from Honley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Friday, January 1, 2010
The books I've read in 2009:

1. "The elegant universe", Brian Greene (NF - Physics)
2. "The rose labyrinth", Titania Hardie
3. "Shoot the damn dog", Sally Brampton (NF - Memoir)
4. "Catarina de Bragança", Isabel Stillwell (F)
5. "The gargoyle", Andrew Davidson (F)
6. "The devil's chaplain", Richard Dawkins (NF - Misc)
7. "The fourth bear", Jasper Fforde (R)(F)
8. "The subtle knife", Phillip Pullman (R)(F)
9. "The amber spyglass", Phillip Pullman (R)(F)
10. "The secret scripture", Sebastian Barry(F)
11. "The unthinkable", Amanda Ripley (NF - Current Affairs)
12. "Split", Suzanne Finnamore (NF - Memoirs)
13. "God is not great", Christopher Hitchens (NF - Religion)
14. "Whitethorn woods", Maeve Binchy (F)
15. "Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe", Fannie Flagg (F)
16. "Bright young things", Scarlett Thomas (F)
17. "Singing the life", Elizabeth Bryan (NF - Memoirs)
18. "Anyobody out there", Marian Keyes (F)
19. "The glass castle", Jeannette Walls (NF - Memoirs)
20. "The hound and the falcon" (trilogy), Judith Tarr (F) (R)
21. "Alamut", Judith Tarr (F) (R)
22. "The dagger and the cross", Judith Tarr (F) (R)
23. "Harry Potter and the half blood prince", J. K. Rowling (F) (R)
24. "Harry Potter and the deathly hallows", J. K. Rowling (F) (R)
25. "Family baggage", Monica McInerney (F) (R)
26. "The seven dials mystery", Agatha Christie (F) (R)
27. "Hunting unicorns", Bella Pollen (F) (R)
28. "Perfect match", Jodi Picoult (F) (R)
29. "Blood and gold", Anne Rice (F) (R)
30. "Buddha da", Anne Donovan (F) (R)
31. "The well of loneliness", Radclyffe-Hall (F)
32. "One day", David Nicholls (F)
33. "The suspicions of Mr. Wicher", Kate Summerscale (NF - Crime)
34. "Deaf sentence", David Lodge (F)
35. "The greatest show on earth", Richard Dawkins (NF - Biology)
36. "The whole day through", Patrick Gale (F)
37. "The first time manager", Lauren Belken (NF - Business)
38. "The disease to please", Harriet Braiker (NF - Psychology)
39. "The girl on the landing", Paul Torday (F)
40. "First among sequels", Jasper Fforde (F) (R)
41. "Night of rains and stars", Maeve Binchy (F)
42. "The Oxford book of science writing", edited by Richard Dawkins (NF - Science)
43. "Pay it forward", Catherine Ryan Hyde (F)
44. "The owl killers", Karen Maitland (F)
45. "The elegance of the hedgehog", Muriel Barbery
46. "Being Emily", Anne Donovan (F) (R)

(R)= re-read
(F)= Fiction
(NF)= Non-Fiction

Journal Entry 6 by ScarletBea at Huddersfield, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, January 1, 2011
The books I've read in 2010:

1. "Fúria divina", José Rodrigues dos Santos (F)
2. "Why E=mc2?", Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw (NF - Physics)
3. "The little stranger", Sarah Waters (F)
4. "Shades of grey", Jasper Fforde (F)
5. "The children's book", A. S. Byatt (F)
6. "Science of the Discworld III", Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Coen (F / NF- biology/physics)
7. "Handle with care", Jodi Picoult (F)
8. "The rapture", Liz Jensen (F)
9. "Wish you were here", Mike Gayle (F)(R)
10. "Carol", Patricia Highsmith (F)
11. "Company of liars", Karen Maitland (F)
12. "Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials - The Definitive Guide", Laurie Frost (F)
13. "Naming the bones", Louise Welsh (F)
14. "Hyddenworld - Spring", William Horwood (F)
15. "50 physics ideas you really need to know", Joanne Baker (NF - physics)
16. "The shadow of the wind", Carlos Ruiz Zafon (F)
17. "The night watch", Sarah Waters (F)(R)
18. "Ser como o rio que flui", Paulo Coelho (NF - chronicles)
19. "The knife of never letting go (book 1 of Chaos walking)", Patrick Ness (F)
20. "A game of thrones (book 1 of A song of ice and fire)", George R. R. Martin (F)
21. "A clash of kings (book 2 of A song of ice and fire)", George R. R. Martin (F)
22. "A storm of swords: steel and snow (book 3.1 of A song of ice and fire)", George R. R. Martin (F)
23. "Our tragic universe", Scarlett Thomas (F)
24. "The ask and the answer (book 2 of Chaos walking)", Patrick Ness (F)
25. "A storm of swords: blood and gold (book 3.2 of A song of ice and fire)", George R. R. Martin
26. "A feast for crows (book 4 of A song of ice and fire)", George R. R. Martin (F)
27. "The way we are now: gay and lesbian lives in the 21st century", edited by Ben Summerskill (NF - biography)
28. "The choice of Hercules: pleasure, duty and the good life in the 21st century", A. C. Grayling (NF - ethics)
29. "Adrian Mole: the prostrate years", Sue Townsend (F)
30. "Monsters of men (book 3 of Chaos walking)", Patrick Ness (F)
31. "One moment, one morning", Sarah Rayner (F)
32. "Professor Stewart's cabinet of mathematical curiosities", Ian Stewart (NF - maths)
33. "Brand new friend", Mike Gayle (F)
34. "Time and chance", Sharon Penman (F)
35. "Caderneta de cromos", Nuno Markl (NF - memories)
36. "PopCo", Scarlett Thomas (F)(R)
37. "The Apothecary's house", Adrian Mathews (F)(R)
38. "A week in December", Sebastian Faulks (F)
39. "How to choose", David Freemantle (NF - management)
40. "The swan thieves", Elizabeth Kostova (F)
41. "Yes man", Danny Wallace (NF)(R)
42. "Bad science", Ben Goldacre (NF - general science)(R)

(R)= re-read
(F)= Fiction
(NF)= Non-Fiction

Journal Entry 7 by ScarletBea at Huddersfield, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, January 1, 2012
The books I've read in 2011:

1. "Quando Lisboa tremeu", Domingos Amaral (F)
2. "Room", Emma Donoghue (F)
3. "D. Amélia", Isabel Stilwell (F)
4. "Alice in wonderland", Lewis Carrol (F)(R) (audiobook)
5. "Her fearful symmetry", Audrey Niffenegger (F)
6. "Entitled to respect (assertiveness in the workplace)", Suzanne and Conrad Potts (NF- business)
7. "The girl with the dragon tattoo", Stieg Larsson (F)
8. "A little history of the world", E. H. Gombrich (NF - history)
9. "Talking science", Adam Hart-Davis (NF - interviews)
10. "Blind faith", Ben Elton (F)
11. "Juliet, naked", Nick Hornby (F)
12. "The complete fairy tales", Brothers Grimm (F) (ongoing)
13. "Knitting rules!", Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (NF - crafts)
14. "Farundell", L R Fredericks (F)
15. "Globish", Robert McCrum (NF - language)
16. "The lessons", Naomi Alderman (F)
17. "How to teach quantum physics to your dog", Chad Orzel (NF - physics)
18. "Those Faraday sisters", Monica McInerney (F)
19. "One of our Thursdays is missing", Jasper Fforde (F)
20. "A dodo at Oxford", Atkins and Johnson (F)
21. "Personality", Andrew O'Hagan (F)(R)
22. "Knitting patterns for dummies", Kristi Porter (NF - crafts)
23. "Remarkable creatures", Tracy Chevalier (F)
24. "Mary Ann in Autumn", Armistead Maupin (F)
25. "Through the language glass", Guy Deutscher (NF - language)
26. "Wonders of a godless world", Andrew McGahan (F)
27. "The mind's eye", Oliver Sacks (NF - neurology)
28. "The passage", Justin Cronin (F)
29. "How to live safely in a science fictional universe", Charles Yu (F)
30. "The gallows curse", Karen Maitland (F)
31. "At home", Bill Bryson (NF - history)
32. "The virgin blue", Tracy Chevalier (F)
33. "O segredo da Flor do Mar", Eduardo Pires Coelho (F)
34. "The name of the wind", Patrick Rothfuss (F)
35. "The buried circle", Jenni Mills (F)
36. "The unfolding of language", Guy Deutscher (NF - language)
37. "A monster calls", Patrick Ness (F)
38. "Hyddenworld", William Horwood (F)(R)
39. "The hunger trace", Edward Hogan (F)
40. "Trick or treatment - alternative medicines on trial", Simon Singh (NF - science)
41. "Five bells", Gail Jones (F)
42. "The sky's dark labyrinth", Stuart Clark (NF - science history)
43. "Gillespie and I", Jane Harris (F)
44. "The return journey", Maeve Binchy (F)
45. "Dark matter", Michelle Paver (F)
46. "The lady and the unicorn", Tracy Chevalier (F)
47. "The apple", Michel Faber (F)
48. "The glass painter's daughter", Rachel Hore (F)
49. "Circles of deceit", Nina Bawden (F)
50. "50 philosophy ideas you really need to know", Ben Dupré (NF - philosophy)
51. "Farundell", L R Fredericks (F)(R)
52. "The alphabet sisters", Monica McInerney (F)
53. "Just my type - a book about fonts", Simon Garfield (NF - design)
54. "The magic toyshop", Angela Carter (F)
55. "Jane Eyre", Charlotte Bronte (F)(R)
56. "The fire gospel", Michel Faber (F)
57. "Necromancer's gambit (Flesh and Bone trilogy vol. 1)", A J Dalton (F)
58. "Necromancer's betrayal (Flesh and Bone trilogy vol. 2)", A J Dalton (F)
59. "Necromancer's fall (Flesh and Bone trilogy vol. 3)", A J Dalton (F)
60. "The whores' asylum", Katy Darby (F)
--. "American gods", Neil Gaiman (F) --> abandoned

(R)= re-read
(F)= Fiction
(NF)= Non-Fiction

Journal Entry 8 by ScarletBea at Huddersfield, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, January 1, 2013
The books I've read in 2012:

1. "The never-ending days of being dead", Marcus Chown (NF - physics)
2. "Empire of the saviours", A. J. Dalton (F)
3. "Caderneta de cromos contra-ataca", Nuno Markl (NF - general)
4. "The end of Mr. Y", Scarlett Thomas (F)(R)
5. "Magician", Raymond E. Feist (F)
6. "Gateway of the saviours", A. J. Dalton (F)
7. "A short history of nearly everything", Bill Bryson (NF - science)(R)
8. "The stormcaller (Twilight Reign book 1)", Tom Lloyd (F)
9. "The twilight herald (Twilight Reign book 2)", Tom Lloyd (F)
10. "The grave thief (Twilight Reign book 3)", Tom Lloyd (F)
11. "The ragged man (Twilight Reign book 4)", Tom Lloyd (F)
12. "Pure", Julianna Baggott (F)
13. "The wise man's fear", Patrick Rothfuss (F)
14. "A dance with dragons: dreams and dust (book 5.1 of A song of ice and fire)", George R. R. Martin (F)
15. "A dance with dragons: after the feast (book 5.2 of A song of ice and fire)", George R. R. Martin (F)
16. "The hidden reality", Brian Greene (NF - physics)
17. "The song of Achilles", Madeline Miller (F)
18. "The glass books of the dream eaters", G. W. Dahlquist (F)
19. "The hundred and ninety-nine steps", Michel Faber (F)
20. "What we believe but cannot prove", edited by John Brockman (NF - Science) (R)
21. "There but for the", Ali Smith (F)
22. "The seance", John Harwood (F)
23. "The price of everything", Eduardo Porter (NF - Economics)
24. "The dark volume", G. W. Dahlquist (F)
--. "Slaughterhouse 5", Kurt Vonnegut (F) (abandoned halfway through)
25. "A little book of language", David Crystal (NF - Language)
26. "Don't tell me the truth about love", Dan Rhodes (F)
27. "13 things that don't make sense", Michael Brooks (NF - science)
28. "Girl reading", Katie Ward (F)
29. "Stardust", Neil Gaiman (F)
30. "This is how", M.J. Hyland (F)
31. "The night circus", Erin Morgenstern (F)
32. "The search", John Battelle (NF - business)
33. "The woman who died a lot", Jasper Fforde (F)
34. "The left hand of god", Paul Hoffman (F)
35. "The sealed letter", Emma Donoghue (F)
36. "Fate", L.R. Fredericks (F)
37. "The chemickal marriage", G. W. Dahlquist (F)
38. "D. Maria II", Isabel Stilwell (F)
39. "Awakening", William Horwood (F)
40. "The last four things", Paul Hoffman (F)
41. "Warbreaker", Brandon Sanderson (F)
42. "A long way down", Nick Hornby (F)(R)
43. "Fall of giants", Ken Follett (F)
44. "Touchy subjects", Emma Donoghue (F)
45. "The charioteer", Mary Renault (F)
46. "The vanishing act", Mette Jakobsen (F)
47. "Afonso, o conquistador", Maria Helena Ventura (F)
48. "The strange affair of Spring Heeled Jack", Mark Hodder (F)
49. "The woman who went to bed for a year", Sue Townsend (F)
50. "Time's legacy", Barbara Erskine (F)
51. "Basilisk", N.M. Browne (F)
52. "God's own country", Ross Raisin (F)
53. "Bad pharma", Ben Goldacre (NF - science)
54. "The book of lost things", John Connolly (F)
55. "Fire from heaven", Mary Renault (F)
56. "The dusk watchman (Twilight Reign book 5)", Tom Lloyd (F)
57. "Brilliant networking", Steven D'Souza (NF - business)
58. "Harvest", William Horwood (F)
59. "Drop dead healthy", A.J. Jacobs (NF)
60. "The persian boy", Mary Renault (F)

(R)= re-read
(F)= Fiction
(NF)= Non-Fiction

Journal Entry 9 by ScarletBea at Huddersfield, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Thursday, January 2, 2014
The books I've read in 2013:

1. "Enquanto Salazar dormia", Domingos Amaral (F)
2. "Alys, always", Harriet Lane (F)
3. "The mists of Avalon", Marion Zimmer Bradley (F)(R)
4. "The curious case of the clockwork man", Mark Hodder (F)
5. "Pawn of profecy (The Belgariad, 1)", David Eddings (F)
6. "Queen of sorcery (The Belgariad, 2)", David Eddings (F)
7. "Beating depression", Various (NF - biography)
8. "Magician's gambit (The Belgariad, 3)", David Eddings (F)
9. "Brilliant assertiveness", Dannie Lu Carr (NF - psychology)
10. "Castle of wizardry (The Belgariad, 4)", David Eddings (F)
11. "Enchanters' end game (The Belgariad, 5)", David Eddings (F)
12. "Elijah's mermaid", Essie Fox (F)
13. "Fuse", Julianna Baggott (F)
14. "Thinking in numbers", Daniel Tammet (NF - maths)
15. "Little hands clapping", Dan Rhodes (F)
16. "The corpse-rat king", Lee Battersby (F)
17. "A conspiracy of alchemists", Liesel Schwarz (F)
18. "The white devil", Justin Evans (F)
19. "Here be dragons", Sharon Penman (F)(R)
20. "Quiet", Susan Cain (NF - psychology)
21. "The twelve", Justin Cronin (F)
22. "The age of miracles", Karen Thompson Walker (F)
23. "Lisboa no ano 2000", edit. Joao Barreiros (F)
24. "The falcons of fire and ice", Karen Maitland (F)
25. "The sensorium of God", Stuart Clark (F)
26. "The left hand of darkness", Ursula Le Guin (F)
27. "The panopticon", Jenni Fagan (F)
28. "The day without yesterday", Stuart Clark (F)
29. "Tithe of the saviours", A.J. Dalton (F) --> partially only
30. "Orkney", Amy Sackville (F)
31. "The painted man", Peter V. Brett (F)
32. "The desert spear", Peter V. Brett (F)
33. "The fabric of the cosmos", Brian Greene (NF-physics)(R)
34. "The daylight war", Peter V. Brett (F)
35. "The universe versus Alex Woods", Gavin Extence (F)
36. "Do you think what you think you think?", Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom (NF-philosophy)(R)
37. "Dragonflight", Anne McCaffrey (F)
38. "Valentine Grey", Sandi Toksvig (F)
39. "The shock of the fall", Nathan Filer (F)
40. "Glass thorns - touchstone", Melanie Rawn (F)
41. "Capital", John Lanchester (F)
42. "Glass thorns - elsewhens", Melanie Rawn (F)
43. "A clockwork heart", Liesel Schwarz (F)
44. "The red knight", Miles Cameron (F)
45. "A companion to wolves", Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear (F)
46. "O chalet das cotovias", Carlos Ademar (F)
47. "The long earth", Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter (F)
48. "Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon", Mark Hodder (F)
49. "The tempering of men", Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear (F)
50. "The hundred thousand kingdoms", N. K. Jemisin (F)
51. "Defending your brand", Tim Calkins (NF-business)
52. "The broken kingdoms", N. K. Jemisin (F)
53. "The kingdom of gods", N. K. Jemisin (F)
54. "The magician's guild", Trudi Canavan (F)
55. "The novice", Trudi Canavan (F)
56. "The high lord", Trudi Canavan (F)
57. "The lies of Locke Lamora", Scott Lynch (F)
58. "The alchemist of souls", Anne Lyle (F)
59. "The golem and the djinni", Helene Wecker (F)
60. "Winter", William Horwood (F)
61. "The palace of curiosities", Rosie Garland (F)
62. "The merchant of dreams", Anne Lyle (F)

(R)= re-read
(F)= Fiction
(NF)= Non-Fiction

Journal Entry 10 by ScarletBea at Huddersfield, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Thursday, January 1, 2015

The books I've read in 2014:

1. "Lifer", A.J. Dalton (F)
2. "The prince of lies", Anne Lyle (F)
.. "The beating of his wings", Paul Hoffman (F) abandoned
3. "The science of Discworld IV: judgement day", Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen (F+NF - science)
4. "Winter of the world", Ken Follett (F)
5. "Moon's artifice", Tom Lloyd (F)
6. "Blackwood Farm", Anne Rice
7. "The Earthsea quartet", Ursula Le Guin (F)
8. "The final empire", Brandon Sanderson (F)
9. "The well of ascension", Brandon Sanderson (F)
10. "The hero of ages", Brandon Sanderson (F)
11. "Prince of thorns", Mark Lawrence (F)
12. "The knife of never letting go", Patrick Ness (F)(R)
13. "The ask and the answer", Patrick Ness (F)(R)
14. "Monsters of men", Patrick Ness (F)(R)
15. "King of thorns", Mark Lawrence (F)
16. "Burn", Julianna Baggott (F)
17. "The glass books of the dream eaters", G.W. Dahlquist (F)(R)
18. "The dark volume", G.W. Dahlquist (F)(R)
19. "The chemickal marriage", G.W. Dahlquist (F)(R)
20. "Songs of the earth", Elspeth Cooper (F)
21. "A stone's throw", Fiona Shaw (F)
22. "The way of shadows", Brent Weeks (F)
23. "Shadow's edge", Brent Weeks (F)
24. "Beyond the shadows", Brent Weeks (F)
25. "Emperor of thorns", Mark Lawrence (F)
26. "Thornlost", Melanie Rawn (F)
27. "The flame alphabet", Ben Marcus (F)
28. "Inclita geracao", Isabel Stilwell (F)
29. "Trinity rising", Elspeth Cooper (F)
--. "Shadow", K. J. Parker (F) abandoned after 100 pages
30. "The raven's shadow", Elspeth Cooper (F)
31. "Black opera", Mary Gentle (F)
32. "Thief's magic", Trudi Canavan (F)
33. "Among thieves", Douglas Hulick (F)
34. "Carpe jugulum", Terry Pratchett (F)
35. "Assassin's apprentice", Robin Hobb (F)
36. "Royal assassin", Robin Hobb (F)
37. "Assassin's quest", Robin Hobb (F)
38. "The blade itself", Joe Abercrombie (F)
39. "Before they are hanged", Joe Abercrombie (F)
40. "Last argument of kings", Joe Abercrombie (F)
41. "Empire of the saviours", A.J. Dalton (F)(R)
42. "Gateway of the saviours", A.J. Dalton (F)(R)
43. "Tithe of the saviours", A.J. Dalton (F)(R)
44. "Fantasy-Faction anthology", edited by Marc Aplin and Jennie Ivins (F)
45. "Neverwhere", Neil Gaiman (F)(R)
46. "The black prism", Brent Weeks (F)
47. "The blinding knife", Brent Weeks (F)
48. "Do they think you're stupid?", Julian Baggini (NF - psychology)
49. "The broken eye", Brent Weeks (F)
50. "It's ok to be gay", edited by Alison Stokes (NF - biography)
51. "The secret of Abdu El Yezdi", Mark Hodder (F)
52. "The humans", Matt Haig (F)
53. "The ocean at the end of the lane", Neil Gaiman (F)
54. "A note on madness", Tabitha Suzuma (F)
55. "Ilario - the lion's eye", Mary Gentle (F)


(R)= re-read
(F)= Fiction
(NF)= Non-Fiction

Journal Entry 11 by ScarletBea at Huddersfield, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, January 4, 2016

The books I've read in 2015:

1. "The return of the discontinued man", Mark Hodder (F)
2. "Ship of magic", Robin Hobb (F)
3. "Alex's adventures in Numberland", Alex Bellos (NF - maths)
4. "The fair fight", Anna Freeman (F)
5. "The mad ship", Robin Hobb (F)
6. "Ship of destiny", Robin Hobb (F)
7. "I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that", Ben Goldacre (NF - science)
8. "The copper promise", Jen Williams (F)
9. "The Adamantine palace", Stephen Deas (F)
10. "The king of the Crags", Stephen Deas (F)
11. "The order of the scales", Stephen Deas (F)
12. "The city of silk and steel", Mike, Linda and Louise Carey (F)
13. "Prince of fools", Mark Lawrence (F)
14. "The paying guests", Sarah Waters (F)
15. "Smiler's fair", Rebecca Levene (F)
16. "Old man's ghosts", Tom Lloyd (F)
17. "The vagrant", Peter Newman (F)
18. "The book of Orm", A.J. Dalton (F)
19. "The skull throne", Peter V. Brett (F)
20. "Son of the morning", Mark Alder (F)
21. "Temeraire", Naomi Novik (F)
22. "Throne of Jade", Naomi Novik (F)
23. "Glass Thorns - Window wall", Melanie Rawn (F)
24. "Shades of grey", Jasper Fforde (F)(R)
25. "The quick", Lauren Owen (F)
26. "Empire of ivory", Naomi Novik (F)
27. "Depressive illness, the curse of the strong", Tim Cantopher (NF - health)
28. "The time machine", H.G. Wells (F)
29. "Theft of swords", Michael J. Sullivan (F)
30. "The liar's key", Mark Lawrence (F)
31. "Understanding and dealing with depression", Keith Souter (NF - health)
32. "Victory of eagles", Naomi Novik (F)
33. "Rise of Empire", Michael J. Sullivan (F)
34. "Heir of Novron", Michael J. Sullivan (F)
35. "Between two thorns", Emma Newman (F)
36. "The gospel of Loki", Joanne M. Harris (F)
37. "The stone road", G.R. Matthews (F)
38. "Fool's errand", Robin Hobb (F)
39. "The Golden Fool", Robin Hobb (F)
40. "Fool's fate", Robin Hobb (F)
41. "The iron ghost", Jen Williams (F)
42. "Red seas under red skies", Scott Lynch (F)
43. "Half a king", Joe Abercrombie (F)
44. "Half the world", Joe Abercrombie (F)
45. "Half a war", Joe Abercrombie (F)
46. "Swords and scoundrels", Julia Knight (F)
47. "Retribution Falls", Chris Wooding (F)
48. "1610: a sundial in a grave", Mary Gentle (F)
49. "A perfectly good man", Patrick Gale (F)
50. "The black lung captain", Chris Wooding (F)
51. "The iron jackal", Chris Wooding (F)
52. "The ace of skulls", Chris Wooding (F)
53. "Dealing with depression", Caroline Schreeve (NF - health)
54. "The blue mountain", G.R. Matthews (F)
55. "Sworn in steel", Douglas Hulick (F)
56. "Lingo: a language spotter's guide to Europe", Gaston Dorren (NF - language)
57. "Malice", John Gwynne (F)


(R)= re-read
(F)= Fiction
(NF)= Non-Fiction

Journal Entry 12 by ScarletBea at Huddersfield, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, January 1, 2017

The books I've read in 2016:

1. "How to buy a house", Lirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer (NF - property)
2. "Pyramids", Terry Pratchett (F)(R)
3. "Valour", John Gwynne (F)
4. "Starborn", Lucy Hounsom (F)
5. "Ruin", John Gwynne (F)
6. "Assim nasceu Portugal", Domingos Amaral (F)
7. "Legends and liars", Julia Knight (F)
8. "Defeat depression", Dr. Sabina Dosani (NF - health)
9. "Warlords and wastrels", Julia Knight (F)
10. "Tongues of serpents", Naomi Novik (F)
11. "Reasons to stay alive", Matt Haig (NF - biography/health)
12. "Dune", Frank Herbert (F)
13. "The silver tide", Jen Williams (F)
14. "The red plains", G.R. Matthews (F)
15. "Dangerous women", anthology edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois (F)
16. "Fate", L.R. Fredericks (F)(R)
17. "Os crimes patrióticos", Agatha Christie (F)(R)
18. "Um cadáver na biblioteca", Agatha Christie (F)(R)
19. "Resilience", Liggy Webb (NF - psychology)
20. "The Heroes", Joe Abercrombie (F)
21. "Legion + The emperor's soul", Brandon Sanderson (F)
22. "Uprooted", Naomi Novik (F)
23. "The hunter's kind", Rebecca Levene (F)
24. "The wheel of Osheim", Mark Lawrence (F)
25. "The crown tower", Michael J. Sullivan (F)
26. "The rose and the thorn", Michael J. Sullivan (F)
27. "Breast cancer", Netdoctor (NF - health)
28. "Shadow and betrayal", Daniel Abraham (F)
29. "Rivers of London", Ben Aaronovitch (F)
30. "B is for breast cancer", Christine Hamill (NF - health)
31. "Thomas the rhymer", Ellen Kushner (F)
32. "Coping with chemotherapy", Dr. Terry Priestman (NF - health)
33. "Seasons of war", Daniel Abraham (F)
34. "Anni's cancer companion", Anni Matthews (NF - health)
35. "The boy with the porcelain blade", Den Patrick (F)
36. "The universe versus Alex Woods", Gavin Extence (F)(R)
37. "The call", Eli Freysson (F)
38. "The thief", Megan Wheelan Turner (F)
39. "Seven brief lessons on physics", Carlo Rovelli (NF - physics)
40. "The mirror world of Melody Black", Gavin Extence (F)
41. "The wee free men", Terry Pratchett (F)
42. "The house of shattered wings", Aliette de Bodard (F)
43. "Dragon keeper", Robin Hobb (F)
44. "Dragon haven", Robin Hobb (F)
45. "City of dragons", Robin Hobb (F)
46. "Blood of dragons", Robin Hobb (F)
47. "How I said Bah! to cancer", Stephanie Butland (NF - health)
48. "Rise: surviving and thriving after trauma", Sian Williams (NF - health)
49. "The book of angels", A.J. Dalton (F)
50. "It's not rocket science", Ben Miller (NF - science)
51. "The fifth season", N.K. Jemisin (F)
52. "Words words words", David Crystal (NF - language)
53. "The obelisk gate", N.K. Jemisin (F)
54. "Winnie-the-Pooh", A.A. Milne (F)
55. "A clash of shadows", Eli Freysson (F)
56. "The blood mirror", Brent Weeks (F)
57. "Menopause: the guide for real women", Caroline Carr (NF - health)
58. "Moon over Soho", Ben Aaronovitch (F)
59. "Wrath", John Gwynne (F)
60. "Shaking hands with death", Terry Pratchett (NF - biography)
61. "Dragonsinger: harpder of Pern", Anne McCaffrey (F)
62. "The rules to break", Richard Templar (NF - psychology)
63. "The cancer survivor's companion", Dr. Frances Goodhart (NF - health)
64. "Spirit gate", Kate Elliot (F)
65. "Any other name", Emma Newman (F)
66. "Fight like a girl", edited by Joanne Hall and Roz Clarke (F)


(R)= re-read
(F)= Fiction
(NF)= Non-Fiction

Journal Entry 13 by ScarletBea at Huddersfield, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, January 1, 2018
The books I've read in 2017:

1. "Witches abroad", Terry Pratchett (F)
2. "Whispers under ground", Ben Aaronovitch (F)
3. "All is fair", Emma Newman (F)
4. "How not to be wrong: the hidden maths of everyday life", Jordan Ellenberg (NF - maths)
5. "Ash: a secret history", Mary Gentle (F)
6. "Twelve kings", Bradley Beaulieu (F)
7. "The rough guide to economics", Andrew Mell (NF - economics)
8. "Trigger warning", Neil Gaiman (F)
9. "The Ninth rain", Jen Williams (F)
10. "Red sister", Mark Lawrence (F)
11. "Broken homes", Ben Aaronovitch (F)
12. "The way of kings", Brandon Sanderson (F)
13. "The game", Diana Wynne Jones (F)
14. "A natural history of dragons", Marie Brennan (F)
15. "Godblind", Anna Stephens (F)
16. "The last continent", Terry Pratchett (F)
17. "Fool's assassin", Robin Hobb (F)
18. "Miopia e astigmatismo", Nuno Markl (NF - chronicles)
19. "Fool's quest", Robin Hobb (F)
20. "The miniaturist", Jessie Burton (F)
21. "Bringing up baby dragons", Ernest Drake (F)
22. "A verdade sobre o caso Harry Quebert", Joel Dicker (F)
23. "The malice", Peter Newman (F)
24. "Assassin's fate", Robin Hobb (F)
25. "Stranger of Tempest", Tom Lloyd (F)
26. "The Tropic of Serpents", Marie Brennan (F)
27. "Senlin ascends", Josiah Bancroft (F)
28. "The stone sky", N.K. Jemisin (F)
29. "Get your sh*t together", Sarah Knight (NF - help)
30. "The girl who circumnavigated Fairyland in a ship of her own making", Catherynne M. Valente (F)
31. "Ancillary justice", Ann Leckie (F)
32. "Micromastery", Robert Twigger (NF - hobbies)
33. "The dragon's path", Daniel Abraham (F)
34. "How to decide", Jonathan Herring (NF - psychology)
35. "Voyage of the Basilisk", Marie Brennan (F)
36. "I can't believe you just said that", Danny Wallace (NF - social)
37. "Karen Memory", Elizabeth Bear (F)
38. "The core", Peter V. Brett (F)
39. "Dear cancer, love Victoria", Victoria Derbyshire (NF - biography)
40. "In the labyrinth of drakes", Marie Brennan (F)
41. "Within the sanctuary of wings", Marie Brennan (F)
42. "The house of binding thorns", Aliette de Bodard (F)
43. "Gardens of the Moon", Steven Erikson (F)
44. "Grumpy old women", Judith Holder (NF - humour)
45. "The wood in winter", John Lewis-Stempel (F)
46. "Road brothers", Mark Lawrence (F)


Journal Entry 14 by ScarletBea at Honley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, January 1, 2019
The books I've read in 2018:

1. "The rules of people", Richard Templar (NF)
2. "The killing moon", N.K. Jemisin (F)
3. "The shadowed sun", N.K. Jemisin (F)
4. "The city of mirrors", Justin Cronin (F - DNF)
5. "The waking fire", Anthony Ryan (F)
6. "We should all be feminists", Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (NF)
7. "What if?", Randall Munroe (NF)
8. "How not to be a boy", Robert Webb (NF)
9. "Release", Patrick Ness (F)
10. "The legion of fire", Anthony Ryan (F)
11. "The 10 lenses", Mark A. Williams (NF)
12. "The bitter twins", Jen Williams (F)
13. "The seven", Peter Newman (F)
14. "Deadhouse gates", Steven Erikson (F)
15. "Probably nothing: a diary of not-your-average nine months", Matilda Tristam (NF)
16. "Dear Ijeawele, or, A feminist manifesto in fifteen suggestions", Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (NF)
17. "A History of Britain in 21 Women", Jenni Murray (NF)
18. "Do no harm", Henry Marsh (NF)
19. "Memories of ice", Steven Erikson (F)
20. "30-second physics", Brian Clegg (NF)
21. "The traitor god", Cameron Johnston (F)
22. "Traitor's blade", Sebastien de Castell (F)
23. "Thief of time", Terry Pratchett (F)
24. "Knight's shadow", Sebastien de Castell (F)
25. "The empire of ashes", Anthony Ryan (F)
26. "Saint's blood", Sebastien de Castell (F)
27. "Notes on a nervous planet", Matt Haig (NF)
28. "Tyrant's throne", Sebastien de Castell (F)
29. "The Stonor eagles", William Horwood (F - DNF)
30. "A Time of dread", John Gwynne (F)
31. "Mythos", Stephen Fry (F)
32. "The power", Naomi Alderman (F)
33. "The court of Broken Knives", Anna Smith Spark (F)
34. "Early riser", Jasper Fforde (F)
35. "When Katie met Cassidy", Camille Perri (F)
36. "The language of kindness: a nurse's story", Christie Watson (NF)
37. "Under the pendulum sun", Jeanette Ng (F)
38. "Here be dragons", David MacPherson (F)
39. "La belle sauvage", Philip Pullman (F)
40. "Americanah", Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (F)
41. "In the Vanishers' palace", Aliette de Bodard (F)
42. "Rotherweird", Andrew Caldecott (F)
43. "21 lessons for the 21st century", Yuval Noah Harari (NF)

Journal Entry 15 by ScarletBea at Honley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 1, 2020

The books I've read in 2019:

1. "House of chains", Steven Erikson (F)
2. "The silent guides", Steve Peters (NF)
3. "Midnight tides", Steven Erikson (F)
4. "Things a bright girl can do", Sally Nicholls (F)
5. "Hyperbole and a half", Allie Brosh (NF)
6. "Are numbers real?", Brian Clegg (NF)
7. "Women & Power: a manifesto", Mary Beard (NF)
8. "The Night Circus", Erin Morgenstern (F)(R)
9. "Red Sister", Mark Lawrence (F)(R)
10. "Happy ever after", Paul Dolan (NF)
11. "Grey Sister", Mark Lawrence (F)
12. "Bound", Mark Lawrence (F)
13. "Holy Sister", Mark Lawrence (F)
14. "The power of habit", Charles Duhigg (NF)
15. "The tiger and the wolf", Adrian Tchaikovsky (F)
16. "Decisive", Chip and Dan Heath (NF)
17. "The bear and the serpent", Adrian Tchaikovsky (F)
18. "The hyena and the hawk", Adrian Tchaikovsky (F)
19. "Darksoul", Anna Stephens (F)
20. "The poison song", Jen Williams (F)
21. "Shine", Andy Cope and Gavin Oattes (NF)
22. "One word kill", Mark Lawrence (F)
23. "God of broken things", Cameron Johnston (F)
24. "Circe", Madeline Miller (F)
25. "Why we get the wrong politicians", Isabel Hardman (NF)
26. "This is going to hurt", Adam Kay (NF)
27. "Blackwing", Ed Mc Donald (F)
28. "Ravencry", Ed Mc Donald (F)
29. "Limited wish", Mark Lawrence (F)
30. "Wyntertide", Andrew Caldecott (F)
31. "Every word is a bird we teach to sing", Daniel Tammet (NF)
32. "The deathless", Peter Newman (F)
33. "Moranifesto", Caitlin Moran (NF)
34. "The king's blood", Daniel Abraham (F)
35. "Crowfall", Ed Mc Donald (F)
36. "The tyrant's law", Daniel Abraham (F)
37. "The widow's house", Daniel Abraham (F)
38. "The spidr's war", Daniel Abraham (F)
39. "This book will blow your mind", New Scientist (NF)
40. "The house of sundering flames", Aliette de Bodard (F)
41. "Bloodchild", Anna Stephens (F)
42. "The diary of a bookseller", Shaun Bythell (NF)
43. "The burning white", Brent Weeks (F)
44. "How to be right", James O'Brien (NF)
45. "Interesting times", Terry Pratchett (F)
46. "City of stairs", Robert Jackson Bennett (F)
47. "No one is too small to make a difference", Greta Thunberg (NF)
48. "City of blades", Robert Jackson Bennett (F)
49. "City of miracles", Robert Jackson Bennett (F)
50. "Dispel illusion", Mark Lawrence (F)

Journal Entry 16 by ScarletBea at Honley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Friday, January 1, 2021
The books I've read in 2020:

1. "The bonehunters", Steven Erikson (F)
2. "The philosophy files", Stephen Law (NF)
3. "Reaper's gale", Steven Erikson (F)
4. "The little book of emotional intelligence", Andrew Cope (NF)
5. "Do polar bears get lonely?", Mick O'Hare (NF)
6. "League of dragons", Naomi Novik (F)
7. "The starless sea", Erin Morgenstern (F)
8. "Little women", Louisa May Alcott (F)(R)
9. "Good wives", Louisa May Alcott (F)
10. "The deed of Paksenarrion (omnibus)", Elizabeth Moon (F)
11. "Skyward", Brandon Sanderson (F)
12. "The alchemist of souls", Anne Lyle (F)(R)
13. "The merchant of dreams", Anne Lyle (F)(R)
14. "The prince of lies", Anne Lyle (F)(R)
15. "The priory of the orange tree", Samantha Shannon (F)
16. "Friends like these", Danny Wallace (NF)(R)
17. "Age of assassins", R.J. Barker (F)
18. "King of assassins", R.J. Barker (F)
19. "Blood of assassins", R.J. Barker (F)
20. "Prince of thorns", Mark Lawrence (F)(R)
21. "King of thorns", Mark Lawrence (F)(R)
22. "Emperor of thorns", Mark Lawrence (F)(R)
23. "Turning darkness into light", Marie Brennan (F)
24. "Foundryside", Robert Jackson Bennett (F)
25. "Toll the hounds", Steven Erikson (F)
26. "Invisible women", Caroline Criado Perez (NF)
27. "Dust of dreams", Steven Erikson (F)
28. "The crippled god", Steven Erikson (F)
29. "Messy", Tim Harford (NF)
30. "Crystal of storms", Rhyanna Pratchett (F)
31. "Confessions of a bookseller", Shaun Bythell (NF)
32. "Piranesi", Susannah Clarke (F)
33. "Talking to strangers", Malcolm Gladwell (NF)
34. "A time of dread", John Gwynne (F)(R)
35. "A time of blood", John Gwynne (F)
36. "The ancestor's tale", Richard Dawkins (NF)(R)
37. "A time of courage", John Gwynne (F)
38. "The porpoise", Mark Haddon (F)
39. "The thousand names", Django Wexler (F)
40. "This year it will be different", Maeve Binchy (F)(R)
41. "The shadow throne", Django Wexler (F)
42. "The price of valour", Django Wexler (F)

Journal Entry 17 by ScarletBea at Honley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, January 1, 2022
The books I've read in 2021:

1. "The guns of empire", Django Wexler (F)
2. "The infernal battalion", Django Wexler (F)
3. "The secret commonwealth", Philip Pullman (F)
4. "Becoming", Michelle Obama (NF)
5. "The kingdom of liars", Nick Martell (F)
6. "The fall of the phoenix", Daniel Kelly (F)
7. "The dragon waiting", John M. Ford (F)
8. "The midnight library", Matt Haig (F)
9. "Black sun", Rebecca Roanhorse (F)
10. "The binding", Bridget Collins (F)
11. "A hero's welcome", Daniel Kelly (F)
12. "The unspoken name", A.K. Larkwood (F)
13. "Come rain or come shine", Kazuo Ishiguro (F)
14. "Caderneta de cromos", Nuno Markl (NF) (R)
15. "The girl and the stars", Mark Lawrence (F)
16. "The deathless", Peter Newman (F) (R)
17. "The ruthless", Peter Newman (F)
18. "The boundless", Peter Newman (F)
19. "The secret barrister", Secret Barrister (NF)
20. "Shorefall", Robert Jackson Bennett (F)
21. "Breaking news", Alan Rusbridger (NF)
22. "City of brass", S.A. Chakraborty (F)
23. "More than a woman", Caitlin Moran (NF)
24. "Kingdom of copper", S.A. Chakraborty (F)
25. "The secret economist", Tim Harford (NF)
26. "Empire of gold", S.A. Chakraborty (F)
27. "Living with the long-term effects of cancer", Cordelia Galgut (NF)
28. "Everyday sexism", Laura Bates (NF)
29. "Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine", Gail Honeyman (F)
30. "The long way to a small, angry planet", Becky Chambers (F)
31. "Born to be mild", Rob Temple (NF)
32. "Practical mindfulness", Mike Annesley (NF)
33. "Children of earth and sky", Guy Gavriel Kay (F)
34. "Read me like a book", Liz Kessler (F)
35. "The seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle", Stuart Turton (F)
36. "Swimming with sharks", Joris Luyendijk (NF)
37. "The unbroken", C.L. Clark (F)
38. "The wonder", Emma Donoghue (F)
39. "City of lies", Sam Hawke (F)
40. "How not to be wrong", James O'Brien (NF)
-- "The outcasts of time", Ian Mortimer (F) (DNF / abandoned)
41. "The tiger's daughter", K. Arsenault Rivera (F)
42. "Mother of invention", Katrine Marçal (NF)
43. "The maleficent seven", Cameron Johnston (F)
44. "Surrounded by idiots", Thomas Erikson (NF)
45. "A dead djinn in Cairo", P. Djeli Clark (F)
46. "A master of djinn", P. Djeli Clark (F)
47. "Starsight", Brandon Sanderson (F)
48. "Irenicon", Aidan Harte (F)
49. "An introduction to coping with anxiety", Brenda Hogan, Lee Brosan (NF)
50. "The bone ships", R.J. Barker (F)
51. "Human kind, a hopeful history", Rutger Bregman (NF)
52. "Call of the bone ships", R.J. Barker (F)
53. "The bone ship's wake", R.J. Barker (F)
-- "What's the use?", Ian Stewart (NF) (DNF / abandoned)
54. "Divided", Tim Marshall (NF)
55. "The Thursday murder club", Richard Osman (F)
56. "The constant rabbit", Jasper Fforde (F)
57. "The city we became", N.K. Jemisin (F)
58. "Failosophy", Elizabeth Day (NF)
59. "House of Trelawney", Hannah Rothschild (F)
60. "Life: a user's manual", Julian Baggini and Antonia Macaro (NF)
61. "The library of the unwritten", A.J. Hackwith (F)
62. "Smile", Roddy Doyle (F)
63. "Empire of sand", Tasha Suri (F)

Journal Entry 18 by ScarletBea at Honley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, December 31, 2022
The books I've read in 2022:

1. "The ruin of kings", Jenn Lyons (F)
2. "Realm of ash", Tasha Suri (F)
3. "This book is gay", Juno Dawson (NF)
4. "The power of geography", Tim Marshall (NF)
5. "D. Teresa", Isabel Stilwell (F)
6. "Hollow empire", Sam Hawke (F)
7. "A column of fire", Ken Follett (F)
8. "How to tell depression to piss off", James Withey (NF)
9. "The just city", Jo Walton (F)
10. "Testosterone Rex", Cordelia Fine (NF)
11. "A little hatred", Joe Abercrombie (F)
12. "Living better", Alastair Campbell (NF)
13. "Daggerspell", Katharine Kerr (F)
14. "Depressive illness", Dr. Tim Cantopher (NF)
15. "Caderneta de cromos contra-ataca", Nuno Markl (NF)(R)
16. "Darkspell", Katharine Kerr (F)
17. "Admissions", Henry Marsh (NF)
18. "Dawnspell", Katharine Kerr (F)
19. "Quiet impact", Sylvia Loehken (NF)
20. "Dragonspell", Katharine Kerr (F)
21. "The recovery letters", edited by James Withey (NF)
22. "The philospher kings", Jo Walton (F)
23. "The truth", Terry Pratchett (F)
24. "The Black Coast", Mike Brooks (F)
25. "The trouble with peace", Joe Abercrombie (F)
26. "The wisdom of crowds", Joe Abercrombie (F)
27. "Overcoming anxiety without fighting it", Tim Cantopher (NF)
28. "The splinter king", Mike Brooks (F)
29. "The god breaker", Mike Brooks (F)
30. "Mindfulness", Mark Williams (NF)
31. "Soul music", Terry Pratchett (F)
32. "Rethink", Amol Rajan (NF)
33. "The man who died twice", Richard Osman (F)
34. "The stone knife", Anna Stephens (F)
35. "Cheer up love: adventures in depression with the crab of hate", Susan Calman (NF)
36. "The comfort book", Matt Haig (NF)
37. "She who became the sun", Shelley Parker-Chan (F)
38. "A hat full of sky", Terry Pratchett (F)
39. "Vox", Christina Dalcher (F)
40. "Utopia for realists", Rutger Bregman (NF)
41. "A time of exile", Katharine Kerr (F)
42. "The evening and the morning", Ken Follett (F)
43. "Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating", Adiba Jaigirdar (F)
44. "Real strength", Psychologies Magazine (NF)
45. "The Carbon Almanac", The Carbon Almanac Network (NF)
46. "Notorious sorcerer", Davinia Evans (F)
47. "A time of omens", Katharine Kerr (F)
48. "Sunny side up", Susan Calman (NF)
49. "The midnight bargain", C.L. Polk (F)
50. "A time of war", Katharine Kerr (F)
51. "Seven kinds of people you find in bookshops", Shaun Bythell (NF)
52. "Delusions of gender", Cordelia Fine (NF)
53. "D: a tale of two worlds", Michel Faber (F)
54. "Poems for hope", Batley Poets (NF)
55. "A time of justice", Katharine Kerr (F)
56. "How long 'til Black Future month?", N.K. Jemisin (F)
57. "The man in the brown suit", Agatha Christie (F)(R)
58. "Death in the clouds", Agatha Christie (F)(R)
59. "Redwall", Brian Jacques (F)(R)
60. "Ideias Concretas Sobre Vagas", Ricardo Araújo Pereira (NF)
61. "Mossflower", Brian Jacques (F)(R)
62. "A short history of queer women", Kirsty Loehr (NF)
63. "Cytonic", Brandon Sanderson (F)
64. "Hogfather", Terry Pratchett (F)
65. "Why has nobody told me this before?", Julie Smith (NF)
66. "The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister: No Priest but Love", Anne Lister, edited by Helena Whitbread (NF)

Journal Entry 19 by ScarletBea at Honley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, January 21, 2024
The books I've read in 2023:

1. "Babel", R.F. Kuang (F)
2. "Maths for mums and dads", Robert Eastaway and Mike Askew (NF)
3. "Gideon the Ninth", Tamsyn Muir (F) DNF
4. "Mattimeo", Brian Jacques (F)
5. "Femina", Janina Ramirez (NF)
6. "Lock in", John Scalzi (F)
7. "We ride the storm", Devin Madson (F)
8. "Speak your truth", Fearne Cotton (NF)
9. "One last stop", Casey McQuiston (F)
10. "The calculating stars", Mary Robinette Kowal (F)
11. "Brilliant maps", Ian Wright (NF)
12. "Read this to get smarter", Blair Imani (NF)
13. "The gilded ones", Namina Forna (F)
14. "Oligarchy", Scarlett Thomas (F) DNF
15. "Fevered star", Rebecca Roanhorse (F)
16. "Mariel of Redwall", Brian Jacques (F)
17. "A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled", Ruby Wax (NF)
18. "Yellowface", R.F. Kuang (F)
19. "We lie with death", Devin Madson (F)
20. "The golden atlas", Edward Brooke-Hitching (NF)
21. "We have no idea", Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson (NF)
22. "We cry for blood", Devin Madson (F)
23. "We dream of gods", Devin Madson (F)
24. "Foxglove summer", Ben Aaronovitch (F)
25. "More maths for mums and dads", Robert Eastaway and Mike Askew (NF)
26. "The thousand eyes", A.K. Larkwood (F)
27. "The physics behind", Russ Swan (NF)
28. "The bullet that missed", Richard Osman (F)
29. "Advice from strangers", Rachel Parris (NF)
30. "The red wyvern", Katharine Kerr (F)
31. "Deeper mindfulness", Mark Williams and Danny Penman (NF)
32. "Saving the planet without the bullshit", Assaad Razzouk (NF)
33. "The black raven", Katharine Kerr (F)
34. "Spy X Family, Vol. 1", Tatsuya Endō (F)
35. "Spy X Family, Vol. 2", Tatsuya Endō (F)
36. "Spy X Family, Vol. 4", Tatsuya Endō (F)
37. "Spy X Family, Vol. 5", Tatsuya Endō (F)
38. "Spy X Family, Vol. 6", Tatsuya Endō (F)
39. "We can do better than this", edited by Amelia Abraham (NF)
40. "The fire dragon", Katharine Kerr (F)
41. "Fortress London", Sam Bright (NF)
42. "The children of gods and fighting men", Shauna Lawless (F)
43. "This book could fix your life", Helen Thomson (NF)
44. "A marvellous light", Freya Marske (F)
45. "Locklands", Robert Jackson Bennett (F)
46. "Happy birthday, Calvin & Hobbes", Bill Watterson (F)
47. "A restless truth", Freya Marske (F)
48. "Black holes", Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw (NF)
49. "Wintersmith", Terry Pratchett (F)
50. "The surviving sky", Kritika H. Rao (F)
51. "The gold falcon", Katharine Kerr (F)
52. "Mindfulness for Health", Vidyamala Burch and Danny Penmant (F)
53. "The spirit stone", Katharine Kerr (F)
54. "The shadow isle", Katharine Kerr (F)
55. "The silver mage", Katharine Kerr (F)
56. "Martin the warrior", Brian Jacques (F)
57. "The furthest station", Ben Aaronovich (F)
58. "The hanging tree", Ben Aaronovich (F)
59. "A hug in a book", Sofia Pellaschiar (NF)
60. "The state of us", Jon Snow (NF)
61. "Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries", Heather Fawcett (F)
62. "Flowers for Algernon", Daniel Keyes (F)
63. "Factfulness", Hans Rosling (NF)
64. "Shadow baron", Davinia Evans (F)
65. "Lesbian love story", Amelia Possanza (NF)
66. "The dispossessed", Ursula K. Le Guin (F)
67. "The stardust thief", Chelsea Abdullah (F)
68. "When Your Aging Parent Needs Helpd", Leslie Kernisan (NF)
69. "The last devil to die", Richard Osman (F)
70. "The rules of everything", Richard Templar (NF)

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