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I brought The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald yesterday

Yep Ive got them on my wishlist and next time I want to treat myself I'm going to buy them

We watched The Imitation Game last night - I thought this was good too

I hate that! Or if you manage to get the whole series then they bring out prettier covers! I hate the different size books too - I always think they look so odd on the shelf haha!

I havent got them yet but they are on my wishlist as I do love The Mortal Instruments series so hoping that these are just as good

Not mad at all - I've been waiting for a good year or so to finally find the final Mortal Instruments book in the same cover as the ones I already had and happened to stumble over it in Waterstones yesterday. OH thought I was mad as I was so happy

I managed to find City of Heavenly Fire - Cassandra Clare yesterday with the same cover on as my other 5 so I had to buy it. I've been searching for ages as I hate having a series of books and they not matching! I've still got the last three in the series to read too so I must get back into this!

Eye in the Sky - really thought provoking but also very good

Its so pretty - the only issue I have now is getting the other two covers to match as I've got a bit of a thing about my book covers matching I think I'll read all the books first then and watch the movies then - I do prefer it that way. I think one of the only times I've done movie then book was The Hunger Games and then I wished I'd have read first then watched. Although that reminds me - I've still not seen Hunger Games #3 and #4!

Thank you Have you seen the movie? Im toying with the idea of watching it but I also might wait and read the books first

Congratulations on completing your challenge - I really need to read more Roald Dahl

29)Divergent - Veronica Roth Synopsis - The first book in the DIVERGENT series that has swept the globe – selling millions of copies world-wide. In the world of Divergent, society is divided into five factions – Candor, Abnegation, Dauntless, Amity and Erudite. Every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice Prior, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is. Her choice shocks everyone, including herself. During the initiation that follows, Tris and her fellow initiates undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them, Tris must determine who her friends really are – and whether she can trust the man who both threatens and protects her. Because Tris has a deadly secret. And as growing conflict threatens to unravel their seemingly perfect society, this secret might save those she loves… or it might destroy her. My Thoughts - I've had this book on my wishlist and TBR for ages but I'd been putting it off as I didnt want to be disappointed. I needent have worried as this book is brilliant. I was totally hooked into the storyline of it and the author made it almost seem belivable that what I was reading was an actual place.The plot lines were fantastic with lots of twists and turns in it. I'm disapointed for not reading this book before but I've got another two to look forward to now and I cant wait to read them too. Rating - 5/5

I've slept a little better the last couple of nights as ive been refusing to let myself fall asleep in the day - I've been managing about 4/5 hours at a time per night so that is at least progress for me

I cant believe I put it off - I'm about a third of the way through and its so good

28)The Sunshine and Biscotti Club - Jenny Oliver Synopsis - Moving to Italy to set up a baking club is a dream come true… …until Libby catches her husband cheating just weeks before The Sunshine and Biscotti Club opens its doors. With the first wave of guests set to arrive any day, Libby has no choice but to tie on her apron and get set to bake. But with a dash of sunshine and a sprinkling of old friends, Libby’s kitchen nightmare might just become the best thing that’s ever happened to her. After all, you can’t bake biscotti without breaking a few eggs… My Thoughts - I picked this up in one of the supermarkets on the 2 books for £7 offer. I was interested because of the title and also because It was a light hearted read. This book was ok - it didn't stand out much plot wise from a lot of the other chick lit books that I've read this year. It did have a few more modern subjects in it like one of the characters was a blogger and she posted vlogs on YouTube and pictures on Instagram. This is something that I hadn't read before in a book and I was quite pleasantly surprised as I've just got into the whole watching vlogs on YouTube and also Instagram. There were lots of different characters perspectives in this book which was nice too as I find it can be a bit samey with this genre if it all stays in the same characters voice. This book was needed after my previous heavy going non fiction book and it would have also been a perfect holiday read. Not a bad summer read. Rating - 3/5

I finished The Sunshine and Biscotti Club and I've started Divergent by Veronica Roth - I havent read this yet but I've been wanted to for ages

I'm really struggling with insomnia at the minute - I cant sleep at all at night but all I want to do in the day is sleep - which would be fine but with a nearly two year old thats not going to happen. I'm hoping that I'll sleep better tonight but not holding my breath

27)Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vinchy France - Caroline Moorehead Synopsis - From the author of the runaway bestseller A Train in Winter comes the extraordinary story of a French village that helped save thousands, including many Jewish children, who were pursued by the Gestapo during World War II. Le Chambon-sur-Lignon is a small village of scattered houses high in the mountains of the Ardèche. Surrounded by pastures and thick forests of oak and pine, the plateau Vivarais lies in one of the most remote and inaccessible parts of Eastern France, cut off for long stretches of the winter by snow. During the Second World War, the inhabitants of the area saved thousands wanted by the Gestapo: resisters, freemasons, communists, downed Allied airmen and above all Jews. Many of these were children and babies, whose parents had been deported to the death camps in Poland. After the war, Le Chambon became the only village to be listed in its entirety in Yad Vashem's Dictionary of the Just. Just why and how Le Chambon and its outlying parishes came to save so many people has never been fully told. Acclaimed biographer and historian Caroline Moorehead brings to life a story of outstanding courage and determination, and of what could be done when even a small group of people came together to oppose German rule. It is an extraordinary tale of silence and complicity. In a country infamous throughout the four years of occupation for the number of denunciations to the Gestapo of Jews, resisters and escaping prisoners of war, not one single inhabitant of Le Chambon ever broke silence. The story of Le Chambon is one of a village, bound together by a code of honour, born of centuries of religious oppression. And, though it took a conspiracy of silence by the entire population, it happened because of a small number of heroic individuals, many of them women, for whom saving those hunted by the Nazis became more important than their own lives. My Thoughts - I picked this book up a little while ago as I really enjoy books that are set in or describe the events of World War 2 so when I heard about this I knew that I should get this. I'm not overly sure what I expected from this book but what I got wasn't it. It was very heavy on different peoples back stories that I didn't think was overly relevant to the events described in the book. Also it was very heavy on religion - now while this story needed a bit on it the author went into great detail with almost everyone described and there religious background which I didn't think was necessary. I'm really not sure I couldn't get into as I find this type of book really nteresting. I did think the author did well at putting it down onto paper the sheer horror of the persecution of the Jews and how so many families were ripped apart - I don't know how I would cope having to send my little boy away and never knowing if he was alive or not. Overall not a good book for me. Rating - 2.5/5

I've finished Village of Secrets by Caroline Moorhead and I've started The Sunshine and Biscotti Club by Jenny Oliver. Needed something light to read after the previous one.

I've now read 40 books on the list but im only 5.41% complete haha - got a while to go on this!

2016 Book 7 - The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic- Sophie Kinsella Age Rating - 14+ Recommendations - Shopaholic Abroad Does my Bum Look Big in This? (UTBG) Bookends Jemima J (UTBG) My Thoughts - this book was ok - I read it a couple of years back but it was much more appealing to me back then to now! 2016 Book 8 - Sherlock Holmes Stories - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Age Rating - 12+ Recommendations - PD James Innocent Blood (UTBG) Inspector Morse Books (UTBG) A sight for Sore Eyes - Ruth Rendall (UTBG) Clouds of Witness Lord Peter Wimsey Books (UTBG) My Thoughts - I loved these stories when I read them a couple of years back and I've still got a few more to go - they are brilliant. 2016 Book 9 - Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz (a repeat book of the Anthony Horowitz series)

2016 Book 4 - Just William Series- Richmal Crompton Age Rating - 12+ Recommendations - Jennings - Anthony Buckeridge Down with Skool - Geoffry Willians (UTBG) Adrian Mole Series (UTBG) My Thoughts - Ive read the first two in the series and I really enjoyed these. It does take you back again to a time ago but very enjoyable and one I'm going to read to my little boy when hes older. 2016 Book 5 - 1984 - George Orwell Age Rating - 14+ Recommendations - Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (UTBG) The Man in the High Castle - Phillip K. Dick (UTBG) Keep the Aspidista Flying My Thoughts - This was another book that I struggled with - I just couldn't get into it which was a shame 2016 Book 6 - Secret Diary of Adrian Mole - Sue Townsend Age Rating - 12+ Recommendations - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole The Queen and I Falling into Glory M Thoughts - Ive read this book a couple of times and I really have enjoyed it - its so funny and it captures the essence of growing up.

I'm saying these books were read in 2016 as I cant find when I read some of these. 2016 Book 1 - Alex Rider Series - Anthony Horowitz ​​Age Rating - 12+ ​Recommendations - Chris Ryan Alpha Force - Survival and Rat Catcher (UTBG) ​ The Power of Five Series - Ravens Gate - Anthony Horowitz ​My Thoughts - I read some of this series but gave up in the end as a lot of the books were similar. I think I'd have enjoyed it more if Id have read it in my teens. ​Rating 3/5 ​2016 Book 2 - The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde ​Age Rating - 16+ ​Recommendations - Is Heathcliff a Murderer? John Sutherland ​ Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (UTBG) ​My Thoughts - I couldn't really get into this book - it was a little bit too out there for me which is a shame as I really wanted it like it! 2016 Book 3 - James Bond Books - Ian Fleming Age Rating - 16+ Recommendations - Patriot Games - Tom Clancy Silverfin - Charlie Higson (UTBG) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (UTBG) My Thoughts - I'm about halfway through this series and I'm really enjoying it. it is quite dated now but it does transport you back to the James Bond era.

It is so good Hope you enjoy it as much as I did Yep definitely a nice and easy read but so heart-warming too

Yes that's fine haha I really need to update this and see where I'm at as I haven't for about a year! Might do that this afternoon