Kidsmum Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 (edited) JanuaryThe Tenderness Of Wolves Stef Penney 4/5The Rector And The Doctor's Family Mrs Oliphant 3/5The Red Tent Anita Diamant 4/5Sharpe's Havoc Bernard Cornwell 3/5The Beach Alex Garland 4/5The Death & Life Of Charlie St Cloud Ben Sherwood 1/5FebruaryThe Power Of One Bryce Courtenay 4/5 The Case Of The Gilded Fly Edmund Crispin 2/5 Salem Chapel Mrs Oliphant 5/5 The Siege Helen Dunmore 5/5 A Time to Dance Melvyn Bragg 4/5 Agnes Grey Anne Bronte 3/5MarchCloud Atlas David Mitchell 3/5 Mutant Message Down Under Marlo Morgan 1/5 Letter's To Alice Fay Weldon 3/5 Northanger Abbey Jane Austen 4/5 Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel 4/5 The Last Englishman A Biography Of J.L.Carr Byron Rogers 4/5 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Deborah Moggach 4/5 AprilIf Not Now, When? Primo Levi 5/5 Digging To America Anne Tyler 4/5 Dead Man Walking Sister Helen Prejean 4/5 Still Missing Beth Gutcheon 5/5 The Dean's Watch Elizabeth Goudge 3/5 The Island Victoria Hislop 2/5May Bleak House Charles Dickens 4/5 A Murder Of Quality John Le Carre 3/5 The Pursuit Of Happiness Douglas Kennedy 3/5 The Reavers George Macdonald Fraser 1/5 Bring Up The Bodies Hilary Mantel 5/5 A Place Called Freedom Ken Follett 4/5 Back When We Were Grownups Anne Tyler 3/5 Little House In The Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/5 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 4/5 Heart Of Darkness Joseph Conrad 1/5JuneThe Summer Of The Barshinskeys Diane Pearson 4/5 The Last Runaway Tracy Chevalier 2/5 Black Flowers Steve Mosby 4/5 Taking The Leap Pema Chodron 4/5 The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Rachel Joyce 2/5 The Wisdom Of No Escape Pema Chodron 4/5 Star Gazing Linda Gillard 2/5July Wool Hugh Howey 5/5 House Of Orphans Helen Dunmore 2/5 Light Margaret Elphinstone 3/5 Eye Of The Needle Ken Follett 4/5The Myth Of Freedom Chogyam Trungpa 3/5 The Little Disturbances of Man Grace Paley 1/5AugustShift Hugh Howey 3/5 The Shack Wm Paul Young 1/5 Black Narcissus Rumer Godden 4/5 Case Histories Kate Atkinson 4/5 The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of A Window & Disappeared Jonas Jonasson 2/5 Monn Over Soho Ben Aaronovitch 4/5SeptemberThe Pyscopath Test Jon Ronson 4/5 Anna Of The Five Towns Arnold Bennett 5/5 The Act Of Roger Murgatroyd Gilbert Adair 3/5 The Grand Babylon Hotel Arnold Bennett 3/5 The Secret Keeper Kate Morton 3/5The Hired Man Melvyn Bragg 5/5 October Sharpe's Gold Bernard Cornwell 3/5 A Dangerous Fortune Ken Follett 3/5 Sexing The Cherry Jeanette Winterson 3/5 The Greengage Summer Rumer Godden 5/5 The Red House Mark Haddon 4/5November Titus Groan Mervyn Peake 5/5 Others Of My Kind James Sallis 2/5 Gormenghast Mervyn Peake 4/5 Death and The Penguin Andrey Kurkov 4/5 The Assasin's Prayer Ariana Franklin 2/5A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens 4/5 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr 3/5December Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Lisa See 5/5 A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings Charles Dickens 2/5 1356 Bernard Cornwell 5/5 The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield 2/5 Edited December 24, 2013 by Kidsmum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 (edited) The English Counties Reading Challenge 1. Bedfordshire - My Uncle Silas by H. E. Bates2. Berkshire - Solar by Ian Mc ewan3. Bristol - The Misses Mallett by E. H. Young4. Buckinghamshire - Lark Rise To Candleford by Flora Thompson5. Cambridgeshire - The Nine Tailors by Dorothy Sayers6. Cheshire - Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell7. City of London - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens8. Cornwall - My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier9. Cumbria - Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome [alt. The Maid of Buttermere by Melvyn Bragg]10. Derbyshire - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks11. Devon - To Serve Them All My Days R.F. Delderfield 12. Dorset - Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy13. County Durham - Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens14. East Riding of Yorkshire - South Riding by Winifred Holtby15. East Sussex - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressel16. Essex - Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens17. Gloucestershire - Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee18. Greater London* - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle19. Greater Manchester -Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell20. Hampshire - Watership Down by Richard Adams21. Herefordshire - On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin22. Hertfordshire - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen23. Isle of Wight - England, England by Julian Barnes [alt. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (this book is only briefly set on the Isle of Wight but that particular section is famously associated with it)]24. Kent - The Darling Buds of May by H. E. Bates25. Lancashire - Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson26. Leicestershire - The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend27. Lincolnshire - The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot28. Merseyside - An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge29. Norfolk - The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley30. North Yorkshire - Dracula by Bram Stoker [alt. All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot]31. Northamptonshire - Mansfield Park by Jane Austen32. Northumberland - The Stars Look Down by A. J. Cronin33. Nottinghamshire - Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence34. Oxfordshire - The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford35. Rutland - Set In Stone by Robert Goddard36. Shropshire - Summer Lightning by P. G. Wodehouse37. Somerset - Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore38. South Yorkshire - A Kestral For A Knave by Barry Hines39. Staffordshire - The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett40. Suffolk - The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald41. Surrey - Emma by Jane Austen or The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells42. Tyne and Wear - Another World by Pat Barker43. Warwickshire - Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes44. West Midlands - Middlemarch by George Eliot45. West Sussex - Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons46. West Yorkshire - Wuthering Heights by Emile Brontë47. Wiltshire - Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh48. Worcestershire - Black Swan Green by David Mitchell Edited December 13, 2013 by Kidsmum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 (edited) Books Bought In 2013 The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window & Disappeared Jonas Jonasson The Elegance Of The Hedgehog Muriel Barbery The Siege Helen Dunmore The Newcomes W.M. Thackeray The Far Pavilions M.M.Kaye Agnes Gray Anne Bronte A Time To Dance Melvyn Bragg Me Before You Jojo Moyes Digging To America Anne Tyler The Ladies Paradise Emile Zola Bleak House Charles Dickens Beloved Toni Morrison Counting the Stars Helen Dunmore A Spell of Winter Helen Dunmore House of orphans Helen Dunmore Mourning Ruby Helen Dunmore The Voyage Of The Narwhal Andrea Barrett Alone In Berlin Hans Fallada Whispers Underground Ben Aaronovitch Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death Gyles Brandreth The Stranger's Child Alan Hollinghurst Lady Audley's Secret Mary Elizabeth Braddon Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe Flashman In The Great Game George Macdonald Fraser Back When We Were Grownups Anne Tyler Gone Girl Gillian Flynn The Amateur Marriage Anne Tyler Life Class Pat Barker This Thing Of Darkness Harry Thompson The Birds Fall Down Rebecca West The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern Flashman & The Angel Of The Lord George Macdonald Fraser The Sea John Banville The Enchanted April Elizabeth Van Arnim Master & Commander Patrick O'Brian The Accidental Tourist Anne Tyler Black Diamonds The Rise & Fall Of An English Dynasty Catherine Bailey The Crystal Rooms Melvyn Bragg Credo Melvyn Bragg Mrs Dalloway Virginnia Woolf The Spy Who Came In From The Cold John Le Carre A Murder Of Quality John Le Carre The Thirty Nine Steps/ Greenmantle John Buchan The Reavers George Macdonald Fraser Edited December 13, 2013 by Kidsmum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Well that's it nice & simple I've decided to reintroduce a books bought list for this year as i did quite well in keeping my book buying habits to a minimum last year. This year i want to read more non fiction & also finish the Sharpe Series i started many moons ago but apart from that i don't have any other reading plans other than to enjoy the books i choose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Hope you have a great reading year KM, look forward to seeing what's on your lists and hearing more about your non-fiction choices. That's something I want to address too in 2013. Yes, good plan .. enjoy the books .. that's key Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I hope you have a great reading year in 2013, Kidsmum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Where is your TBR pile kidsmum? Oh lordy are you starting off from scratch ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I can see where you're coming from KM, apart from my TBR list I'll not be be trying to do any challenges this year, I just want to read what comes to hand, or pops up on my Kobo this year, much more chillaxing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Happy reading next year Kidsmum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Sounds like a nice relaxing reading plan for next year, Kidsmum! Happy 2013 reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Happy reading in 2013 KM! I hope you don't mind me calling you that, being new and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 HI KM! Happy Reading for 2013 I also find that I have had to curb my book buying habits. A couple of years ago some members introduced the "Read 3 Buy 1" rule and since then I've tried to stick to it. I always count off my read books in three's and although I no longer keep a count of credits that I have earned, I still monitor what I'm buying, against how many I have read. This does completely fall down though with gifts and borrowed books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Wishes from me too Kidsmum. Hope your reading is all that you want it to be this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Hope you have a great reading year KM, look forward to seeing what's on your lists and hearing more about your non-fiction choices. That's something I want to address too in 2013. Yes, good plan .. enjoy the books .. that's key Thanks Poppy, i have a couple of non fiction titles that i 'm definitely bumping to the top of the pile, The Bounty: The True Story of The Mutiny on The Bounty Caroline Alexander & Nathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles Milton. I'm planning on wowing people with my new found knowledge in 2013 although not sure how i'll manage to work the spice trade into a bus stop conversation but going to give it a go I hope you have a great reading year in 2013, Kidsmum! Thanks Frankie, i'm feeling very positive about next year Where is your TBR pile kidsmum? Oh lordy are you starting off from scratch ? I totally wimped out over the TBR list VF, at a rough estimate i think i have pushing 500 books on my TBR mountain now & it would take me so long to type all that out the kids would lynch me for hogging the computer. I suppose i could change my books bought section to a TBR list & add them bit by bit though it' probably take me most of the year but i would love to share my lovely books with everyone I can see where you're coming from KM, apart from my TBR list I'll not be be trying to do any challenges this year, I just want to read what comes to hand, or pops up on my Kobo this year, much more chillaxing! That's going to be me next year Chaliepud, totally chilled Happy reading next year Kidsmum Thanks Weave , i look forward to chatting books with you next year Sounds like a nice relaxing reading plan for next year, Kidsmum! Happy 2013 reading Thanks Chesil, i'm looking forward to next year i know it's going to be a good year for reading for me Happy reading in 2013 KM! I hope you don't mind me calling you that, being new and all. Thanks Devi , don't mind you calling me KM at all feel free to pop in & say hi anytime HI KM! Happy Reading for 2013 I also find that I have had to curb my book buying habits. A couple of years ago some members introduced the "Read 3 Buy 1" rule and since then I've tried to stick to it. I always count off my read books in three's and although I no longer keep a count of credits that I have earned, I still monitor what I'm buying, against how many I have read. This does completely fall down though with gifts and borrowed books Thanks Lilywhite, the Read 3 Buy 1 sounds like a good plan, i intend to stay out of charity shops as much as possible next year as that's where temptation lies for me. If i had had to pay full price for my books my TBR pile would be less than half the size it is Wishes from me too Kidsmum. Hope your reading is all that you want it to be this year Thanks Bree, hope we both have a fabulous reading year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Keeping your list simple is a great idea, Kidsmum. I love lists too much to do it myself. Listing all of my unread books is like a compulsion—I feel like my year won't have really started until I set up my reading list. Happy reading in 2013! I look forward to seeing what you read. (I love that we all wish each other a happy *reading* year rather than just a happy new year. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I envy your ability to keep your reading plans so simple! I can't help but plan all my books out, though I end up not reading half of them Happy reading in 2013! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Happy reading in 2013! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Well that's it nice & simple I've decided to reintroduce a books bought list for this year as i did quite well in keeping my book buying habits to a minimum last year. This year i want to read more non fiction & also finish the Sharpe Series i started many moons ago but apart from that i don't have any other reading plans other than to enjoy the books i choose I like! I've abandoned pretty much all my lists too this year, but did put together a list t of my non-fiction doorstoppers (500+ pages) and classics simply for encouragement, as those are the two areas i want to get stuck into this year. I think you're right about a books bought list too, so have decided to do the same. Primary goal is the same too - enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I totally wimped out over the TBR list VF, at a rough estimate i think i have pushing 500 books on my TBR mountain now & it would take me so long to type all that out the kids would lynch me for hogging the computer. I suppose i could change my books bought section to a TBR list & add them bit by bit though it' probably take me most of the year but i would love to share my lovely books with everyone I remember the days before I had a TBR list. They were nice, care-free days Happy reading in 2013, Kidsmum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 With a possible 500 books on your TBR I don't blame you for deciding to leave it off this year. Good luck with your reading for the year ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Keeping your list simple is a great idea, Kidsmum. I love lists too much to do it myself. Listing all of my unread books is like a compulsion—I feel like my year won't have really started until I set up my reading list. Happy reading in 2013! I look forward to seeing what you read. (I love that we all wish each other a happy *reading* year rather than just a happy new year. ) Thanks Kylie , i'd love to put my TBR books in a nice neat list on here but i'd have to type it up with my elbows sticking out to keep the kids at bay , my middle daughter gets withdrawal symptoms if she doesn't go on Tumblr regularly & my youngest one is addicted to club penguin. I hardly get time to indulge my own BCF addiction I envy your ability to keep your reading plans so simple! I can't help but plan all my books out, though I end up not reading half of them Happy reading in 2013! Thanks Noll, i like to choose my books as i go along as i often change my mind about what i want to read next especially when i read other peoples recommendations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 (edited) I like! I've abandoned pretty much all my lists too this year, but did put together a list t of my non-fiction doorstoppers (500+ pages) and classics simply for encouragement, as those are the two areas i want to get stuck into this year. I think you're right about a books bought list too, so have decided to do the same. Primary goal is the same too - enjoy! I have quite a few of the classics i want to get to as well some are re reads like Austen & also Jude The Obscure which i attempted when i was much younger but couldn't get into. I loved The Barchester Chronicles but have never read The Palliser novels so that's also on my to do list but wether i fit them all into one year is another matter. As for the books bought list i could do with not buying any at all but i know that's one challenge i'd definitely fail at but hopefully a list will help me keep myself in check failing that it'll have to be a strait jacket I remember the days before I had a TBR list. They were nice, care-free days Happy reading in 2013, Kidsmum Those were the days before i joined the forum & my TBR books still fitted on my bookshelves With a possible 500 books on your TBR I don't blame you for deciding to leave it off this year. Good luck with your reading for the year ahead. Thanks Brian , i thought about paying one of the children to do it for me but they charge too much Edited January 1, 2013 by Kidsmum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Oh wow 500 plus books. Ah well we will just have to be content with finding out what you have read after you have read it! I look forward to reading your reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Thanks Noll, i like to choose my books as i go along as i often change my mind about what i want to read next especially when i read other peoples recommendations What happens to me is I just add everything in sight to my never-ending wishlist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 What happens to me is I just add everything in sight to my never-ending wishlist Me too, I think I spend more time reading everyones blogs than actually reading books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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