Kell's Big Book Log

Kelley Armstrong - Wild Justice (Nadia Stafford #3)
Kelley Armstrong - The Masked Truth
Christopher Brookmyre - Want You Gone (Parlabane #8)
Christopher Brookmyre - The Last Day of Christmas (Parlabane #5.1)
Christopher Brookmyre - Places In the Darkness
Gail Carriger - Soulless (Parasol Protectorate #1)
Gail Carriger - Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2)
Gail Carriger - Blameless (Parasol Protectorate #3)
Gail Carriger - Heartless (Parasol Protectorate #4)
Gail Carriger - Timeless (Parasol Protectorate #5)
Richard Castle/Peter David - A Calm Before Storm Graphic Novel (Derick Storm Graphic Novel #3)
Richard Castle/Cullen Bunn - Unholy Storm Graphic Novel (Derick Storm Graphic Novel #4)
Richard Castle - High Heat (Nikki Heat #8)
Richard Castle - Heat Storm (Nikki Heat #9)
Philippa Gregory - The Last Tudor
Stuart MacBride - In the Cold Dark Ground (Logan McRae #10) (2016)
Stuart MacBride - Partners In Crime (Logan & Steel #1)
Stuart MacBride - Twelve Days of Winter omnibus (Crime at Christmas Omnibus)
Stuart MacBride - A Dark So Deadly

Kell · September 1, 2014

READ IN 2006

RC = Reading Circle
PC = Posh Club
OC = Olympic Challenge
CBUK = Reviewed for Children's Books UK
A = reviewed at request of author
P = reviewed at request of publisher
Red = Unfinished
Green = 10/10

So far this year I've read (with marks out of 10):

Ongoing:
The Case of El Chupacabra by K Armstrong (online novella - being posted on her official site in instalments throughout the year) - 7

December (8) (ave. 7.75)
124. The Eagle's Prophecy ~ S Scarrow - 9
123. Buried Fire ~ J Stroud - 7
122. Hearts of Stone ~ K Ernst - 7 (P)
121. Never Let Me Go ~ K Ishiguro (OC) - 8
120. Gentlemen and Players ~ J Harris - 8
119. The Nanny Diaries ~ N Kraus & McLaughlin - 7
118. The Mistress of Spices ~ C B Divakaruni (OC) - 7
117. About the Author ~ J Colapinto - 9

November (10) (ave. 7.3)
116. Single White Vampire ~ L Sands - 7
115. The Snow Spider ~ J Nimmo - 8
114. Autobiography of a Geisha ~ S Masuda (OC) - 7
113. Notes on a Scandal ~ Z Heller (PC) - 5
112. Oracle ~ I Watson - 8
111. Bitten and Smitten ~ M Rowan - 7
110. Bimbos of the Death Sun ~ S McCrumb - 7
109. Undead & Unemployed ~ M Davidson - 7
108. The Secret Purposes ~ David Baddiel (RC) - 8
107. Dying Light ~ S Macbride - 9

October (10) (ave. 7.6)
106. The Angel Stone ~ L Michael (CBUK) - 7
105. The Abortionist's Daughter ~ E Hyde (PC) - 7
104. The Black Tattoo ~ S Enthoven (CBUK) - 7
103. Frankenstein ~ M Shelley - 7
102. Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony ~ E Colfer (CBUK) - 8
101. Clash of the Sky Galleons ~ P Stewart & C Riddell (CBUK) - 8
100. Vampire Beach: Initiation ~ A Duval - 8
99. The Kite Runner ~ K Hosseini - 9
98. The School for Husbands ~ W Holden - 7
97. A Tale Etched in Blood & Hard Black Pencil ~ C Brookmyre - 8

September (14) (ave. 7.6)
96. Wintersmith ~ T Pratchett - 7
95. Girl With a One-Track Mind ~ A Lee - 8
In the Frame ~ various (CBUK)
Redwall ~ B Jacques (CBUK)
94. The Medici Seal ~ T Breslin (CBUK) - 8
93. Freeglader ~ P Stewart & C Riddell (CBUK) - 7
92. Vox ~ P Stewart & C Riddell (CBUK) - 7
91. The Last of the Sky Pirates ~ P Stewart & C Riddell (CBUK) - 8
90. Midnight Over Sanctaphrax ~P Stewart & C Riddell (CBUK) - 7
89. Stormchaser ~ P Stewart & C Riddell (CBUK) - 8
88. Beyond the Deepwoods ~ P Stewart & C Riddell (CBUK) - 7
87. The Winter Knights ~ P Stewart & C Riddell (CBUK) - 8
86. The Curse of the Gloamglozer ~ P Stewart & C Riddell (CBUK) - 9
85. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief ~ R Riorden (CBUK) - 8
Eragon ~ C Paolini (RC)
The Queen of Tambourine ~ J Gardam (RC)
84. The Tale of the Miller's Daughter ~ J Vauderhooft (A) - 8
83. Ithaka ~ A Geras (CBUK) - 7

August (13) (ave. 7.5)
82. Captives ~ T Pow (CBUK) - 6
81. Vampire Mountain ~ D Shan - 8
80. The Big Over Easy ~ J Fforde - 8
79. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning ~ L Snicket - 6
78. Cold Granite ~ S McBride (PC) – 9
77. Hitler’s Canary ~ S Toksvig (CBUK/OC) – 8
76. Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters ~ R Riorden (CBUK) – 7
75. The Mob ~ C Martini (CBUK) – 7
74. The Cleopatra Curse ~ K Roberts (CBUK) – 7
73. Vampire Beach: Bloodlust ~ A Duval (CBUK) – 7
72. Empress Orchid ~ A Min (RC/OC) – 8
71. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists ~ G Defore – 9
70. Vernon God Little ~ DBC Pierre (OC) – 7

July (6) (ave. 6)
69. The Case of the General’s Thumb ~ A Kurkov (OC) – 4
68. Bad Kitty ~ M Jaffe (CBUK) – 8
67. We Need to Talk About Kevin ~ L Shriver (PC) – 3
66. The Rainbow Bridge ~ A Flegg (CBUK/OC) – 7
65. Emma ~ J Austen (RC/OC) – 6
64. Lolita ~ V Nabokov (OC) – 8

June (11) (ave. 7.7)
63. Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation ~ L Truss – 7
62. How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints) ~ K Lette – 8
61. The Wicker Man ~ R Hardy & A Shaffer – 7
60. Undead and Unwed ~ M Davison – 7
59. Broken ~ K Armstrong (OC) – 8
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things ~ J McGregor
58. The Five People You Meet in Heaven ~ M Albom (PC/OC) – 7
57. The Historian ~ E Kostova (RC) – 7
56. Orphan of the Sun ~ G Harvey (CBUK) – 8
55. Geisha of Gion ~ M Iwasaki (OC) – 9
54. Set in Stone ~ L Newbury (CBUK) – 9
53. I, Lucifer ~ G Duncan – 8

May (17) (ave. 7.2)
52. Sickened ~ J Gregory – 6
51. Tunnels of Blood ~ D Shan– 8
50. The Vampire’s Assistant ~ D Shan– 8
49. Cirque du Freak ~ D Shan – 8
48. The Constant Princess ~ P Gregory (OC) – 8
47. Confessions of a Bad Mother ~ S Coleman – 7
46. A Long Way Down ~ N Hornby – 7
45. Her Rightful Inheritance ~ B Brown – 7
44. A Man Named Dave ~ D Pelzer – 7
43. The Lost Boy ~ D Pelzer – 7
42. 44 Scotland Street ~ A McCall Smith (OC) – 6
41. The Doomspell ~ CMcNish – 6
40. Red Wulf’s Curse ~ C Priestley (CBUK) – 8
39. The White Rider ~ C Priestley (CBUK) – 8
38. Death and the Arrow ~ C Priestley (CBUK) – 9
37. Endymion Spring ~ M Skelton (CBUK) – 7
36. The Wise Woman ~ P Gregory – 6

April (9) (ave. 7)
35. Things We Knew Were True ~ N Gerard – 4
34. The Undomestic Goddess ~ S Kinsella – 8
33. Q&A ~ V Swarup (PC/OC) – 8
32. Life of Pi ~ Y Martel (OC) – 8
31. Wolf Girl ~ T Tomlinson (CBUK) – 9
30. Who Was Boudicca?: Warrior Queen ~ S Busby (CBUK) – 6
29. The Virgin’s Lover ~ P Gregory – 7
28. Plague Sorcerer ~ C Russell (CBUK) – 7
Jerome's Quest ~ D Hill (A)
27. A Ghost Among Us ~ D Hill (A) – 6

March (7) (ave. 7.4)
26. Chocolat ~ J Harris – 9
25. Not Quite a Mermaid: Mermaid Friends ~ L Chapman (CBUK) – 7
24. Blindsighted ~ K Slaughter (RC) – 6
23. The Queen’s Fool ~ P Gregory – 7
22. 24 Hours ~ G Iles – 9
21. The Land of the Wand ~ D Hill & S Brandenberg (A) – 7
20. Dying Voices ~ L Wilson – 7

February (9) (ave. 7.6)
19. Tambourlaine Must Die ~ L Welsh – 6
18. The Other Boleyn Girl ~ P Gregory – 8
17. Troll Fell ~ K Langrish - 7
16. How I Live Now ~ M Rosoff – 6
15. My Sister’s Keeper ~ J Piccoult (RC/PC) – 9
14. The Eagle’s Prey (Book 5) ~ S Scarrow – 10
13. Cross Stitch ~ D Gabaldon (PC) – 9
12. Otherworld Tales 2005 (e-collection) ~ K Armstrong – 6
11. American Gods ~ N Gaiman – 7

January (10) (ave. 7.3)
Letters From America ~ A Cooke (PC)
10. Beginnings (e-novella) ~ K Armstrong – 8
9. Ascension (e-novella) ~ K Armstrong – 8
8. Savage (e-novella) ~ K Armstrong – 7
7. The Devil in Gray ~ G Masterton (RC) – 6
6. The Jane Austen Book Club ~ K J Fowler – 7
5. Morality Play ~ B Unsworth – 8
4. The Eagle and the Wolves (Book 4) ~ S Scarrow – 9
Trace ~ P Cornwell (RC)
3. The Dark Behind the Curtain ~ G Cross – 5
2. The Bad Mother’s Handbook ~ K Long – 7
1. Labyrinth ~ K Moss – 8

Kell · September 1, 2014

READ IN 2007

OC = Olympic Challenge
Ch = Chunk Challenge
Cl = Classics Challenge
MC = Modern Classics Challenge
1001 = from Peter Boxall's 1001 books to read before you die
PC = Posh Club
RC= Book Club Forum Reading Circle
CRC = BCF Comparative Reading Circle
Red = Unfinished
Green = 10/10
Blue = Currently reading

January:
1. The Winter King - B Cornwell – 7
2. The Prestige - C Priest – 9
3. Chart Throb - B Elton – 8
4. The Eagle in the Sand - S Scarrow – 8
5. A Life's Music - A Makine – 6
6. An Open Vein - J M Warwick – 7
7. Adept - RFinn – 8
8. The Boleyn Inheritance - P Gregory – 8
9. The Debt - S Kernick (audio) - 8
10. Beautiful Ride - D Winslow (audio) - 7
11.Master of the Storm - J Flint (audio) - 7
12. Cold Cold Heart- K Slaughter (audio) - 5
13. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - M Twain (audio) - 6
14. The Picture of Dorian Gray - O Wilde (audio) - 7

February:
15. The Bookseller of Kabul - A Seierstad – 7
16. The Sexual Life of Catherine M - C Millet – 7
17. American Psycho - B E Ellis – 6
18. Black Dog - S Booth – 8
19. The Complete Maus - A Spiegelman – 8
20. Hogfather: The Illustrated Screenplay - V Jean- 6
21. The List - T Ison – 7
22. The Spur on the Plate - M Rylance – 7
23. The Alchemist - P Coelho – 8
24. My Man Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse (audio) - 7
25. The Invisible Man - H. G. Wells (audio) - 5
26. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - M Twain (audio) - 6

March:
27. Of Love and Other Demons - G G Márquez – 3
28. The Interpretation of Murder - J Rubenfeld – 7
29. The Vampire's Seduction - R Hart – 7
30. The Crystal Chalice - D E Hill & S Brandenburg – 7
31. Deception - R Alcorn – 8
32. Karma - H A Harvey – 8
33. Good Omens - T Pratchett & N Gaiman (audio) – 8
34. Moving Pictures - T Pratchett (audio) - 8
35. Right Ho, Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse (audio) - 8
The Man Who Knew Too Much – G K Chesterton
36. Northanger Abbey - J Austen (audio) - 8
37. The Prisoner of Zenda - A Hope (audio) - 6

April:
38. The Stone Pilot - P Stewart & C Riddell – 7
39. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Whaling - G Defoe – 8
40. Black Beauty - A Sewell – 7
41. Perfume - P Süskind – 8
42. The Tea Rose - J Donnelly – 9
43. The Rosary Girls - R Montanari – 8
44. Pride & Prejudice- J Austen – 8
45. Purple Hibiscus - A N Adichie – 7
46. The Fourth Bear - J Fforde – 8
47. Fluffy - S Lia – 7
48. Dress to Kill - E Izzard – 7
49. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - M Lewycka – 4
50. The Handmaid's Tale - M Atwood (audio) - 7
51. Nineteen Eighty-Four - G Orwell (audio) - 9
52. King Solomon's Mines - H R Haggard (audio) - 6

May:
53. The Separation - C Priest – 7
54. Daughters of the Doge - E Charles – 6
55. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - M O'Farrell – 8
56. The Bell Jar - S Plath – 2
57. Wideacre - P Gregory – 8
58. No Humans Involved - K Armstrong – 9
59. Broken Skin - S MacBride – 9
60. Jane Eyre - C Bronte – 8
61. Brave New World - A Huxley (audio) - 4
62. The Three Musketeers - A Dumas (audio) - 9

June:
63. The Eyre Affair - J Fforde – 8
64. The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger – 6
65. Blood and Chocolate - A C Klaus – 6
66. Rosemary's Baby - I Levin – 8
67. Disgrace - J. M. Coetzee – 6
68. The Thief of Always - C Barker – 6
69. The Robber Bride - M Atwood – 7
70. Faceless Killers - H Mankell – 7
71. Ronia, The Robber's Daughter - A Lindgren – 10
72. Follow Me Down - J Hearn – 6
73. The Plucker: An Illustrated Novel - Brom – 10
74. The Little Prince - A De Saint-Exupéry – 7
75. The Wizard of Oz - L. Baum – 7
76. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - R L Stevenson (audio) - 7
77. Carmilla - J S LeFanu (audio) - 7
78. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - W Irving (audio) - 8
79. The Hound of the Baskervilles - A C Doyle (audio) - 7
80.Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure - J Cleland (audio) - 8
Candide – Voltaire (audio)
81. The Sign of the Four - A C Doyle (audio) - 6

Books finished in July:
82. The Black Dahlia - J Ellroy – 4/10
83. Lady Chatterley's Lover - D. H. Lawrence – 7/10
84. Emlyn's Moon - J Nimmo – 8/10
85. The Chestnut Soldier - J Nimmo – 8/10
86. Dracula - B Stoker – 7/10
87. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J K Rowling – 7/10
88. The Woman and the Ape - P Høeg – 5/10
89. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - M Spark – 3/10
90. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - M Twain (audio) – 7/10
91. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin - M Leblanc (audio) - 8/10

Books finished in August:
92. The Name of the Rose - U Eco - 7/10
93. Mansfield Park – J Austen (audio) - 7/10
94. Anne of Green Gables - L M Montgomery - 7/10
95. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - L See - 8/10
96. Lost in a Good Book - J Fforde - 7/10
97. The Memory Keeper's Daughter - K Edwards - 8/10
Half of a Yellow Sun - C N Adichie - 5/10

Books finished in September:
98. Lovely Green Eyes - A Lustig - 6/10
99. Another Time and Place - S Grosser - 8/10
100. The Graduate - C Webb - 7/10
101. The Time Machine - H. G. Wells - 6/10
102. Wuthering Heights - E Bronte - 8/10
103. Stuck in Neutral - T Trueman - 10/10
104. The Secret Life of Bees - S M Kidd - 7/10
The Sooterkin - Tom Gilling
105. To Kill a Mockingbird - H Lee (audio) - 9/10
106. The Stand - S King - 10/10

Books finished in October
107. The Messenger - A. E. Shipley - 8/10
108. Carter Beats the Devil - Glen David Gold (Ch) - 8/10
109. Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift (audio) (Cl/1001) - 6/10
110. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte (Cl/1001) - 8/10
111. Join Me - Danny Wallace - 7/10
112. The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Cl/1001) - 7/10
113. A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon (RC/Ch) - 7/10
114. The Talented Mr. Ripley - Patricia Highsmith (MC/1001) - 9/10

Books finished in November
Brick Lane - Monica Ali (PC/OC - Bangladesh)
115. Howards End - E. M. Forster (audio) (MC/1001) - 6/10
116. Lady Susan - Jane Austen (audio) (Cl) - 6/10
117. The Identity Factor - James Houston Turner - 8/10
118. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier (MC/1001) - 8/10
119. A Room With a View - E. M. Forster (audio) (MC/1001) - 8/10
120. Love and Freindship (sic) - Jane Austen (Cl) - 5/10

Books finished in December
121. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins (Cl/1001) - 7/10
122. Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs (MC/1001) - 8/10
123. Boy A - Jonathan Trigell (Library Thing Early Review) - 8/10
124. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickesn (Cl/1001) - 6/10
125. Orlando - Virginia Woolf (MC/1001) - UNFINISHED - 4/10
126. Framed ~ K Armstrong (instalment e-fiction on Kelley Armstrong's site) - 7/10
127. Becoming ~ K Armstrong (instalment e-fiction on Kelley Armstrong's site) - 7/10

Kell · September 1, 2014

READ IN 2008

OC = Olympic Challenge
Ch = Chunk Challenge
Cl = Classics Challenge
MC = Modern Classics Challenge
N = What's in a Name? Challenge
1001 = from Peter Boxall's 1001 books to read before you die
PC = Posh Club
RC= Book Club Forum Reading Circle
CRC = BCF Comparative Reading Circle
JA = Jane Austen Book Group
TCM = Reviewed for TCM (Authors/Publishers)
LT = Reviewed for Library Thing
AR = Review for Author
Red = Unfinished
Green = 10/10

JANUARY:
1. K T Casha - The Truth About Fairy Tales (TCM) - 7/10
2. Terry Pratchett - The Wit and Wisdom of the Discworld - 8/10
3. Thomas Hardy - Far from the Madding Crowd (Cl/1001) - 6/10
4. Natsuo Kirino - Out (Ch/OC - Japan / RC) - 7/10
5. Various - The Book Club Bible - 10/10
6. Various - How to Do Just About Everything (Ch) - 9/10
7. Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera (T / MC / OC - France) - 6/10
8. Charles Kingsley - The Water Babies (Cl / 1001) - 4/10
Michèle Desbordes - The House in the Forest (OC - France) - 0/10
9. H. G. Wells - The Island of Dr. Moreau (audio book) (Cl / 1001) - 7/10
10. Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves (PC) - 8/10
11. Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness (audio book) (Cl / 1001) - 2/10

FEBRUARY:
12. Giles Brandreth - Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders - 7/10
13. Global Ideas Bank - 500 Ways to Change the World - 7/10
14. Jules Verne - Journey to the Centre of the Earth (audio book) (Cl / 1001) - 7/10
15. Pierre Choderlos de Laclos - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (T / Cl / 1001 / OC - France) - 8/10
16. Judy Hamilton - Scottish Myths and Legends - 5/10
17. Various - Scottish Folk Tales - 6/10
18. Jenna Jameson - How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale (Ch) - 7/10

MARCH:
19. Jonathan Barnes - The Somnambulist (TCM) - 7/10
20. G. M. Ford - Nameless Night (TCM) - 7/10
21. Roy L. Pickering Jr. - Feeding the Squirrels (AR) - 6/10
Karen Blixen - Out of Africa (MC/1001/N)
Charlotte Bronte - Villette (audio) (Cl/1001)
22. Dr. Sarah Jarvis - Pregnancy for Dummies - 7/10
Joel Rose - The Blackest Bird (LT)
23. Vicki Iovine - The Best Friends' Guide to Pregnancy - 7/10
24. Carole Matthews - The Chocolate Lovers' Club - 7/10
Michael Ellison - Invisible Man (PC)

APRIL:
25. Jerry Bayne - The Gatherer (TCM) - 6/10
26. Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell - The Lost Barkscrolls - 7/10
27. Kelley Armstrong - Exit Strategy - 8/10
28. Alexander McCall Smith - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - 7/10
29. Terry Pratchett - Making Money - 8/10

MAY:
30. Carole Matthews - The Chocolate Lovers' Diet - 7/10
31. Derek Landy - Skulduggery Pleasant - 7/10
Kim Newman - Anno Dracula
Lily Strange - Eternal Death: Lost Beneath the Surface (TCM)
32. Christopher Brookmyre - Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks - 8/10
33. R. L. Royle - E11even Terrible Months - 6/10
34. F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Stories - 5/10
35. Kelley Armstrong - Personal Demon - 8/10
36. Stuart Macbride - Flesh House (PC) -9/10

JUNE:
37. Mario Puzo - The Godfather (1001) - 9/10
38. Rudyard Kiping - The Jungle Book - 4/10
39. Adriana Hunter - The Queen Charlotte's Hospital Guide to Pregnancy - 7/10
40. Ben Elton - Blind Faith - 8/10
41. Jasper Fforde - The Well of Lost Plots - 7/10
42. Jasper Fforde - Something Rotten - 7/10
Margaret Atwood - Surfacing (1001)

JULY:
43. Valerie Martin - Property (PC) - 7/10
44. Simon Scarrow - Centurion - 8/10
45. John Boyne - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (RC) - 9/10
46. Sally O Lee - The Rabbit and the Snowman (TCM) - 7/10
47. Hanif Kureishi - The Buddha of Subburbia (1001) - 7/10

AUGUST:
48. Marie Mongan - Hypnobirthing - 8/10
49. Stuart Macbride - Sawbones (novella) - 8/10
50. Grantly Dick-Read - Childbirth Without Fear - 7/10
51. Robert Graves - I, Claudius - 7/10
52. Neil Gaiman - Stardust - 6/10
53. Alan Bennet - The Uncommon Reader - 7/10

SEPTEMBER:
54. Lisa See - Peony in Love (OC - China) - 6/10
55. Isabel - Allende - Daughter of Fortune (OC - Chile) - 5/10

OCTOBER:
NONE FINISHED THIS MONTH

NOVEMBER:
56. Sarah Waters - Fingersmith (1001) - 7/10
57. Ben Mezrich - Bringing Down the House: How Six Students Took Vegas for Millions - 8/10

DECEMBER:
58. Terry Pratchett - Nation - 10/10
Lloyd Jones - Mr Pip

Kell · September 1, 2014

READ IN 2009

OC = Olympic Challenge
1001 = from Peter Boxall's 1001 books to read before you die
PC = Posh Club Reading Group (local Aberdeen book group)
RC= Book Club Forum Main Reading Circle
CRC = Book Club Forum Classic Reading Circle
Blue = Currently Reading

FINISHED IN JANUARY:
1. J K Rowling - The Tales of Beedle the Bard - 7/10
2. Brom - The Devil's Rose (illustrated novel) - 10/10 :smile:
3. Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book - 9/10
4. David Langford - The Unseen University Challenge: Terry Pratchett's Discworld Quizbook - 8/10
5. Kelley Armstrong - Living with the Dead - 9/10
6. Kelley Armstrong - The Summoning - 8/10

FINISHED IN FEBRUARY:
7. Koji Suzuki - Ring (OC - Japan) - 7/10
8. Annabel Karmel - Feeding Your Baby and Toddler - 8/10
Tom Robbins - Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas - ABANDONED
9. Stephenie Meyer - Twilight - 7/10
10. Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent - How to Eat Like a Hot Chick: Lose the Guilt, Find the Fabulous - 8/10
11. Stephenie Meyer - New Moon - 7/10
12. Stephenie Meyer - Eclipse - 8/10

FINISHED IN MARCH:
13. Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell - The Immortals (The Edge Chronicles) - 7/10
14. Stephenie Meyer - Breaking Dawn - 6/10
15. Elizabeth Pantley - The No Cry Sleep Solution - 5/10
16. Sharon Griffiths - The Accidental Time Traveller - 7/10
17. Terry Pratchett and Jacqueline Simpson - The Folklore of the Discworld - 9/10
18. Kate Mosse - The Cave - 7/10
19. Ian Rankin - A Cool Head - 7/10

FINISHED IN APRIL:
20. Danny Wallace - Yes Man - 7/10

FINISHED IN MAY:
21. Christopher Brookmyre - Quite Ugly One Morning (re-read) - 8/10
22. Gervase Phinn - All These Lonely People - 7/10
Louis de Bernieres - Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (1001 / RC) - 5/10 (UNFINISHED)

FINISHED IN JUNE:
23. Kelley Armstrong - The Awakening (Darkest Powers #2) - 8/10
24. Christopher Brookmyre - A Snowball in Hell - 10/10 :clapping:
25. Danny Wallace - Danny Wallace and the Centre of the Universe - 8/10
26. Danny Wallace - Friends Like These - 8/10

FINISHED IN JULY:
27.Danny Wallace and Dave Gorman - Are You Dave Gorman - 6/10
28. Jill Kargman - Momzillas - 7/10
29. Tom Weston - First Night - 7/10
30. Marcus Sedgwick - Floodland - 6/10

FINISHED IN AUGUST:
30. Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - 7/10
31. Kelley Armstrong - Made to be Broken - 8/10

FINISHED IN SEPTEMBER:
32. Beryl Bainbridge - An Awfully Big Adventure - 2/10
33. William Sleator - Blackbriar - 7/10
34. Emma Tennant - Pemberley - 7/10
35. Michelle Moran - Cleopatra's Daughter - 9/10
36. Bernhard Schlink - The Reader - 9/10
37. John Boyne - The Dare (Quick Read) - 8/10
38. Amanda Grange - Mr Darcy, Vampyre - 7/10

FINISHED IN OCTOBER:
39. Maria V Snyder - Poison Study - 9/10
40. William Sleater - Others See Us - 7/10
41. Eoin Colfer - Half Moon Detective Agency - 7/10
42. James Runcie - The Discovery of Chocolate - 6/10
43. Ben Dolnick – Zoology - 7/10
Lauren Liebenberg - The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam - ABANDONED
44. Stuart Macbride - Blind Eye - 10/10

FINISHED IN NOVEMBER:
45. Marcus Sedgwick - The Dark Flight Down - 6/10
46. Kathy Lette - All Steamed Up - 4/10
47. Miriam Toews - The Flying Troutmans - 5/10

FINISHED IN DECEMBER:
48. Dacre Stoker - Dracula The Un-Dead - 7/10
49. Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 - 6/10
50. Stuart B Macbride - Halfhead - 7/10
51. Adam Roberts - I Am Scrooge: A Zombie Story for Christmas - 6/10
52. Kelley Armstrong - Frostbitten - 8/10

Kell · September 1, 2014

READ IN 2010

RATINGS:
1/5 Dire – don’t waste your time
2/5 OK, but nothing to write home about
3/5 Very good – well worth a read
4/5 Excellent
5/5 Superb – read it immediately!

CHALLENGES:
SS - Simon Scarrow Revolutions Series
CH - Charlaine Harris Southern Vampires Series
BA - Bill Amberg Classics Challenge
RC - Reading Circle

Green - 5/5
Red - Abandoned Unfinished

FINISHED IN JANUARY:
1. Charlaine Harris - Dead Until Dark (CH1/re-read) - 3/5
2. Charlaine Harris - Living Dead in Dallas (CH2/re-read) - 3/5
3. Charlaine Harris - Club Dead (CH3/re-read) - 4/5
4. Charlaine Harris - Dead to the World (CH4/re-read) - 4/5
5. Charlaine Harris - Dead as a Doornail (CH5) - 3/5
6. Charlaine Harris - Definitely Dead (CH6) - 3/5
7. Charlaine Harris - All Together Dead (CH7) - 4/5
8. Charlaine Harris - From Dead to Worse (CH8) - 4/5
9. Brom - The Child Thief - 5/5

FINISHED IN FEBRUARY:
Steig Larsson – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - ABANDONED

FINISHED IN MARCH:
10. Christopher Brookmyre - Pandaemonium - 3/5
11. Rolf Harris - Buster Fleabags - 3/5
12. Alison Weir - Traitors of the Tower - 2/5
13. Peter James - The Perfect Murder - 3/5
14. Various - Life's Too Short - 3/5
15. Peter Mottley - The Harlot's Progress: Pt 1: Yorkshire Molly - 3/5
16. Eric L Haney - Inside Delta Force - 4/5

FINISHED IN APRIL:
17. Lynn Shepherd - Murder at Mansfield Park - 3/5
18. J M DeMatteis - Abadazad: The Road to Inconceivable - 3/5
19. J M DeMatteis - Abadazad: The Dream Thief - 3/5
20. G P Taylor - Mariah Mundy: The Midas Box - 2/5

FINISHED IN MAY:
21. Henry Farrell - Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? - 4/5
22. Philippa Gregory - The Other Queen - 3/5

FINISHED IN JUNE:
23. Charlaine Harris - Dead and Gone (CH9) - 3/5
Sharyn McCrumb - Zombies of the Gene Pool - ABANDONED
24. Simon Scarrow - Gladiator (Romans #9) - 4/5
25. Stuart Macbride - Dark Blood (Logan McRae #6) - 3/5
26. Vicki Iovine - The Best Friends' Guide to Motherhood - 3/5
27. Philippa Gregory - The White Queen - 3/5
28. A E Moorat - Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter - 3/5

FINISHED IN JULY:
29. Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - 3/5
30. Terry Pratchett - Unseen Academicals - 2/5
31. Lewis Carroll - Alice Through The Looking Glass - 3/5
32. Kenneth Graham - The Wind In The Willows - 5/5
Kazuo Ishiguro - A Pale View Of Hills - ABANDONED

FINISHED IN AUGUST:
33. Donna Jo Napoli - Daughter Of Venice - 3/5
34. Charlaine Harris - Dead in the Family (CH 10) (Book Ring)- 3/5
35. Margaret Mitchell - Gone With The Wind - 5/5
36. Stephen T Hancock - The Synchronicity Factor - 3/5
37. Kelley Armstrong – Men of the Otherworld - 4/5
38. Kelley Armstrong - Angelic - 3/5
39. J M Barrie - Peter Pan - 3/5

FINISHED IN SEPTEMBER:
40. Geraldine McCaughrean and David Wyatt - Peter Pan in Scarlet - 4/5
41. Judah Lee Davis - She Tells All - 3/5
42. Lauren Henderson - Jane Austen's Guide To Dating - 5/5
43. Alison Weir – The Lady Elizabeth - 4/5
44. Kelley Armstrong - Waking The Witch - 4/5
45. Allen Carr - Allen Carr's Easy Weigh To Lose Weight - 3/5

FINISHED IN OCTOBER:
46. Elizabeth Ferretti - Chocolate - 3/5

FINISHED IN NOVEMBER:
47. Pat Brien - Denied - 2/5
48. Edgar Allan Poe - The Pit and the Pendulum - 2/5
49. Edgar Allan Poe - Ligeia - 2/5
50. Lexi Revellian - Remix - 4/5
Jane Austen - Persuasion - ABANDONED
Thomas Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair - ABANDONED
Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep - ABANDONED
51. Ben Elton - The First Casualty - 4/5
52. Edgar Allan Poe - The Fall of the House of Usher - 1/5
53. Edgar Allan Poe - Three Short Stories - 2/5
54. Michelle Gorman - Single in the City - 3/5
55. Jake T Forbes & Chris Lie - Return to Labyrinth vol 1 (graphic novel) - 4/5

FINISHED IN DECEMBER:
56. Jake T Forbes & Chris Lie - Return to Labyrinth vol 2 (graphic novel) - 4/5
57. Jake T Forbes & Chris Lie - Return to Labyrinth vol 3 (graphic novel) - 4/5
Anonymous - The Arabian Nights - ABANDONED
John Lawrence - The Secret Five and the Stunt Nun Legacy - ABANDONED - 1/5
58. Alison Weir - Innocent Traitor - 4/5

Kell · September 1, 2014

READ IN 2011

RATINGS:
1/5 Dire - don't waste your time
2/5 OK, but nothing to write home about
3/5 Very good - well worth a read
4/5 Excellent
5/5 Superb - read it immediately!

KEY:
SS - Simon Scarrow Revolutions Series
W? - What's in a Name Reading Challenge
RC - Reading Circle
red - abandoned
green - 5/5

FINISHED IN JANUARY: 5
1. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons - Watchmen (RC) - 4/5
2. Daniel Keyes - Flowers For Algernon (RC) - 4/5
3. Caro Ramsay - Absolution - 3/5
4. Jane Austen - Persuasion - 3/5
5. Richard Castle - Heat Wave (Nikki Heat 1) (W?) - 3/5

FINISHED IN FEBRUARY: 5
6. Stuart MacBride - Shatter the Bones (Logan McRae 7) - 4/5
7. Seth Grahame-Smith - Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter (W?) - 4/5
8. Richard Laymon - No Sanctuary - 1/5
9. Richard Castle - Naked Heat (Nikki Heat 2) - 3/5
10. Terry Pratchett - I Shall Wear Midnight (Tiffany Aching 4) - 4/5

FINISHED IN MARCH: 6
11. Kelley Armstrong - The Reckoning (DP3) - 3/5
12. Emma Donoghue - Room - 5/5
13. Sophie McKenzie - The Medusa Project: The Set-Up - 3/5
14. Alan Hutcheson - Boomerang (FOR REVIEW) - 2/5
15. Sherri Browning Erwin & Charlotte Bronte - Jane Slayre - 3/5
16. Jean Teule - Monsieur Montespan (FOR REVIEW) - 3/5

FINISHED IN APRIL: 8
17. Ben Elton - Meltdown - 3/5
18. Cornelia Funke - Inkheart - 5/5
19. Philippa Gregory - The Red Queen - 4/5
20. Cornelia Funke - Inkspell (Inkheart 2) - 4/5
21. Tove Jansson - Finn Family Moomintroll - 4/5
22. Philippa Gregory - The Favoured Child (Wideacre 2) (W?) - 3/5
23. Jean Plaidy - The King's Secret Matter - 2/5
24. Tracy Chevalier - The Lady and the Unicorn - 3/5

FINISHED IN MAY: 8
Cornelia Funke - Inkdeath (Inkheart 3)- ABANDONED
25. Jeanne Kalogridis - The Borgia Bride (W?) - 4/5
26. Eoin Colfer - Plugged (FOR REVIEW) - 3/5
27. Philip Pullman - The Ruby in the Smoke (W?) - 3/5
28. Frances Hodgson Burnett - A Little Princess (W?) - 5/5
29. Audrey Niffenegger - Her Fearful Symmetry (W?) - 2/5
30. Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden - 5/5
31. J. M. DeMatteis and Mike Ploog - Abadazad: The Puppet, the Professor and the Prophet (Book 3) (W?) - 2/5
32. Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell - Barnaby Grimes 1: Curse of the Night Wolf (W?) - 3/5

FINISHED IN JUNE: 9
33. Julia Golding - The Diamond of Drury Lane (W?) - 3/5
34. Alex Scarrow - TimeRiders (W?) - 3/5
35. Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell – Return of the Emerald Skull (Barnaby Grimes 2) (W?) - 3/5
36. Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell – Legion of the Dead (Barnaby Grimes 3)(W?) - 3/5
37. Simon Scarrow - The Legion - 4/5
38. Julia Golding - Cat Among the Pigeons (Cat Royal 2) - 4/5
39. Malinda Lo - Ash - 4/5
40. Philip Pullman - The Shadow in the North (Sally Lockhart 2) - 3/5
41. G. P. Taylor - The Ghost Diamonds (Mariah Mundi 2) - 2/5

FINISHED IN JULY: 7
42. Maria V Snyder – Magic Study (Study 2) - 3/5
43. Barbara Ewing – The Mesmerist - 3/5
44. Julia Golding - Den of Thieves (Cat Royal 3) - 3/5
45. Philip Pullman - The Tiger in the Well (Sally Lockhart 3) - 3/5
46. Cody Young - American Smile (FOR REVIEW) - 4/5
47. Douglas Carlton Abrams - The Lost Diary of Don Juan - 3/5
48. James Long - Ferney - 5/5

FINISHED IN AUGUST: 6
49. F E Higgins – The Black Book of Secrets (Sinister City 1) - 3/5
50. Julia Golding - Cat O' Nine Tails (Cat Royal 4) - 4/5
51. Philip Pullman - The Tin Princess (Sally Lockhart 4) - 3/5
52. Douglas Jackson - Caligula (Transworld Book Group) - 4/5
Kevin Crossley-Holland – The Seeing Stone (Arthur Trilogy 1) - ABANDONED
53. Nicholas Sparks - The Notebook - 4/5
54. Alex Scarrow - Day of the Predator (TimeRiders 2) - 3/5

FINISHED IN SEPTEMBER: 9
55. Lee Carroll - Black Swan Rising (Transworld Book Group) - 3/5
56. Steven A. Roman - Blood Feud (The Saga of Pandora Zwieback Book 1) (FOR REVIEW) - 4/5
57. John Boyne - Crippen (Transworld Book Group) - 5/5
58. Stephenie Meyer - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - 2/5
59. Julia Golding - Black Heart of Jamaica (Cat Royal 5) - 3/5
60. Kevin Brookes – iBoy - 4/5
61. S Lee – A Spy in the House (The Agency 1) - 3/5
62. Steven Preece - Wasted Resource (FOR REVIEW) - 2/5
63. Lauren Kate – Fallen (Fallen 1) - 3/5
Michael Cordy – The Colour of Death - ABANDONED

FINISHED IN OCTOBER: 9
64. Elizabeth Chadwick – Shadows and Strongholds - 4/5
65. Alyson Noël – Evermore (Immortals 1) - 3/5
66. Kelley Armstrong – Spellbound (WotOW 12) - 3/5
67. Alyson Noël – Blue Moon (Immortals 2) - 2/5
68. Titania Hardy – The House of the Wind (FOR REVIEW)) - 2/5
69. Alyson Noël – Shadowland (Immortals 3) - 3/5
70. Philippa Gregory - The Lady of the Rivers (Cousins' War 3) - 3/5
71. Stephen Cole – Wounded (Wereling Trilogy 1) - 3/5
72. Stephen Cole - Prey (Wereling Trilogy 2) - 3/5

FINISHED IN NOVEMBER: 8
73. Stephen Cole – Resurrection (Wereling Trilogy 3) - 3/5
Various - Dates From Hell (Compilation of novellas) - ABANDONED
74. Sarah Singleton – Century - 3/5
75. Julia Golding - Cat's Cradle (Cat Royal 6) - 3/5
76. Chris Riddell - Ottoline and the Yellow Cat (Ottoline 1) - 4/5
77. Chris Riddell - Ottoline Goes to School (Ottoline 2) - 4/5
78. Erin Morgenstern – The Night Circus - 4/5
79. Maria V Snyder - Fire Study (Study 3) - 3/5
80. Sarwat Chadda – Devil’s Kiss - 4/5

FINISHED IN DECEMBER: 10
81. Melissa Marr – Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely 1) - 2/5
82. Sarah Singleton - The Poison Garden - 3/5
83. Maureen Johnson – The Name of the Star - 4/5
84. Julia Golding - The MIddle Passage (Cat Royal novella) (Kindle e-book) - 3/5
85. Michael Mullins - 8 (Kindle e-book) - 4/5
Muriel Marbery – The Elegance of the Hedgehog - ABANDONED (temporarily)
86. Bettie Sharpe - Ember (Kindle e-book) - 5/5
87. Cody Young - Scandal at the Farmhouse (Kindle e-book) - 4/5
88. Brian McGillowy - The Stolen Child (Kindle e-book) - 2/5
89. Amanda Hocking - Hollowland (Hollows 1) (Kindle e-book) - 3/5
90. Amanda Grange - Darcy's Diary (Kindle e-book) - 4/5
Sarah Singleton - Heretic

Kell · September 1, 2014

READ IN 2012

RATINGS:
1/5 Dire - don't waste your time
2/5 OK, but nothing to write home about
3/5 Very good - well worth a read
4/5 Excellent
5/5 Superb - read it immediately!

KEY:
E - E-Book
R - Reviewing for publisher or author
BG - Reading for book group

red - abandoned unfinished

FINISHED IN JANUARY: 16
1. Joss Stirling - Stealing Phoenix (E) - 3/5
2. Anna Katharine Green – X Y Z A Detective Story (E) - 2/5
3. Cody Young - The Lady and the Locksmith (E) - 3/5
4. Cody Young - Johnny Doesn't Drink Champagne (E) - 3/5
5. John H Carroll - The Emo Bunny That Should (E) - 3/5
6. Anne Bronte - Agnes Grey (E) - 4/5
7. Patrick deWitt - The Sisters Brothers - 4/5
8. Philippa Gregory - The Women of the Cousins’ War: The Duchess, the Queen and the King’s Mother - 5/5
9. Marissa Meyer - Cinder - 4/5
10. Caroline Hanson - Bewitching the Werewolf (E) - 2/5
11. Frances Hodgson Burnett - Little Lord Fauntleroy (E) - 4/5
12. Susan Hill - Howards End is on the Landing - 3/5
13. Jonathan Pinnock - Mrs Darcy Versus the Aliens - 3/5
14. Anne Frasier - Hush (E) - 4/5
15. Jackson Pearce - Sisters Red - 4/5
16. Tony Levy - A Turnkey Or Not? ® - 4/5

FINISHED IN FEBRUARY: 6
17. Amor Towles - Rules of Civility (R ) - 3/5
18. SJ Parris - Heresy (E) - 4/5
19. Jenn Ashworth - Cold Light (R ) - 3/5
M. D. Keating - Sunburnt (R ) - ADANDONED
20. Catherine Cooper - The Golden Acorn (E) - 3/5
21. Charlaine Harris - Dead Reckoning (Southern Vampires 11) - 3/5
22. Stuart MacBride - Birthdays for the Dead - 3/5

FINISHED IN MARCH: 5
23. Charles Dickens - Great Expectations (E) - 2/5
24. Terry Pratchett - Snuff (S) - 3/5
Lew Wallace - Ben-Hur (E/BG/C) - ABANDONED
25. Georgette Heyer - Regency Buck - 3/5
26. Thomas Hoover - Caribee (E) - 4/5
27. Steven Scaffardi - The Drought (R ) - 4/5

FINISHED IN APRIL: 4
28. Mark Stevens - Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Assylum (E) - 4/5
29. David Nordmark - Lose Weight Without Dieting The Animal Kingdom Way (E) - 3/5
30. Richard Herley - The Penal Colony (E) - 4/5
31. Richard Castle and Brian Bendis - Deadly Storm (graphic novel) - 4/5

FINISHED IN MAY: 2
32. Simon Haynes - Hal Spacejock (E) - 2/5
33. Jules Verne - Around the World In 80 Days (E) - 4/5
Jules Verne - The Mysterious Island (E/C) - ABANDONED

FINISHED IN JUNE:
34. Robyn Young - Insurrection (Insurrection Trilogy 1) (R ) - 2/5

FINISHED IN JULY: 2
35. Jude Morgan - The Secret Life of William Shakespeare (R ) - 3/5
36. Gabriella Pierce - 666 Park Avenue(R ) - 4/5

FINISHED IN AUGUST: 6
37. Charles Ogden - Edgar and Ellen: Rare Beasts - 4/5
38. Charles Ogden - Edgar and Ellen: Tourist Trap - 4/5
39. Charles Ogden - Edgar and Ellen: Under Town - 4/5
40. Charles Ogden - Edgar and Ellen:Pet's Revenge - 4/5
41. Charles Ogden - Edgar and Ellen:High Wire - 4/5
42. L R Fredericks - Fate (R ) - 4/5

FINISHED IN SEPTEMBER: 3
Everett Peacock - Death By Facebook (E) - ABANDONED
43. Marina Fiorato - The Venetian Contract (R ) - 4/5
44. Charles Ogden - Edgar and Ellen: Nod's Limbs - 4/5
45. Paranormalcy - Kiersten White (C ) - 4/5

FINISHED IN OCTOBER: 5
46. Suzanne Johnson – Royal Street(R ) - 3/5
47.Stephen Jones - Zombie Apocalypse! Fight Back (R ) - 4/5
48. Charles Jennings - A Brief Guide to Jane Austen: The Life and Times of the World's Favourite Author (R ) - 5/5
49. Regina O'Melveny - The Book of Madness and Cures (R ) - 3/5
50. Richard Castle – Heat Rises (Nikki Heat 3) - 3/5

FINISHED IN NOVEMBER: 5
51. Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games - 4/5
52. Malinda Lo - Huntress - 3/5
53. David Couldrey - The Fall of Charlie Dixon (R ) - 4/5
54. Philippa Gregory - The Changeling - 3/5
55. George RR Martin - Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire 1) - 4/5

FINISHED IN DECEMBER: 7
56. Lexi Revellion – The Ice Diaries (R ) - 3/5
57. Lexi Revellion – Replica (R ) - 4/5
58. Carole Matthews – Winter Warmers (K) - 3/5
59. Philippa Gregory – Changeling (Order of Darkness #1) - 3/5
60. Amy Cross – Ghosts: Book 1 (K) - 2/5
61. C W Gortner – The Queen’s Vow (R / B) - 4/5
62. Catherine M Valente – The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making - 3/5

Kell · September 1, 2014

READ IN 2013

KEY & STATS:
K = Kindle e-book
® = Reviewed for author / publisher
G = Graphic novel
© = Pre-WWII classic
L = Borrowed from library
A = Interview with author

RC = Reading Circle

2 = Re-read

N = Non-fiction

Red = Abandoned unfinished

RATINGS (out of 5):
1 = Dire - don't waste your time
2 = OK, but nothing to write home about
3 = Good - worth a read
4 = Excellent
5 = Superb - read it immediately!

FINISHED IN JANUARY: (10)
1. Suzanne Collins - Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) - 4/5
2. Terry Pratchett - Miss Felicity Beadle's The World of Poo - 3/5
3. Suzanne Collins - Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3) - 4/5
4. Richard Castle - Storm Season (Derrick Storm Graphic Novel #2) - 4/5
5. Noble Smith - The Wisdom of the Shire ® - 4/5
6. Anne Perry - Tudor Rose (L) - 3/5
7. Richard Castle - Frozen Heat (Nikki Heat #4) - 3/5
8. Dr Pierre Dukan - The Complete Dukan Cookbok ® (N) - 4/5
9. Catherine Crawford - Why French Children Don't Talk Back ® (N) - 5/5
10. Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell - Barnaby Grimes: Phantom of Blood Alley (L) - 3/5

FINISHED IN FEBRUARY: (7)
11. Angie Sage - My Haunted House (Araminta Spook #1) (L) - 3/5

12. Angie Sage - The Sword in the Grotto (Araminta Spook #2) (L) - 3/5

13. Carole Matthews - A Cottage by the Sea ® - 4/5

Kim Fay - The Map of Lost Memories ® - ABANDONED UNFINISHED

14. Guy Bass - Stitch Head (L) - 2/5

15. Philippa Gregory - The Kingmaker's Daughter (Cousins' War #4) - 3/5

16. Kelley Armstrong - Thirteen (Women of the Otherworld #13) - 3/5

17. P G Wodehouse - Thank You, Jeeves © - 3/5

FINISHED IN MARCH: (4)

18. Kate Forsyth - Bitter Greens ® (A) - 4/5

19. George RR Martin – A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2) - 4/5

20. George RR Martin - A Storm of Swords Pt 1: Steel and Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire #3a) - 4/5

21. George RR Martin - A Storm of Swords Pt 2: Blood and Gold (A Song of Ice and Fire #3b) - 5/5

FINISHED IN APRIL: (11)

22. George RR Martin – A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire #4) - 3/5

23. Claire Ridgway - The Anne Boleyn Collection (K/N) - 4/5

24. Kelley Armstrong - Amityville Horrible (K) - 4/5

25. Eve Paludan, Stuart Sharp and J R Rain - Witchy Business (Witch Detectives #1) (K) - 3/5

26. Claire Rigway - The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown (K/N) - 4/5

27. George RR Martin – A Dance with Dragons Pt 1: Dreams and Dust (A Song of Ice and Fire #5a) - 3/5

28. John Wagner - The Dark Judges (G) - 4/5 *WORLD BOOK NIGHT BOOK*

29. Jude Ryan - The Afterlife Club (K) - 2/5

30. M Leon Smith – Induction (Blue Jackets #1) (K) - 2/5

31. Laura Ingalls Wilder - The Little House in the Big Woods (Little House #1) © (L/RC/2/N) - 5/5

32. Laura Ingalls Wilder - The Little House on the Prairie (Little House #2) © (L/2/N) - 5/5

FINISHED IN MAY: (5)

33. Elizabeth Lord - The Gift (K) - 2/5

34. Amanda Grange - The Earl Next Door (K) - 3/5

35. George RR Martin – A Dance with Dragons Pt 2: After the Feast (A Song of Ice and Fire #5b) - 2/5

36. Terry Pratchett - Dodger - 3/5

37. Brom - Krampus: The Yule Lord - 3/5

FINISHED IN JUNE: (5)
38. Jane Austen - Persuasion © (K/2) - 3/5

39. Laura Ingalls Wilder - On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House #3) © (L/2/N) - 5/5

40. Amanda Grange - Captain Wentworth's Diary (K) - 4/5

41. Alison Hardwick - Henry VIII - About the throne the thunder rolls (Just the Facts) (K/N) - 3/5

42. Bernard Schaffer - Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Jack the Ripper) (K) - 3/5

FINISHED IN JULY: (4)

43. Marie Mongan - HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method: A Natural Approach to Safe, Easier, More Comfortable Birthing (2/N) - 4/5

44. Jeffrey Eugenides - The Virgin Suicides (L) - 2/5

45. Isaac Marion - Warm Bodies (L) - 4/5

46. Kate Forsyth - The Wild Girl ® (A) - 4/5

FINISHED IN AUGUST: (6)

47. Alexandre Dumas - The Man in the Iron Mask © (K) - 3/5

48. David Peace - The Damned United *WORLD BOOK NIGHT BOOK* - 2/5

49. Christopher Brookmyre - Where the Bodies Are Buried (Jasmin Sharp 1) - 4/5

50. Christopher Brookmyre - When the Devil Drives (Jasmin Sharp 2) - 4/5

51. Simon Scarrow - Praetorian (Romans 11) - 4/5

52. Georgette Heyer - Cotillion - 2/5

FINISHED IN SEPTEMBER: (2)
53. Bernard Schaffer - The Girl from Tenerife ® (K) - 2/5

54. Michel Faber - The Crimson Petal and the White - 2/5

FINISHED IN OCTOBER: (2)

55. Philippa Gregory - The White Princess (The Cousins' War #5) - 3/5

56. Dan Brown - The Lost Symbol - 3/5

FINISHED IN NOVEMBER: (2)
57. Shirley Conran - Savages (2) - 4/5

58. Anna Belfrage - A Newfound Land (Graham Saga #4) ® (A) - 4/5

FINISHED IN DECEMBER:

NON FINISHED THIS MONTH

Kell · September 3, 2014

READ IN 2014

KEY & STATS:
K = Kindle e-book
® = Reviewed for author / publisher

A = Interview with author

B = Blog tour
G = Graphic novel
L = Borrowed from library

RC = Reading Circle

2 = Re-read

N = Non-fiction

Red = Abandoned unfinished

RATINGS (out of 5):
1 = Dire - don't waste your time
2 = OK, but nothing to write home about
3 = Good - worth a read
4 = Excellent
5 = Superb - read it immediately!

READ IN JANUARY:

1. Sally Harding – Crochet Step By Step (N) - 5/5

2. Edie Eckman – Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs (N) - 5/5

READ IN FEBRUARY:

3. Jeannie Ruesch – Cloaked in Danger (®/B/A/K) - 4/5

4. Guy Adams – Sherlock: The Casebook (N) - 5/5

READ IN MARCH:

Nicole Dweck – The Debt of Tamar (®/B/A/K) - ABANDONED UNFINISHED

READ IN APRIL:

5. Anna Belfrage - Serpents in the Garden (The Graham Saga #5) (®/B) - 4/5

6. Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2) - 4/5
7. Roald Dahl - The Twits (2) - 4/5

READ IN MAY:

8. MJ Rose – The Collector of Dying Breaths (®/B/A/K) - 4/5

9. Roald Dahl - George's Marvelous Medicine (2) - 4/5

10. John Green - The Fault In Our Stars - 4/5

READ IN JUNE:

11. Mingmei Yip - Peach Blossom Pavillion (®/K) - 3/5

12. Laura Purcell - Queen of Bedlam (®/K) - 4/5

13. Roald Dahl - The Witches - 4/5

John Green - An Abundance of Katherines - ABANDONED UNFINISHED

READ IN JULY:

14. Jo Baker – Longbourn (RC) - 4/5

READ IN AUGUST:

15. Anna Belfrage - Revenge and Retribution (Graham Saga #6) ® - 5/5

16. Syrie James - Jane Austen's First Love (®/K) - 4/5

17. Genevieve Valentine - The Girls at the Kingfisher Club (®/K) - 4/5

READ IN SEPTEMBER:

18. Anne Girard - Madame Picasso (®/B/K) - 4/5
19. Chrysler Szarlan - The Hawley Book of the Dead (®/K) - 4/5

20. Lucy Robinson - The Unfinished Symphony of You and Me (®/K) - 4/5

READ IN OCTOBER:

READ IN NOVEMBER:

21. Diana Gabaldon - Outloander (Outlander #1) - 4/5

22. Diana Gabaldon - Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander #2) - 4/5

READ IN DECEMBER:

23. Anna Belfrage - Wither Thou Goest (Graham Saga #7) ® - 4/5

Kell · January 1, 2015

Please don't post spoilers of the books

I'm currently reading or have yet to read!

READ IN 2015

KEY & STATS:
K = Kindle e-book
® = Reviewed for author / publisher

A = Interview with author

B = Blog tour
G = Graphic novel
L = Borrowed from library

RC = Reading Circle

2 = Re-read

O = Reading out loud to the kids

N = Non-fiction

Q = Quick Read / Novella
W = World Book Night book

Red = Abandoned unfinished

RATINGS (out of 5):
1 = Dire - don't waste your time
2 = OK, but nothing to write home about
3 = Good - worth a read
4 = Excellent
5 = Superb - read it immediately!

FINISHED IN JANUARY:

1. Diana Gabaldon - Voyager (Outlander #3) (K) - 3/5

2. Roald Dahl - James and the Giant Peach (2/O) - 3/5

FINISHED IN FEBRUARY:

3. Roddy Doyle - Dead Man Talking (Q) - 2/5

4. Fanny Blake - Red For Revenge (Q) - 3/5

5. Jojo Moyes - Paris for One (Q) - 3/5

6. A.J Cosmo - The Monster That Ate My Socks (O/®) - 3/5

7. Adele Geras - Out of the Dark (Q) - 4/5

8. Enid Blyton - First Term at Malory Towers (MT#1) (2/L) - 3/5

9. Enid Blyton - Second Form and Malory Towers (MT#2) (2/L) - 3/5

10. Enid Blyton - Third Year at Malory Towers (MT#3) (2/L) - 4/5

11. Neil Gaiman (illustrated by Chris Riddell) - The Sleeper and the Spindle (G/L) - 4/5

12. Enid Blyton - Upper Fourth at Malory Towers (MT#4) (2/L) - 3/5

13. Astrid Lindgren - Ronia, The Robber's Daughter (2/O) - 5/5

14. Samantha Reilly - Zentangle Art For Beginners (K/N) - 3/5

15. Arleen Hotzak - Zentangle: The Ultimate Zentangle Art Guide For Beginners - (K/N) - 4/5

16. Enid Blyton - In the Fifth at Malory Towers (MT#5) (2/L) - 4/5

FINISHED IN MARCH:

17. Enid Blyton - Last Term at Malory Towers (MT#6) (2/L) - 3/5

18. David Nicholls - Starter For Ten (K) - 3/5

19. Diana Gabaldon - The Drums of Autumn (Outlander #4) (K) - 4/5

FINISHED IN APRIL:

20. Pamela Cox - A New Term at Malory Towers (MT#7) (L) - 2/5

21. Enid Blyton - The Twins at St. Clare's (SC#1) (2/L) - 3/5

22. Enid Blyton - The O'Sullivan Twins (SC#2) (2/L) - 3/5

23. Enid Blyton - Summer Term at St. Clare's (SC#3) (L) - 3/5

24. Enid Blyton - The Second Form at St. Clare's (SC#4) (L) - 2/5

25. Pamela Cox - Summer Term at Malory Towers (MT#8) (L) - 2/5

26. Pamela Cox - Winter Term at Malory Towers (MT#9) (L) - 2/5

27. Pamela Cox - Fun and Games at Malory Towers (MT#10) (L) - 2/5

28. Pamela Cox - Secrets at Malory Towers (MT#11) (L) - 3/5

29. Pamela Cox - Goodbye Malory Towers (MT#12) (L) - 3/5

30. David Almond - Skellig (W) - 3/5

FINISHED IN MAY:

31. Kaui Hart Hemmings - The Descendants - 3/5

32. Cody Young - Johnny and the Vampires of Versailles (Vampires of the Tower #2) (K) - 2/5

33. C S Lewis - The Magician's Nephew (Narnia #1) (2/O) - 5/5

FINISHED IN JUNE:

34. Chris Ledbetter - Drawn (K/®/A/B) - 4/5

FINISHED IN JULY:

35. Abby Clemets - Viviene's Heavenly Ice Cream Shop - 3/5

36. K C Dyer - Finding Fraser (K) - 3/5

37.Jonas Jonasson - The 100-Year Old man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared - 3/5

38. Jamie Oliver - Save With Jamie (N) - 4/5

FINISHED IN AUGUST:

FINISHED IN SEPTEMBER:

39. - Diana Gabaldon - The Fiery Cross (Outlander #5) (K) - 3/5

FINISHED IN OCTOBER:

40. Josie Brown - The Housewife Assassin's Handbook (K) - 4/5

41. Josie Brown - The Housewife Assasin's Deadly Dossier (K) - 4/5

42. Patrice Greenwood - A Fatal Twist of Lemon (Wisteria Tearoom Mysteries #1) (K) - 3/5

43. Terry Pratchett - The World of Poo (2/O) - 3/5

FINISHED IN NOVEMBER:

44. A Langlands, R Goodman & P Gunn - Edwardian Farm (N) - 3/5

45. Richard Adams - Maia (2/K) - 4/5

46. Royal Horticultural Society - Grow It, Eat It (N) - 3/5

FINISHED IN DECEMBER:

47. Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book (2) - 4/5

48. Julius Goodman - The Horror of High Ridge - 1/5

49. Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl (2) - 4/5

50. Chloe Kendrick - Murder To Go (Food Truck Mysteries #1) (K) - 2/5

51. Stuart MacBride - The 45% Hangover (Q) - 3/5

52. Stuart MacBride - 22 Dead Little Bodies (Q) - 4/5

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Kell · December 18, 2015

Please don't post spoilers of the books

I'm currently reading or have yet to read!

READ IN 2016

KEY & STATS:
K = Kindle e-book
® = Reviewed for author / publisher

A = Interview with author

B = Blog tour
C = Carole Matthews Challenge

F = Borrowed from family/friend
G = Graphic novel
L = Borrowed from library

RC = Reading Circle

2 = Re-read

O = Reading out loud to the kids

N = Non-fiction

Q = Quick Read/Novella/Short Stories
W = World Book Night book
Y = Young adult book

Red = Abandoned unfinished

FINISHED IN JANUARY:

1. Ransom Riggs - Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children - 4/5

2. Lynda Wilcox - Strictly Murder (The Verity Mysteries #1) (K) - 3/5

3. Carole Matthews - With Love at Christmas (C/L) - 3/5

4. Ava Catori - The Big, Not-So-Small, Curvy Girls, BBW Romance, Dating Agency (Plush Daisies #1) (K) - 2/5

FINISHED IN FEBRUARY:

5. Carole Matthews - The Silver Collection (C/K/Q) - 3/5

6. Carole Matthews - The Christmas Party (C/L) - 3/5

7. Carole Matthews - Sunshine With A Chance Of Snow (C/K/Q) - 3/5

8. Veronica Roth - Divergent (Divergent #1) (K) - 4/5

FINISHED IN MARCH:

9. Veronica Roth - Free Four (Divergent #1.5) (K/Q) - 3/5

10. Stuart MacBride - Close To the Bone (Logan McRae #8) - 4/5

11.Carole Matthews - Meet Me on Platform 8 (C/L) - 3/5

12. Carole Matthews - For Better, For Worse (C/L) - 3/5

FINISHED IN APRIL:

13. Carole Matthews - More To Life Than This (C/L) - 2/5

14. Steven Scaffardi - The Flood (K/®) - 4/5

FINISHED IN MAY:

FINISHED IN JUNE:

16. Maria Grace - Four Days In April: A Pride and Prejudice Variation (K/Q) - 3/5

Matthew S Cox - Emma and the Banderwigh (K)

17. Joseph Delaney - The Ghost Prison (L/Y) - 3/5

FINISHED IN JULY:

18. Chris Riddell - Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse (L/Y) - 3/5

19. Ross MacKenzie - The Nowhere Emporium (L/Y) - 3/5

20. Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning (#1) (L/O/Y/R) - 3/5

21. Cameron Jace - Insanity (Mad In Wonderland #1) (K) - 3/5

FINISHED IN AUGUST:

22. J K Rowling - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (F) - 3/5

FINISHED IN SEPTEMBER:

23. Linda Beutler - Longbourn To London (K) - 3/5

24. Anna Elliott and Laura Masselos - Georgiana Darcy's Dairy (K) - 3/5

25. Andy C E Brown - Declutter And Simplify - 33 Proven Ways To Declutter And Simplify Your Life (N/K) - 1/5

26. Jane Grix - An Heir For Pemberley (Q/K) - 3/5

27. Ransom Riggs - Hollow City (Peculiar Children #2) - 3/5

28. Amanda Grange - The Sixth Month Marriage (K) - 3/5

29. Donna Hatch - Constant Hearts (K/Q) - 2/5

30. Candice Herne - Desperate Measures (K/Q) - 2/5

31. Elizabeth Ann West - A Winter Wrong (K/Q) - 3/5

32. Michelle Escamilla - Careful What You Wish For (K) - 3/5

FINISHED IN OCTOBER:

33. Harper Lin - Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse (K) - 3/5

34. Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room (#2) (L/O/Y) - 3/5

35. Philippa Gregory - The King's Curse (Cousins' War #6) - 4/5

36. Philippa Gregory - The Taming of the Queen (Tudor Court #4) - 4/5

37. Shelley Adina - Lady of Devices (Magnificent Devices #1) (K) - 4/5

FINISHED IN NOVEMBER:

38. Ruth Manning-Sanders - Folk & Fairy Tales ® - 4/5

39. Victoria Pepe, etc - I Call Myself a Feminist (N) - 4/5

40. Amy Cross - The Ghost of Shapley Hall (K) - 2/5

41. Richard Grady - It's Never OK To Borrow Someone Else's Toothbrush - 3/5

FINISHED IN DECEMBER:

42. Melissa F Miller - Rosemary's Gravy (We Sisters Three #1) (K) - 3/5

43. Philippa Gregory - Earthly Joys (Earthly Joys #1) - 3/5

44. Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window (#3) (L/O/Y) - 3/5

45. J K Rowling - Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp - 4/5

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Kell · December 25, 2016

I'm currently reading or have yet to read!

READ IN 2017

KEY & STATS:
K = Kindle e-book
C = Carole Matthews Challenge

F = Borrowed from family/friend
G = Graphic novel
L = Borrowed from library

2 = Re-read

O = Reading out loud to the kids

N = Non-fiction

Q = Quick Read/Novella/Short Stories
W = World Book Night book
Y = Young adult book

Red = Abandoned unfinished

JANUARY:

1. Derek Landy - THe Lost Art of World Domination (Y/Q/K) - 3/5

2. Julie Smith - Sourdough Wars (Rebecca Schwartz #2) (K) - 2/5

3. P G Wodehouse - Jeeves and the Yuletide Spirit (Q/K) - 4/5

4. Neil Gaiman - How To Talk To Girls At Parties (Q/K) - 1/5

5. Kate Thompson - Highway Robbery (Y/L) - 2/5

6. Jody Revenson - Harry Potter: The Character Vault - 5/5

7. Connie Shelton - Sweet Masterpiece (Samantha Sweet Mysteries #1) (K) - 3/5

8. Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey (2) - 5/5

9. Connie Shelton - Deadly Gamble (Charlie Parker #1) - 3/5

FEBRUARY:

10. Philippa Gregory - Three Sisters, Three Queens - 3/5

11. Connie Shelton - Holidays Can Be Deadly (Charlie Parker #9.1) (K) - 2/5

12. Cate Lawley - Adventures of a Vegan Vamp (Vegan Vamp #1) (K) - 3/5

13. Donna Joy Usher - Cocoa and Chanel (Chanel #1) (K) - 3/5

14. Jody Revenson - Harry Potter: The Creature Vault - 4/5

15. Donna Joy Usher - Goons 'n' Roses (Chanel #2) (K) - 3/5

16. Jennifer L Hart - Skeletons In the Closet (Laundry Hag #1) (K) - 2/5

17. Lilian Watts - Stage Door: A Cue To A Kill (K/Q) - 2/5

18. Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill (#4) (L/O/Y) - 3/5

MARCH:

19. BBC - Dr Who Character Encyclopedia (N) - 4/5

20. Milda Harris - Killer Cupcakes (Celebrity Cupcakes #1) (K/Q) - 2/5

21. Terry Pratchett - The Compleat Discworld Atlas - 4/5

22. Thy Doen Graves - Hand Lettering: Creative Alphabets For Any Occasion (N) - 4/5

23. Josie Brown - Hollywood W-hore (True Hollywood Lies) (K) - 3/5

24. Chloe Kendrick - Murder in the Spotlight (Food Truck Mysteries #2) (K) - 3/5

25. Chloe Kendrick - Leftovers (Food Truck Mysteries #3) (K) - 3/5

26. Chloe Kendrick - A Real Gyro (Food Truck Mysteries #4) (K) - 3/5

27. Chloe Kendrick - Dead Giveaway (Food Truck Mysteries #5) (K) - 2/5

28. Chloe Kendrick - A Thief Of Any Man (Food Truck Mysteries #6) (K) - 2/5

29. Chloe Kendrick - Justice Is Served (Food Truck Mysteries #7) (K) - 2/5

30. Chloe Kendrick - A Grave Concern (Food Truck Mysteries #8) (K) - 2/5

31. Chloe Kendrick - Five Will Get You Twenty (Food Truck Mysteries #9) (K) - 3/5

APRIL:

32. Chloe Kendrick - Deadly Beloved (Food Truck Mysteries #10) (K) - 3/5

33. Chloe Kendrick - Murders and Acquisitions (Food Truck Mysteries #11) (K) - 2/5

34. Chloe Kendrick - Down For the Count (Food Truck Mysteries #12) (K) - 2/5

35. Chloe Kendrick - Slay Bells Ring (Food Truck Mysteries #13) (K) - 2/5

36. Chloe Kendrick - A Formula For Murder (Food Truck Mysteries #14) (K) - 2/5

MAY:

37. Hope Callaghan - Starboard Secrets (Cruise Ship Mystery #1) (K) - 2/5

38. Hope Callaghan - Portside Peril (Cruise Ship Mystery #2) (K) - 2/5

39. Hope Callaghan - Lethal Lobster (Cruise Ship Mystery #3) (K) - 2/5

JUNE:

JULY:

AUGUST:

SEPTEMBER:

OCTOBER:

NOVEMBER:

DECEMBER:

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