Michelle Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 2007 - 492008 - 852009 - 472010 - 432011 - 612012 - 612013 - 692014 - 621. Alice and the Fly by James Rice2. Hollow World by Michael J Sullivan (audio)3. The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman4. The Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney (audio)5. A Robot in the Garden by Deborah Install6. Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C Clarke (audio)7. Rama II by Arthur C Clarke and Gentry Lee (audio)8. The Ice Twins by S K Tremayne9. Way Down Dark by James Smythe10. Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig11. The Garden of Rama by Arthur C Clarke and Gentry Lee (audio)12. The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson13. Killing The Dead by Marcus Sedgwick (WBD book)14. The Death House by Sarah Pinborough15. Migraine by Oliver Sacks16. Rama Revealed by Arthur C Clarke and Gentry Lee (audio)17. Uprooted by Naomi Novik18. Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neil19. Tip of the Tongue (Doctor Who) by Patrick Ness20. Inherit the Stars by James Hogan (audio)21. Starborn by Lucy Hounsom22. The Imagination Box by Martyn Ford23. True Face by Siobhan Curham24. The Humans by Matt Haig (audio)25. Temeraire by Naomi Novik26. Sleepless by Lou Morgan27. The Territory by Sarah Govett28. The Glass Demon by Helen Grant29. The Sin Eater's Daughter by Melinda Salisbury30. Read Me Like A Book by Liz Kessler31. Starring Kitty by Keris Stainton32. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (audio)33. The Fold by Peter Clines (audio)34. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (audio)35. Deep Water by Lu Hersey36. Darkmere by Helen Maslin37. Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle (audio)38. The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich39. City of Halves by Lucy Inglis40. Monster by CJ Skuse41. Alive by Scott Sigler (audio)42. A Thousand Nights by EK Johnston43. The Box of Demons by Daniel Whelan44. Asking For It by Louise o'Neill45. 7 Days by Eve Ainsworth46. Half A King by Joe Abercrombie (audio)47. Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan48. Half the World by Joe Abercrombie (audio)49. Half a War by Joe Abercrombie (audio)50. Lost Souls by Seth Patrick51. Beautiful Broken Things by Sara Barnard52. Time Lord Fairy Tales53. Book of Lies by Teri Terry54. Quirkology by Richard Wiseman (audio)55. Paranormality by Richard Wiseman (audio)56. The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood57. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristof58. Faceless by Alyssa Sheinmel 59. The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham (audio) I've decided to create a separate list for my graphic novels and comics HERE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michelle Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Here we go, another year.. hopefully full of good books! On the go at the moment is The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman and I've gone back to Hollow World by Michael J Sullivan on my ipod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I hope you have a great reading year in 2015, Michelle . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Happy reading, Michelle! Looking forward to grabbing recommendations from this thread, as always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anisia Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Have a great reading year in 2015! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Hope you have a great reading year, Michelle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Enjoy your 2015 reading.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Happy Reading this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I hope 2015 is a great year for you, Michelle. And I hope we may get to meet for coffee and the obligatory trip to Waterstones this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Have a great reading year in 2015! And thank you for the forum, once again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Wishing you a great year of reading, Michelle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Thanks everyone. I went back to another book I'd started in Dec, and have just finished it.. Alice and the Fly by James Rice. And now off to bed, to try to finish my audiobook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Alice and the Fly - difficult to review, as I don't want to say much about the actual story.... Miss Hayes has a new theory. She thinks my condition’s caused by some traumatic incident from my past I keep deep-rooted in my mind. As soon as I come clean I’ll flood out all these tears and it’ll all be ok and I won’t be scared of Them anymore. The truth is I can’t think of any single traumatic childhood incident to tell her. I mean, there are plenty of bad memories – Herb’s death, or the time I bit the hole in my tongue, or Finners Island, out on the boat with Sarah – but none of these are what caused the phobia. I’ve always had it. It’s Them. I’m just scared of Them. It’s that simple. The story in this debut by James Rice is told by Greg, as he writes to Alice, a girl he likes, in his journal. Greg comes across as an awkward, shy boy with a phobia of ‘Them’ (which turn out to be spiders) but as the book goes on, it’s obvious there is more to be told. In fact, the story is interspersed with extracts of interviews of various characters with the police, which hint of much deeper issues. Alice and the Fly is a book which gradually takes hold, as we find out more about Greg, his family, and his mental health problems. Telling the story from Greg’s point of view allows you to experience how he sees his world, and yet there is enough information to allow you to see what’s really going on, all the way to the heartbreaking conclusion. My first book of 2015, and highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I really like the sound of that novel, great review! I'm going to add it to my wishlist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Happy reading Michelle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Have just finished my 1st audiobook of the year - I almost gave up on it a few times, but I've given up on so many of my audiobooks that I need to keep going with at least some of them! Anyway, this one has seems to have award nominations, and good reviews, but for some reason it just didn't work for me. It tells the story of Ellis Rogers, who builds a time machine, and travels 2000 years into the future. There are some interesting concepts, where people all look alike because they all use the same perfect genes, and portals which allow them to travel anywhere. To me, some things weren't explained well enough, and I hated the character of 'Ren'. There are aspects of philosophy throughout, such as the existence or absence of God, plus the idea of love is explored, as the people of the future have no gender, and relationships are a lot different. In conclusion, there were some good ideas and concepts, but for me they just didn't gel well enough. There may be further books set in the same world, and I'm unsure as to whether I'd pick them up or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Third book finished, but they were all started last year, so I've not be reading that fast! It's The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman - over all, it was pretty good, but I did feel there was a lot of information, and it would have been better if I'd had more time to get into it, rather than reading it in little bits - but then I often feel that about fantasy books. And this is what this basically is, a fantasy, but based around books and libraries. I need time to write a decent review, but for fantasy readers who may wish to try it, the kindle version is only 99p at the moment - and it's a recent release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Your uncertainty about those last two is making me uncertain haha but I'm definitely intrigued by the mention of philosophy in the former, and by the libraries/books in the latter, so they've both gone on my wishlist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 I'd recommend The Invisible Library more then Hollow World. I think it's a combination of me reading it in small bits, plus world building which could have been better, but overall it's pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Happy reading in 2015, Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 A Happy Reading Year to you, Michelle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Happy reading, Michelle! Looking forward to getting more YA recs from you this year. I love book about books and libraries, so I'm going to look into The Invisible Library. You mentioned that you give up on a lot of audiobooks. Is that because of the story or the narrator? ETA: I just looked it up on Goodreads. The synopsis describes it as 'Doctor Who with librarian spies'. Have you seen a new show called The Librarians, Michelle? After I watched the first couple of episodes, I recommended it to my partner as being 'like Doctor Who, but with a huge library!' And just now I saw a review on Goodreads which likened The Invisible Library to the show The Librarians. I know you're a big Doctor Who fan, so maybe you would enjoy watching the show. Also, did you know that the book is the 'first instalment'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 There are multiple reasons why I give up on audiobooks - sometimes I make bad choices when I get them, sometimes I don't get on with the stories, sometimes it's the narrator. It's probably no different to my paper books, but I'm more aware because I can see them all listed together! I did actually ask the author of The Invisible Library about future books, and she said there would be. I thought there would, but I expected new characters, because of the way this one wrapped up - but she said it's the same ones. That was one thing in it's favour, no cliff hanger at the end. Overall I would recommend The Invisible Library, there was just a lot to take in, and I wanted to know more about the actual library side. The Librarians looks interesting - it looks as if I may have missed the first few over here. I shall investigate. Thanks Kylie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Happy reading in 2015, Michelle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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