chaliepud Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Hi! I wasn't going to do a blog for 2015 but then I saw all the book jars and got tempted.. So here is my version, a Book Box!! There are around 70 book titles in here, all are books I have wanted to read at some point in the last few years, so hopefully this will encourage me to get around to reading them sooner rather than later, maybe this way I will be less inclined to add to the titles too! Edited January 21, 2015 by chaliepud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Titles in my Book Box. 11.22.63 - Stephen King 13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr After the Fall - Charity Norman After You - Jojo Moyes Alone in Berlin - Hans Fallada A Long, Long Way - Sebastian Barry A Possible Life - Sebastian Faulks Academy Street - Mary Costello Americcanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche Among Others - Jo Walton At Home - Bill Bryson Bay of Secrets - Rosanna Ley Before I Met You - Lisa Jewell Between Sisters - Kristin Hannah Bird In Hand - Christina Baker Kline Birdy - William Wharton Blackout - Connie Willis Blitz - Molly LeFebure Boy, Snow, Bird - Helen Oyeyemi Caleb's Crossing - Geraldine Brooks Cannery Row - John Steinbeck Catching Snowflakes - Nora Roberts City of Fallen Angels - Cassandra Clare Class - Erich Segal Coastliners - Joanne Harris Confectioner's Tale - Laura Madeleine Confess - Colleen Hoover Divine Evil - Nora Roberts East of Eden - John Steinbeck Etta and Otto and Russell and James - Emma Hooper Everything, Everything - Nicola Yoon Fractured - Teri Terry Frank Skinner - Frank Skinner Generation Dead - Daniel Waters Ghostwritten - Isabel Wolff Gorsky - Vesna Goldsworthy Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche Half Wild - Sally Green Here's Looking At You - Mhairi McFarlane Her Mother's Shadow - Diane Chamberlain Home - Toni Morrison Home Again - Kristin Hannah I Let You Go - Clare Mackintosh I'll Give You The Sun - Jandy Nelson In Defence of Dogs - John Bradshaw Inside The O'Briens - Lisa Genova In The Shadow of Blackbirds - Cat Winters Instructions for a Heatwave - Maggie O'Farrell Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo Keeper of the Light - Diane Chamberlain Kiss River - Diane Chamberlain Library of Souls - Ransom Riggs Liberty's Fire - Lydia Syson Little Beach Street Bakery - Jenny Colgan Little Bird of Heaven - Joyce Carol Oates Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez Lucky Us - Amy Bloom Marina - Carlos Ruiz Zafon Miss Garnet's Angel - Sally Vickers Mist - Mary Fitzgerald More Than This - Patrick Ness Mothers and Daughters - Leah Fleming My Animals and Other Family - Clare Balding My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante My Cousin Rachel - Daphne Du Maurier Not A Drop To Drink - Mindy McGinnis Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck One Step Too Far - Tina Seksis Only Ever Yours - Louise O'Neill On Mystic Lake - Kristin Hannah Orphan Train - Christina Baker Kline Our Endless Numbered Days - Claire Fuller Parade's End - Ford Madox Ford Paris For One (Quickreads) - Jojo Moyes Postcards From No Mans Land - Aidan Chambers P.S. I Love You - Cecelia Ahern Pushing the Limits - Katie McGarry Second Hand Heart - Catherine Ryan Hyde Secrets of the Lighthouse - Santa Montefiore Shadowplay - Laura Lam Sheltering Rain - Jojo Moyes Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky Summer At Little Street Bakery - Jenny Colgan Summertime - Vanessa Lafaye Swan Music - Sarah Harrison Summer at the Lake - Erica James The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Ashgrove - Diney Costeloe The Beachside Guest House - Vanessa Greene The Bed I Made - Lucie Whitehouse The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks The Bookseller of Kabul - Asne Seierstad The Bronze Horseman - Paullina Simons The Captain's Daughter - Leah Fleming The Carriage House - Louisa Hall The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - Holly Black The Cornish House - Liz Fenwick The Courage Tree - Diane Chamberlain The Crying Tree - Naseem Rakha The Dandelion Years - Erica James The Dynamite Room - Jason Hewitt The Falls - Joyce Carol Oates The Fatal Englishman - Sebastian Faulks The Fever Tree - Jennifer McVeigh The First Casualty - Ben Elton The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Claire North The Food of Love - Anthony Capella The Girls from Corona Del Mar - Ruth Thorpe The Girl Under the Olive Tree - Leah Fleming The Giver - Lois Lowry The Guardian - Nicholas Sparks The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood The Happy Home FOr Broken Hearts - Rowan Coleman The Hare With Amber Eyes - Edmund De Waal The Heavenly Italian Ice Cream Shop - Abby Clements The Horse Dancer - Jojo Moyes The House on the Strand - Daphne Du Maurier The House We Grew Up In - Lisa Jewell The Ice Twins - S.K Tremayne The Invisible Ones - Stef Penney The Italian Girl - Lucinda Riley The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes - Anna McPartlin The Last Telegram Liz Trenow The Letter - Kathryn Hughes The Lie - C.L Taylor The Lie - Helen Dunmore The Light Years - Elizabeth Jane Howard The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul - Deborah Rodriguez The Lower River - Paul Theroux The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz - Denis Avey The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton The Moonfield - Judith Allnatt The Museum of Things Left Behind - Seni Glaister The Next Together - Lauren James The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah The Other Side of the Bridge - Mary Lawson The Painted Bridge - Wendy Wallace The Paying Guests - Sarah Waters The Pearl - John Steinbeck The Perfect Present - Karen Swan The Prisoner of Heaven - Carols Ruiz Zafon The Proof of Love - Catherine Hall The Psychopath Test - Jon Ronson The Rabbit Back Literature Society - Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen The Red Pony - John Steinbeck The Saffron Trail - Rosanna Ley The Scapegoat - Daphne Du Maurier The Sea - John Banville The Secrets of the Notebook - Eve Haas The Seven Sisters - Lucinda Riley The Shadow Wife - Diane Chamberlain The Ship of Brides - Jojo Moyes The Sight - David Clement-Davies The Snow Angel - Lulu Taylor The Stand - Stephen King The Sunrise - Victoria Hislop The Things We Never Said - Susan Elliot Wright The Throwaway Children - Diney Costeloe The Time Between - Karen White The Truth According To Us - Annie Barrows The Twilight Hour - Nicci Gerrard The Two Week Wait - Sarah Rayner The Way Back Home - Freya North The Way You Look Tonight - Richard Madeley Together for Christmas - Carol Rivers Tomorrow, When The War Began - John Marsden Two Brothers - Ben Elton Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand Unwind - Neal Shusterman Wake - Anna Hope We Are All Made Of Stars - Rowan Coleman We Never Asked For Wings - Vanessa Diffenbaugh What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - Judith Kerr Where Love Lies - Julie Cohen Where My Heart Used To Beat - Sebastian Faulks Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah With Your Crooked Heart - Helen Dunmore Edited December 28, 2015 by chaliepud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) BOOKS READ IN 20151. Cruel Summer - James Dawson - 4/102. Mrs Sinclair's Suitcase - Louise Walters - 8/103. A Dog's Journey - W. Bruce Cameron - 5/104. Jamaica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier - 9/105. Instructions for a Heatwave - Maggie O'Farrell - 7/106. The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey - 5/107. The Guardian - Nicholas Sparks - 6/108. The Fever Tree - Jennifer McVeigh - 8/109. Summer at the Lake - Erica James - 7/1010. The Dynamite Room - Jason Hewitt - 8/1011. Academy Street - Mary Costello - 9/1012. Half Wild Sally Green - 8/1013. The Moonfield - Judith Allnatt - 10/1014. The Giver - Lois Lowry - 8/1015. Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo - 10/1016. 13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson - 8/1017. The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks - 6/1018. On Mystic Lake - Kristin Hannah - 6/1019. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - 5/1020. The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes - Anna McPartlin - 10/1021. The Lower River - Paul Theroux - 4/1022. The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah - 10/1023. Marina - Carlos Ruiz Zafon - 4/1024. Orphan Train - Christina Baker Kline - 10/1025. All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr - 6/1026. The Girls from Corona Del Mar - Rufi Thorpe - 8/1027. The Snow Angel - Lulu Taylor - 8/1028. Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah - 8/1029. The Confectioner's Tale - Laura Madeleine - 8/1030. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying - Marie Kondo - 10/1031. Starshine - John Wilcox - 10/1032. Home Again - Kristin Hannah - 8/1033. We Are All Made Of Stars - Rowan Coleman - 10/1034. The Whole30, The Official 30 Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom - Dallas Hartwig - 10/1035. We Never Asked For Wings - Vanessa Diffenbaugh - 10/1036. Pushing The Limits - Katie McGarry - 8/1037. After You - Jojo Moyes - 9/1038. Library of Souls - Ransom Riggs - 8/1039. Paris for One (Quickreads) - Jojo Moyes - 6/1040. The House We Grew Up In - Lisa Jewell - 8/1041. Wake - Anna Hope - 9/10 42. Sheltering Rain - Jojo Moyes - 7/10 43. The Ashgrove - Diney Costeloe - 9/10 44. Everything, Everything - Nicola Yoon - 8/10 45. Inside The O'Briens - Lisa Genova - 6/10 46. The Lie- Helen Dunmore - 3/10 47. Catching Snowflakes - Nora Roberts - 3/10 48. The Next Together - Lauren James - 5/10 49. The Dandelion Years - Erica James - 9/10 50. Together for Christmas - Carol Rivers Edited December 28, 2015 by chaliepud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 I am open for business, I made chocolate chip cookies today, help yourselves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Love the book box, at least it won't break when you fling it across the room in annoyance at the book title you've pulled! Although you've got some very interesting titles in there. You are off to a great reading start, I hope the rest of the year is as good and productive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Happy reading Hayley! .. love the box Thanks very much for the choc chip cookies .. yummy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Happy reading, and all the best in 2015 Hayley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Wahey, nice to see an Anna McPartlin title on there - I must read that one myself, actually. The box is beautiful, where did you get it? And thanks for the cookies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 What a gorgeous box! Happy reading in 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 That's a beautiful box, and I love the coloured bits of paper. I wish you a great reading year in 2015 ! You've got some interesting titles on your list, so hopefully you'll have some great reads this year . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Happy reading , and that's such a beautiful box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Happy reading in 2015! Your reading box is lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) Wohoo, another boxer! I'm glad you decided to start a reading log May the reading box bring your hours of happy reads! Titles in my Book Box. The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster The Rabbit Back Literature Society - Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen Kylie's going to be happy to see The Phantom Tollbooth on your TBR It should be a really great read I'm hoping to read it this year. Looking forward to your thoughts on it when you get to it! And yay for The Rabbit Back Literature Society! Can't wait for your thoughts on that, either! Happy reading in 2015, chalie! Edit: I forgot to say: the box is absolutely gorgeous! Edited January 22, 2015 by frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Happy reading this year, Hayley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Thanks so much for the cookies! I really like your lovely box; have an equally lovely reading year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 What a pretty box it is......see there are 3 JoJo in there...but not Diane Chamberlain....have you read them all then.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Thanks everyone! I got the box in our local Newsagent, there were lots of different sizes and they were very reasonably priced (£2 for this one) and I'm trying to think of uses for the other sizes! Wohoo, another boxer! I'm glad you decided to start a reading log May the reading box bring your hours of happy reads! Kylie's going to be happy to see The Phantom Tollbooth on your TBR. It should be a really great read I'm hoping to read it this year. Looking forward to your thoughts on it when you get to it! And yay for The Rabbit Back Literature Society! Can't wait for your thoughts on that, either! Happy reading in 2015, chalie! Edit: I forgot to say: the box is absolutely gorgeous! Hi frankie, there are so many books on there I am very keen to read, hopefully this will help me get through them all.. I did buy The Dynamite Room yesterday though so their odds have lengthened ever so slightly! What a pretty box it is......see there are 3 JoJo in there...but not Diane Chamberlain....have you read them all then.. I still have some DC's Diane but I think I need a little break from them so will concentrate on what's in the box for a little while I think. Whilst they are all very different the general theme is the same and I need a change! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I still have some DC's Diane but I think I need a little break from them so will concentrate on what's in the box for a little while I think. Whilst they are all very different the general theme is the same and I need a change! That makes sense . I usually have a bit of time too between standalone reads by the same author. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Well, I have finished Jamaica Inn and was not in the least disappointed, what a fantastic author Daphne Du Maurier was. It always takes me a fair few pages to get into her novels as I read very little books that are not contemporary, but they flow beautifully once I get going and I can only delight in the mood and atmosphere she creates. What I loved particularly about Jamaica Inn was how the book concentrated so solely on Mary as though she were the axis around which all the other character revolved. I felt like I was Mary and I felt what she felt, and was rooting for her from beginning to end, she was so strong yet was confined to so little freedom, in body and spirit, as a woman of that time. A 4.5/5, not quite as good for me as Rebecca but hot on the heels! I have consulted the Box of Books, or rather my daughter has for me, and it has given me Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell, I'm not thrilled with this as I wasn't over keen on The Hand That First Held Mine, but I shall give it a go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I hope you get on ok with Instructions for a Heatwave. I liked it, but then again I also liked The Hand That First Held Mine (though having said that, I don't actually remember any plot details ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I wasn't keen on 'Heatwave' but I loved The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox. I hope you enjoy the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 You've got some great looking titles ahead of you - a few are on my TBR as well. I've just finished Rebecca having read Jamaica Inn last year. I loved both but agree Rebecca just pips it for me Have a great reading year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 I hope you get on ok with Instructions for a Heatwave. I liked it, but then again I also liked The Hand That First Held Mine (though having said that, I don't actually remember any plot details ). Thanks, I've read the first 50 pages and it seems ok so fingers crossed! I don't remember much about The Hand that First Held Mine either, I just remember finding it a bit dull and slow.. I wasn't keen on 'Heatwave' but I loved The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox. I hope you enjoy the book. Thanks Janet. You've got some great looking titles ahead of you - a few are on my TBR as well. I've just finished Rebecca having read Jamaica Inn last year. I loved both but agree Rebecca just pips it for me Have a great reading year! Thanks Alex, I really need to look up more Daphne Du Maurier for when my TBR pile has reduced a lot a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ooh, beautiful box, Chalie! I'm glad you decided to start a reading log after all. I helped myself to a couple of cookies, thank you. Kylie's going to be happy to see The Phantom Tollbooth on your TBR It should be a really great read I'm hoping to read it this year. Looking forward to your thoughts on it when you get to it! Yes, Kylie is happy indeed. However, she'd be even happier if Frankie would stop talking about this book with everyone and just read it herself! I have consulted the Box of Books, or rather my daughter has for me, and it has given me Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell, I'm not thrilled with this as I wasn't over keen on The Hand That First Held Mine, but I shall give it a go! I remember reading and enjoying The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, but I remember absolutely nothing about it. So even though I think I enjoyed it, I doubt I'll read anything else by her. I'll still be interested in your thoughts on this one though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ooh, beautiful box, Chalie! I'm glad you decided to start a reading log after all. I helped myself to a couple of cookies, thank you. Yes, Kylie is happy indeed. However, she'd be even happier if Frankie would stop talking about this book with everyone and just read it herself! I remember reading and enjoying The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, but I remember absolutely nothing about it. So even though I think I enjoyed it, I doubt I'll read anything else by her. I'll still be interested in your thoughts on this one though! Hopefully The Phantom Tollbooth will pop up soon, it's another one that I'm not sure why I haven't picked up yet but I almost certainly will this year! I wasn't too thrilled with the box yesterday to be honest, I'm hoping it will be kinder next time. The kids are taking it in turn to choose a card from the box as they seem to think I will have put all my potential favourites on one colour of card! (I haven't but I do remember what colour a few of my favourites are on! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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