Nollaig Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 2015 Reading Log 2016 Reading Log *** Green is readYellow is in progressGrey is upcoming soonRed is abandoned(ICC) is Irish Counties Challenge *** Rating System (from Goodreads) 1/5 - Didn't like it2/5 - It was okay3/5 - Liked it4/5 - Loved it5/5 - It was amazing *** 1. Ragdoll - Daniel Cole 4/5 2. Dear Amy - Helen Callaghan 3/5 3. Good Me Bad Me - Ali Land 4/5 4. The Last Days of Jack Sparks - Jason Arnopp 5/5 5. Some Will Not Sleep - Adam Nevill 4/5 6. The Inferior - Peadar O'Guilín 3/5 7. Before I Let You In - Jenny Blackhurst 2/5 8. My Name is Leon - Kit De Waal 3/5 9. Behind Her Eyes - Sarah Pinborough 2/5 10. The Last Good Day of the Year - Jessica Warman 3/5 11. You - Caroline Kepnes 3/5 12. Coffin Road - Peter May 4/5 13. The Blackhouse - Peter May 4/5 14. The Silent Twin - Caroline Mitchell 3/5 15. Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn 4/5 16. The Secret of Nightingale Wood - Lucy Strange 4/5 17. The Shuddering - Ania Ahlborn 3/5 18. Seed - Ania Ahlborn 3/5 19. The Breakdown - B. A. Paris 3/5 20. The Girl Before - J. P. Delaney 2/5 21. Stranded - Bracken McLeod 2/5 22. Universal Harvester - John Darnielle 3/5 23. The Roanoke Girls - Amy Engel 3/5 24. The People At Number 9 - Felicity Everett 2/5 25. Tattletale - Sarah J. Naughton 4/5 26. Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer 3/5 27. Good As Gone - Amy Gentry 3/5 28. Girl Number One - Jane Holland 2/5 29. Lock The Door - Jane Holland 3/5 30. Ararat - Christopher Golden 3/5 31. Sometimes I Lie - Alice Feeney 3/5 32. Her Husband's Lover - Julia Crouch 3/5 33. The Other Side of the Wall - Andrea Mara 4/5 34. For Reasons Unknown - Michael Wood 4/5 35. Dont' Wake Up - Liz Lawler 2/5 36. Last Days - Adam Nevill 3/5 37. Outside Looking In - Michael Wood 4/5 38. Gone Astray - Michelle Davies 4/5 39. 14 - Peter Clines 4/5 40. Exquisite - Sarah Stovell 3/5 41. He Said, She Said - Erin Kelly 4/5 42. Irregular Creatures - Chuck Wendig 3/5 43. Nothing on Earth - Conor O'Callaghan 4/5 (ICC) 44. The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas 3/5 45. The Escape - C. L. Taylor 3/5 46. How I Lost You - Jenny Blackhurst 4/5 47. Pretty Girls - Karin Slaughter 3/5 48. A Room Full of Killers - Michael Woods 3/5 49. Under The Hawthorn Tree - Marita Conlon-McKenna 4/5 (ICC) 50. The Burning - Jane Casey 4/5 51. Harbour - John Ajvide Lindqvist 3/5 52. Last Seen Alive - Claire Douglas 4/5 53. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman 3/5 54. The Iron Man - Ted Hughes 4/5 55. Silent Scream - Angela Marsons 3/5 56. Tall Oaks - Chris Whittacker 2/5 57. The Reckoning - Jane Casey 3/5 58. The Loneliest Girl In The Universe - Lauren James 3/5 59. Evil Games - Angela Marsons 4/5 60. Lies - T. M. Logan 3/5 61. Don't Close Your Eyes - Holly Seddon 3/5 62. Local Girl Missing - Claire Douglas 3/5 63. Copycat - Alex Lake 3/5 64. Together - Julie Cohen 2/5 65. Bird Box - Josh Malerman (reread) 4/5 66. Penpal - Dathan Auerbach (re-read) 3/5 (down from 5/5) 67. I Found You - Lisa Jewell 5/5 68. The House We Grew Up In - Lisa Jewell 3/5 69. The Girls in the Garden - Lisa Jewell 4/5 70. Lost Girls - Angela Marsons 71. Through the Woods - Emily Carroll 72. The Gigantic Beard that was Evil - Stephen Carroll 73. Wrong Place - Michelle Davies 74. The Last Girl - Jane Casey 75. Deadpool Classic Vol 2 - Joe Kelly 76. Play Dead - Angela Marsons 77. Try Not To Breathe - Holly Seddon 78. Last Bird Singing - Jane Holland 79. The Kill - Jane Casey 80. The Foster Child - Jenny Blackhurst 81. The Accident - C. L. Taylor 82. After The Fire - Jane Casey Total read: 82/75 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 [Contemporary] Irish Counties Challenge Below are the books I've completed so far for this challenge. Full county/author/book listings for every county and reviews can be found here. #1 Cork - Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume - 3/5 - Asking For It by Louise O'Neill - - Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard 4/5 #2 Donegal - The Black Snow by Paul Lynch - 5/5 - Bogmail by Patrick McGinley - 3/5 #3 Tyrone - About Sisterland by Martina Devlin 3/5 - The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien #4 Westmeath - Long Time, No See by Dermot Healy 3/5 #5 Kildare - The Herbalist by Niamh Boyce - 5/5 #6 Tipperary - The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan - 4/5 #7 Kerry - The Last Days Of Rabbit Hayes by Anna McPartlin - 5/5 #8 Wexford* - The Guns of Easter by Gerard Whelan #9 Derry* - The Misremembered Man by Christina McKenna - 4/5 #10 Down - A Parachute in the Lime Tree by Annemarie Neary - 3/5 #11 Antrim - Time Present and Time Past by Deirdre Madden - 3/5 #12 Longford - Solace by Belinda McKeon - 5/5 #13 Roscommon - The Deposition of Father McGreevy by Brian O'Doherty - 2/5 #14 Wicklow - Foster by Claire Keegan 3/5 #15 Louth - Nothing on Earth by Conor O'Callaghan 4/5 #16 Dublin - Under The Hawthorn Tree - Marita Conlon-McKenna 4/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 I'm keeping this super simple this year - no wishlists or TBRs because that's all recorded on Goodreads anyway, just my reading log and my Irish Counties Challenge which I need to resume this year. I'm also gonna keep posting cross-stitch stuff in this thread. Currently reading three books which I started in December and will hopefully get finished soon for a good headstart on my 2017 Reading Challenge of 120 books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Happy 2017 reading for you Noll, hope it's a great one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I'm waiting to find out what you thought about all 3 of your current reads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 I'm waiting to find out what you thought about all 3 of your current reads! So far thoroughly enjoying all three! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Hope you have a groovy 2017 for reading, Noll, and otherwise! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Wishing you a very productive reading year, Noll, and looking forward to seeing more of your cross stitch too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Wishing you a great reading year in 2017, Noll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Happy Reading in 2017 Noll! Hope you have a great reading year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 (ICC) is Irish Counties Challenge I love what you've done there! </easily pleased> Happy reading in 2017, Noll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I wish you a great reading year in 2017, Noll ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Happy reading in 2017 Noll! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I hope you have a fantastic reading year in 2017, Nollaig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Happy Reading - and cross stitching - in 2017 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Have a great year filled with books and reading Noll... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Wishing you a wonderful year of reading, Noll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Thanks everyone! Year started off a bit rocky but getting into the swing of regular reading again now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I'm *still* waiting for your first 3 reviews! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Hope you have a great reading year Noll and good luck with your challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 I'm *still* waiting for your first 3 reviews! Hahaha sorry! I haven't written *any* reviews in so long - one of them is written, just haven't posted it here yet. Will try to get to the other two soon Thanks Hayley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Have a fab 2017 Noll, may the books be great and plentiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I'm *still* waiting for your first 3 reviews! Ditto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 First review of the year! #1 Ragdoll - Daniel Cole Genre: Crime ThrillerSynopsis: A body is discovered with the dismembered parts of six victims stitched together like a puppet, nicknamed by the press as the 'ragdoll'. Assigned to the shocking case are Detective William 'Wolf' Fawkes, recently reinstated to the London Met, and his former partner Detective Emily Baxter. The 'Ragdoll Killer' taunts the police by releasing a list of names to the media, and the dates on which he intends to murder them. With six people to save, can Fawkes and Baxter catch a killer when the world is watching their every move?*** Review: Having seen this on Goodreads and added it to my wishlist, Michelle kindly passed on an ARC of this novel for me to read, and it really is a cracker. My reading mojo has been very out of sorts lately, so I stopped and started a little for the first couple of chapters but it didn't take long for it to completely reel me in. It's both the first novel in a series (Detective Fawkes #1) and the debut novel by the author, but it honestly reads like an installment in an already well-established series.There's a very cinematic quality to this novel - I can really see this translating excellently to the big (or small) screen. It's an action-packed thriller, as frequently disturbing and creatively violent as laugh out loud funny. As Michelle observed - it has just the right balance of humour to prevent the darker elements weighing it down too much. The mystery surrounding the 'ragdoll' and the mystery of how the killer continuously stays one step ahead of Fawkes and Baxter are both really intriguing. I wound up tearing through the book to find out whodunnit, and more importantly, how?!My only criticism is that I wasn't too keen on the resolution/ending. It was good, and it was pretty well done for what it was, it just wasn't something that really appealed to me personally. I have to say though, I can't imagine how on earth Cole can follow on from where this book leaves off, but I'm looking forward to finding out.Rating: 4/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 First review of the year! #1 Ragdoll - Daniel Cole My only criticism is that I wasn't too keen on the resolution/ending. It was good, and it was pretty well done for what it was, it just wasn't something that really appealed to me personally. I have to say though, I can't imagine how on earth Cole can follow on from where this book leaves off, but I'm looking forward to finding out. Rating: 4/5 Yep - complete agreement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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