Janet Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) Books read in 2006 - 20Books read in 2007 - 30Books read in 2008 - 40Books read in 2009 - 65Target for 2010 is to read 'more than' 40 booksFICTIONThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - 10/10A Clergyman's Daughter by George Orwell - 9/10Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant - 8/10Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome - 10/10Blacklands by Belinda Bauer - 9/10Candide or Optimism by Voltaire - 7/10The Perfect Murder [Quick Reads] by Peter James - 7/10The History of Mr Polly by H G Wells - 7/10The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters - 8/10Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett - 7½/10Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier - 6/10Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey - 9/10Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach - 9/10The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds - 9/10Incendiary by Chris Cleave - 8/10I'm Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti - 8/10The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan - 10/10Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell - 7/10Lovely Green Eyes by Arnošt Lustig - 6½/10Mr Rosenblum's List - or Friendly Guidance for the Aspiring Englishman by Natasha Solomons - 10/10The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison - 7/10The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith - 9/10The White Queen by Philippa Gregory - 8/10Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - 9/10The History of Love by Nicole Krauss - 8/10The Help by Kathryn Stockett - 10/10The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson - 9½/10CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULT FICTIONOnce by Morris Gleitzman - 10/10The Toymaker by Jeremy de Quidt - 9/10The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh - 7½/10The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier - 8/10The Enchanted Castle by E Nesbit - 7/10Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy by L A Meyer - 8/10Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer - 8/10The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson - 10/10NON-FICTIONA Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby - 7/10Dear Me: A Letter to my Sixteen-Year-Old Self by Various Contributors - 6/10Traitors of the Tower [Quick /Reads] by Alison Weir - 8/1084 Charing Cross Road/The Duchess of Bloomsbury by Helene Hanff - 8/10 and 7/10 respectivelyIt's Not What You Think by Chris Evans - 9½/10Join Me by Danny Wallace - 7½/10Buster Fleabags by Rolf Harris - 8/10Life's Too Short [Quick Reads] by Various Contributors - 6½/10The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett - 9/10PLAYSMacbeth by William Shakespeare - 10/10King Lear by William Shakespeare - 9/10Total read = 46 Edited March 5, 2017 by Janet Updated list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) Books purchased in 2010 Once by Morris Gleitzman �6.99- finished 14.01.10 Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self by various contributors �6.99 - finished 25.01.10 The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (�4.49 in paperback with a �10 spend!) - finished 06.04.10 (02.01.10 - Waterstone's) Cambridge School Shakespeare Macbeth by William Shakespeare - February reading circle book �2.00 - finished 03.02.10 The Chrisalids by John Wyndham �1.00 (16.01.10 - Bookbarn) Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant - March bookworms book �3.50 - finished 03.03.10 (22.01.10 - Asda) Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell �8.99 with Christmas money - finished 11.07.10 (25.01.10 - Waterstone's) The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh - �6.99 - finished 10.02.10 The Toymaker by Jeremy De Quidt - �5.99 - finished 07.02.10 The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson - �7.99 (these three BOGOF) Blacklands by Belinda Bauer - �3.50 (Went halves with my Mum!) - finished 15.03.10 (05.02.10 - Waterstone's) Cambridge School Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet - �3.00 Cambridge School Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors - �2.50 (17.02.10 - Kim's Bookshop, Chichester) Candide - Voltaire - �1.00 - finished 17.03.10 The History of Mr Polly - H G Wells �1.00 - finished 29.03.10 (05.03.10 - The Bookbarn) Anna of the Five Towns - Arnold Bennett �1.99 - finished 16.04.10 (06.03.10 - Oxfam) Incendiary by Chris Cleave �1.39 - finished 17.06.10 (18.03.10 - Save the Children) Life's Too Short [Quick Reads] (true stories about life at work) - by various contributors - finished 19.06.10 The Perfect Murder [Quick Reads] - Peter James - finished 20.03.10 Traitors of the Tower [Quick Reads] - Alison Weir - finished 07.04.10 Buster Fleabags [Quick Reads] - Rolf Harris - finished 06.06.10 (20.03.10 - from Kell) 84, Charing Cross Road/The Duchess of Bloomsbury - Helen Hanff - �2.00 - finished 23 and 28 April (19.04.10 - British Heart Foundation Shop) The Enchanted Castle - E Nesbit - finished 03.05.10 The Wickedest Witch in the World - Beverley Nichols - 50p each (21.04.10 - Lion's Bookshop) Burning Bright - Tracy Chevalier - finished 31.05.10 (26.04.10 - from my Mum) The Earth Hums in B Flat - Mari Strachan - finished 08.07.10(28.04.10 - from the lovely Chrissy ) It's Not What You Think - Chris Evans - �4.99 delivered, but free as I had a gift card - finished 13.0510 (06.05.10 - Waterstone's online) The Quickening Maze - Adam Faulds - finished 09.06.10 (24.05.10 - Waterstone's) Cambridge School Shakespeare: King Lear - �2.76 - finished 21.06.10 (28.05.10 - Amazon Marketplace) The Lost Daughter - Diane Chamberlain (30.05.10 - Birthday present from mother-in-law) The Elephant Keeper Christopher Nicholson Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey - finished 05.06.10(30.05.10 - birthday present from hubby and children) Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach - �1 - finished 07.06.10 (06.06.10 - Ring 'o Bells charity bookshelf) The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson - �2.25 (10.06.10 - St Peter's Hospice Shop, Chipping Sodbury) The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp by W H Davies - �1 (12.06.10 - Charity Shop) Bloody Jack, Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary 'Jacky' Faber, Ship's Boy by L A Meyer by �4.22 - finished 27.06.10 (19.06.10 - Amazon) The Other Lover by Sarah Jackman - 30p (25.06.10 - Warminster Library sale) I'm Not Scared by Niccol� Ammaniti - 99p - finished 28.06.10 (25.06.10 - Help the Aged charity shop) Charlotte, Sometimes by Penelope Farmer - finished 14.07.10 The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy Boston Boogie up the River by Mark Mark Wallington - �1 - (02.07.10 - The Lion's Hospice Shop, Warminster) Lovely Green Eyes by Arnošt Lustig - 95p (12.07.10 - Sue Ryder charity shop) Total new books acquired in 2010: 41 Number of these read: 28 Edited August 3, 2010 by Janet Updated list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Books purchased in 2010 (Titles read in red!) Once by Morris Gleitzman £6.99- finished 14.01.10 Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self by various contributors £6.99 - finished 25.01.10 The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (£4.49 in paperback with a £10 spend!) - finished 06.04.10 (02.01.10 - Waterstone's) Cambridge School Shakespeare Macbeth by William Shakespeare - February reading circle book £2.00 - finished 03.02.10 The Chrisalids by John Wyndham £1.00 (16.01.10 - Bookbarn) Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant - March bookworms book £3.50 - finished 03.03.10 (22.01.10 - Asda) Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell £8.99 with Christmas money - finished 11.07.10 (25.01.10 - Waterstone's) The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh - £6.99 - finished 10.02.10 The Toymaker by Jeremy De Quidt - £5.99 - finished 07.02.10 The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson - £7.99 (these three BOGOF) Blacklands by Belinda Bauer - £3.50 (Went halves with my Mum!) - finished 15.03.10 (05.02.10 - Waterstone's) Cambridge School Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet - £3.00 Cambridge School Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors - £2.50 (17.02.10 - Kim's Bookshop, Chichester) Candide - Voltaire - £1.00 - finished 17.03.10 The History of Mr Polly - H G Wells £1.00 - finished 29.03.10 (05.03.10 - The Bookbarn) Anna of the Five Towns - Arnold Bennett £1.99 - finished 16.04.10 (06.03.10 - Oxfam) Incendiary by Chris Cleave £1.39 - finished 17.06.10 (18.03.10 - Save the Children) Life's Too Short [Quick Reads] (true stories about life at work) - by various contributors - finished 19.06.10 The Perfect Murder [Quick Reads] - Peter James - finished 20.03.10 Traitors of the Tower [Quick Reads] - Alison Weir - finished 07.04.10 Buster Fleabags [Quick Reads] - Rolf Harris - finished 06.06.10 (20.03.10 - from Kell) 84, Charing Cross Road/The Duchess of Bloomsbury - Helen Hanff - £2.00 - finished 23 and 28 April (19.04.10 - British Heart Foundation Shop) The Enchanted Castle - E Nesbit - finished 03.05.10 The Wickedest Witch in the World - Beverley Nichols - 50p each (21.04.10 - Lion's Bookshop) Burning Bright - Tracy Chevalier - finished 31.05.10 (26.04.10 - from my Mum) The Earth Hums in B Flat - Mari Strachan - finished 08.07.10(28.04.10 - from the lovely Chrissy ) It's Not What You Think - Chris Evans - £4.99 delivered, but free as I had a gift card - finished 13.0510 (06.05.10 - Waterstone's online) The Quickening Maze - Adam Faulds - finished 09.06.10 (24.05.10 - Waterstone's) Cambridge School Shakespeare: King Lear - £2.76 - finished 21.06.10 (28.05.10 - Amazon Marketplace) The Lost Daughter - Diane Chamberlain (30.05.10 - Birthday present from mother-in-law) The Elephant Keeper Christopher Nicholson Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey - finished 05.06.10(30.05.10 - birthday present from hubby and children) Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach - £1 - finished 07.06.10 (06.06.10 - Ring 'o Bells charity bookshelf) The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson - £2.25 finished 29.07.10(10.06.10 - St Peter's Hospice Shop, Chipping Sodbury) The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp by W H Davies - £1 (12.06.10 - Charity Shop) Bloody Jack, Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary 'Jacky' Faber, Ship's Boy by L A Meyer by £4.22 - finished 27.06.10 (19.06.10 - Amazon) The Other Lover by Sarah Jackman - 30p (25.06.10 - Warminster Library sale) I'm Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti - 99p - finished 28.06.10 (25.06.10 - Help the Aged charity shop) Charlotte, Sometimes by Penelope Farmer - finished 14.07.10 The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy Boston Boogie up the River by Mark Mark Wallington - £1 - (02.07.10 - The Lion's Hospice Shop, Warminster) Lovely Green Eyes by Arnošt Lustig - 95p - finished 06.08.10(12.07.10 - Sue Ryder charity shop) Mr Rosenblum's List by Natasha Solomons - finished 11.08.10 The White Queen by Phillipa Gregory - finished 10.09.10(part of 3 for £10 offer - hubby had the third book! 31.07.10 - W H Smith) The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry - 50p The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett 50p (06.08.10 - The Lion's Hospice Shop, Warminster) The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison - £1.99 - finished 14.08.10 (11.08.10 - Oxfam Bookshop, Romsey) The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham - £1.00 ( 13.08.10 - Bookbarn, Hallatrow) Cambridge School Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream - £1.49 The History of Love by Nicole Krauss - 1.99 - finished 30.09.10(19.08.10 - Oxfam, Rochester) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte - £6.99 - finished 23.09.10 (19.08.10 - W H Smith, Bluewater) The Red House Mystery by A A Milne - £2.50 (27.08.10 - Shaw Trust Charity Shop, Bath) The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - £1.00 (12.09.10 - The Bookbarn} The Help by Kathryn Stockett - £7.99 - Finished 30.11.10(Tesco 15.09.10 - free with another book (an Erica James for my Mum!) Trumpet by Jackie Kay - £2.76 (16.09.10 - Amazon Marketplace) Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert - £1.00 (12.10.10 - Ring 'o Bells charity bookshelf) The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu - £1.00 (21.10.10 - British Heart Foundation shop) A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry The Christmas Books by Charles Dickens (25.12.10 - my lovely 'secret' Santa) Hitler's Canary by Sandi Toksvig (25.12.10 - my Mum) Total new books acquired in 2010: 60 Number of these read: 39 Total cost of books acquired: £131.63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) 'To read books purchased before 2010'Blood of Flowers - Anita MirrezvantToo Close to Home - Lynwood BarclayNeither Here nor There - Bill BrysonThe Man Who Was Thursday - G K ChestertonOn Green Dolphin Street - Sebastian FaulksStardust - Neil GaimanAs I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning - Laurie LeeInside the Whale and Other Essays - George OrwellDecline of the English MurderThe Kraken Wakes - John WyndhamHoward's End is on the Landing - Susan HillTreasure Island - Robert Louis StevensonThe Glass Book of the Dream Eaters - G.W. DahlquistWaiting - Hai JinThe Eye in the Door - Pat BarkerThe Ghost Road - Pat BarkerLolita - NabokovThe Lord of the Flies -William GoldingThe Third Man/The Fallen Idol - Graham GreeneThe Road - Cormac McCarthyKing Soloman's Mines - H Rider HaggardThe Dubliners - James JoyceWitch Child - Celia ReesThe Bolter - Frances OsbourneThe Senator's Wife - Sue MillerThe Return - Victoria HislopThe Trespass - Barbara EwingThe Lion and the Unicorn - Tracy ChevalierBrixton Beach - Roma ThearneBlack Swan Green - David MitchellThree Men on the Bummel - Jerome K JeromeI am also going to attempt to read at least 4 of my 'Long term world challenge', and to finish my 'Reading Through The Decades' challenge.If I finish the latter, I have another challenge in mind! Edited October 29, 2013 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 First book of 2010 is going to be The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, which is my first Book club book of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 (edited) I've read the first five chapters of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo today (up to page 94) and I'm liking the writing style very much. I haven't read the designated thread at all, although I'm constantly amused by seeing on the main page of the forum a thread seemingly entitled "The girl with the Dragon". I want a dragon! Edited January 3, 2010 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Good luck with your reading and your challenges this year Janet. I will check back for your thoughts on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as it's a book I've been planning on getting hold of for a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I want a dragon! Awwwww I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on that book too, as I don't actually know anything about it other than that it's quite popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 Thanks guys. It's my 'bookworms' book for January - it's not my 'usual' genre but so far, so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I hope you enjoy it Janet, I thought it got much better as it went on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) Thanks Kelly. I'm now up to 200/533 and really enjoying it. ETA: 278 (5.1.10 - 6.20pm) 409 (6.1.10 - 5pm) 533! (7.1.10 - 10am) Edited January 7, 2010 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Well, 2010 has got off to an absolutely cracking start with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, which I absolutely loved! This also counts as Sweden for my 'world' challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson The Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I love your review Janet! I went out to buy this yesterday but my local store has run out of copies so I'll have to wait a few more days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I'm glad you enjoyed it Janet! I feel more inclined towards picking it up now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 That's a shame, Kylie. I hope you manage to get it soon. Oh do, Nollaig - it's so good! Apparently It's coming to UK cinemas on 12 March (the Swedish one, with English subtitles). I shall definitely see it! I'm sceptical about the 'Hollywood' remake because of stuff I've read online about the adaptation (like "we might set it in Canada instead of Sweden... ) but I gather from a friend that the Swedish version is very true to the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Great review Janet! I was never really interested in this book, but your review has made me want to learn more. Hope your next read is just as enjoyable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Fantastic review Janet and I am delighted you enjoyed it so much as I have just bought this yesterday whilst in town. Consider it pushed up the Treacherous TBR pile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 (edited) Thanks Ben. I'm sure you won't regret pushing it up the pile! Edited January 8, 2010 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 This is one of those books I have looked at and contemplated but never sure if I want to or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 I don't suppose I'd have picked it up if it hadn't been a choice for my book group, but I'm so glad I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 Great review Janet! I was never really interested in this book, but your review has made me want to learn more. Hope your next read is just as enjoyable! How rude - I didn't notice your post above Ben's, Charm. Sorry! If you go for it, I hope you enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 How rude - I didn't notice your post above Ben's, Charm. Sorry! If you go for it, I hope you enjoy it. Oh don't worry! and thanks! I did manage to pick up a copy of The Heretic's Daughter today (I know you enjoyed it), so I'm moving it up near the top of the pile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I've had Dragon Tattoo on my bookshelf for a while now - I got it from a couple of colleagues as a leaving gift from work when I went off on maternity leave. I keep meaning to read it... perhaps it'll get pushed up the pile a bit now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 I'd be worried about the responsibility of recommending it as much as I have if so many other members hadn't said the same thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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