Janet Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) Books read In 2006 - 20Books read In 2007 - 30Books read In 2008 - 40Books read In 2009 - 65Books read In 2010 - 45Books read In 2011 - 60Books read In 2012 - 76Books read in 2013 - 63FICTION (34 read)The Line of Beauty (2004) by Alan Hollinghurst - 3½/5My Cousin Rachel (1951) by Daphne Du Maurier - 5/5The Darling Buds of May (1958) by H E Bates - 5/5Cold Comfort Farm (1932) by Stella Gibbons - 4/5Summer Lightning (1929) by P G Wodehouse - 3/5Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2013) by Helen Fielding - 4/5 The Color Purple (1983) by Alice Walker - 4/5 A Breath of French Air (1959) by H E Bates - 3/5 On the Beach (1957) by Nevil Shute - 5/5 Set in Stone (1999) by Robert Goddard - 5/5 The Elegance of the Hedgehog (2008) by Muriel Barbery - 3/5 A Very Long Engagement (1991) by Sébastien Japrisot - 5/5 Buster's Diaries (1998) as told to Roy Hattersley - 5/5 Trouble with Lichen (1960) by John Wyndham - 3½/5 The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2012) by Rachel Joyce - 5/5 Sugar for the Horse (1957) by H E Bates - 3/5 The Dinner (2009) by Herman Koch - 2/5 A Kind Man (2011) by Susan Hill - 3½/5 The Radleys (2011) by Matt Haig - 4/5 The Beacon (2008) by Susan Hill - 3/5 Instructions for a Heatwave (2013) by Maggie O'Farrell - 3/5 When the Greenwoods Laugh (1960) by H E Bates - 3/5 The Marrying of Chani Kaufman (2013) by Eve Harris - 4/5 Longbourn by (2013) Jo Baker - 2/5 Oh! To Be in England (1963) by H E Bates - 3/5 The Gallery of Vanished Husbands (2013) by Natasha Solomons - 4/5 The Shock of the Fall (2013) by Nathan Filer - 4/5The Handmaid's Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood - 5/5The Moon's a Balloon (1972) by David Niven - 4/5Cutting for Stone (2009) by Abraham Verghese - 4/5Walking Backwards to Christmas (2014) by Stephen Cottrell - 4/5 CLASSICS (3 read)Moonfleet (1898) by J Meade Falkner - 3½/5A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens re-read - 5/5 Nicholas Nickleby (1838) by Charles Dickens - 5/5CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULT FICTION (12 read) The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (1982) by Sue Townsend - 5/5 The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1984) by Sue Townsend - 4/5 The Witches (1983) by Roald Dahl - 3½/5 The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole, Margaret Hilda Roberts and Sue Townsend (1989) by Sue Townsend - 3/5 The Wind in the Willows (1908) by Kenneth Grahame - 4/5 The Tiger in the Well (1991) by Philip Pullman - 3½/5 The Fault in Our Stars (2012) by John Green - 3½/5 The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013) by Neil Gaiman - 5/5 Daddy Long Legs (1912) by Jean Webster - 3/5 When Mr Dog Bites (2013) by Brian Conaghan - 4/5 Frost Hollow Hall (2013) by Emma Carroll - 4/5 Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) by A A Milne - 5/5 NON-FICTION (11 read)The Making of Tesco: A Story of British Shopping (2013) by Sarah Ryle - 3/5Letters to Children (1985) by C S Lewis - 3/5Murder at Wrotham Hill (2012) by Diana Souhami - 4/5 More Awkward Situations for Men (2011) by Danny Wallace - 3/5 Letters to my Children: Thoughts on the Future (2009) by Tony Benn - 3/5 The Seventeenth Child: Memoirs of a Norwich Childhood 1914-1934 (2006) by Ethel George - 4/5 Green Mountain Doctor (2000) by Colin Smith - 4/5 Goodbye to Yorkshire (1979) by Roy Hattersley - 3/5 Drawn from Memory (1957) by Ernest H Shepard - 4/5 The Moon's a Balloon (1972) by David Niven - 4/5 All Creatures Great and Small (1972) by James Herriot - 4/5 PLAYS Pygmalion (1912) by George Bernard Shaw - 4/5POETRY Total read 571/5 - I hated it2/5 - It was okay3/5 - I liked it4/5 - I really liked it5/5 - I loved it5*/5 - OutstandingFor how to read 'highlights' on the Nook, see (With thanks to Claire!) Edited December 31, 2014 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) PAPER BOOKS ACQUIRED IN 2014 (TITLES READ IN RED!) 01. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst - £0 - finished 16.01.14 (06.01.14 - library) - Fiction 02. Murder at Wrotham Hill by Diana Souhami - £0 - finished 24.02.14 (13.01.14 - Sent to me by Roland Butter) - Non-fiction 03. The Darling Buds of May by H E Bates - £0 - finished 31.01.14 (19.01.14 - bought for me by Peter) - Fiction 04. Letters from Children by C S Lewis - £0 - finished 31.01.14 (30.01.14 - Borrowed) - Non-fiction 05. The Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham - £4.85 finished 15.05.14 (30.01.14 - Ebay) - Fiction 06. A Breath of French Air by H E Bates - £2.59 finished 17.03.14 (11.02.14 - Awesome Books online) - Fiction 07. Awkward Situations for Men by Danny Wallace - £1.25 - finished 28.02.14 (27.02.14 - Sue Ryder Shop, Westbury) - Non-fiction 08. The Witches by Roald Dahl - 0.75 - finished 01.04.14 (27.02.14 - Sue Ryder Shop, Westbury) - Children's 09. On the Beach by Nevil Shute - £8.99 finished 28.03.14 (09.03.25 - Blackwells, Oxford) - Fiction 10. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery - £2.59 finished 23.04.14 (15.03.14 - Awesome Books) - Fiction 11. The Seventeenth Child - Memories of a Norwich Childhood (1914-1934) by Ethel George - £0 finished 03.04.14 (25.03.14 - Sent by a friend) - Non-fiction 13. When the Green Woods Laugh by H E Bates - £1.00 finished 31.07.14 (27.03.14 - Bookbarn) – Fiction 13. Letters to my Grandchildren by Tony Benn - £0 finished 02.04.14 (28.03.13 – Library) - Non-fiction 14. Buster's Diaries as told to Roy Hattersley - £0.50 finished 07.05.14 (04.04.14 - Lion's Shop, Warminster) - Fiction 15. A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot - £2.44 finished 30.04.14 (10.04.14 - Waterstone's) - Fiction 16. Green Mountain Doctor by Colin Smith - £0 - finished 06.05.14 (20.04.14 - borrowed from my Mum) - Non-fiction 17. Goodbye to Yorkshire by Roy Hattersley - £1 - finished 24.06.14 (22.04.14 - Bookbarn) - Non-fiction 18. Sugar for the Horse by H E Bates - £2.69 - finished 26.05.14 (28.04.14 - Awesome Books) - Fiction 19. The Dinner by Herman Koch - £2.71 - finished 02.06.14 (01.05.14 - Ebay) - Fiction 20. Literary Strolls around the Cotswolds and the Forest of Dean by Gordon Ottewell - £0 a book to dip into rather than read (16.05.14 - sent by Kay) - Fiction 21. Drawn from Memory by E H Shepard - £1 finished 09.07.14 (26.05.14 - Bookbarn) - Non-fiction 22. Oh! To be in England by H E Bates - £1 finished 21.08.14 (26.05.14 - Bookbarn) - Fiction 23. The House at Pooh Corner by A A Milne £0.50 (06.06.14 - Lion's Bookshop Warminster) - Fiction 24. The Weather in the Streets by Rosamund Lehman £0.40 (13.06.14 - Book Sale outside a church in Salisbury) - Fiction 25. When We Were Very Young by A A Milne - £2.99 (13.06.14 - The Last Bookshop Salisbury) - Fiction 26. Now We are Six by A A Milne - £2.99 (13.06.14 - The Last Bookshop Salisbury) - Fiction 27. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - £3.46 finished 02.07.14 (20.06.14 - Tesco Online) - Fiction 28. Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell - £1.95 finished 22.07.14 (20.06.14 - Charity Shop Warminster) - Fiction 29. How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A.Cup by J L Carr - £2.50 (04.07.14 - Dorothy House Shop Bath) - Fiction 30. The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer - £2.99 finished 10.09.14 (16.07.14 - WHS Wells) - Fiction 31. The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris - £0 finished 11.08.14 (18.07.14 - Borrowed from a friend) - Fiction 32. Longbourn by Jo Baker - £1.99 finished 18.08.14 (08.08.14 - Age UK Warminster) - Fiction 33. The Gallery of Vanished Husbands by Natasha Solomons - £1.39 finished 04.09.14 (21.08.14 - The Children's Society) - Fiction 34. Pies and Prejudice by Stuart Maconie - £1.99 (20.08.14 - Barnardo's) - Non-fiction 35. A Little of What You Fancy by H E Bates - £1.99 (29.08.14 - Oxfam, Bath) - Fiction 36. The Young by Ardizzone - £12 (30.08.14 - Slightly Foxed) - Fiction 37. Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne - £2.89 - finished 31.12.14 (04.09.14 - Ebay) - Children's 38. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby - £0 - abandoned (16.09.14 - Waterstone's Amsterdam - from Peter) - Fiction 39. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - £8.99 - finished 16.10.14 (27.09.14 - Waterstone's, Wells) - Fiction 40. Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton - £0 (16.10.14 - Borrowed from a friend) - YA Fiction 41. Round the Christmas Fire by various - £0 (30.10.14 - Amazon online with gift voucher) - Short Stories 42. Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch - £0 (31.10.14 - Borrowed from my Mum) - Fiction 43. A Literary Christmas by various - £0 (01.11.14 - Amazon online with gift voucher) - Short Stores 44. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese - £2.81 - finished 01.12.14 (Amazon Marketplace) - Fiction 45. Frost Hollow Hall by Emma Carroll Waterstone's - £6.99 - finished 27.12.14 (12.12.14 - Waterstone's Bath) - Children's 46. The Dynamite Room by Jason Hewitt - £0 (25.12.14 - Present from Kay) - Fiction 47. Stephen Fry presents Oscar Wilde's Stories For All Ages - audio book - £0 (25.12.14 - Present from Kay) - Audio Book 48. The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald Waterstone's - £0 (29.12.14 - Waterstone's, Exeter) - Fiction 49. A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond - £0 (31.12.14 - Waterstone's, Wells) - Children's Total new books acquired in 2014: 49Number of these read: 32Books abandoned: 1Total cost* of books acquired: £81.73Library Books: 2Library Books Read: 2* Taking into account money off/vouchers/gift cards etc - so price paid, not necessarily cover price Edited December 31, 2014 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) PAID-FOR KINDLE BOOKS 2014 (Books read in red!) 01. The Color Purple by Alice Walker - 26 February - £1.49 - finished 12.03.14 02. The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer - 26 February - £0.99 - finished 03. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - 20 June - £0.99 - finished 04. The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris - 25 July - £0.99 - finished 05. Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens - 21 August - £1.80 - finished 06. Mary Poppins - the Complete Collection by P L Travers - 2 September - £0.99 07. The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo - 15 September - £0.88 08. The Moon's a Balloon by David Niven - 22 September - £0.99 - finished 09. When Mr Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan - 6 October - £0.98 - finished 10. Walking Backwards to Christmas by Stephen Cottrell - 6 November - £4.79 - finished 11. Frost Hollow Hall by Emma Carroll - 18 December - £2.99 - finished Titles read = Red Total new paid-for Kindle books acquired in 2014: 2Number of these read: 1Books abandoned: 0Total cost* of books acquired: £2.48 Edited December 31, 2014 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 TOTAL TO READ PILE 2013 and before (total left = 85/90)2013The Pickwick Papers by Charles DickensNicholas Nickelby by Charles Dickens - finished 21.12.14 - 5/5Barnaby Rudge by Charles DickensThe Old Curiosity Shop by Charles DickensMartin Chuzzlewit by Charles DickensDombey and Son Charles DickensDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensBleak House by Charles DickensHard Times by Charles DickensLittle Dorrit by Charles DickensA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensGreat Expectations by Charles DickensOur Mutual Friend by Charles DickensThe Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens ~Web by John WyndhamThe Diary of a Provincial Lady (all four volumes) by E M DelafieldMrs Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce - finished 23.05.14 - 5/5And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniA Lineage of Grace by Francine RiversThe Making of Tesco: A Story of British Shopping by Sarah Ryle - 06.01.14 - 3/5The Battle of Pollocks Crossing by J L CarrThe Misses Mallet by Emily Hilda YoungMy Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier - finished 27.01.14 - 5/5Set in Stone by Robert Goddard - 14.04.14 - 4/5The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónA Life in Letters by George OrwellThe Tiger in the Well by Philip Pullman - finished 11.06.14 - 3½/5Letters of Note by Shaun Usher2012The Day the Ceiling Fell Down by Jenifer WayneThe Merchant of Venice (Cambridge School's Shakespeare) by William ShakespeareEnglish Journey by J B PriestleyLet the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistA Tiny Bit Marvellous by Dawn FrenchA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyDanny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl2011Mansfield Park by Jane AustenThe Life and Death of King John by William ShakespeareLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Mysteries of Glass by Sue GeeThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Girl Who Kicked a Hornet's Nest by Steig LarssonThe Fry Chronicles by Stephen FryThe Star of Kazan by Eva IbbotsonShakespeare's Wife by Germain GreerThe First Wife by Emily BarrA Song of Sixpence by A J CroninThe Green Years by A J CroninThe Minstrel Boy by A J CroninThe Northern Lights by A J CroninPeril at End House by Agatha ChristieSparkling Cyanide by Agatha ChristieJournals of a Somerset Rector (1803 to 1834) by Rev'd SkinnerHitchhiking to Heaven by Lionel BlueFamily Life by Sally MagnussonA Kind of Loving by Stan BristowThe Travel Books of W Somerset Maugham by W Somerset Maugham2010The Chrisalids by John WyndhamThe Comedy of Errors (Cambridge School's Shakespeare) by William ShakespeareThe Lost Daughter by Diane ChamberlainThe Children of Knowle Green by Lucy BostonBoogie up the River by Mark WallingtonA Midsummer Night's Dream (Cambridge School's Shakespeare) by William ShakespeareThe Red House Mystery by A A MilneTrumpet by Jackie KayPre-2010Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie FlaggThe Rye Man by David ParkThe Bolter by Frances OsbourneMister God, This is Anna by FynnInside the Whale by George OrwellShooting an Elephant by George OrwellThe Man Who Was Thursday by G K ChestertonThe Third Man/The Fallen Idol by Graham GreeneKing Soloman's Mines by H Rider HaggardSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenThree Men on the Bummel by Jerome K JeromeThe Chrisalids by John WyndhamThe Forgotten Garden by Kate MortonBallet Shoes by Noel StreatfieldThe Eye in the Door by Pat BarkerThe Ghost Road by Pat BarkerTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonOn Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian FaulksFar From the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyThe Common Reader by Virginia WoolfThe Lord of the Flies by William GoldingHamlet (Cambridge School's Shakespeare) by William ShakespeareThe Merry Wives of Windsor (Cambridge School's Shakespeare) by William ShakespeareTwelfth Night (Cambridge School's Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 KINDLE BOOKS PURCHASED IN 2013 BUT UNREAD 1. Life of Pi by Yann Martel - £0.20 (03.01.13) 2. The 10pm Question by Kate de Goldi - £0.99 (11.03.13) 3. The Long Bridge: Out of the Gulags by Urszula Muskus (Poland) - £0.99 (17.04.13) 4. Mrs Harris Goes to Paris/Mrs Harris goes to New York by Paul Gallico - £1.79 (28.04.13) 5. The Flatey Enigma by Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson - £0.99 (30.04.13)6. Postcards From Nam by Uyen Nicole Duong - £0.99 (15.08.13) 7. The Fancy by Monica Dickens - £0.99 (28.09.13)8. The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker - £0.99 (03.09.13) 9. Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord - £0.56 (23.10.13) 10. Purge by Sofi Oksanen (08.11.13) - £0.99 (07.11.13) 11. Last Train to Istanbul: A Novel by Ayse Kulin - £0.99 (02.12.13)12. All Creatures Great and Small: If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - £0.99 (26.12.13) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) MONTHLY BOOK SUMMARY 2014JANUARY - 6 BooksThe Line of Beauty (2004) by Alan Hollinghurst - 3½/5Moonfleet (1898) by J Meade Falkner - 3½/5The Making of Tesco: A Story of British Shopping (2013) by Sarah Ryle - 3/5My Cousin Rachel (1951) by Daphne Du Maurier - 27.01.14The Darling Buds of May (1958) by H E Bates - 31.01.14 Letters to Children (1985) by C S Lewis - 31.01.14 3/5FEBRUARY - 6 BooksCold Comfort Farm (1932) by Stella Gibbons - 09.02.14Summer Lightning (1929) by P G Wodehouse - 13.02.14Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2013) by Helen FieldingMurder at Wrotham Hill (2012) by Diana Souhami - 24.02.14The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (1985) by Sue Townsend - 26.02.14More Awkward Situations for Men (2011) by Danny Wallace - 28.02.14 MARCH - 6 BooksThe Color Purple (1983) by Alice Walker - 12.03.14 A Breath of French Air (1959) by H E Bates - 17.03.14 On the Beach (1957) by Nevil Shute - 26.03.14 The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1984) by Sue Townsend - 31.03.14 APRIL - 6 BooksThe Witches (1983) by Roald Dahl - 01.04.14Letters to my Grandchildren: Thoughts on the Future (2009) by Tony Benn - 02.04.14 The Seventeenth Child: Memories of a Norwich Childhood 1914-1934 (2006) as told by Ethel George - 08.04.14 Set In Stone (1999) by Robert Goddard - ( EC - Rutland) - 14.04.14 The Elegance of the Hedgehog (2008) by Muriel Barbery - 23.04.14 A Very Long Engagement (1991) by Sébastien Japrisot - 30.04.14 MAY - 6 BooksThe True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole, Margaret Hilda Roberts and Sue Townsend (1989) by Sue Townsend - 02.05.14Green Mountain Doctor (2000) by Colin Smith - 06.05.14Buster's Diaries (1998) as told to Roy Hattersley - 07.05.14Trouble with Lichen (1960) by John Wyndham - 15.05.14 The Wind in the Willows (1908) by Kenneth Grahame - 22.05.14 The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2012) by Rachel Joyce - 23.05.14 JUNE - 5 BooksThe Dinner (2009) by Herman Koch - 02.06.14A Kind Man (2009) by Susan Hill - 10.06.14The Tiger in the Well (1990) by Philip Pullman - 11.06.14 Goodbye to Yorkshire (1976) by Roy Hattersley - 23.06.14 The Fault in Our Stars (2012) by John Green - 30.06.14 JULY - 6 Books The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013) by Neil Gaiman - 02.07.13 The Radleys (2011) by Matt Haig - 07.07.14 Drawn from Memory (1957) by Ernest H Shepard - 09.07.14 The Beacon (2008) by Susan Hill - 17.07.14 Instructions for a Heatwave (2013) - 22.07.14 When the Green Woods Laugh (1960) by H E Bates - 31.07.14 AUGUST - 3 Books The Marrying of Chani Kaufman (2013) by Eve Harris - 11.08.14 Longbourn (2013) by Jo Baker - 18.08.14 Oh! To be in England (1963) by H E Bates - 20.08.14 SEPTEMBER - 3 Books The Gallery of Vanished Husbands (2013) by Natasha Solomons - 04.09.14 The Shock of the Fall (2013) by Nathan Filer - 10.09.14 Daddy Long Legs (1912) by Jean Webster - 27.09.14 OCTOBER - 2 Books The Handmaid's Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood - 16.10.14 The Moon's a Balloon (1972) by David Niven ( K ) - 24.10.14 NOVEMBER - 1 Books When Mr Dog Bites (2013) by Brian Conaghan ( K ) - 03.11.14 DECEMBER - 8 Books Cutting for Stone (2009) by Abraham Verghese - 01.12.14 All Creatures Great and Small (1972) by James Herriot - 10.12.14 A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens re-read - 12.12.14 Walking Backwards to Christmas (2014) by Stephen Cottrell - 15.12.14 Nicholas Nickleby (1838) by Charles Dickens - 21.12.14 Frost Hollow Hall (2013) by Emma Carroll - 27.12.14 Pygmalion (1912) by George Bernard Shaw - 30.12.14 Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) by A A Milne re-read - 31.12.14 Edited January 1, 2015 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Janet Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 BOOKS I WANT TO OWN J L Carr A Day in Summer (1964) A Season in Sinji (1967) The Harpole Report (1972) How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won The F. A. Cup (1975) A Month in the Country (1980) - read a library copy in 2012 The Battle of Pollocks Crossing (1985) What Hetty Did (1988) Harpole and Foxberrow, General Publishers (1992) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 Spare post - just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 Last holding post (which I'm sure I won't need!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 Thread now open for business. Welcome one, welcome all. Do grab a whilst you're here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Aha .. good My nose has gone flat from pressing it against your window Look at all those lovely Dickens? what treats you have in store. I love your TBR .. it's long but manageable Happy Reading lovely Janet and a very happy New year to you and your lovely family Thanks for the cookie *munch munch* .. I'll try not to drop crumbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 (edited) Happy new year and happy reading in 2014! Edited January 2, 2014 by Devi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Mmm, these cookies are delicious! Happy Reading in 2014, Janet ! I hope it'll be a good reading year for you. Great how you've split your TBR up into years, you must've been keeping track for a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Ooh, lovely TBR lists . Happy reading in 2014 Janet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Happy New Year J and happy reading! Will enjoy comparing notes on the counties and world challenges! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Happy Reading this year. Fanks for the cookie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Look at all those lovely Dickens? what treats you have in store. I love your TBR .. it's long but manageable Happy Reading lovely Janet and a very happy New year to you and your lovely family Thanks, Kay - and to you as well. And a HUGE Happy New Year to you and Alan. I'm going to attempt one Dickens this year (maybe two...) but I'm not sure which to choose! Happy new year and happy reading in 2014! Thanks - and to you too. Mmm, these cookies are delicious! Happy Reading in 2014, Janet ! I hope it'll be a good reading year for you. Great how you've split your TBR up into years, you must've been keeping track for a while! Thanks - happy reading to you, too. Yes, I started keeping tally of my 'to read' pile in 2010. I'm going to try to read at least one from each of the colours this year. Not much of a goal really with 90 books, but baby steps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Ooh, lovely TBR lists . Happy reading in 2014 Janet! Thanks - and to you too. Happy New Year J and happy reading! Will enjoy comparing notes on the counties and world challenges! Ditto, Alex - on both counts! Happy Reading this year. Fanks for the cookie. And to you too, Chrissy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Peter and I had an impromptu few days away at the weekend. We stopped at Lyndhurst in the New Forest and there was a Book Fair in the hall by the car park so we popped in and I came out with a gorgeous copy of A Christmas Carol. (Click to enlarge photos) Sadly it was absolutely hammering down with rain when we came out so we didn't actually get to see Lyndhurst. It was a shame as I wanted to go and photograph Alice Liddell's grave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 What a beauty ... you're really going to enjoy reading that this year (how many sleeps now Janet? ) Shame about the weather .. it's been beautiful today but it's so unpredictable at the moment Re: Dickens. I don't think you can go far wrong by choosing any of them .. perhaps not Barnaby Rudge .. and maybe not The Old Curiosity Shop but any of the others (I'm guessing .. I've only read seven of them but have heard most of them though some were abridged.) Great Expectations, Bleak House, David Copperfield and The Tale of Two Cities are my faves though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Book looks lovely Janet....I have to confess I haven't read one Dickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 That's a beautiful edition of A Christmas Carol ! It's so pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 What a beauty ... you're really going to enjoy reading that this year (how many sleeps now Janet? ) 356! I know - it's so gorgeous I just had to buy it! Re: Dickens. I don't think you can go far wrong by choosing any of them .. perhaps not Barnaby Rudge .. and maybe not The Old Curiosity Shop but any of the others (I'm guessing .. I've only read seven of them but have heard most of them though some were abridged.) Great Expectations, Bleak House, David Copperfield and The Tale of Two Cities are my faves though Thanks. I will ignore Barnaby Rudge and TOCS for now - although I guess I'll have to tackle them sometime! I don't know whether to try watching an adaptation first before reading one? It helped having seen a version of Oliver Twist before reading the book... Book looks lovely Janet....I have to confess I haven't read one Dickens. Thanks, Diane. I've only read two so far - they were both very good, although I know Dickens is considered a bit... waffly! That's a beautiful edition of A Christmas Carol ! It's so pretty. Thanks - it's gorgeous, isn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I don't know whether to try watching an adaptation first before reading one? It helped having seen a version of Oliver Twist before reading the book... With Dickens I think it's often worth doing. The books are so detailed that it's still a joy to come to them after seeing a dramatisation as there's so much more back story etc and a much more extensive cast of characters. I did that with both Martin Chuzzlewit and Our Mutual Friend and I'm glad I did because I might have been a bit bamboozled otherwise. Possibly with Great Expectations or David Copperfield (or Nicholas Nickleby) it's not necessary but they have all had great adaptations. I've got quite a few of them if you want to borrow them (why don't I live around the corner Janet .. I'd so love to watch them with you ) Willoyd will be here in a minute telling you not to watch them at any price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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