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I hope you have a very enjoyable year of reading in 2018. Thanks again for the Round Robin challenge, I'm looking forward to getting my teeth stuck into it as like you, I finished the English Counties this year. Which reminds me, good to see The Old Wives Tale as your Fiction runner-up of the year. I'd never heard of Bennett before the challenge, and I this was one of my favourites too. I'm certainly planning to read more of his books although I'm not sure when it'll be as my TBR is huge at the moment.

@karen.d I’d like to challenge you to The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. I’ve picked it up a few times but never bought it, so would be interested to know if you think it’s worth it!

I finished another couple of chapters of 21st-Century Yokel yesterday as well as finishing The Dark Is Rising and Christmas Dinner of Souls (which despite being for children, was actually a bit scary, and I wish I finished it during daylight!). Today, I’m going to be starting Sky Chasers by Emma Carroll, plus an M. C. Beaton romcom on my Kindle.

Yes, whenever you’re ready. I’ve set up mine today, but won’t be updating the books read etc until the new year.

Have you got a book blog thread or a members thread here? I don’t have a goodreads or LibraryThing account, so I’ve just put mine on my book blog thread here on the forum

Sounds like an excellent idea @Inver! My other half normally buys me books for Christmas but he was too busy decorating this year, so I went out yesterday and used my stamp cards and reward points to treat myself to a selection instead.

A very mixed day today. In the space of the 100 yards walk between the shop and the cafe, it started to rain, poured with rain, stopped raining, the sun started shining and then the wind nearly blew me off my feet! Very British weather!

I'm well over halfway through 21st-Century Yokel now (and loving it) and I've also started Christmas Dinner of Souls by Ross Montgomery. Aiming to sit down and finish The Dark Is Rising now.

For the first year since 1995, the number of independent bookshops in the UK rose in 2017, albeit by only one. Interesting article on the Guardian website: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/25/were-here-for-the-long-haul-are-independent-bookshops-finally-back-on-the-rise I'm definitely trying to buy more books from independent bookshops instead of Amazon, but I have to say that Waterstones is probably where most of my books are bought at the moment. Although I still read on Kindle, I think I'm about 50/50 between physical books and e-books, but I have increased my purchases through my local indie, but Waterstones tends to be more tempting because of the discounts/offers, reward points and stamp cards, so I do have to think of my purse too.

It's taken me the best part of the day, but my book list thread is up and ready for the new year. I'm not sure how many full reviews I'll be writing as I've been a bit lax in keeping up to date recently, but I will try to write at least a brief comment on all books this year.

CHALLENGE: ROUND ROBIN 2018 Books I've read: Bold Books I own: Italics Books I'm reading: Red Challenges to me: 1. Willoyd: The Year of Reading Dangerously by Andy Miller 2. Madeleine: Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart 3. Karen.d: Winter by Ali Smith 4. Alexi: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry 5. Chaliepud: To Serve Them All My Days by R. F. Delderfield 6. Little Pixie: Touch Not The Cat by Mary Stewart 7. Frankie: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 8. More Reading Time Required: The God of Small Things by Arundathi Roy 9. Ben: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Completed 7/9 Challenges by me: 1. Willoyd: Field Notes From A Hidden City by Esther Woolfson 2. Madeleine: How To Stop Time by Matt Haig 3. Karen.d: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 4. Alexi: Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters 5. Chaliepud: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier 6. Little Pixie: A Far Cry From Kensington by Muriel Spark 7. Frankie: Miss Hargreaves by Frank Baker 8. More Reading Time Required: Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell 9. Ben: Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys Completed 2/9

AWARDS: WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE Books I've read: Bold Books I own: Italics Books I'm reading: Red YOUNGER FICTION: 1. The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson (Paperback) 5/5 2. Kid Normal by Greg James, Chris Smith and Erica Salcedo (Paperback) 3/5 3. The Legend of Podkin One-Ear by Kieran Harwood and David Wyatt (Paperback) 2/5 4. Nevermore: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (Paperback) 4/5 5. A Place Called Perfect by Helena Duggan (Paperback) 4/5 6. Who Let The Gods Out? by Maz Evans (Paperback) 5/5 My winner: Who Let The Gods Out? by Maz Evans Prize Winner: Nevermore: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend OLDER FICTION: 1. The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy (Paperback) 4/5 2. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Paperback) 5/5 3. Ink by Alice Broadway (Paperback) 3/5 4. This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada (Paperback) 4/5 5. Thornhill by Pam Smy (Hardback) 4/5 6. Troublemakers by Catherine Barter (Paperback) 5/5 My winner: Troublemakers by Catherine Barter Prize Winner: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

AWARDS - WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2018 Key: Books I've read: Bold Books I own: Italics Books I'm reading: Red I am again planning to read the thirteen longlisted books for the Wainwright Prize this year. The longlist is: 1. 21st Century Yokel by Tom Cox (Hardback) 9/10 2. Hidden Nature by Alys Fowler (Hardback) 10/10 3. Outskirts by John Grindrod (Paperback) 8/10 4. Islander by Patrick Barkham (Paperback) 9/10 5. The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young (Kindle) 8/10 6. Owl Sense by Miriam Darlington (Hardback) 7. The Dun Cow Rib by John Lister-Kaye (Hardback) 8/10 8. The Last Wilderness by Neil Ansell (Hardback) 8/10 9. The Salt Path by Raynor Winn (Hardback) 10/10 10. The Seabird’s Cry by Adam Nicolson (Kindle) 8/10 11. The Wood by John Lewis-Stempel (Hardback) 9/10 12. A Wood of One’s Own by Ruth Pavey (Hardback) 8/10 13. The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris (Hardback) 10/10

PUBLISHERS - PERSEPHONE Key: Books I've read: Bold Books I own: Italics Books I'm reading: Red BOOK LIST: 1. William - an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton 2. Mariana by Monica Dickens 3. Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple 4. Fidelity by Susan Glaspell 5. An Interrupted Life: The Diaries and Letters of Etty Hillesum 1941-43 by Etty Hillesum 6. The Victorian Chaise-longue by Marghanita Laski 7. The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher 8. Good Evening, Mrs Craven: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes by Mollie Panter-Downes 9. Few Eggs and No Oranges by Vere Hodgson 10. Good Things in England by Florence White 11. Julian Grenfell by Nicholas Mosley 12. It's Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty by Judith Viorst 13. Consequences by E. M. Delafield 14. Farewell Leicester Square by Betty Miller 15. Tell It to a Stranger by Elizabeth Berridge 16. Saplings by Noel Streatfeild 17. Marjory Fleming by Oriel Malet 18. Every Eye by Isobel English 19. They Knew Mr Knight by Dorothy Whipple 20. A Woman's Place: 1910-75 by Ruth Adam 21. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson 22. Consider the Years by Virginia Graham 23. Reuben Sachs by Amy Levy 24. Family Roundabout by Richmal Crompton 25. The Montana Stories by Katherine Mansfield 26. Brook Evans by Susan Glaspell 27. The Children who lived in a Barn by Eleanor Graham 28. Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski 29. The Making of a Marchioness by Frances Hodgson Burnett 30. Kitchen Essays by Agnes Jekyll 31. A House in the Country by Jocelyn Playfair 32. The Carlyles at Home by Thea Holme 33. The Far Cry by Emma Smith 34. Minnie's Room: The Peacetime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes by Mollie Panter-Downes 35. Greenery Street by Denis Mackail 36. Lettice Delmer by Susan Miles 37. The Runaway by Elizabeth Anna Hart 38. Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey 39. Manja by Anna Gmeyner 40. The Priory by Dorothy Whipple 41. Hostages to Fortune by Elizabeth Cambridge 42. The Blank Wall by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding 43. The Wise Virgins by Leonard Woolf 44. Tea with Mr Rochester by Frances Towers 45. Good Food On The Aga by Ambrose Heath 46. Miss Ranskill Comes Home by Barbara Euphan Todd 47. The New House by Lettice Cooper 48. The Casino by Margaret Bonham 49. Bricks and Mortar by Helen Ashton 50. The World that was Ours by Hilda Bernstein 51. Operation Heartbreak by Duff Cooper 52. The Village by Marghanita Laski 53. Lady Rose and Mrs Memmary by Ruferguson 54. They Can't Ration These by Vicomte De Mauduit 55. Flush by Virginia Woolf 56. They Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple 57. The Hopkins Manuscript by Rc Sherriff 58. Hetty Dorval by Ethel Wilson 59. There Were No Windows by Norah Hoult 60. Doreen by Barbara Noble 61. A London Child of the 1870s by Molly Hughes 62. How To Run Your Home Without Help by Kay Smallshaw 63. Princes in the Land by Joanna Cannan 64. A Woman Novelist and Other Stories by Diana Gardner 65. Alas, Poor Lady by Rachel Ferguson 66. Gardener’s Nightcap by Muriel Stuart 67. The Fortnight in September by Rc Sherriff 68. The Expendable Man by Dorothy B Hughes 69. Journal by Katherine Mansfield 70. Plats du Jour by Patience Gray and Primrose Boyd 71. The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett 72. House-Bound by Winifred Peck 73. The Young Pretenders by Edith Henrietta 74. The Closed Door and Other Stories by Dorothy Whipple 75. On the Other Side: Letters to my Children from Germany 1940-46 by Mathilde Wolff-Mönckeberg 76. The Crowded Street by Winifred Holtby 77. Daddy's Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer 78. A Very Great Profession by Nicola Beauman 79. Round about a Pound a Week by Maud Pember Reeves 80. The Country Housewife's Book by Lucy H Yates 81. Miss Buncle's Book by De Stevenson 82. Amours de Voyage by Arthur Hugh Clough 83. Making Conversation by Christine Longford 84. A New System of Domestic Cookery by Mrs Rundell 85. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple 86. To Bed with Grand Music by Marghanita Laski 87. Dimanche and Other Stories by Irène Némirovsky 88. Still Missing by Beth Gutcheon 89. The Mystery of Mrs Blencarrow by Mrs Oliphant 90. The Winds of Heaven by Monica Dickens 91. Miss Buncle Married by D. E. Stevenson 92. Midsummer Night in the Workhouse by Diana Athill 93. The Sack of Bath by Adam Fergusson 94. No Surrender by Constance Maud 95. Greenbanks by Dorothy Whipple 96. Dinners for Beginners by Rachel and Margaret Ryan 97. Harriet by Elizabeth Jenkins 98. A Writer's Diary by Virginia Woolf 99. Patience by John Coates 100. The Persephone Book of Short Stories by Various 101. Heat Lightning by Helen Hull 102. The Exiles Return by Elisabeth De Waal 103. The Squire by Enid Bagnold 104. The Two Mrs Abbotts by De Stevenson 105. Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield 106. Into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Ginzburg 107. Wilfred and Eileen by Jonathan Smith 108. The Happy Tree by Rosalind Murray 109. The Country Life Cookery Book by Ambrose Heath 110. Because of the Lockwoods by Dorothy Whipple 111. London War Notes by Mollie Panter-Downes 112. Vain Shadow by Jane Hervey 113. Greengates by R. C. Sheriff 114. Gardener's Choice by Evelyn Dunbar and Charles Mahoney 115. Maman, What Are We Called Now? by Jacqueline Mesnil-Amar 116. A Lady and Her Husband by Amber Reeves 117. The Godwits Fly by Robin Hyde 118. Every Good Deed and Other Stories by Dorothy Whipple 119. Long Live Gread Bradfield by Tirzah Harwood 120. Madame Solario by Gladys Huntington 121. Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane 122. Earth and High Heaven by Gwethalyn Graham 123. Emmeline by Judith Rossner 124. The Journey Home and Other Stories by Malachi Whitaker 125. Guard Your Daughters by Diana Tutton 126. Despised and Rejected by Rose Allatini 127. Young Anne by Dorothy Whipple 128. Tory Heaven by Marghanita Laski

PODCAST - BACKLISTED Key: Books I've read: Bold Books I own: Italics Books I'm reading: Red 1. A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr. 30th November 2015 2. Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys. 14th December 2015 3. David Nobbs. 23rd December 2015 4. The Blessing by Nancy Mitford. 11th January 2016 5. Christie Malry’s Own Double Entry by B. S. Johnson. 25th January 2016 6. Passing by Nella Larsen. 7th February 2016 7. The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard. 21st February 2016 8. Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner. 5th March 2016 9. The Information by Martin Amis. 20th March 2016 10. The High Window by Raymond Chandler. 3rd April 2016 11. All The Devils Are Here by David Seabrook. 17th April 2016 12. Darkness Falls From The Air by Nigel Balchin. 2nd May 2016 13. Bert Fegg’s Nasty Book for Boys and Girls by Terry Jones and Michael Palin. 10th May 2016 14. The Vet’s Daughter by Barbara Comyns. 26th May 2016 15. Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers. 8th June 2016 16. Letters From A Fainthearted Feminist by Jill Tweedy. 23rd June 2016 17. Maiden Voyage by Denton Welch. 9th July 2016 18. Last Exit to Brooklyn by Herbert Selby Jr. 20th July 2016 19. The Crack Up by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 6th August 2016 20. Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes. 16th August 2016 21. Summer Reading Special - What We Read On Our Holidays. 9th September 2016 22. The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell. 24th September 2016 23. The Holiday by Stevie Smith. 9th October 2016 24. Cold Hand In Mine by Robert Aickman. 26th October 2016 25. Cocaine Nights by J. G. Ballard. 7th November 2016 26. So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell. 27th November 2016 27. A Long Way From Verona by Jane Gardam. 12th December 2016 28. A State of Denmark by Derek Raymond. 22nd December 2016 29. Memento Mori by Muriel Spark. 8th January 2017 30. Venetia by Georgette Heyer. 22nd January 2017 31. Red Shift by Alan Garner. 5th February 2017 32. Horse’s Mouth by Joyce Carey. 18th February 2017 33. The Snow Ball by Brigid Brophy. 28th February 2017 34. A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter. 18th March 2017 35. Lincoln In The Bardo by George Sanders (minicast). 26th March 2017 36. Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton. 2nd April 2017 37. Patrick Hamilton Extra Episode. 2nd April 2017 38. The Weather In The Streets by Rosamund Lehmann. 12th April 2017 39. Honeymoon by Patrick Modiano. 30th April 2017 40. The Gift by Vladimir Nabokov. 13th May 2017 41. Tell Me How Long The Train’s Been Gone by James Baldwin. 29th May 2017 42. I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead by Crystal Zevon. 11th June 2017 43. Father and Son by Edmund Gosse. 24th June 2017 44. Haunts Of The Black Masseur by Charles Sprawson. 9th July 2017 45. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos. 23rd July 2017 46. Desperate Characters by Paula Fox. 25th July 2017 47. Some Bits To Listen To While We Go On Our Holidays. 17th August 2017 48. Under The Volcano by Malcolm Lowry. 3rd September 2017 49. Look At Me by Anita Brookner. 17th September 2017 50. Adventures In The Screen Trade by William Goldman. 1st October 2017 51. Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf. 12th October 2017 52. We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson. 29th October 2017 53. To Serve Them All My Days by R. F. Delderfield. 8th November 2017 54. Alma Colgan by Gordon Burn. 26th November 2017 55. Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones. 10th December 2017 56. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service by Ian Fleming. 25th December 2017 57. À Rebours (Against Nature) by Joris-Karl Huysmans. 8th January 2018 58. Lost Horizon by James Hilton. 15th January 2018 59. Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel. 28th January 2018 60. Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson. 19th February 2018 61. Berg by Ann Quin. 5th March 2018 62. The Town House by Norah Lofts. 19th March 2018 63. TBC. 2nd April 2018

AUTHOR - E. H. YOUNG Key: Books I've read: Bold Books I own: Italics Books I'm reading: Red Novels: 1. A Corn of Wheat by E. H. Young 2. Yonder by E. H. Young 3. Moor Fires by E. H. Young 4. The Misses Mallett by E. H. Young 5. William by E. H. Young 6. The Vicar's Daughter by E. H. Young 7. Miss Mole by E. H. Young 8. Jenny Wren by E. H. Young 9. The Curate's Wife by E. H. Young 10. Celia by E. H. Young 11. Chatterton Square by E. H. Young

AUTHOR - MARY STEWART Key: Books I've read: Bold Books I own: Italics Books I'm reading: Red Novels: 1. Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart 2. Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart 3. Thunder on the Right by Mary Stewart 4. Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart 5. My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart 6. The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart 7. The MoonSpinners by Mary Stewart 8. This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart 9. Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart 10. The Gabriel Hounds by Mary Stewart 11. The Wind Off The Small Isles by Mary Stewart 12. Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart 13. Thornyhold by Mary Stewart 14. Stormy Petrel by Mary Stewart 15. Rose Cottage by Mary Stewart Children's books: 1. The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart 2. Ludo and the Star Horse by Mary Stewart 3. A Walk in Wolf Wood by Mary Stewart

AUTHOR - BARBARA PYM Key: Books I've read: Bold Books I own: Italics Books I'm reading: Red Novels: 1. Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym 2. Excellent Women by Barbara Pym 3. Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym 4. Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym 5. A Glass of Blessings by Barbara Pym 6. No Fond Return of Love by Barbara Pym 7. Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym 8. The Sweet Dove Died by Barbara Pym 9. A Few Green Leaves by Barbara Pym 10. An Unsuitable Attachment by Barbara Pym 11. Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym 12. An Academic Question by Barbara Pym Note: waiting to organise my bookshelves to figure out which books I own and have read.

AUTHOR - GEORGETTE HEYER Key: Books I've read: Bold Books I own: Italics Books I'm reading: Red Novels: 1. The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer 2. The Great Roxhythe by Georgette Heyer 3. Instead of the Thorn by Georgette Heyer 4. Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer 5. Simon the Coldheart by Georgette Heyer 6. Helen by Georgette Heyer 7. Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer 8. Beauvallet by Georgette Heyer 9. Pastel by Georgette Heyer 10. Barren Corn by Georgette Heyer 11. The Conqueror by Georgette Heyer 12. Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer 13. Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer 14. The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer 15. The Unfinished Clue by Georgette Heyer 15. An Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer 16. The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer 17. Royal Escape by Georgette Heyer 18. The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer 19. The Spanish Bride by Georgette Heyer 20. Faro's Daughter by Georgette Heyer 21. Penhallow by Georgette Heyer 22. Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer 23. The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer 24. The Foundling by Georgette Heyer 25. Arabella by Georgette Heyer 26. The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer 27. The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer 28. Cotillion by Georgette Heyer 29. The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer 30. Bath Tangle by Georgette Heyer 31. Sprig Muslin by Georgette Heyer 32. April Lady by Georgette Heyer 33. Sylvester by Georgette Heyer 34. Venetia by Georgette Heyer 35. The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer 36. A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer 37. The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer 38. False Colours by Georgette Heyer 39. Frederica by Georgette Heyer 40. Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer 41. Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer 42. Charity Girl by Georgette Heyer 43. Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer 44. My Lord John by Georgette Heyer Alastair Trilogy: 45. These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer 46. Devil’s Cub by Georgette Heyer 47. Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer Inspector Hannasyde: 48. Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer 49. Behold, Here’s Poison by Georgette Heyer 50. They Found Him Dead by Georgette Heyer 51. A Blunt Instrument by Georgette Heyer Inspector Hemingway: 52. No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer 53. A Christmas Party by Georgette Heyer 54. Duplicate Death by Georgette Heyer 55. Detection Unlimited by Georgette Heyer Short Stories: 56. Snowdrift and other stories by Georgette Heyer

AUTHOR - J. L. CARR Key: Books I've read: Bold Books I own: Italics Books I'm reading: Red Novels: 1. A Day in Summer by J. L. Carr 2. A Season in Sinji by J. L. Carr 3. The Harpole Report by J. L. Carr 4. How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won The F. A. Cup by J. L. Carr 5. A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr 6. The Battle of Pollocks Crossing by J. L. Carr 7. What Hetty Did by J. L. Carr 8. Harpole and Foxberrow, General Publishers by J. L. Carr

AUTHOR - ANITA BROOKNER Key: Books I've read: Bold Books I own: Italics Books I'm reading: Red Novels: 1. A Start in Life by Anita Brookner 2. Providence by Anita Brookner 3. Look At Me by Anita Brookner 4. Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner 5. Family and Friends by Anita Brookner 6. A Misalliance by Anita Brookner 7. A Friend From England by Anita Brookner 8. Latecomers by Anita Brookner 9. Lewis Percy by Anita Brookner 10. Brief Lives by Anita Brookner 11. A Closed Eye by Anita Brookner 12. Fraud by Anita Brookner 13. A Family Romance by Anita Brookner 14. A Private View by Anita Brookner 15. Incidents in the Rue Laugier by Anita Brookner 16. Altered States by Anita Brookner 17. Visitors by Anita Brookner 18. Falling Slowly by Anita Brookner 19. Undue Influence by Anita Brookner 20. The Bay of Angels by Anita Brookner 21. The Next Big Thing by Anita Brookner 22. The Rules of Engagement by Anita Brookner 23. Leaving Home by Anita Brookner 24. Strangers by Anita Brookner 25. At The Hairdresser's by Anita Brookner

AUTHOR - M. C. BEATON Key: Books I've read: Bold Books I own: Italics Books I'm reading: Red Daughters of Mannerling: 1. Banishment by M. C. Beaton 2. Intrigue by M. C. Beaton 3. Deception by M. C. Beaton 4. Folly by M. C. Beaton 5. Romance by M. C. Beaton 6. Homecoming by M. C. Beaton Dukes & Desires: 1. The Desirable Duchess by M. C. Beaton 2. Her Grace's Passion by M. C. Beaton 3. Pretty Polly by M. C. Beaton 4. The Sins of Lady Dacey by M. C. Beaton 5. My Dear Duchess by M. C. Beaton 6. Lady Lucy's Lover by M. C. Beaton 7. The Scandalous Marriage by M. C. Beaton Edwardian Candlelight: 1. Daisy by M. C. Beaton 2. Ginny by M. C. Beaton 3. Kitty by M. C. Beaton 4. Lucy by M. C. Beaton 5. Maggie by M. C. Beaton 6. Molly by M. C. Beaton 7. My Lords, Ladies and Marjorie by M. C. Beaton 8. Polly by M. C. Beaton 9. Poppy by M. C. Beaton 10. Sally by M. C. Beaton 11. Susie by M. C. Beaton 12. Tilly by M. C. Beaton Edwardian Murder Mystery: 1. Snobbery with Violence by M. C. Beaton 2. Hasty Death by M. C. Beaton 3. Sick of Shadows by M. C. Beaton 4. Our Lady of Pain by M. C. Beaton House for the Seasons: 1. The Miser of Mayfair by M. C. Beaton 2. Plain Jane by M. C. Beaton 3. The Wicked Godmother by M. C. Beaton 4. Rake's Progress by M. C. Beaton 5. The Adventuress by M. C. Beaton 6. Rainbird's Revenge by M. C. Beaton Ladies In Love: 1. Amaryllis by M. C. Beaton Novels: 1. The Skeleton in the Closet by M. C. Beaton Poor Relation: 1. Lady Fortescue Steps Out by M. C. Beaton 2. Miss Tonks Turns to Crime by M. C. Beaton 3. Mrs Budley Falls from Grace by M. C. Beaton 4. Sir Philip's Folly by M. C. Beaton 5. Colonel Sandhurst to the Rescue by M. C. Beaton 6. Back in Society by M. C. Beaton Regency Candlelight: 1. Annabelle by M. C. Beaton 2. Henrietta by M. C. Beaton 3. Penelope by M. C. Beaton Regency Flame: 1. A Governess of Distinction by M. C. Beaton 2. A Marriage of Inconvenience by M. C. Beaton 3. Dancing on the Wind by M. C. Beaton 4. Lessons in Love by M. C. Beaton 5. Miss Fiona's Fancy by M. C. Beaton 6. Ms Davenport's Christmas by M. C. Beaton 7. Quadrille by M. C. Beaton 8. Regency Gold by M. C. Beaton 9. Sweet Masquerade by M. C. Beaton 10. The Constant Companion by M. C. Beaton 11. The Flirt by M. C. Beaton 12. The French Affair by M. C. Beaton 13. The Glitter and the Gold by M. C. Beaton 14. Those Endearing Young Charms by M. C. Beaton 15. To Dream of Love by M. C. Beaton Regency Royal: 1. Duke's Diamonds by M. C. Beaton 2. Lady Anne's Deception by M. C. Beaton 3. Lady Margery's Intrigues by M. C. Beaton 4. Love and Lady Lovelace by M. C. Beaton 5. Milady in Love by M. C. Beaton 6. The Chocolate Debutante by M. C. Beaton 7. The Dreadful Debutante by M. C. Beaton 8. The Ghost and Lady Alice by M. C. Beaton 9. The Highland Countess by M. C. Beaton 10. The Loves of Lord Granton by M. C. Beaton 11. The Marquis Takes a Bride by M. C. Beaton 12. The Paper Princess by M. C. Beaton 13. The Savage Marquess by M. C. Beaton 14. The Viscount's Revenge by M. C. Beaton Regency Scandal: 1. His Lordship's Pleasure by M. C. Beaton 2. The Scandalous Lady Wright by M. C. Beaton Regency Season: 1. At the Sign of the Golden Pineapple by M. C. Beaton 2. The Education of Miss Patterson by M. C. Beaton 3. The Original Miss Honeyford by M. C. Beaton 4. The Perfect Gentleman by M. C. Beaton School For Manners: 1. Refining Felicity by M. C. Beaton 2. Perfecting Fiona by M. C. Beaton 3. Enlightening Delilah by M. C. Beaton 4. Finessing Clarissa by M. C. Beaton 5. Animating Maria by M. C. Beaton 6. Marrying Harriet by M. C. Beaton Six Sisters: 1. Minerva by M. C. Beaton 2. The Taming of Annabelle by M. C. Beaton 3. Deirdre and Desire by M. C. Beaton 4. Daphne by M. C. Beaton 5. Diana the Huntress by M. C. Beaton 6. Frederica in Fashion by M. C. Beaton Travelling Matchmaker: 1. Emily Goes to Exeter by M. C. Beaton 2. Belinda Goes to Bath by M. C. Beaton 3. Penelope Goes to Portsmouth by M. C. Beaton 4. Beatrice Goes to Brighton by M. C. Beaton 5. Deborah Goes to Dover by M. C. Beaton 6. Yvonne Goes to York by M. C. Beaton Westerby Women: 1. The First Rebellion by M. C. Beaton 2. Silken Bonds by M. C. Beaton 3. The Love Match by M. C. Beaton Westerby: 1. The Westerby Inheritance by M. C. Beaton 2. The Westerby Sisters by M. C. Beaton

SCIENCE TO BE READ: 0 1. A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived by Adam Rutherford (Audiobook)

POETRY TO BE READ: 0 1. You Took The Last Bus Home by Brian Bilston (Hardback)

HISTORY TO BE READ: 2 1. Letters of Note by Shaun Usher (Paperback) 2. Watling Street by John Higgs (Hardback)