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Thank you - I hope you do too!!!
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Thanks all!
That's two recs for Capital - I am definitely going to have to get to that this year! Its funny you picked Mansfield Park, Claire - I am currently in the middle of North and South, but I am pretty sure MP is where I am going next!
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Hi Athena, thank you – it’s nice to meet you!
I am working in my borough archive, so it is sort of relatively local to our area.
It is really good!! My colleagues are great and I find our collections interesting! It has also vastly improved my map reading skills as we hold all the old ordinance survey maps for our area and the ones that came before that! so, while getting to know the maps, I also got to know the development of where I live for the past 200 years, which was a lot more interesting than I realised it was going to be : )
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Congratulations on your little one, from one returnee to another! So glad you are feeling better!
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Thank you - glad to be back!
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Brought 2016...
Bryson, Bill: A Walk In The Woods
Burge, James: Heloise and Abelard
Fennell, Emerald: Monsters
Fletcher, Giovanna: You're The One That I Want
Gibson, Mary: Gunner Girls and Bomber BoysGrahame-Smith, Seth: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Hay, Daisy: A Strange Romance - Mr and Mrs Desrali
Horsfield, Debbie: Poldark Script Book
Kareem, Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem and Anna Waterhouse: Mycroft Holmes
Malone, Maria: When Harry Met Rose
McLain, Paula: The Paris WifeMcGann, Stephen: Doctor Turners Casebook
Montefiore, Simon Sebag: The Romanov's
Smith, Jonathan: The Churchill Secret KBO
Tolstoy, Leo: War and Peace
White, Karen: Grand Central: Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion
And I am ready to go for the new year
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1 - 36: gained in 2009 or before
37 – 80: gained in 2010
81 - 105: gained in 2011
106 – 148: gained in 2012
149 – 177: gained in 2013
178 – 224: gained in 2014
225 – 303: gained in 2015Books in blue - finished in January to March
Books in red - finished April to June
To Be Read List ~
1. Campbell, Christy: Band of Brigands
2. Foreman, Amanda: The Duchess
3. Garfield, Simon: Our Hidden Lives
4. Gristwood, Sarah: Elizabeth and Leicester
5. Guy, John: My Heart Is My Own
6. Massie, Robert: Nicholas and Alexandra
7. Rees, Laurence: Behind Closed Doors
8. Williams, Stephanie: Olga’s Story
9. Weir, Alison: Henry VIII
10. Anderson, Hans Christian: Anderson’s Fairy Tales
11. Austen, Jane: Mansfield Park
12. Boyne, John: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
13. Dunant, Sarah: In the Company of the Courtesan
14. Fforde, Jasper: The Eyre Affair
15. Furnivall, Kate: The Russian Concubine
16. Gaskell, Elizabeth: North and South
17. George, Margaret: Helen of Troy
18. Gee, Sophie: The Scandal of the Season
19. Gregory, Philippa: The Queens Fool
20. Gilbert, Henry: Robin Hood
21. Grahame: The Wind in the Willows
22. Lawrence, D. H: Lady Chatterley’s Lover
23. Lee, Harper: To Kill A Mocking Bird
24. Lewis, Hilda: I, Jacqueline
25. McIntosh, Fiona: Royal Exile
26. Montefiore, Santa: The Swallow and the Hummingbird
27. Montefiore, Santa: The Butterfly Box
28. Montgomery, L.M : Anne of Green Gables
29. Nesbit, E: The Railway Children
30. Ryan, Robert: Early One Morning
31. Sheers, Owen: Resistance
32. Sittenfeld, Curtis: American Wife
33. Steel, Danielle: Silent Honour
34. Thomes, Rosie: Isis and Ruby
35. Tolkien, J.R.R: The Silmarillion
36. Tolkien, J.R.R: Unfinished Tales
37. Adams: The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
38. Brands: Traitor to his Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
39. Byatt, AS: The Children's Book
40. Burstein, Andrew: Jefferson’s Secrets
41. Campion, Emma: The King's Mistress
42. Cheek, Mavis: Amenable Women
43. Clark, Mary Higgins: The Christmas collection
44. Deighton, Len: SS – GB
45. Didion, Joan: The Year of Magical Thinking
46. Duff, David: Alexandra: Princess and Queen
47. Dunant, Sarah: Sacred Hearts
48. Erikson, Carolly: Great Catherine
49. Erickson, Carolly: The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette
50. Figes, Orlando: Natasha’s Dance
51. Follett, Ken: The Pillars of the Earth
52. Furnivall, Kate: Under A Blood Red Sky
53. Gill, Gillian: We Two
54. Gordon Reed, Annette: The Hemingses of Montecello
55. Harrods-Eagles, Cynitha: Anna
56. Hibbert, Christopher: Victoria – a Personal History
57. Hosseini, Khaled: The Kite Runner
58. Kerr, Judith: Out of Hitler Time
59. Lieven, Dominic: Russia Against Napoleon
60. Lovell, Mary S: The Mitford Girls
61. Lukyanenko, Sergei: The Day Watch
62. Mantel, Hilary: Wolf Hall
63. McCullough, David: Mornings On Horseback
64. Mitchell, Margaret: Gone With The Wind
65. Morrow, James: The Last Witchfinder
66. Motley, Annette: Men on White Horses
67. Norton, Elizabeth: Jane Seymour
68. O’Brien, Stacey: Wesley
69. O’ Grady, Paul: At My Mothers Knee
70. O’Toole, Patricia: When Trumpets Call
71. Pakula, Hannah: An Uncommon Woman
72. Plaidy, Jean: Plantagenet Prelude
73. Quinn, Kate: Mistress of Rome
74: Smith, L.J: The Night World
75. Snyder, Maria V: Storm Glass
76. Van Der Kiste, John: Queen Victoria’s children
77. Weir, Alison: Katherine Sywnford
78. Weir, Alison: The Captive Queen
79. Weir, Alison: The Lady in the Tower
80. Withey, Lynne: Dearest Friend
81. Adornetto, Alexandra: Halo
82. Atkinson, Kate: Case Histories
83. Chamberlin, E. R: Everyday Life In Renaissance Times
84. Fraser, Antonia: Love and Louis XVI
85. Graham, Laurie: The Importance of Being Kennedy
86. Gilbert, Elizabeth: Eat, Pray, Love
87. Greene, Graham: Brighton Rock
88. Harris, Charlaine: The Sookie Stackhouse Guide
89. Lewis, CS: Mere Christianity
90. Lovell, Mary S: The Churchill’s
91. Montefiore, Santa: The French Gardener
92. Newman, Janis Cooke: Mrs Lincoln
93. Nicholas, Katie: William and Harry
94. Obama, Barack: Dreams of My Father
95. O’Connell, Tyne: A Royal Match
96. Orzel, Chad: How To Teach Quantum Physics To Your Dog
97. Patch, Harry: The Last Fighting Tommy
98. Parsons, Tony: Starting Over
99 Pasternak, Boris: Doctor Zhivago
100. Perry, Tasmina: Kiss Heaven Goodbye
101. Richman, Alyson: The Lost Wife
102. Sanderson, Jane: Netherwood
103. Sebba, Anne: That Women
104. Tremlett, Giles: Catherine of Aragon
105. Trotter, Janet MacLeod: Never Stand Alone
106. Adams, Douglas: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
107. Angelini, Josephine: Starcrossed
108. Bach, Richard: Jonathan Livingston Seagull
109. Brown, Kate Lord: The Beauty Chorus
110. Cast, PC and Kristen: Hidden
111. Carnarvon, Countess of: Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
112. Carter, Aimee: The Goddess Test
113. Clare, Cassandra: City of Bones
114. Clare, Cassandra: Clockwork Angel
115. Collins, Suzanne: The Hunger Games
116. Dickens, Charles: Great Expectations
117. Doyle, Arthur Canon: The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection
118. Edward. Anne: Matriarch
119. Harvey, Greg: The Origins of Tolkien's Middle Earth
120. Follett, Ken: Winter of the Worlds
121. Foster, RF: Randolph Churchill
122. Goldman, Lisa: The No Rules Handbook for Writers
123. Hardy, Thomas: The Mayor of Casterbridge
124. Holt, Maggie: A Nurse at War
125. Huth, Angela: Land Girls
126. Jackson, Nancy: The Cook's Tale
127. Jones, Nigel: Tower
128. King, Stephen: 11.22.63
129. Kerr, John: A Dangerous Method
130. Magorian, Michelle: A Little Love Song
131. Magorian, Michelle: A Spoonful of Jam
132. Magorian, Michelle: Cuckoo in the Nest
133. Massie, Robert K: Peter The Great
134. McInerney, Monica: Those Faraday Girls
135. McKay, Sinclair: The Secret Life of Bletchley Park
136. Moyes, Jojo: The Girl You Left Behind
137. Newman, Michael: Socialism
138. Plaidy, Jean: The Merry Monarchs Wife
139. Plummer, Rosemary: The Maids Tale
140. Powell, Margaret: Below Stairs
141. Prentis, Evelyn: A Nurse and Mother
142. Prentis, Evelyn: A Nurse in Time
143. Rice, Anne: Interview with the Vampire
144. Stachniak, Eva: The Winter Palace
145. Stockett, Kathryn: The Help
146.Townsend, Sue: The Secret Diary of Afrian Mole Aged 13 3/4
147. Tsaraidze, Alexandre: Wife Before God
148. Wilcock, Penelope: The Hawk and the Dove
148. Wolff, Jurgen: Your Writing Coach
149. Berkowitz, Eric: Sex and Punishment
150. Bower, Sarah: House of Borgia
151. Carpenter, Teresa: New York Diaries
152. Collins, Suzanne: The Hunger Games
153. Dalton, Kathleen: Theodore Roosevelt
154. George, Margaret: Elizabeth I
155. Garcia, Kami and Stohl, Margaret: Beautiful Creatures
156. Garcia, Kami and Stohl, Margaret: Beautiful Darkness
157. Garcia, Kami and Stohl, Margaret: Beautiful Chaos
158. Garcia, Kami and Stohl, Margaret: Beautiful Redemption
159. Green, Graham: Writing for Dummies
160. Harman, Patricia: The Midwife of Hope River
161. Ives, Eric: The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn
162. Lanchaster, John: Capital
163. Marschall, Rick: Bully
164. Northup, Soloman: Twelve Years a Slave
165. O'Neill, Glenda: Our Street
166. Penman, Sharon: The Sunne in Splendour
167. Phillips, Winifred: Mum’s Army168. Renshaw, Anne: A Grave Inheritance-read in 2014
169. Rogers, Hannah: The Art of Deduction
170. Salisbury, Harriet: The War on our Doorstep
171. Schwalbe: The End of Your Life Book Club
172. Sibley, Brian: The Hobbit
173. Sparks, Nicholas: Safe Haven
174. Sparks, Nicholas: The Lucky One
175. Spence, Jon: Becoming Jane
176. Weir, Alison: Elizabeth of York
177. Wilson, Derek: The Uncrowned Kings of England
178. Adam, Max: The King in the North
179. Ashdown-Hill, John: The Third Plantagenet
180. Canon Doyle, Arthur: His Last Bow
181. Canon Doyle, Arthur: Return of Sherlock Holmes
182. Clare Castor: City of Ashes
183. Conklin, Tara: The House Girl
184. Deary, Terry: Savage Stone Age
185. Deary, Terry: Groovy Greeks
186. Deary, Terry: Cut Throat Celts
187. Deary, Terry: Angry Aztecs
188. Deary, Terry: Incredible Incas
189. Deary, Terry: Villainous Victorians
190. Deary, Terry: Barmy British Empire
191. Deary, Terry: Frightful First World War
192. Eden, Dorothy: Never Calling It Love
193. Follett, Ken: Fall of Giants
194. Hugo, Victor: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
195. Ingelman-Sundberg, Catharina: The Little Old Lady Who Broke all the Rules
196. Larman, Alexander: Blazing Star
197. Lefebure, Molly: Blitz
198. Mantel, Hilary: Bring Up The Bodies
199. Meyer, E J: The Borgias
200. Montefiore, Simon Sebag: One Night in Winter
201. Puzo, Mario: The Godfather
202. Rowell, Rainbow: Fan Girl
203. Spencer, LaVyrie: Then Came Heaven n
204. Taylor, Jodi: Just One Damn Thing After Another
205. Tomalin: The Invisible Woman
206. Wainwright, Robert: Shelia
207. Bolitho, Hector: Albert, Prince Consort
208. Burton, Jessie: The Miniaturist
209. Clements, Rory: The Queens Man
210. Fletcher, Giovanna: Billy and Me
211. Fraser, Antonia: Charles II
212. Gelardi, Julia P: From Splendour to Revolution
213. Graham, Margaret: Easterleigh Hall
214. Holmes, Frederick: The Sickly Stuarts
215. Iggulden, Conn: War of the Roses: Stormbird
216. Jones, Dan: The Plantagenet’s
217. Jones, Dan: The Hollow Crown
218. Langford, Elizabeth: The Oxford Book of Royal Anecdotes
219. Lewis, Damien: War Dog
220. Martin, R R George: The World of Fire and Ice
221. Plaidy, Jean: The Reluctant Queen
222. Plaidy, Jean: Victoria Victorious
223. Strong, Roy: Coronation
224. Tribe, Steve: Sherlock Chronicles
225. Aaronovitch, Ben: Rivers of London
226. Abbott, Karen: Liar, Temptress, Solider, Spy
227. Aronson, Theo: A Family of Kings
228. Austin, Lynn: Candle In The Darkness
229. Batten, Helen: Sisters of the East End
230. Beer, Anna: Bess
231. Bishop, Chip: Quentin and Flora
232. Brellend, Kay: The Windmill Girls
233. Brellend, Kay: East End Angel
234. Bolt, Rodney: As Good as God, as Clever as the Devil
235. Castries, Duc De: The Lives of the Kings and Queens of France
236. Colfer, Chris: A Grimm Warning
237. Crewdson, Dorethea, Dorethea’s War
238. Dumas, Alexandre: The Three Musketeers
239. Dunn, Dot May: Around the Village Green
240. Farthing, Pen: Wylie
241. Farquhar, Michael: Bad Days In History
242. Follett, Ken: Edge of Eternity
243. Gabaldon, Diana: Outlander
244. Genova, Lisa: Inside the O’Breins
245. Graham, Winston: Warleggon
246. Graham, Winston: The Black Moon
247. Graham, Winston: The Four Swans
248. Graham, Winston: The Angry Tide
249. Gregory, Phillipa: The Kings Curse
250. Gristwood, Sarah: Blood Sisters
251. Hadlow, Janice: The Strangest Family
252. Hancock, Sheila: Miss Carters War
253. Hardy, Shelia: The 1950s Mother
254. Hardy, Shelia: The 1950s Housewife
255. Hawking, Jane: The Theory of Everything
256. Henderson, Casper: The Book of Barely Imagined Beings
257. Hibbert, Christopher: The Virgin Queen
258. Hines, Jerri: Belle of Charleston
259. Hobb, Robin: Assassin’s Apprentice
260. Hobb, Robin: Royal Assassin
261. Hobb, Robin: Assassin’s Quest
262. Hyans, Jackie: Frances Kray
263. Hugghes, Kathryn: The Letter
264. Jensen, Marie-Louise: The Lady In The Tower
265. Jones, Andy: The Two of Us
266. Jones, Dan: Magna Carta
267. Kay, Susan: Legacy
268. King, Sophie: Do You Take This Man?
269. Knight, Lynn: Lemon Sherbet and Dolly Blue
270. Lake, Deryn: Pour The Dark Wine
271. Licence, Amy: In Bed With The Tudors
272. O’Brien, Anne: The King’s Sister
273. Maitland, Karen: The Vanishing Witch
274. Marriott, Emma: World of Poldark
275. McCallin, Luke: The Pale Horse
276. McCallin, Luke: The Man From Berlin
277. Meng, Greg: Days 50
278. Montefiore, Santa: Songs of Love and War
279. Mottershead, June: Our Zoo
280. Moyes, Jojo: One Plus One
281. Pemberton, Margaret: A Season of Secrets
282. Pevel, Pierre: The Cardinal’s Blades
283. Pulley, Natasha: The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
284. Purnell, Sonia: First Lady
285. Rees, Tracy: Amy Snow
286. Rees, Peter: The Anzac Girls
287. Ribchester, Lucy: The Hourglass Factory
288. Rothschild, Hannah: The Improbability of Love
289. Sibley, Brian: The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies Movie Guide
290. Smith, Michael: The Debs of Bletchley Park
291. Sparks, Nicholas: See Me
292. Stewart, Mary: The Crystal Cave
293. Sunners, Julie: Jambusters
294. Thomson, Oliver: The Impossible Bourbons
295. Tolkien, J R R: The History of the Hobbit
296. Tolkien, J R R: Children of Hurin
297. Tolkien, J R R: Return of the Shadow
298. Tolkien, J R R: Treason of Isengard
299. Tolkien, J R R: Sauron Defeated
300. Tolkien, J R R: War Of The Ring
301. Wards, Geffrey and Ken Burns: Roosevelts: An Intimate History
302. Wax, Wendy: While We Were Watching Downton Abbey
303. White, T H: The Once and Future King -
2009: Read 48 books
2010: Read 79 books
2011: Read 74 books
2012: Read 92 books2013: Read 59 books
2014: Read 45 books
2015: Read 49 books
Reading Goals ~
- To have less than 303 books on my TBR list on 1st January 2017.
- Unless I am going to begin reading it that minute, make a list of kindle books I want. Don't just download - the only exceptions to this rule is books I want from the Daily Deal.
- I am still hoping one year I will read 100 books in a year - maybe this will be the one.
- Read some thrillers!
- Review every book!
Read 2016 ~
J A N U A R Y
1. Days 50 - Greg Meng
2. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
3. Quentin and Flora - Bishop Chip
4. A Royal Match - Tyne O'Connell
5. A Study In Scarlet - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. The Invisible Woman - Claire Tomalin
7. Barmy British Empire - Terry Deary
8. The Sign of Four - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
9. The World Of Poldark - Emma Marriott
10. Sisters of the East End - Helen Batten
F E B R U A R Y
11. Billy and Me - Giovanna Fletcher
12. North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
13. The 1950s Housewife - Shelia Hardy
14. Liar, Temptress, Solider, Spy - Karen Abbott
15. Doctor Turner's Casebook - Stephen McGann
16. When Harry Met Rose - Maria Malone
17. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
M A R C H
18. Villainous Victorians - Terry Deary
19. The Churchill Secret KBO - Jonathan Smith
20. Poldark Script Book - Debbie Horsfield
21. The Savage Stone Age - Terry Deary
22. East End Angel - Kay Brellend
23. While We Were Watching Downton Abbey - Wendy Wax
A P R I L
24. Out of The Hitler Time - Judith Kerr
25. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
26. Dragonfly in Amber - Diana Gabaldon
27. Voyager - Diana Gabaldon
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Hi everyone!
Long time, no post! Its been a while since I have been here and I am so sorry about that! I finished uni, had to find a job etc... life kind of got in the way! But the good news is I am more settled now, working in my local archive and am really enjoying it!
So I thought I better reintroduce myself! I am Jessie, am 25 now, and live in the UK
I love reading, but have not been doing as well the last couple of years as when I was here so I thought I'd come back and hopefully, get motivated to read more again! I hope you're all well and look forward to catching up with everyone and getting to know you all again!
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You definitely should! Well worth a read
Reading them made me realize why Holmes and Watson have become as famous and as beloved as they have! -
Not yet, but both are on my TBR list
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The Sign of Four by Arthur Canon Doyle (4/5)
I loved jumping back into Sherlock Holmes this year. I’m not one for crime novels really, but Doyle is the exception to the rule. I would recommend him to anyone. I did not enjoy Sign of Four as much as a Study in Scarlet but all the same, it was great!
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The Hobbit Offical Movie Guide by Brian Sibley (4/5)
Now this do what it said on the tiny. It gave great insight into the movie, wonderful interviews with the actors and crew and was beautifully laid out. A must for any fan of The Hobbit movie.
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Modern Family - The writer of Modern Family (3/5)
To be honest when I received this, I was a little disappointed. I thought it was going to give added insight to the show, to give more depths to the characters. I did not realise it was just a book of quotes from the show, with a quick paragraph at the start of each chapter!
That said, it was probably my fault for not reading the blurb on Amazon more carefully. And I have read it twice through, both of which times I’ve been laughing out loud!
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Thats the plan. I need to keep them in mind throughout this year.
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So I've decided to review my reading goals every two months this year...
1. The TBR pile should be 176 or less on 1st January 2014 - I say it every year, but I must try and get it down - I have so far brought 8 (read 3 of them) and Read 10 off my TBR list - Meeting this goal.
2. Unless I am going to begin reading it that minute, make a list of kindle books I want. Don't just download - the only exceptions to this rule is books I want from the Daily Deal - Note quite met, but it doesn't matter too much at this point.
3. 100 books has been my goal for three years running and it is staying for a fourth year. I came so close in 2012 - a Little behind, but could still make it.
4. Make an effort to get half my 2009 books read - 21 throughout the year is doable - 2 read so far.
5. Keep up with reviews! I tailed off in March/April last year... opps - slipping behind, but can make it up. -
Goodnight Mr Tom is a wonderful read and the film adaptation of it staring John Thaw as Tom is wonderful. My eldest used to watch it over and over....think it had something to do with him looking a bit like his granpa...
Aww, thats sweet!
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I begun The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory today - based on reviews, I didn't think I'd like it but so far it seems good.
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War Horse by Micheal Morpurgo (4/5)
This was such a touching story which I really enjoyed. Following Joey the horse from birth to the end of the war, we see the events of 1914 - 1918 through the eyes of one of the brave animals who went through the war. We see him come full circle in a way, going through various hands and going through no man’s land and behind enemy lines.
A very emotional book with loses as well as triumphs that made me teary.
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One Pair of Hands - Monica Dickens (3/5)
Monica Dickens memoirs of being in service during the 1930s should interest any fans of Downton Abbey. Social history has become of increasing interest to me over the past few years and I enjoyed this. Monica wrote about the families she served (with various degrees of affection) and the jobs she did (with varying degrees of success.) perhaps due to her own status (Monica came from a well off family) I could not help but feel she was a little patronising towards those she worked with at times and came off as pleasant enough, but with an ego. An interesting read though.
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A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin (4/5)
Epic is a word that is overused these days, but if it applies to any book series, I think A Song of Fire and Ice is one of them. The latest edition, A Dance with Dragons is no exception to this rule. It remains as complex and rich as ever.
Well over 1000 pages put together, Martin reunites us with the characters we did not get to see in A Feat for Crows and gives us glimpses of those we did. Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen lead ADWD as the two of them both get used to the power (and indeed more comfortable with how to wield it) while they continue along their own journeys. Arya returns, but not as well know her and the Dorne becomes more prominent than before. Victarion Greyjoy launches his own bid for the Iron Throne and Dany’s hand. (In fact, part of me thinks ‘Marry Me Daenerys’ would be a more appropriate title for this book.) It only offers a glimpse of Kings Landing (which I missed - I love to read Cersei’s POV). That said, Tyrions chapters were a constant surprise - I did not see what was coming for him (I had no idea what to expect - but this wasn’t it!) he gave me my fill of the Lannisters though. Theon Greyjoy also plays his part - and for all his sins in previous books, I just so felt for him.
I love this world: I love the cultures and the customs: I love (and love to hate) the characters. But every time I pick up these books I am reminded they are not for the weak stomached. This is a truly dog eat dog world and puts the evil in medieval (doesn’t really work I know, but I’m going with it) from time to time, in fact, chapter to chapter. The fantasy element of the book is never lost. The dragons, the white walkers, the wildlings and the magic keeps you on the edge of your seat.
I don’t know whether it is a fault of mine or the novels (probably the former) but the only complaint I have is I sometimes find the cast a little too big and am always flicking to the back pages for reminders of who is who. The core characters are firmly entranced in my mind - but the smaller ones are easy to lose track of. I am going to have to have a reread of the entire series before the Winds of Winter is published - 2015 seems so far away! And now my wait begins...
I’d recommend this series to anyone who loves fantasy - but would warn them not to get too attached to anyone!
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6. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Chronicles (4/5)
Ok, so I got this book for myself as a late Christmas present. I loved the Hobbit when I went to see it and was a complete geek for the LOTR when I was younger (whom am I trying to kid, I still am!) and had some Christmas money to spend so thought why not and I am so glad I got this book. It basically takes you behind the movie into all the concept art that went into it. From the original designs to what we saw on screen, we are taken across the whole journey and the result is a really, really beautiful book. The art department and the whole Weta team are just so talented and I love that this book came out so that they can get the credit they deserve. It also gives you quotes from the actors as to how costume and design helped them to approach their characters which are really interesting. A must have for any big Hobbit fans.
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I really enjoyed Tess too. Glad you liked it too
great review!!! Looking forward to what you make of Wildfell Hall. I‘ve not read that one yet.
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I shall have to bump the American Wife up my tbr list after your review
Jessi's Reading Log ~ 2016
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I think so far my favourite has been Northanger Abbey!
I am really enjoying it so far - just over half way through!