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Thank you both

Just created it haha wish all my books weren't in storage

Thanks everyone I'm getting there with the health issues - a million times better than I was doing and nearly back to where I was looking forward to chatting books again

Well that's my minimal book log for the year

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Books Brought The Unmumsy Mum - Sarah Turner Disclaimer - Renee Knight Denise Walsh - Starting Over (not a book I would have normally picked but it was a gift so I'll give it a go!) Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith The Shadow Hour - Kate Riordan The 100 - Kass Morgan Cinder - Marissa Meyer Inside Alcatraz - Jim Quillen Me Before You - Jojo Moyes Strictly Between Us - Jane Fallon Harry Potter The Creature Vault - J.K. Rowling When Hitler Stole the Pink Rabbit - Judith Kerr Goodnight Mr Tom - Michelle Magorian The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend - Katarina Bivald Local Girl Missing - Claire Douglas The Girl WIth No Name - Diney Costelo

Wishlist Cecelia Ahern - A Place Called Here Michael Alexander - Confessions of a Male Nurse Kate Atkinson - Behind the Scenes at the Museum Jennifer Bardsley - Genises Girl Nina Bawden - Carries War Christina Benjamin - The Geneva Project Meave Binchy - Light a Penny Candle Frankie Boyle - Work, Consume, Die Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 Albert Brooks - 2030 The Real Story of What Happens to America Rapheal Brous - I Am Max Lamm Rob Buyea - Because of Mr Terupt Rachel Caine - Glass Houses Emma Carroll - Frost Hallow Hall John Le Carre - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Kristen Cast - Marked Diane Chamberlain - The Midwifes Confession Diane Chamberlain - Summers Child Joelle Charbonneau - The Testing Sam Christer - The Turin Shroud Secret Genivieve Cogman - The Invisable Library Rachel Cohn - Dash and Lilys Book of Dares Cheryl Cole - My Story Allie Condie - Atlantia Michael Cunningham - A Home at the End of The World Annie Darling - The Little Bookshop of Lonely Hearts James Dashner - A Munity in Time Degli - Block 11 Isla Dewar - Dancing in a Distant Place Colin Dexter - Last Book to Woodstock Paul Dowswell - Auslander Jaycee Dugard - A Stolen Life Nick Edwards - In Stiches Antonia Forest - Autumn Term Cornelia Funke - Inkheart Micheal Grant - Gone Neil Gaimen - Good Omens Neil Gaimen - Neverwhere Eva Gray - Behind the Gates Jane Green - Jemima J Ellie Griffiths - The Crossing Places Heather Gudenhauf - Little Mercies Aramentia Hall - Dot Charlaine Harris - Living Dead in Dallas Helen Hanff - 84 Charing Cross Road Johan Harstad - 172 Hours on the Moon Veronica Henry - The Long Weekend Charlie Higson - Silverfin Barry Hines - A Kestral for a Knave James Holland - Darkest Hour Anthony Horowitz - The Power of Five Helen Humphries - Conventry P.D. James - Innocent Blood Pam Jenoff - The Winter Guest Millie Johnson - The Yorkshire Pudding Club Katie Kavinsky - Awaken Liz Kessler - A Year Without Autumn Stephen King - Under the Dome John Knowles - A Separate Peace Mike Lancaster - 0.4 Lori Lansens - The Girls Mark Logue - The Kings Speech Rosamud Lupton - Afterwards Andrea McLean - Confessions of a Good Girl Richelle Mead - Vampire Academy L. M. Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables Amy Sue Nathan - The Glass Wives Sara Nelson - So Many Books So Little Time Caragg M O'Brian - Birthmarked Maggie O'Farrell - After You've Gone Joel Ohmen - Meritopolsis Amanda Owen - A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepardess Julie Pandl - Memoirs of a Sunday Brunch Katherine Patterson - Bridge to Teribitha Stephanie Perkins - Summer Days and Summe Nights Elizabeth Peters - Crocodile on the Sandbank Margaret Peterson Haddix - Among the Hidden Jodi Picoult - Between the Lines Gabriella Poole - Secret Lives Doreen Rapport - Beyond Courage James Rebanks - The Shepards Life Erica Marie Remarque - All Quiet on the Western Front Sean Reymont - Bomb Hunters Veronica Roth - Insurgent Rainbow Rowell - Attachments Lorna Sage - Bad Blood Dorothy L. Sayers - Whose Body? Rita Sepetys - Between Shades of Grey Sarah Shepard - Pretty Little Liars L.J. Smith - The Vampire Diaries Emily St John Mandel - The Lola Quartet Roger Sutton - A Family of Readers Ian Tregillis - Bitter Seeds John Updike - Couples S. J. Watson - Before I Go to Sleep Eliza Wass - The Cresswell Plot Wendy Wax - While We Were Watching Downton Abbey Elizabeth Wein - Code Name Verity Arabella Weir - Does my Bum Look Big in This? Geoff Wikes - Alone in Berlin Geoffrey Willians - Molesworth Connie Willis - Blackout N. D Wilson - 100 Cupboards Ben Woolfenden - The Ruins of Time Connie Worth - Call The Midwife Rick Yancy - The Infinate Sea

TBR List I've got a fairly minimal list at the minute compared to the hundreds I have before as most of my books are at my mother in laws house or in storage until we get our house built. Total 1/1/2016 - 25 Total 2016 - 50 Marc Acito - How I Paid for College Katarina Bivald - The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend Fanny Blake - With a Friend Like You Oliver Bowden - Assassins Creed Renaissance Bill Bryson -Shakespeare Cassandra Clare - City of Heavenly Fire Cassandra Clare - City of Lost Souls Cassandra Clare - Lady Midnight Jenny Colgan - The Little Shop of Happy Ever After Diney Costeloe - The Girl With No Name Sarah Crossan - Resist Lucy Diamond - Summer at Shell Cottage Philip K. Dick - The Man in the High Castle Rebecca Done - This Secret Were Keeping Claire Douglas - Local Girl Missing Harriet Evens - The Butterfly Summer Jane Fallon - Strictly Between Us Lizzie K. Foley - Remarkable Gayle Forman - If I Stay Claire Fuller Our Endless Numbered Days Robert Galbraith - The Cuckoos Calling Lisa Genova - Love Anthony Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Robert Harris - Fatherland Melissa Hill - The Hotel on Mulberry Bay Wendy Holden - Born Survivor Christopher Huff - Haunted Second World War Airfields Renee Knight - Disclaimer Alex Lake - After Anna Dayna Lorentz - No Safety in Numbers Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mr Tom M​arissa Meyer - Cinder Caitlin Moran - How to be a Woman Kass Morgan - The 100 Kate Morton - The Lake House Jojo Moyes - Me Before You​ Terry Pratchet - The Colour of Magic Jim Quillen - Inside ​Alcatraz ​Lucy Ribchester - The Amber Shadows Lucinda Riley - The Angel Tree Kate Riorden - ​The Shadow Hour Rick Riorden - Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Caroline Roberts - The Cosy Tea Shop in the Castle Abbie Rushton - Unspeakable Rainbow Row​ell - Fangirl J.K Rowling - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowing - Harry​ Potter The Creature Vault ​Abbie Rushton - Unspeakable Lulu Taylor - The Winter Children Robyn Walker - The Women Who Spied for Britain Denise Welch - Starting Over

Books read 2016 January 1) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - J.K. Rowling 2) The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 3)Quidditch Through the Ages - J.K. Rowling 4)The Hunger Games Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 5)The Hunger Games Mockingjay - J.K. Rowling February 6)The Lake of Dreams - Kim Edwards 7)Just William - Richmal Crompton March 8)Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone - J. K. Rowling 9)The Unmumsy Mum - Sarah Turner 10)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling 11)A Whole Lot of History - Kimberley Walsh 12)A Daughters Secret - Eleanor Moran April 13)Alex Rider Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz 14)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azcaban - J.K. Rowling May ​15)Alex Rider Point Blanc - Anthony Horowitz 16)Our Zoo - June Mottershed June 17)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling 18)Alex Rider Skeleton Key - Anthony Horowitz July 19)The Fifth Wave - Rick Yancey 20) The Yorkshire Shepherdess - Amanda Owen 21)Everthing Everything - Nicola Yoon 22)Sunshine Over Wildflower Cottage - Milly Johnson August ​23)Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - J.K. Rowling ​24)Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris ​25)Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling September 26)How to Find Love in a Bookshop - Veronica Henry 27)Village of Secrets - Caroline Moorehead 28)The Sunshine and Biscotti Club - Jenny Oliver 29)Divergent - Veronica Roth 30)Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling 31)When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - Judith Kerr October 32)City of Fallen Angels - Cassandra Clare 33)Dream a Little Dream - Giovanna Fletcher 34)Local Girl Missing - Clare Douglas November December

Hi everyone - after a couple of years away I'm back! long story short I had a little boy - Ethan 14 months - and I had a lot of health issues and problems but I'm really getting back into reading so I thought it was time to come back! Books read 2010 - 56 Books read 2011 - 76 Books read 2012 - 76 Books read 2013 - 40 Books read 2014 - 18 Books read 2015 - 42 Books read 2016 - 34

hi everyone - again! I used to post on here a couple of years ago - I loved it here but life got in the way. I've had a little boy his name is Ethan and he is 14 months and he's amazing. I had a number a health issues too and ended up in hospital a fair bit so my reading really suffered. I'm really starting to get back into reading so I thought I'd better come back again - so hi everyone can't wait to catch up

I have this copy too

Thank you I'm reading the second James Bond book at the minute and enjoying it so that is a positive

#8 - More Confessions of a Bookseller - Robin Soma-Dudley Started - 12/02/2014 Finished - 18/02/2014 Format - Kindle e-book Year Acquired - 2012 Synopsis - The bookselling world seems to be treating Sally Myers well in the city of Baltimore. Much to her and all of those close to her surprise, Sally has been promoted to a Department Manager at Broken Spines. The promotion may be a welcomed distraction for Sally, whose boyfriend, ex-UPS Hottie now Math Teacher Hottie, Colin Fenton, doesn’t have as much time for Sally as she would like. Between, tutoring, mentoring and coaching, Colin has also succumbed to the will of her grandfather and taken a project involving the Henry Allen Myers Foundation. An opportunity that has Colin on the email contacts lists of dotcom millionaires, Secretary of Education, mayors and governors and the wife of the richest man in the world. She can’t help but wonder if he will still be interested in a Harry Potter obsessed, pop culture princess like herself. My Thoughts - I downloaded this book as I thought it would be really interesting for me to read as I love books and bookshops. However this was a book that I really disliked. I struggled with the book as I couldnt get into it all. I did wonder if it was because it was a follow up book but I just struggled with it. Its a fiction book and I thought it would have been a non fiction one. Unfortunately I really did not like this book. Rating - 1/5

#7 - Tales Out of School by Shirley Ann Howard Started - 1/02/14 Finished - 12/02/14 Format - Kindle e-book Year Acquired - 2012 Synopsis - TALES OUT OF SCHOOL features Sandra Scott, a first year English teacher in search of self and love in an unclear world. She faces the challenge of teaching reading, writing, and respect to a hundred fifty marginally receptive teenagers beset with issues of drugs, personal relations, and domestic abuse. She has a passionate relationship with her wealthy, sexy boyfriend, a Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry at Boston University. The intimacy they enjoy is precious and beautiful, yet fraught with many tensions as well. She has a very ill father and an opinionated mother. By teaching others Sandy learns to deal with her insecurity, her career, and the people in her life. Follow her through her tales of joy, misery, confusion, and adventure both in and out of school. My Thoughts - I downloaded this book as it sounded really good and also a book that I would enjoy reading. Unfortunately I didn't really like it much which was a shame as it had a lot of promise. It tells the story of Sandra a teacher in a school in America. Now while the idea of the book was good, it just came across very dry and not that interesting. It was also a fairly long book and unfortunately i just couldn't keep my attention on it. Rating - 2.5/5

1 Gone Girl Gillian Flynn Orion 627,097 411,16 2 Inferno Dan Brown Transworld 640,676 328,960 6 Life of Pi Yann Martel Canongate 164,675 452,536 7 The Casual Vacancy J K Rowling Little, Brown 321,940 193,636 I read Life of Pi and the Casual Vacancy last year and brought Gone Girl and Inferno but havent read them yet

Wow youve read a load of books lately And great haul of books too

Happy Reading So so pleased your mojo is returning

Just catching up with threads and great haul of books If your going to fall off the wagon then do it with style

Ok so while I was away I read Tales Out of School - by Shirley Ann Howard More Confessions of a Bookseller - Robin Soma-Dudley When I got back my mum said there were some books at hers waiting for me . . . Strange I thought as I hadnt ordered any but I had two from the publishers . . . God of Vengeance by Giles Kristian Her Last Assassin by Victoria Lamb And I'm now reading Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming. Hopefully I'll get my thoughts up on the books that I have read today

Do try to read it of you can its so good and the subject matter is handled brilliantly agree 100% with everything you said

Congratulations Weave - she is beautiful

Moonfleet sounds really good! And it free! I guess I'll just have to download it

It is indeed harrowing but very well handled. I dont think you actually hear all that much about the horrible abuse but just as Jack sees it. I think its one that everyone should read! Yes do! Its fantastic!

#6 - Room - Emma Donoghue Started - 29/01/14 Finished - 01/02/14 Format - Paperback Book Year Acquired - 2011 Synopsis - A number-one bestseller, Room was published in 2010 to ecstatic reviews around the world and quickly became a word-of-mouth sensation. It has won or been shortlisted for more than a dozen awards (including shortlistings for both the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize) and has sold more than a million copies. Room is the story of Ma and Jack. They live in a single, locked room. Five-year-old Jack loves watching TV, but he knows that nothing he sees on the screen is truly real – only him, Ma and the things in Room. Until the day Ma admits there’s a world outside . . . My Thoughts - I've had this book sat on my TBR shelf for ages and although I had heard many good things about it I had been putting off reading it just incase I didnt like it as much as what I wanted too. This book is told through the eyes of five year old Jack who lives with his mum in Room. In it he describes his day to day life with such childhood naivety but in it you get insights on what it was actually like being held in one little room by 'Old Nick' The story is split into five chapters, and there is an awful lot about the number five in this book which is deliberate I'm sure. What I really liked was the story of the Room, the escape and how that happened and living in the world outside. This is an absolute fantastically well written book. I just couldnt put it down once I had picked it up and I spent one evening reading most of it in one sitting. This is a book that will stay with me for a very long time and if you havent read it yet do. It is absolutely fantastic. Rating - 5/5