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I want that picture! I've not read any Austen (Ooh maybe it's aimed at me! ) but I love the sentiment..

Oh that's good, it must be a relief to know someone is keeping an eye on them for you.. What a way to see in the New Year! Steve is like that too (must be a man thing..) When I first started cooking for him I put more and more on his plate until he actually said to me that he is unable to leave anything on his plate and would probably explode if I kept increasing the size of his meals!

Ah, but then I'll have to wait for Book 3!

Thank you Chrissy.

Thanks Marie.

Thanks Laura. I gave The Magic Toyshop a 5/5 and then The Bloody Chamber and other stories a 1/5 so I'm a little nervous about this one!

I've not read Slated but I'm presuming now that it is a trilogy so I will pop it on my wish list! I will look up the other Cat Clarke's too.

Sorry to hear about your Dad Kay, is there family local to them that can keep an eye on them for you? I wish we lived closer, my children are dab hands at helping out with leftover pudding, actually so is Steve! It's funny how dinners fill them up yet 5 minutes later they can eat their bodyweight in sugar.. My daughter has always said she has 2 stomachs, a small one for dinners and a larger one for puddings!

I have Fractured and The 5th Wave on my TBR and More Than This on my wish list so looks like I have some good reads to look forward to. I've also read Torn by Cat Clarke and really enjoyed (if thats the word considering the subject matter!) it, what else has she written Michelle?

Sending healing thoughts for Mum and B.I.L, hope they are much better today.

Thanks Steve! I realised I was thinking more about targets than just reading for enjoyment, let's see how it goes. I saw the Nora Roberts books thanks, I may get one or two but only have the kindle app on my iPad and don't enjoy reading on there very much, I definitely prefer my Kobo.

You spend far too much time in alternative dimensions Steve..

I've just spotted you have Birdsong on your TBR list, I hope you get to read it soon, it has to be in my top ten books of all time, not quite as fantastic as Human Traces but very close. I have a copy of Replay that you are welcome to have, much as I liked it I rarely read books twice and I'm not a book collector/hoarder, you may even lick it then but I must warn you it does come from a doggy household and whilst all attempts would be made to post it hair free this isn't always possible!

Wishing you another very productive reading year Claire! I love all your lists and challenges and will be checking your progress regularly.

Hope you have a great reading year Steve!

Happy reading in 2014 Kate, and good luck with your challenge, those books look very intimidating to me, I think I'll wait for the movies.

Happy reading in 2014!

Happy New Year Devi! I hope you have a happy and healthy year with lots of good books thrown in. I have the two Jamie Oliver books, I've only done a few of the recipes so far but have found them pretty straightforward, although most take a bit longer than he says!

Good luck for 2014 Raven, in your reading but for everything else too.

I need to set aside maybe an hour to look through your lists Sari, the magnitude is rather intimidating and makes my blog look very pathetic! Have a wonderful 2014 in every which way my booky and doggy friend.

2014 TBR Tree Books Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi - Half of a Yellow Sun Allende, Isabel - Daughter of Fortune Arthur, Max - Forgotten Voices of the Great War Atwood, Margaret - The Handmaid's Tale Avey, Denis - The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz Balding, Clare - My Animals and Other Family Black, Holly - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown Bradshaw, John - In Defence of Dogs Bryson, Bill - At Home Cameron, W.Bruce - A Dog's Journey Carter, Angela - Nights at the Circus Chamberlain, Diane - Brass Ring Chamberlain, Diane - Keeper of the Light Chamberlain, Diane - Kiss River Chamberlain, Diane - The Shadow Wife Clare, Cassandra - City of Fallen Angels Clare, Cassandra - City of Lost Souls Clement-Davies, David - The Sight De Wall, Edmund - The Hare With Amber Eyes Du Maurier, Daphne - Jamaica Inn Fallada, Hans - Alone In Berlin Gaiman, Neil - American Gods Gregory Philippa Gregory - Earthly Joys/Virgin Earth Hardy, Janice -The Pain Merchants Henry, April - Girl, Stolen Hope, Anna - Wake Howard, Elizabeth Jane - The Light Years Howey, Hugh - Wool Johnson, Maureen - 13 Little Blue Envelopes Jones, Sadie - The Uninvited Guests Jones, Susanne - When Nights Were Cold Juster, Norton - The Phantom Tollbooth Kagawa, Julie - The Eternity Cure Kincaid, Greg - A Dog Named Christmas King, Stephen - 11:22:63 King, Stephen - Needful Things King, Stephen - The Stand King, Stephen - Under The Dome Larsson, Stieg - The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest Lawson, Mary - The Other Side of the Bridge Marquez, Gabriel Garcia - Love in the Time of Cholera McGarry, Katie - Pushing The Limits McMorris, Kristina - Letters From Home McVeigh, Jennifer - The Fever Tree Moriarty, Liane - The Husband's Secret Moriaty, Liane - What Alice Forgot Moyes, Jojo - Ship of Brides Moyes, Jojo - The Horse Dancer Moyes, Jojo -The Peacock Emporium Ness, Patrick - More Than This Noble, Elizabeth - The Reading Group Palmer, Thomas - Dream Science Pearse, Emma - Sophie Dog Overboard Rayner, Sarah - The Two Week Wait Roberts, Andrew - Love, Tommy Roberts, Nora - Catching Snowflakes Roberts, Nora - Daring To Dream Roberts, Nora - Divine Evil Roberts, Nora - Stars Robson, Justina - Keeping It Real Rodriguez, Deborah - The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul Segal, Erich - The Class Shafer, Mary Ann - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society Shusterman, Neal - Unwind Simons, Paulina - The Bronze Horseman Sixsmith, Martin - Philomena Sparks, Nicholas - The Guardian Steinbeck, John - Cannery Row Steinbeck, John - East Of Eden Steinbeck, John - Of Mice and Men Steinbeck, John - The Pearl Steinbeck, John - The Red Pony Taylor, Elizabeth - Angel Taylor, Elizabeth - A View of the Harbour Taylor, Elizabeth - Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont Terry, Teri - Fractured (Book Two) Terry, Teri - Slated (Book One) Theroux, Paul - The Lower River Truss, Lynne - Eats, Shoots and Leaves Wallace, Wendy - The Painted Bridge Walton, Jo - Among Others Waters, Daniel - Generation Dead Wharton, Edith - Summer Yancey, Rick - The 5th Wave Zafon, Carlos Ruiz - The Angel's Game Zafon, Carlos Ruis - Marina Zafon, Carlos Ruiz - The Prisoner of Heaven Zusak, Markus - The Underdog Total of 91 tree books! How on earth did that happen?! Kobo Books Alcott, Louisa May - Little Women Austen, Jane - Pride and Prejudice Douglas, Louise - Love of my Life King, Stephen - Under The Dome (also have this as a tree book, this may be more manageable) Koomson, Dorothy - Rose Petal Beach Morton, Kate - The Secret Keeper Moyes, Jojo - Honeymoon in Paris (A Novella that is a prequel to The Woman I Left Behind) Pearse, Lesley - Belle Sparks, Nicholas - A Walk to Remember I Will Have What Is Mine - Jane Lythell The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion Apple Tree Yard - Louise Doughty The Runaway - Katie Flynn Kindle Books on my iPad app Charity Norman - The Son-in-Law Thorne Moore - A Time for Silence Donna Tartt - The Goldfinch A.M Homes - May We Be Forgiven Andy Cope - The Art of Being Briliant Diane Chamberlain - The Courage Tree Della Galton - The Cat Dog with Nine Lives Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles (re-read) Barbie Bohrman - Promise Me Twelve Years A Slave - Solomon Northup 116 books in total

BOOKS READ IN 2014 1. The Invention of Wings - Sue Monk Kidd 5/5 2. I Could Chew On This: And Other Poems By Dogs - Francesco Marciuliano 2/5 3. The Secret History - Donna Tartt 5/5 4. Paper Towns - John Green 5/5 5. Hollow City - Ransom Riggs 5/5 6. Perfect Chemistry - Simone Elkeles 4/5 7. On The Beach - Tracy Garvis Graves 4/5 7. Distant Shores - Kristin Hannah 4/5 8. The Bay At Midnight - Diane Chamberlain 4/5 Search Dogs & Me - Neil Powell Sisterland - Curtis Sittenfield

Another year, another reading log! Very simple this year, even simpler than last year in that I will have a TBR list and nothing else, no challenges, no targets, no pressure, just reading, reading and more reading. (Hopefully!) Feel free to post.

I bought the Secret History this week so will start it after I finish The Invention of Wings.