chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 2013 reading blog - 183 books2012 reading blog - 145 books2011 reading blog - 141 books2010 reading blog - 130 books2009 reading blog - 143 books2008 reading list - 63 books2007 reading list - 97 books2006 reading list - 82 books2014 BOOKS READJanuary1. Saplings by Noel Streatfeild2. Gemma Bovery by Posy Simmonds3. The Turn Of The Screw by Henry James4. His Lordship's Pleasure by M. C. Beaton5. The President's Hat by Antoine Laurain6. My Uncle Silas by H. E. Bates7. All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot8. Lady Margery's Intrigue by M. C. BeatonFebruary9. The Rook by Daniel O'Malley10. Dark Matter by Michelle Paver11. The Harpole Report by J. L. Carr12. The First Rebellion by M. C. Beaton13. The Scandalous Lady Wright by M. C. Beaton14. Death of a Gossip by M. C. Beaton15. Banishment by M. C. BeatonMarch16. The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford17. Wild Things by Chloe Neill18. Shiverton Hall by Emerald Fennell19. The Help by Kathryn Stockett20. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (narrated by Susannah Harker)21. Rooftoppers by Katherine RundellApril22. Those Endearing Young Charms by M. C. Beaton23. Storm and Stone by Joss Stirling24. A Croft in the Hills by Katharine Stewart25. Soulless by Gail Carriger (narrated by Emily Gray)26. Angel Fire by L. A. Weatherly27. Changeless by Gail Carriger28. Blameless by Gail Carriger29. Heartless by Gail Carriger30. Timeless by Gail Carriger31. Edmund Bertram's Diary by Amanda Grange32. Twelve Minutes of Love: A Tango Story by Kapka Kassabova33. Weightless by Michele Gorman (short story)34. Sky Hawk by Gill Lewis35. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersMay36. Emerald Isle by Barbra Annino37. Strands: A Year of Disccoveries on the Beach by Jean Sprackland38. Tout Sweet: Hanging up my High Heels for a New Life in France by Karen Wheeler39. Death of a Cad by M. C. Beaton40. Sea and Shore Cornwall by Lisa Woollett41. The Bookshop That Floated Away by Sarah Henshaw42. The Adventuress by M. C. Beaton43. Rainbird's Revenge by M. C. Beaton44. Intrigue by M. C. Beaton45. Deception by M. C. Beaton46. The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters47. Death of an Outsider by M. C. Beaton48. The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters49. Death of a Perfect Wife by M. C. Beaton50. Lion in the Valley by Elizabeth Peters51. Revenge Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger52. The Perfect Retreat by Kate Forster53. The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani54. A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Joinson55. Miss Ranskill Comes Home by Barbara Euphan Todd56. The Inimitable Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse57. Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch58. Broken Homes by Ben AaronovitchJune59. The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead60. To Davy Jones Below by Carola Dunn61. Death of a Hussy by M. C. Beaton62. Rattle His Bones by Carola Dunn63. Tilly by M. C. Beaton64. The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters65. The Longest Night by Alyxandra Harvey66. 13 by Kelly Armstrong67. Kitty by M. C. Beaton68. The Case of the Murdered Muckraker by Carola Dunn69. A Breath of Frost by Alyxandra Harvey70. Mistletoe and Murder by Carola Dunn71. Conjugal Rites by Paul Magrs72. The Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan73. Die Laughing by Carola Dunn74. Last Days of the Bus Club by Chris Stewart75. The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler76. Hatchet Job by Mark Kermode77. A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle78. The Taste of Apple Seeds by Katharina Hagena79. Dispute Over A Very italian Piglet by Amara Lakhous80. The Last Wild by Piers TordayJuly81. Cider With Rose by Laurie Lee82. The Tornado Chasers by Ross Montgomery83. Russian Roulette by Anthony Horowitz84. Our Woodland Birds by Matt Sewell85. The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin86. Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd87. Our Garden Birds by Matt Sewell88. Don't Point That Thing At Me by Kyril Bonfiglioli89. Q: A Love Story by Evan Mandery90. Cold Hard Secret by Sierra Dean91. Blameless by Gail Carriger (narrated by Emily Gray)92. The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters93. Silver Shadows by Richelle MeadAugust94. Little Sacrifices by Jamie Scott95. Poppy by Mary Hooper96. The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Armin (narrated by Eleanor Bron)97. Velvet by Mary Hooper98. The Original Miss Honeyford by M. C. Beaton99. The Girl Who Walked On Air by Emma Carroll100. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart101. Circle Line by Steffan Meyric Hughes102. The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness103. A Room With A View by E. M. Forster (narrated by Joanna David)104. Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve105. Capital by John Lanchester106. Jessica Cole: Model Spy by Sarah SkySeptember107. The Humans by Matt Haig108. Love Nina: Despatches from Family Life by Nina Stibbe109. Vivien's Heavenly Ice Cream Shop by Abby Clements110. The Hotel on the Roof of the World: Five Years in Tibet by Alec le Sueur111. Moon Bear by Gill Lewis112. Toute Allure: Falling in Love in Rural France by Karen Wheeler113. A la Mod: My So-Called Tranquil Family Life in Rural France by Ian Moore114. Trouble at the Little Village School by Gervase Phinn115. The Madness by Alison Rattle116. Love With a Chance of Drowning by Torre DeRocheOctober117. The Dog by Kerstin Ekman118. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan119. The Moon's A Balloon by David Niven120. The Snake, The Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters121. Idiopathy by Sam Byers (DNF)122. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (narrated by Lindsay Duncan)123. How To Be Both by Ali Smith124. Folly by M. C. Beaton125. Romance by M. C. Beaton126. Homecoming by M. C. Beaton127. Minerva by M. C. Beaton (narrated by Claire Morgan)128. The Horologican by Mark ForsythNovember129. Hell's Belles by Paul Magrs130. Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine131. Fall of Night by Rachel Caine132. Daylighters by Rachel Caine133. Gold by Dan Rhodes134. The Quietness by Alison Rattle135. Grace Williams Says It Loud by Emma Henderson136. Cat Out Of Hell by Lynne Truss137. Christmas Carol by Michele Gorman138. Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan (narrated by Jane Collingwood)139. The Reluctant Elf by Michele Gorman140. Christmas at Rosie Hopkins's Sweetshop by Jenny ColganDecember141. A Mourning Wedding by Carola Dunn142. The Christmas Surprise by Jenny Colgan143. Meet Me Under The Mistletoe by Abby Clements144. Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens145. The Thornthwaite Inheritance by Gareth P. Jones146. The Imaginary by A. F. Harrold147. The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd148. The Sins of Lady Dacey by M. C. Beaton149. Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr150. Scarlet Ibis by Gill Lewis 151. The Darling Buds of May by H. E. Bates Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 2014 BOOKS TO BE READ On the 1st January 2014, there are 34 books on my TBR pile. This does not include any books I own from any of the reading lists in subsequent posts. Fiction 1. The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton 2. Citadel by Kate Mosse 3. Perfect by Rachel Joyce 4. One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper 5. The Wimbledon Poisoner by Nigel Williams 6. The Dynamite Room by Jason Hewitt 7. The Gallery of Vanished Husbands by Natasha Solomons 8. The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud 9. Clay by Melissa Harrison 10. Perfect Girl by Michele Gorman 11. Gunpowder Plot by Carola Dunn (DD No. 15) 12. The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera 13. Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan 14. The Child's Elephan by Rachel Campbell-Johnston 15. Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough 16. Heap House by Edward Carey Non-fiction 17. Head Over Heel: Seduced by Southern Italy by Chris Harrison 18. Artful by Ali Smith 19. Italian Ways by Tim Parks 20. Going To Sea In A Sieve by Danny Baker 21. The Tent, The Bucket and Me by Emma Kennedy I'm going to exclude some books from my main TBR as they are book in a series which I've bought on sale, but haven't yet bought and read the earlier books in series, so I can't read the ones I own until after the earlier books have been bought. Series books 1. The Black Ship by Carola Dunn (DD No. 17) 2. Sheer Folly by Carola Dunn (DD No. 18) 3. The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall (VP No. 2) 4. Death of a Prankster by M. C. Beaton (HM No. 7) 5. Death of a Travelling Man by M. C. Beaton (HM No. 9) Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) MY (CONTINUING) YEAR OF JANE AUSTEN I still haven't finished all the books I want to read on this subject, so the list continues into this year. This is not a reading challenge, just simply a list of books I want to read. Key:Books I own in ItalicsBooks I have read in Bold BOOK LIST: Jane Austen1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen2. Persuasion by Jane Austen3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen4. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen5. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen6. Emma by Jane Austen7. The Watsons by Jane Austen Fiction inspired by Austen's work8. Mr Darcy's Diary by Amanda Grange (Pride and Prejudice)9. Mr Knightley's Diary by Amanda Grange (Emma)10. Captain Wentworth's Diary by Amanda Grange (Persuasion)11. Colonel Brandon's Diary by Amanda Grange (Sense and Sensibility)12. Wickham's Diary by Amanda Grange (Pride and Prejudice)13. Henry Tilney's Diary by Amanda Grange (Northanger Abbey)14. Edmund Bertram's Diary by Amanda Grange (Mansfield Park)15. Death Comes To Pemberley by P. D. James (Pride and Prejudice)16. The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine (Sense and Sensibility)17. An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aidan (Pride and Prejudice) (recommended by frankie)18. These Three Remain by Pamela Aidan (Pride and Prejudice) (recommended by frankie)19. Duty and Desire by Pamela Aidan (Pride and Prejudice) (recommended by frankie)20. The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen by Syrie James (present from poppyshake)21. Austenland by Shannon Hale Biographies22. Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin Miscellany23. Letters to Alice: On First Reading Jane Austen by Fay Weldon (recommended by willoyd)24. Understanding Austen: Key Concepts in the Six Novels by Maggie Lane Status: 19/24 books read = 79% complete Edited April 22, 2014 by chesilbeach Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) OTHER AUTHOR READING LISTS There are some authors whose work I want to read in its entirety, so I'll keep a list of their work here, and monitor how I'm doing. This is not a reading challenge or a time specific plan, just simply a list of books I want to read. J. L. CARR Key:Books I own in ItalicsBooks I have read in Bold BOOK LIST: 1. A Day In Summer2. A Season in Sinji3. The Harpole Report4. How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won The F. A. Cup5. A Month In The Country6. The Battle of Pollocks Crossing7. What Hetty Did8. Harpole and Foxberrow, General Publishers Status: 4/8 books read = 50% complete E. H. YOUNG Key:Books I own in ItalicsBooks I have read in Bold BOOK LIST: 1. A Corn of Wheat2. Yonder3. Moor Fires4. The Bridge Dividing (aka The Misses Mallett)5. William6. The Vicar's Daughter7. Miss Mole8. Jenny Wren9. The Curate's Wife10. Celia11. Caravan Island12. River Holiday13. Chatterton Square Status: 0/13 books read = 0% complete Edited February 11, 2014 by chesilbeach Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 PERSEPHONE BOOKS I love the books from independent publisher Persephone, not just for their beautiful book designs, but also for their ethos and the authors they chose to publish, so much so that I even started a thread just about them! http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/9960-persephone-books I made far too little progress on this list in 2013, and hope to rectify that in 2014. This is not a reading challenge or a time specific plan, just simply a list of books I want to read. Key: Books I own in Italics Books I have read in Bold 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 Status: 8/107 books read = 7% complete Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 THE ENGLISH COUNTIES CHALLENGE For more details, visit the English Counties Challenge board: http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/index.php?/forum/74-english-counties-challenge/ Key:Books I own in ItalicsBooks I have read in Bold BOOK LIST: BEDFORDSHIRE: My Uncle Silas by H. E. BatesBERKSHIRE: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameBRISTOL: The Misses Mallett by E. H. YoungBUCKINGHAMSHIRE: The Dark Is Rising by Susan CooperCAMBRIDGESHIRE: The Nine Tailors by Dorothy SayersCHESHIRE: Cranford by Elizabeth GaskellCITY OF LONDON: A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensCORNWALL: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du MaurierCUMBRIA: Swallows and Amazons by Arthur RansomeDERBYSHIRE: Year of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksDEVON: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleDORSET: Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyCOUNTY DURHAM: Nicholas Nickleby by Charles DickensEAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE: South Riding by Winifred HoltbyEAST SUSSEX: Winnie-The-Pooh by A. A. MilneESSEX: The Turn Of The Screw by Henry JamesGLOUCESTERSHIRE: Cider With Rosie by Laurie LeeGREATER LONDON*: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleGREATER MANCHESTER: North and South by Elizabeth GaskellHAMPSHIRE: The Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsHEREFORDSHIRE: On The Black Hill by Bruce ChatwinHERTFORDSHIRE: Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenISLE OF WIGHT: England, England by Julian BarnesKENT: The Darling Buds of May by H. E. BatesLANCASHIRE: Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonLEICESTERSHIRE: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13¾ by Sue TownsendLINCOLNSHIRE: The Mill on the Floss by George EliotMERSEYSIDE: An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl BainbridgeNORFOLK: The Go-Between by L. P. HartleyNORTH YORKSHIRE: All Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotNORTHAMPTONSHIRE: Mansfield Park by Jane AustenNORTHUMBERLAND: The Stars Look Down by A. J. CroninNOTTINGHAMSHIRE: Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. LawrenceOXFORDSHIRE: The Pursuit of Love by Nancy MitfordRUTLAND: Set In Stone by Robert GoddardSHROPSHIRE: Summer Lightning by P. G. WodehouseSOMERSET: Lorna Doone by R. D. BlackmoreSOUTH YORKSHIRE: A Kestral For A Knave by Barry HinesSTAFFORDSHIRE: The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold BennettSUFFOLK: The Bookshop by Penelope FitzgeraldSURREY: Emma by Jane AustenTYNE AND WEAR: Another World by Pat BarkerWARWICKSHIRE: Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas HughesWEST MIDLANDS: Middlemarch by George EliotWEST SUSSEX: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella GibbonsWEST YORKSHIRE: Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëWILTSHIRE: Barchester Towers by Anthony TrollopeWORCESTERSHIRE: The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Status: 15/48 books read = 31% complete Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) Despite reading more books in 2013 than in any previous year (which wasn't intentional, it just sort of happened!), it was actually a bit of a damp squib, with very few top rated reads, and most of the ones I did have were re-reads. I was entertained with some easy reads, but on the whole, I think I need to take a more considered approach to my book choices in order to improve the reading experience this year. My plan, therefore, is to try and concentrate on the books either already on my TBR, or in the book lists in the above posts. Of course, none of my reading plans usually come to fruition, so I'm not going to beat myself up about this, I just want to enjoy my reading as usual. I've got a few other projects on the go at home so reading time may be limited, but I have no intention to try and read a particular number of books this year, and I don't care if I read much lower numbers than in previous years. Having said that, if I'm inspired, you never know, I might still be up there when I come to look back at the end of December. So that's it, I now declare my book list for 2014, officially open! Edited December 31, 2013 by chesilbeach Quote
Signor Finzione Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 Wow, that's a lot of lists! Good luck with them all, and I hope you enjoy your reading a lot more in 2014. I haven't heard of or read most of the authors on your lists (we clearly have very different reading tastes!), but I do hope you enjoy North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell - I think it's brilliant. Happy reading in 2014! Quote
poppyshake Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 The very best of luck for 2014 Claire I hope by the end of it you will have read some fantastically awesome books .. and have a very nice quilt for cosying up with I hope to be tramping about the English countryside too .. literarily speaking .. so I expect we will cross paths at some point. We will definitely cross paths in actuality and I'm already looking forward to our next meet-up Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 Wow, that's a lot of lists! Good luck with them all, and I hope you enjoy your reading a lot more in 2014. I haven't heard of or read most of the authors on your lists (we clearly have very different reading tastes!), but I do hope you enjoy North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell - I think it's brilliant. Happy reading in 2014! It does look like a lot of lists, but I'm not busting a gut on any of them, and some are really just an aide-mémoire, so I hope I can just enjoy my reading off them. I'm looking forward to North and South. I did try Cranford but I think I read it too soon and after watching the television adaptation, and I didn't finish it, but I did like her writing, so not knowing the story of North and South, I'm hoping it'll be a good 'un. Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 The very best of luck for 2014 Claire I hope by the end of it you will have read some fantastically awesome books .. and have a very nice quilt for cosying up with I hope to be tramping about the English countryside too .. literarily speaking .. so I expect we will cross paths at some point. We will definitely cross paths in actuality and I'm already looking forward to our next meet-up Thanks, Kay! I think I'm going to try and be more considered in book choices this year, which will hopefully lead to a more rewarding year. I'm already looking at days off and thinking about when I can next come and meet up with you too! Quote
Signor Finzione Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 l'm looking forward to North and South. I did try Cranford but I think I read it too soon and after watching the television adaptation, and I didn't finish it, but I did like her writing, so not knowing the story of North and South, I'm hoping it'll be a good 'un. And then when you've finished it you can watch the TV adaptation starring the lovely Richard Armitage! Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) And then when you've finished it you can watch the TV adaptation starring the lovely Richard Armitage! There's a TV adaptation with Richard Armitage???? I have to see that! North and South officially bumped up the TBR list. Edited December 31, 2013 by chesilbeach Quote
Signor Finzione Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 There's a TV adaptation with Richard Armitage???? I have to see that! North and South officially bumped up the TBR list. Even if you don't like the book I'm sure you'll enjoy that. Quote
Athena Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 I hope 2014 will be a better reading year for you, Chesilbeach ! Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) Happy reading in 2014, Claire! Like you, I'm trying not to plan too much this year - although that's probably a plan in and of itself, in which case: I have a plan! Edited December 31, 2013 by Karsa Orlong Quote
karen.d Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 Despite reading more books in 2013 than in any previous year (which wasn't intentional, it just sort of happened!), it was actually a bit of a damp squib, with very few top rated reads, and most of the ones I did have were re-reads. I was entertained with some easy reads, but on the whole, I think I need to take a more considered approach to my book choices in order to improve the reading experience this year. My plan, therefore, is to try and concentrate on the books either already on my TBR, or in the book lists in the above posts. Of course, none of my reading plans usually come to fruition, so I'm not going to beat myself up about this, I just want to enjoy my reading as usual. I've got a few other projects on the go at home so reading time may be limited, but I have no intention to try and read a particular number of books this year, and I don't care if I read much lower numbers than in previous years. Having said that, if I'm inspired, you never know, I might still be up there when I come to look back at the end of December. So that's it, I know declare my book list for 2014, officially open! Hopefully 2014 won't be a damp squib like 2013. My year was a bit like that too Like you, I'm also not setting myself any reading goals. Reading such be enjoyable, not a chore! Happy New Year to you! Quote
Little Pixie Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 Happy Reading in 2014 ! I do like the look of the Persephone list. Quote
Peacefield Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 WTG Chesil on your lists and lots of luck and good vibes for a reading-ful 2014! Quote
chaliepud Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 Wishing you another very productive reading year Claire! I love all your lists and challenges and will be checking your progress regularly. Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 1, 2014 Author Posted January 1, 2014 Thank you all! I'm hopeful for a better reading year and I'm going to make a positive start with a Persephone book - Saplings by Noel Streatfeild (whose name I always find difficult to get right, as it's just not natural to type the e before the i instead of the usual spelling of field! ) Quote
Alexi Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 Happy New Year and Happy Reading! Looking forward to comparing notes on the English Counties! For the books I've read (Sherlock Holmes and Adrian Mole) I intend to substitute them for others that were discussed as options. I'm really looking forward to the two Gaskells - especially as that's my neck of the woods! Quote
Devi Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) I wish you many good reading adventures in 2014 Claire! Edited January 1, 2014 by Devi Quote
Janet Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 My Mum and I looked at A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar in Waterstone's today. It sounds good. Happy reading in 2014, Claire. Quote
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