tunn300 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) So the start of another reading year is here and with it another blog. Like last year I am going to use this blog to keep a track of my reading and also post thoughts on books when I feel particularly moved to do so. I am afraid I know I won't keep to a promise of reviewing every book I read. I am also not going to set any book buying limits for this year, as again I know I will struggle to keep to them. This year I will post my TBR pile as an incentive to myself to read more. Edited January 5, 2016 by tunn300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunn300 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) Books read in 2016 - 8 (Kindle Books - 3, Paperbacks - 2, Hardbacks - 0, Library Books - 3)Total Pages Read - 2,635 JanuaryElizabeth is Missing - Emma Healey - 5/10 (Kindle, Started 26/12/2015 - Finished 01/01/2016) 323 PagesWrong Time, Wrong Place - Simon Kernick - 6/10 (Kindle, Started 05/01/16 - Finished 05/01/2016) 112 PagesFebruaryHotel Alpha - Mark Watson - 8/10 (Papeback, Started 07/01/2016 - Finished 06/02/2016) 400 PagesDisclaimer - Renèe Knight - 8/10 (Kindle, Started 13/02/2016 - Finished 21/02/2016) 357 PagesChild 44 - Tom Rob Smith - 9/10 (Paperback, Started 22/02/2016 - Finished 28/02/2016) 478 Pages MarchLook Who's Back - Timur Vermes - 5/10 (Library Book, Started 29/02/206 - Finished 09/03/2016) 375 Pages The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra - Vaseem Khan - 8/10 (Library Book, Started 10/03/2106 - Finished 14/03/2016) 298 Pages Our Endless Numbered Days - Claire Fuller - 6/10 (Library Book Started 14/03/2016 - Finished 30/03/2016) 292 Pages AprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember Edited March 31, 2016 by tunn300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunn300 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) TBR Pile: 82 (Jan 1st)Kindle Books (41):All the Light we Cannot See - Anthony DoerrWrong Time, Wrong Place - Simon KernickThe Hundred Year Old Man - Jonas JonassonWolf Hall - Hilary MantelBring Up the Bodies - Hilary MantelA Man Called Ove - Fredrick BackmanDivergent - Veronica RothAfter the Crash - Michel BussiThe Ice Twins - S.K.TremayneAyoade on Ayoade - Richard AyoadeFoxglove Summer - Ben AaronovitchI am Pilgrim - Terry HayesUs - David NichollsClose to the Bone - Stuart McBrideThe Lie - C.L.TaylorAfter the Funeral - Agatha ChristieNetherland - Joseph O'NeillThe Post Birthday World - Lionel ShriverStardust - Neil GaimanThe American Boy - Andrew TaylorThe Hundredth Man - J.A.KerleyThe Cuckoo's Calling - Robert GalbraithThe Casual Vacancy - J.K.RowlingThe Man Who Forgot His Wife - John O'FarrellLawless - Matt BondurantWhite Bones - Graham MastertonLife of Pi - Yann MantelBlood Brother - J.A.KerleyInto the Darkest Corner - Elizabeth HaynesThe Stranger's Child - Alan HollinghurstPerfect People -Peter JamesThe Sealed Letter - Emma DonoghueLook at Me - Jennifer EganBack of Beyond - C.J.BoxNemesis - Jo NesboLeopard - Jo NesboAfterwards - Rosamund LiptonThe White Tiger - Aravind AdigaLet the Right One In - John Ajvide LindqvistMoab is my Wahpot - Stephen FryThe Trophy Taker - Lee WeeksPaperbacks (34):Love, Love me do - Mark HaysomBrixton Beach - Roma TearneSix Suspects - Vikas SwarupSkippy Dies - Paul MurrayToo Close to Home - Linwood BarclayWish you were Here - Mike GayleHotel Alpha - Mark WatsonNight Circus - Erin MorgensternFingersmith - Sarah WatersThe Paying Guests - Sarah WatersThe Horse with my Name - BatemanBelfast Confidential - BatemanOrpheus Rising - BatemanUntil you're Mine - Samantha HayesThe Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey NiffengerThe immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca SklootThe Hypnotist - Lark KeplerThe Devil's Punchbowl - Greg IlesThe Taliban Cricket Club - Timeri N. MurariBlood & Beauty -Sarah DunantDeath Trip - Lee WeeksHeart Sick & Sweet Heart - Chelsea CainThe Caller - Alex BarclayDark house - Alex BarclayCount to Ten - Karen RoseCarte Blanche - Geoffrey DeaverA Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled HosseiniOne Summer - Bill BrysonThe Lost - Claire McGowanThe Goldfinch - Donna TartChild 44 -Tom Rob SmithThe Fry Chronicles - Stephen FryOh Dear Silvia - Dawn FrenchCMJ - A Cricketing Life - Chrisopher Martin JenkinsHardbacks (4):Camp David - David WalliamsMy Time - Bradley WigginsCricket - A Modern Anthology - Jonathan AgnewTwirleymen - Amol RajanAudio Books (3):The Road to Little Dribbling - Bill BrysonThe Slaughter Man - Tony ParsonsAn Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth - Chris Hadfield Edited February 29, 2016 by tunn300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunn300 Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) 2016 BooksKindle (2)Disclaimer - Renèe KnightBehind Closed Doors - B.A. Paris Audio Books (2) Finders Keepers - Stephen King Black Widow - Chris Brookmyre Library (4) Look Who's Back - Timur Vermes The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra - Vaseem Khan Crooked Heart - Lissa Evans Our Endless Numbered Days - Claire Fuller Paperbacks Current TBR Pile - 84 Edited March 14, 2016 by tunn300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Happy reading in 2016 Tunn! I'm gonna be reading Chris Hadfield's book this month, as I'm going to see him at the end of the month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I hope you have a wonderful reading year in 2016, tunn! A few comments on some of the books on your TBR pile... I simply loved and adored A Man Called Ove! I hope you will enjoy it! Fingersmith is an excellent novel and I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it when you get to it. There were things in the novel that I did not expect... I'll say no more. Too Close to Home and the Chelsea Cain novels were all great thrillers, some of my very favorites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I wish you happy reading in 2016 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Good luck with your reading this year, Tunn. I loved Ayoade on Ayoade, but I think you need to know who he is and his sense of humour to get the most out of it, but it was up there with my favourite reads last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Happy Reading in 2016 Tunn! You've got some great books on your TBR .. The Night Circus and Skippy Dies were just brilliant. Also Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Happy reading, Tunn! I look forward to reading your thoughts on what you read (but no pressure to write reviews ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunn300 Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 Well I have finally finished Hotel Alpha. It may have taken me the best part of a month to read but it is a great book. On to the next book now and hopefully a quicker turnaround. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunn300 Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 I picked up Disclaimer by Renèe Knight over the weekend. I have wanted to read it ever since reading about it in the Times and have been patiently waiting for the price to reduce on kindle and this weekend it was £1.99 so I picked it up. About 80 pages in and so far so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Stardust - Neil Gaiman The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith Moab is my Wahpot - Stephen Fry Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern Fingersmith - Sarah Waters The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenger From your 'to read' books, I enjoyed the above ones. I have some others on my 'to read' pile too. I hope you have a good reading year in 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I picked up Disclaimer by Renèe Knight over the weekend. I have wanted to read it ever since reading about it in the Times and have been patiently waiting for the price to reduce on kindle and this weekend it was £1.99 so I picked it up. About 80 pages in and so far so good. I read this towards the end of last year .. that is I listened to it. Riveting! Hope you continue to enjoy it tunn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Happy Reading in 2016 ! I`m off to look up that Night Circus book now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunn300 Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 I read this towards the end of last year .. that is I listened to it. Riveting! Hope you continue to enjoy it tunn Well I finished it and I certainly did continue to enjoy it. A really good debut thriller and an author I will continue to look out for. I have now started Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith which has sat on my to read pile for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Oooh, Child 44 is a very good read. Hope you enjoy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunn300 Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 Oooh, Child 44 is a very good read. Hope you enjoy it! I had a long wait yesterday for an appointment so managed to read almost half the book on one sitting. It's safe to say I am hooked and keen to read on and finish it. I looked up reviews of the film version released last year but they look slightly disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I didn't know there was a film version. I'll keep an eye out for it on Netflix. As much as I enjoyed Child 44, I never picked up his other books. I saw The Farm at the library a few times, but always ended up with something else. I should give it a read, see if it as good as Child 44. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunn300 Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 I didn't know there was a film version. I'll keep an eye out for it on Netflix. As much as I enjoyed Child 44, I never picked up his other books. I saw The Farm at the library a few times, but always ended up with something else. I should give it a read, see if it as good as Child 44. The film only came out last year and hasn't even made Sky movies yet so you could be waiting a fair while for it to show up on Netflix unfortunately. I didn't realise that Child 44 was the first inspector Leo book in a series of three books. The farm is not one of those books though. I think I may have to read the rest of the series as this book is so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunn300 Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) After two long reading stints yesterday I managed to finish Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith. I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start and to finish and have no idea why I have left it sitting on my TBR pile for a fair few years. It is a testament to how good the book is in that I managed to finish it in under a week, which is very rare for a 400+ page book for me. The book was so fast paced there never seemed like a good time to stop reading as the next interesting thing was just about to happen. I love how the author has managed to recreate Stalinist Russia, I knew very little about the era but after this am intrigued to learn more. I have since learnt that there are two other books following the main characters from this story and I will get around to reading them quicker than I did to this novel. Next I am moving on to Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes. This book imagines Hitler has been in some sort of coma for the past 50 years and suddenly wakes up in modern day Germany. It has got some very positive views. I stumbled across it by mistake as I was looking at the current Waterstones book club books and this was one of the previous clubs books and it hooked me in straight away. It is a library book I had to request so I am moving on to it straight away. This is exactly why Child 44 has sat so long on my TBR pile, I am always intrigued by new books and then just can't help myself. Edited March 5, 2016 by tunn300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Happy reading Tunn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunn300 Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 Happy reading Tunn Many thanks and to you too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More reading time required Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 The film only came out last year and hasn't even made Sky movies yet so you could be waiting a fair while for it to show up on Netflix unfortunately. I didn't realise that Child 44 was the first inspector Leo book in a series of three books. The farm is not one of those books though. I think I may have to read the rest of the series as this book is so good. I read Child 44 a year or so ago & enjoyed it. The film is actually already available on Amazon Prime, but I've not got round to watching it yet, maybe because I fear I'll be disappointed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunn300 Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 So I am a third of the way through 'Look Who's Back' and I really don't know how I feel about it. I certainly haven't found it "Funny, very funny" as the quote on the front proclaims, but in parts it has raised a small chuckle. I think the premise is just so ridiculous that I am struggling to suspend my disbelief and go along with the idea. I did contemplate giving up on it as I have had another couple of my requested books arrive at the library but it is very rare I quit a book and it's not that bad that this should be one that joins that very short list. I will persevere and maybe try and get a good reading session in tonight and break the back of it. Hopefully it may also become more interesting as it progresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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