poppyshake Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Books Read 2009 Books Read 2010 Books Read 2011 Books Read 2012 Books Read 2013 Books Read 2014 Books Read 2015 Total Books Read 2009 ... 49 - incomplete list (39 fiction, 9 non-fiction & 1 audio } male authors: 24 .. female authors: 25) Total books read in 2010 ... 141 (94 fiction, 9 non-fiction, 4 short stories, 2 plays & 32 audio } male authors: 75 .. female authors: 66)Total books read in 2011 ... 109 (71 fiction, 26 non-fiction, 1 short story & 11 audio } male authors: 54 .. female authors: 55)Total books read in 2012 ... 89 (50 fiction, 27 non-fiction, 3 short stories, 1 poem & 8 audio } male authors: 48 .. female authors: 41) Total books read in 2013 ... 109 (67 fiction, 21 non-fiction, 5 short stories, 1 poem, 1 essay, 1 collection & 13 audio } male authors: 57 .. female authors: 51 plus all those in the short story collection) Total Books Read 2014 ... 73 (47 fiction, 15 non-fiction, 6 short stories & 5 audio } male authors: 36, female authors: 37) Total Books Read 2015 ... 113 ( Quicklinks Mount TBR 1001 Challenge Wishlist Conquering Mount Virginia BCF Recommended Reads - Fiction BCF Recommended Reads - Non-Fiction Poached Quotes on Toast Poppyshake's 130 Books You Must Read Before Teatime The English Counties Challenge I'm not going to score but my rating system .. such as it is .. will remain as follows. Loved it! Liked it! Not my cup of tea! I didn't abandon any books last year. There were a couple of stories I didn't enjoy but I struggled on regardless .. I wish I could adopt this attitude with cabbage January 2016 1. Reckless - Cornelia Funke review 2. Christmas Holiday - Somerset Maugham review 3. Notes from the Sofa - Raymond Briggs review 4. A Year of Marvellous Ways - Sarah Winman review 5. One Last Thing Before I Go - Jonathan Tropper review 6. Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner review 7. Spectacles - Sue Perkins review 8. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry review 9. Just William - Richmal Crompton review 10. The Snow Sister - Emma Carroll review February 2016 11. Going Off Alarming - Danny Baker review 12. Full Dark House (Bryant & May 1) - Christopher Fowler (audio) review 13. The Reader on the 6.27 - Jean-Paul Didierlaurent review 14. Penguin's Poems by Heart selected by Laura Barber review 15. The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan review 16. Wild: A Journey From Lost to Found - Cheryl Strayed review 17. More William - Richmal Crompton review 18. Chronicle of a Death Foretold - Gabriel Garcia Marquez review 19. Andalus - Jason Webster review 20. The Old Wives' Tale - Arnold Bennett review 21. Whose Body? - Dorothy L. Sayers 22. The BFG - Roald Dahl review 23. Don't Tell Alfred - Nancy Mitford review 24. Cannery Row - John Steinbeck 25. Something Nasty in the Woodshed - Kyril Bonfiglioli review 26. Mobile Library - David Whitehouse March 2016 27. The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth - Katherine Woodfine 28. William Again - Richmal Crompton 29. By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept - Elizabeth Smart review 30. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins (audiobook) 31. Among the Bohemians - Virginia Nicholson 32. A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman 33. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K. Rowling (audiobook .. relisten) 34. Bright Star: The Complete Poems and Selected Letters of John Keats review 35. Wake Up, Sir! - Jonathan Ames review 36. The Farm Théotime - Henri Bosco 37. The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton review 38. Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's #1) - Jodi Taylor (audio) April 2016 39. Nightbird - Alice Hoffman review 40. Bird Cloud - Annie Proulx review 41. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book III: The Unseen Guest - Maryrose Wood 42. Through the Woods - Emily Carroll review 43. The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton 44. Grief is the Thing with Feathers - Max Porter review 45. Jolly Foul Play - Robin Stevens 46. Bermondsey Boy - Tommy Steele review May 2016 47. Weathering - Lucy Wood 48. The Bees - Laline Paull review 49. Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell review 50. spill simmer falter wither - Sara Baume review 51. The Lifeboat - Charlotte Rogan review 52. Furiously Happy - : A Funny Book about Horrible Things - Jenny Lawson review 53. A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's #2) - Jodi Taylor 54. Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan June 2016 55. Yuki Chan in Bronte Country - Mick Jackson review 56. The Penguin Lessons - Tom Michell review 57. The House at the End of Hope Street - Menna van Praag review 58. The Versions of Us - Laura Barnett review July 2016 59. This is Life - Dan Rhodes 60. The Turkish Gambit - Boris Akunin 61. Ten Sorry Tales - Mick Jackson 62. Waterlog - Roger Deakin review 63. Boy, Snow, Bird - Helen Oyeyemi August 2016 64. Martini Henry - Sara Crowe 65. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Parts One and Two - Play Script) - J.K. Rowling 66. The Improbability of Love - Hannah Rothschild (audio) 67. Beautiful Ruins - Jess Walter 68. The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There - Catherynne M. Valente 69. Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys 70. Walking Away - Simon Armitage 71. Paradise Lodge - Nina Stibbe (audio) 72. Monsters - Emerald Fennell September 2016 73. The Underground Man - Mick Jackson 74. The View From the Cheap Seats: Selected Non-Fiction - Neil Gaiman 75. The Interrupted Tale (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #4) - Maryrose Wood 76. A Second Chance (The Chronicles of St Mary's #3) - Jodi Taylor (audio) 77. The Very First Damned Thing (The Chronicles of St Mary's #0) - Jodi Taylor (short story - audio) 78. When A Child is Born (The Chronicles of St Mary's #2.5) - Jodi Taylor (short story - audio) 79. Roman Holiday (The Chronicles of St Mary's #3.5) - Jodi Taylor (short story - audio) 80. The Museum of Extraordinary Things - Alice Hoffman 81. The House in Norham Gardens - Penelope Lively 82. The Witches - Roald Dahl 83. The Summer Before the War - Helen Simonson 84. A Trail Through Time (The Chronicles of St Mary's #4) - Jodi Taylor (audio) 85. Christmas Present (The Chronicles of St Mary's #4.5) - Jodi Taylor (short story - audio) 86. The North Water - Ian McGuire October 2016 87. The Outrun - Amy Liptrot November 2016 } Most of Oct, Nov and Dec spent caring for my parents down in West Sussex .. didn't read so much as a sentence On a brighter note .. they are now on the mend December 2016 88. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (audio) re-read/listen) 89. The Daylight Gate - Jeanette Winterson 90. A Traveller's Year - Travis Elborough & Nick Rennison (basically the idea was that I'd read these diary entries on the relevant days which worked well until I went to my mum and dad's .. I didn't take the book with me because it's huge and so had about eight weeks of entries to get through when I came back and ended up speed reading and not taking it in which was a shame. I could have left it and read them more leisurely but it was almost a compulsion .. I had to finish it this year! ) 91. Village Christmas - Laurie Lee Edited January 11, 2017 by poppyshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) The Shameful Reckoning of My Books TBR Progress 18/188 Link to Books Bought/Acquired 2016 Fiction: Abercrombie, Joe - The Heroes Abercrombie, Joe - Red CountryAlmond, David - The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean Anderson, James - The Affair of the Bloodstained Egg CosyAtkinson, Kate - Started Early Took My DogAtwood, Margaret - The Blind AssassinBarker, Pat - The Ghost Road Barker, Pat - Toby's Room Beauman, Ned - The Teleportation Accident Bonfiglioli, Kyril - Something Nasty in the Woodshed Boyd, William - Any Human Heart Bradley, Alan - A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce 3) Bradley, Alan - I Am Half Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce 4) Bulgakov, Mikhail - The Master and MargaritaBullington, Jesse - The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart Burnett, Frances Hodgson - A Little Princess Burnett, Frances Hodgson - The Secret Garden Burton, Jessie - The MiniaturistByatt, AS - Possession Carey, Peter - Oscar and Lucinda Carter, Angela - Nights at the CircusCarter, Angela - The Passion of New Eve Chevallier, Gabriel - Clochemerle Christie, Agatha - At Bertram's HotelChristie, Agatha - Curtain: Poirot's Last Case Christie, Agatha - Death on the NileChristie, Agatha - Dumb Witness Christie, Agatha - Five Little Pigs Christie, Agatha - Hercule Poirot's Christmas Christie, Agatha - Lord Edgware Dies Christie, Agatha - The Murder at the Vicarage Christie, Agatha - The Mysterious Affair at Styles Christie, Agatha - Third Girl Collis, John Stewart - The Worm Forgives the Plough Connolly, Cressida - My Former Heart Connolly, John - NocturnesCraig, Amanda - Hearts and MindsDahl, Roald - The BFGDahl, Roald - Charlie & the Glass Elevator Dahl, Roald - The WitchesDennys, Joyce - Henrietta Sees it Through (Bloomsbury) Drabble, Margaret - The Red Queen Dumas, Alexandre - Robin Hood Du Maurier, Daphne - The House on the StrandDu Maurier, Daphne - Jamaica Inn Eggers, Dave - A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering GeniusEugenides, Jeffrey - My Mistress's Sparrow is DeadFforde, Jasper - The Big Over EasyFforde, Jasper - The Fourth Bear Fforde, Jasper - The Woman Who Died a LotFitzgerald, F.Scott - The Beautiful and the DamnedFitzgerald, F. Scott - Tender is the Night French, Dawn - A Tiny Bit MarvellousFreud, Esther - The Sea HouseFunke, Cornelia - Reckless Gardner, Sally - The Red NecklaceGibbons, Stella - Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm Gogol, Nikolai - The Collected TalesGold, Glen David - Carter Beats the Devil Goss, Theodora - The Thorn and The BlossomGrassic Gibbon, Lewis - Sunset Song Green, Roger Lancelyn - King Arthur and the Knights of the Round TableGreene, Graham - Brighton Rock Haddon, Mark - The Red House Haig, Matt - The Last Family in England Hall, Louisa - The Carriage House Harkaway, Nick - AngelmakerHay, Sheridan - The Secret of Lost ThingsHines, Barry - A Kestrel For a Knave Hoare, Philip - LeviathanHornby, Nick - About a BoyHornby, Nick - A Long Way DownHornby, Nick - Juliet NakedHornby, Nick - Slam Hugo, Victor - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Hustvedt, Siri - What I LovedIrving, John - The Cider House Rules Irving, John - The World According to GarpJonasson, Jonas - The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden Jones, Sadie - The Outcast Kingsolver, Barbara - The Lacuna Lakhous, Amara - Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio Lawrence, DH - Women in Love Le Carre, John - The Spy who Came in from the Cold Lessing, Doris - The Golden Notebook Lindgren, Astrid - Emil and the Great Escape Lindgren, Astrid - Emil and the Sneaky Rat Lindgren, Astrid - Emil's Clever Pig Lindgren, Astrid - Karlson Flies Again Lindgren, Astrid - Karlson on the Roof Lindgren, Astrid - Lotta Makes a Mess Lindgren, Astrid - Lotta Says No Lindgren, Astrid - Pippi Goes Abroad Lindgren, Astrid - Pippi in the South Seas Mantel, Hilary - Fludd Marquez, Gabriel Garcia - The Autumn of the Patriarch Marquez, Gabriel Garcia - Chronicle of a Death Foretold Marquez, Gabriel Garcia - Leaf Storm Marquez, Gabriel Garcia - No One Writes to the Colonel Marquez, Gabriel Garcia - Of Love and Other Demons Marquez, Gabriel Garcia - The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor Maugham, Somerset - Ashenden Maugham, Somerset - Christmas Holiday Maugham, Somerset - Liza of Lambeth Maugham, Somerset - The Magician Maugham, Somerset - The Narrow Corner Maugham, Somerset - The Painted Veil Maugham, Somerset - Up at the VillaMcGregor, Jon - If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable ThingsMistry, Rohinton - A Fine Balance Mitford, Nancy - Don't Tell Alfred Montgomery, LM - Anne of Green Gables Morton, Kate - The House at RivertonMurdoch, Iris - The Black PrinceMurdoch, Iris - The Flight from the EnchanterMurdoch, Iris - The Unofficial Rose Nesbit, E - The Railway Children North, Claire - The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August O'Flynn, Catherine - The News Where You Are Oksanen, Sofi - PurgeOrwell, George - Keep the Aspidistra Flying Pratchett, Terry and Baxter, Stephen - The Long Earth Radcliffe, Ann - The Mysteries of UdolphoRansome, Arthur - Winter Holiday Rhodes, Dan - This is Life Rodriguez, Deborah - The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul Rymer, James Malcolm - Sweeney ToddSewell, Anna - Black Beauty Spark, Muriel - RobinsonSpark, Muriel - The Comforters Steinbeck, John - Cannery Row Steinbeck, John - The Pearl Steinbeck, John - The Red Pony Stevenson, Robert Louis - Treasure IslandTartt, Donna - The Little Friend Taylor, G.P. - Mariah Mundi & the Ghost Diamonds Toksvig, Sandi - Valentine GreyTownsend, Sue - Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino YearsTownsend, Sue - Adrian Mole & the Weapons of Mass Destruction Tropper, Jonathan - One Last Thing Before I Go (on loan from Claire) Udall, Brady - The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint Vickers, Sally - Miss Garnet's Angel Walter, Jess - Beautiful RuinsWaters, Sarah - Fingersmith Welsh, Irvine - Trainspotting Whipple, Dorothy - Someone at a Distance (Persephone) Wilde, Oscar - The Importance of being Earnest Williams, Nigel - East of Wimbledon Williams, Nigel - They Came From SW19 Winterson, Jeanette - Sexing the Cherry Winterson, Jeanette - The Daylight Gate Winton, Tim - Cloudstreet Wodehouse, PG - Right Ho, Jeeves Non Fiction: Bryson, Bill - Down Under Child, Julia - My Life in France De Waal, Edmund - The Hare with Amber Eyes Faulks, Sebastian - Faulks on FictionFitzgerald, Penelope - So I Have Thought of You: The Letters of Penelope Fitzgerald Grove, Valerie - Laurie Lee: The Well Loved Stranger Hodgson, Vere - Few Eggs and No Oranges (Persephone)Keats, John - Bright Star: The Complete Poems and Selected Letters Last, Nella - Nella Last's Peace Manguel, Alberto - A Reading Diary Maugham, Somerset - Don Fernando McCourt, Frank - Angela's AshesMcCourt, Frank - Tis McGrath, Alistair E - CS Lewis: A Life Milligan, Spike - It Ends with Magic Milligan, Spike - 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?' Mitchell, David - Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse Mosley, Diana - The Pursuit of LaughterNicholson, Virginia - Among the BohemiansOzma, Alice - The Reading PromisePasternak, Boris - Letters to Georgian Friends Powell, Julie - Julie & JuliaProulx, Annie - Bird Cloud Rugg, Julie & Murphy, Lynda - A Book Addicts Treasury Sitwell, Edith - Selected Letters Thomson, Graeme - Under the Ivy Van Gogh, Vincent - The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh Webster, Jason - Andalus (on loan from Claire) White, Florence - Good Things in England (Persephone) Woolf, Virginia - The Letters of Virginia Woolf Vol 1 Woolf, Virginia - The Letters of Virginia Woolf Vol 2 Woolf, Virginia - The Letters of Virginia Woolf Vol 3 Woolf, Virginia - The Letters of Virginia Woolf Vol 4 Woolf, Virginia - The Letters of Virginia Woolf Vol 5 Woolf, Virginia - The Letters of Virginia Woolf Vol 6 Edited December 29, 2016 by poppyshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Books read from the 1001 Books You Must Read before You Die by Peter Boxall - 2006 Progress so far: 143/1001987. Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe 985. Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe971. Candide - Voltaire959. Evelina – Fanny Burney940. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen938. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen937. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen936. Emma - Jane Austen933. Persuasion - Jane Austen932. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen931. Frankenstein – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley919. The Nose – Nikolay Gogol916. The Fall of the House of Usher – Edgar Allan Poe913. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens910. Martin Chuzzlewit – Charles Dickens909. The Purloined Letter – Edgar Allan Poe905. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray904. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë903. Agnes Grey – Anne Brontë902. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë900. Mary Barton - Elizabeth Gaskell898. David Copperfield – Charles Dickens897. The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne896. Moby Dick - Herman Melville892. Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell891. Villette – Charlotte Brontë890. Bleak House - Charles Dickens887. North and South – Elizabeth Gaskell886. Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert883. A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens876. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens873. Les Misérables – Victor Hugo871. Notes from the Underground – Fyodor Dostoevsky869. Our Mutual Friend – Charles Dickens868. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll867. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky865. The Last Chronicle of Barset – Anthony Trollope863. Little Woman - Louisa May Alcott859. Phineas Finn – Anthony Trollope854. Alice Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Caroll853. Middlemarch - George Eliot846. Far from the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy840. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy825. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain 821. The Mayor of Casterbridge – Thomas Hardy820. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson808. Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy805. News from Nowhere – William Morris804. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle803. Diary of a Nobody - George & Weedon Grossmith794. Dracula - Bram Stoker790. The War of the Worlds – H.G. Wells789. The Turn of the Screw – Henry James776. The Ambassadors – Henry James 740. The Voyage Out - Virginia Woolf699. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald698. Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf695. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie686. To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf680. Decline and Fall – Evelyn Waugh675. Orlando - Virginia Woolf671. The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner 656. Cakes and Ale – W. Somerset Maugham650. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons643. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas – Gertrude Stein619. Gone With the Wind – Margaret Mitchell611. The Years - Virginia Woolf610. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien608. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck603. Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier601. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - Winifred Watson596. Goodbye to Berlin - Christopher Isherwood 584. Between the Acts – Virginia Woolf566. The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford564. Animal Farm - George Orwell563. Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh561. Titus Groan – Mervyn Peake 547. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell 542. Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford529. The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger526. Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham521. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway495. The Talented Mr. Ripley – Patricia Highsmith494. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tokien484. On the Road – Jack Kerouac481. The Midwich Cuckoos – John Wyndham478. The Bell – Iris Murdoch474. Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris – Paul Gallico467. Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote465. Memento Mori – Muriel Spark459. Cider With Rosie – Laurie Lee457. Rabbit, Run – John Updike456. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee451. Catch-22 – Joseph Heller450. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark446. A Severed Head – Iris Murdoch445. Franny and Zooey – J.D. Salinger433. The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath431. The Girls of Slender Means – Muriel Spark399. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez367. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou365. The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison354. Surfacing – Margaret Atwood352. The Summer Book – Tove Jansson305. The Sea, The Sea – Iris Murdoch300. If On a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino 278. On the Black Hill – Bruce Chatwin review275. Schindler’s Ark – Thomas Keneally274. A Pale View of Hills – Kazuo Ishiguro272. The Color Purple – Alice Walker260. Money: A Suicide Note – Martin Amis237. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit – Jeanette Winterson236. Love in the Time of Cholera – Gabriel García Márquez222. Beloved - Toni Morrison 196. A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving172. Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord – Louis de Bernieres170. Regeneration - Pat Barker 147. The Secret History – Donna Tartt143. The Virgin Suicides – Jeffrey Eugenides133. The Shipping News – E. Annie Proulx129. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis de Bernieres120. Mr Vertigo - Paul Auster 117. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry 112. The Information – Martin Amis92. The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy90. Veronika Decides to Die – Paulo Coelho89. The Hours - Michael Cunningham 86. The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver69. Pastoralia – George Saunders54. White Teeth – Zadie Smith52. The Devil and Miss Prym – Paulo Coelho49. Life of Pi - Yann Martel38. Gabriel's Gift - Hanif Kureishi 33. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides28. Kafka on the Shore – Haruki Murakami26. Everything is Illuminated – Jonathan Safran Foer19. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon15. The Colour – Rose Tremain13. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell9. The Master – Colm Tóibín6. The Sea – John Banville3. On Beauty – Zadie Smith1. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro Edited January 30, 2016 by poppyshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) BCF Recommended Reads - Fiction Kylie's Favourite Fiction (progress 24/40)Jane Austen - EmmaJane Austen - Pride & PrejudiceJohn Banville - The Body of EvidenceRay Bradbury - Farenheit 451Charlotte Bronte - Jane EyreAnthony Burgess - A Clockwork OrangeItalo Calvino - If On a Winter's Night a TravellerJohn Connolly - The Book of Lost ThingsCharles Dickens - A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens - A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens - Great ExpectationsAlexandre Dumas - Count of Monte ChristoMark Dunn - Ella Minnow PeaJeffrey Eugenides - MiddlesexMichel Faber - The Crimson Petal and the WhiteF. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great GatsbyJonathan Safran Foer - Everything is IlluminatedGeorge & Weedon Grossmith - Diary of a NobodyJoseph Heller - Catch 22Susan Hill - The Woman in BlackJack Kerouac - On the RoadJack Kerouac - The Town and the CityKen Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestDaniel Keyes - Flowers for AlgernonSteig Larsson - The Girl With the Dragon TattooHarper Lee - To Kill A MockingbirdErich Maria Marquez - All Quiet on the Western FrontMargaret Mitchell - Gone With the WindVladimir Nabakov - LolitaGeorge Orwell - Animal FarmAyn Rand - Atlas ShruggedMary Shelley - FrankensteinJohn Steinbeck - Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck - Of Mice and MenBram Stoker - DraculaHunter.S. Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las VegasJohn Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy of DuncesOscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian GrayTim Winton - CloudstreetMarkus Zusak - The Book ThiefFrankie's Favourite Fiction (progress 35/103)Boris Akunin - The Winter Queen Ingvar Ambjørnsen - Elling seriesJane Austen - Northanger Abbey Jane Austen - PersuasionIain Banks - Wasp Factory Muriel Barbery - The Elegance of the Hedgehog Linwood Barclay - Too Close to HomeRobert Bloch - PsychoJohn Boyne - CrippenJohn Boyne - The Boy in the Striped PyjamasPoppy Z. Brite - Exquisite Corpse Karin Brunk Holmqvist - Pieni potenssipuoti Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange Chelsea Cain - HeartsickTruman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany'sMichael Chabon - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayStephen Chbosky - The Perks of Being a WallflowerAgatha Christie - Ten little NiggersSusanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Jeffery Deaver - Lincoln Rhyme seriesCharles Dickens - A Tale of Two CitiesLucy Dillon - The Secret of Happy Ever After Emma Donoghue - RoomDaphne du Maurier - My Cousin RachelJeffrey Eugenides - MiddlesexMichel Faber - Under the SkinJasper Fforde - The Eyre AffairHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones's DiaryFannie Flagg - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop CafePeter Franzén - Tumman veden päällä Stephen Fry - The Hippopotamus Alex Garland - The Beach Guy Gavriel Kay - The Lions of Al-Rassan Linda Gillard - Emotional Geology William Goldman - The Marathon Man John Grogan - Marley and MeMark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeMatt Haig - The Last Family in EnglandAnna-Leena Härkönen - Häräntappoase Daniil Harms - Incidences Charlaine Harris - Sookie Stackhouse seriesJoanne Harris - Gentleman & PlayersErnest Hemingway - The Sun Also Rises Nick Hornby - Juliet, NakedSiri Hustvedt - The Summer Without MenKazuo Ishiguro - A Pale View of HillsLloyd Jones - Mister Pip Katja Kallio - Kuutamolla John Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy of Dunces Daniel Keyes - Flowers for Algernon Stephen King - Cujo Stephen King - Green Mile Stephen King - The Stand Sophie Kinsella - Twenties GirlAndrey Kurkov - Death & the PenguinTuomas Kyrö - Mielensäpahoittaja Harper Lee - To Kill a MockingbirdDennis Lehane - Shutter Island Ira Levin - Rosemary's Baby Jeff Lindsay - DexterVaino Linna - The Unknown SoldierJennifer Lynch - The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (and you need to watch the TV show!!) Vladimar Nabokov - Lolita Irene Nemirovsky - The Ball Grace Metalious - Peyton Place David Mitchell - Black Swan GreenMargaret Mitchell - Gone with the WindSue Monk Kidd - The Secret of Bees L.M. Montgomery - The Blue CastleAlan Moore & Dave Gibbons - WatchmenHaruki Murakami - Sputnik SweetheartSofi Oksanen - PurgeAnn Patchett - Bel CantoInna Patrakova - Naapurit Dan Rhodes - GoldAnne Rice - Interview with a Vampire Kauko Röyhkä - Kaksi aurinkoa Antoine de Saint-Exupery - The Little Prince Pirkko Saisio - Punainen erokirja Sapphire - Push! Erich Segal - Love StoryMary Ann Shaffer - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyGeorge Bernard Shaw - PygmalionAnita Shreve - The Weight of WaterLinda Lay Shuler - She Who Remembers Nevil Shute - Pied Piper Dai Sijie - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Karin Slaughter - Grant County + Will Trent seriesRobert Louis Stevenson - Dr Jekyll & Mr HydeGarth Stein - The Art of Racing in the RainJohn Steinbeck - The Wayward Bus Kathryn Stockett - The Help Bram Stoker - DraculaPatrick Suskind - PerfumeVikas Swarup - Q&ADonna Tartt - The Secret HistoryJari Tervo - Pyhiesi yhteyteen Voltaire - CandideKurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse FiveSarah Waters - FingersmithIrvine Welsh - TrainspottingOscar Wilde - The Importance of Being EarnestCarlos Ruiz Zafon - The Shadow of the WindMarkus Zusak - The Book Thief Edited January 6, 2016 by poppyshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) BCF Recommended Reads - Non Fiction Kylie's Favourite Non-Fiction (progress 3/13)Bill Bryson - Down UnderBill Bryson - A Walk in the WoodsBill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly EverythingTruman Capote - In Cold BloodAB Facey - A Fortunate LifeTim Flannery - The ExplorersTim Flannery - The Birth of SydneyAnne Frank - The Diary of Anne FrankHelene Hanff - 84 Charing Cross RoadSteven D. Levitt - FreaconomicsSylvia Plath - The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia PlathAndrew Solomon - The Noonday DemonMartin Toseland - A Steroid Hit the EarthFrankie's Favourite Non-Fiction (progress 3/28)Sylvia Beach - Shakespeare and CompanyConstance Briscoe - UglyVincent Bugliosi - Helter SkelterAugusten Burroughs - A Wolf at the TableAugusten Burroughs - DryAugusten Burroughs - Magical ThinkingAugusten Burroughs - Possible Side EffectsAugusten Burroughs - Running with ScissorsAlain de Botton - How Proust Can Change Your LifePeggy Claude-Pierre - The Secret Language of Eating DisordersPamela Druckerson - French Children Don't Throw FoodAnne Frank - The Diary of a Young GirlPhilip Gonzalez - The Dog Who Rescues CatsJohn Grogan - Marley and MeRonald Hayman - The Death and Life of Sylvia PlathNick Hornby - The Complete Polysyllabic SpreeLesley McDowell - Between the Sheets - The Literary Liaisons of Nine 20th Century Women WritersMotley Crue - The DirtVicki Myron - Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the WorldChristopher V.V. Parnell - Hell's PrisonerDave Peltzer - A Child Called ItFlora Rheta Scheiber - SybilMary Roach - Stiff - The Life of the Human CadaversAnn Rule - The Stranger Beside MeDeborah Spungen - And I Don't Want to Live This Life: A Mother's Story of her Daughter's MurderDanny Wallace - Yes ManTobias Wolff - This Boys LifeTuula-Liina Varis - Kilpikonna ja olkimarsalkka Edited January 6, 2016 by poppyshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Books bought/acquired in 2016 Progress: 35/45 Fiction Akunin, Boris - The Death of Achilles (from lovely Claire) Akunin, Boris - Turkish Gambit Ames, Jonathan - Wake Up Sir! Backman, Fredrik - A Man Called Ove Barnes, Julian - The Noise of Time Barnett, Laura - The Versions of Us Baume, Sara - spill simmer falter wither Carroll, Emma - The Snow Sister .. (from lovely Claire) Carroll, Emily - Through the Woods Crompton, Richmal - Just William Crompton. Richmal - More William Crompton, Richmal - William Again Didierlaurent, John-Paul - The Reader on the 6.27 Ewing, Barbara - The Circus of Ghosts (Mesmerist #2) Hoffman, Alice - Nightbird Install, Deborah - A Robot in the Garden (from lovely Claire to Alan) Jackson, Mick - Yuki Chan in Bronte Country James, Marlon - A Brief History of Seven Killings Lively, Penelope - The House in Norham Gardens (from lovely Janet) Logan, Kirsty - The Gracekeepers Michell, Tom - The Penguin Lessons Nesbo, Jo - The Redbreast (from lovely Chrissy) Paull, Lalline - The Bees Rogan, Charlotte - The Lifeboat (from lovely Claire) Rowell, Rainbow - Eleanor & Park (from lovely Janet) Sayers, Dorothy L. - Whose Body? (from lovely Chrissy) Sepetys, Ruta - Salt to the Sea Smart, Elizabeth - At Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (from lovely Janet) Townsend Warner, Sylvia - Lolly Willowes (from lovely Janet) Valente, Catherynne. M. - The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There van Praag, Menna - The House at the End of Hope Street Wharton, Edith - The House of Mirth Whitehouse, David - Mobile Library Winman, Sarah - A Year of Marvellous Ways Wood, Lucy - Weathering (from lovely Claire) Woodfine, Katherine - The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth (from lovely Claire) Non Fiction Baker, Danny - Going Off Alarming: The Autobiography Vol 2 Briggs, Raymond - Notes from the Sofa Elborough, Travis (and Rennison, Nick) - A Travellers Year: 365 Days of Travel Writing .. currently reading (will take me a year) Hepworth, David - 1971 Never a Dull Moment Lawson, Jenny - Furiously Happy Light, Alan - What Happened Miss Simone Perkins, Sue - Spectacles Pratt, Jean Lucey - A Notable Woman Strayed, Cheryl - Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found Edited September 30, 2016 by poppyshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Poached Quotes on Toasts Toast Quotes 2012Toast Quotes 2013Toast Quotes 2014 Toast Quotes 2015 Edited January 6, 2016 by poppyshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Poppyshake's English Counties Challenge (the most famous books associated with each English county) For more info visit the English Counties Challenge forum Progress 29/48 (but some of those read will be re-read) 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 Maurier (on shelf)Cumbria: 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: Watership Down by Richard Adams Herefordshire: On The Black Hill by Bruce ChatwinHertfordshire: Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenIsle of Wight: The Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamKent: 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: Dracula by Bram StokerNorthamptonshire: 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: The War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsTyne 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 Edited February 21, 2016 by poppyshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) WISHLIST Fiction: Akunin, Boris - Murder on the Leviathan Baker, Tiffany - The Gilly Salt Sisters Bradley, Alan - Speaking From Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce 5) Bradley, Alan - The Dead In Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce 6) Bukowski, Charles - Ham on Rye Chabon, Michael - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Comyns, Barbara - Who Was Changed and Who was DeadDoshi, Tishani - The Pleasure SeekersEarle, Steve - I'll Never Get Out of This WorldEgan, Jennifer - The Invisible Circus Elphinstone, Margaret - Light Funke, Cornelia - Fearless Gaiman, Neil & Pratchett, Terry - Good Omens Haig, Matt - The Radleys Haig, Matt - To Be a Cat Hartley, L.P. - The Go-Between Kennedy Toole, John - A Confederacy of Dunces Laurain, Antoine - The President's Hat Lehmann, Rosamund - Dusty Answer Meloy, Colin - Wildwood Meloy, Maile - The Apothecary Mitchell, Gladys - Watson's Choice Morrall, Clare - The Roundabout ManMurray, Paul - An Evening of Long Goodbyes Novik, Naomi - Uprooted O'Loughlin, Ann - The Ballroom Cafe Pears, Tim - Disputed LandPierre, DBC - Vernon God LittlePratchett, Terry - Dodger Richardson, CS - The Emperor of Paris Segal, Erich - The ClassSilverstone, Shel - Falling Up Waugh, Evelyn - A Handful of DustWaugh, Evelyn - Vile Bodies Williams, Tennessee - A Streetcar Named Desire Woolf, Virginia - The Waves Wroe, Simon - Chop Chop Non Fiction:Beach, Sylvia - The Letters of Sylvia BeachBowker, Gordon - George OrwellCarter, Angela - Expletives Deleted Henshaw, Sarah - The Bookshop that FloatedLurie, Leslie Gilbert & Rita - Bending Toward the Sun : A Mother and Daughter Memoir Miller, Andy - The Year of Reading Dangerously Mitford, Nancy - A Talent to AnnoyNabakov, Vladimir - Speak, Memory O'Brien, Edna - Country GirlPlath, Sylvia - The Unabridged JournalsReid, Christopher - The Letters of Ted Hughes Wheeler, Thom - One Steppe Beyond Weiss, Luisa - My Berlin Kitchen Edited February 27, 2016 by poppyshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) My main aim is to enjoy my reading year which I mostly did last year. I read more and I enjoyed more which is a big plus. The end of the year always gets a bit scrappy. I never read much in December .. it's hard to concentrate when you're climbing the walls and wrestling a turkey I'm going to have a bit of a clear out though ... before I put up my TBR lists. There are so many books on my shelves that I'll never get around to reading, most of which were bought at library sales for 1p or something. They're just oppressing me .. and clogging up my TBR jar!! A trip to the charity shop is in order. Clear some space, free my mind from burden (haha .. good try!!) and give them the chance of being read by somebody with a less prejudicial eye. I'm determined to be ruthless .. though suspect that I'll start off well but end with putting them back on the shelves I still have bus tickets that date back to the 1980's so I'm not hopeful. It'll be a natty way of whittling down the old TBR list though (no .. it's NOT cheating!! ) Last year I made the jar and it did help .. I read 32 compared to 18 the year before. But then I read more in total and also bought/acquired new books .. 11 of which remain unread. So that more or less leaves me where I started Going round and round on the hamster wheel of unread books. Anyway, the very best of luck to all of you Happy Reading in 2016!! I apologise for not keeping up to date with last year's blog .. I meant to but got distracted. You haven't missed a thing .. though I did write some awesome reviews in my head whilst out walking .. which I then totally failed to type up when I got home! I will attempt to fill in some of the blanks before it's all lost in the pea soup of my brain. But really, you should be thanking me that I kept the drivel to a minimum .. though of course .. one could always do better. Wishing you a happy, healthy and booky 2016!! Please visit me here and make yourself at home even if I'm away .. pull the books off the shelves and blow the dust off. Leave them on the floor for me to fall over if you think they're particularly awesome stories that deserve notice. I am a bad judge of 'what to read next' .. ignoring books which only the week before I couldn't wait to own, then kicking myself for not reading them sooner. I'll add some cows here for excitement :cows: .. in lieu of changing the font colour I will be doing plenty of that anyway when I fill in the blanks later. Here we go then .. onwards and upwards. Best of love and luck everyone xx Edited January 5, 2016 by poppyshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunn300 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Lovely to see this thread started. I look forward to reading your posts again this year. Best of luck with the charity clear out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I wish you happy reading in 2016, Kay ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 The hamster wheel of unread books! Great description. Happy New Year poppyshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I hope you have a smashing and a wunnerful reading year in 2016, poppyshake! I like the idea of a clear out, but I'm also scared. What if you give away great books? Oh well that's your prerogative obviously, and it's not like you're going to purposefully give out all the books that you know would be great Sometimes one may have gotten a bit buy-crazy and may have acquired books that one was debating over whether to read them in the first place... And it's just as well that one goes over one's books sometimes and sets those books free, and other books that one doesn't feel like reading anymore. Looking forward to viewing the rest of the posts once you've had the time to fill them with all things books and booklikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I can highly recommend a clear out ... I did it before my big challenge a couple of years ago to clear my TBR and I felt much better for it. Like you, most of mine were books I'd bought in charity shops or the "free" book when I used to buy lots from Waterstone's on the 3 for 2 offer they used to do and had really only chosen because I needed 3 for the offer and it seemed a waste not to get an extra book Good luck with your reading this year, Kay, hope it's a good 'un for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Good luck for the reading year ahead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 Lovely to see this thread started. I look forward to reading your posts again this year. Best of luck with the charity clear out. Thanks Tunn Hope you have a great reading year. I wish you happy reading in 2016, Kay ! You too Gaia! The hamster wheel of unread books! Great description. Happy New Year poppyshake Thanks James, and you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 I hope you have a smashing and a wunnerful reading year in 2016, poppyshake! I like the idea of a clear out, but I'm also scared. What if you give away great books? Oh well that's your prerogative obviously, and it's not like you're going to purposefully give out all the books that you know would be great Sometimes one may have gotten a bit buy-crazy and may have acquired books that one was debating over whether to read them in the first place... And it's just as well that one goes over one's books sometimes and sets those books free, and other books that one doesn't feel like reading anymore. Looking forward to viewing the rest of the posts once you've had the time to fill them with all things books and booklikes! I hope 2016 is in all ways wunnerful for you my lovely I am worried about the clear out too. I've had a cursory look round and so far have only really earmarked books that I've read .. but won't read again. I think I need to be stricter .. it's not as if I'll never read these books .. I can get them again from the library or charity shop .. if I ever find myself with a spare few days and nothing to read in the house (if that happens .. it'll be a sad day in the Poppyshake household I'm not happy unless I can choose from at least 100 books!!) I blame it on carbs at the mo .. I've had too many. When I start eating oily fish again my brain will be sharper (as if!! ) I can highly recommend a clear out ... I did it before my big challenge a couple of years ago to clear my TBR and I felt much better for it. Like you, most of mine were books I'd bought in charity shops or the "free" book when I used to buy lots from Waterstone's on the 3 for 2 offer they used to do and had really only chosen because I needed 3 for the offer and it seemed a waste not to get an extra book Good luck with your reading this year, Kay, hope it's a good 'un for you! The very best of luck to you too Claire Hope 2016 is a great year for you. A lot of the books on my attic bookshelves are the ones that Alan bought .. 10 for a £1 .. from Swindon library when they had one of their clear outs! Consequently they're not all up my street Also, yes, the third Waterstone's book on their 3 for 2 offer. Always a menace! I'm glad they've changed it for the 'buy 1 get 1 half price' offer now though that is landing me with just as many unwanted books probably The rotters!! Good luck for the reading year ahead! Thanks Jessi Hope you have a great reading year too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Hiya... ...ah yes the famous last words of 'having a clear out of the book shelves'. Funny you should mention that, hubby and I were just in Waterstones today... he had a voucher to spend, which he did and then I said 'so which shelf will that be trying to find a space on...?' So good luck with it. Nice to see your thread...happy in 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Happy reading in 2016 Poppyshake! I look forward to perusing this thread, I always nab a load of reading suggestions from you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) I am worried about the clear out too. I've had a cursory look round and so far have only really earmarked books that I've read .. but won't read again. I think I need to be stricter .. it's not as if I'll never read these books .. I can get them again from the library or charity shop .. if I ever find myself with a spare few days and nothing to read in the house (if that happens .. it'll be a sad day in the Poppyshake household I'm not happy unless I can choose from at least 100 books!!) I think it's a good idea to start with the books you've already read but will not read again How many books do you think you will 'set free' in that way? One advice I've just remembered is, you could take an initial look at the books and see what you might want to give away from your TBR pile, and then stash the books in a box for a little while, and not even think about them after that. After a while go back to them and see what's there. I dare say of some you will think 'do I still have this book? Why? Should take it out immediately, should've done so ages ago' and of some you will think 'dear lord, I've been looking for this book for days! I want to read it now'. And those sentiments can be very valuable in determining which books you are ready to part with It's happened to me loads of times when I've put some books aside to get rid of, and then haven't actually been efficient enough to actually take them out of the apartment I blame it on carbs at the mo .. I've had too many. When I start eating oily fish again my brain will be sharper (as if!! ) Carbs are bad... They are evil! Bring on sharp fish brain 2016!! Edit: Forgot to say earlier... I was going through the posts that you've filled in now, and stopped at the 1001 Books -post. They were all the same color and I scrolled down and thought, oh me god, she's read them all! She's read them all in a chronological order because I can't find a title in a different color!! I kept scrolling down and realized you'd only written down the ones you've read so far It's a great big number you've read, by the way! Oh dear, I really like this font.... I've grown tired of the usual font. Writing in a different font looks so much prettier and makes the post feel more important and special I shall take a look at the different fonts and see if I could find one for me... I wouldn't like to change into any of those that are already in use by other members on here... That would seem to me like I was copying someone's haircut Edit: ^ That of course sounds odd if you're reading this and see that I'm now typing this in your font... But it's because the font changed to this one all by itself when I was quoting your post, and if that happens, I'm too lazy nowadays to change it back to the 'normal' one Edited January 7, 2016 by frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Hiya... ...ah yes the famous last words of 'having a clear out of the book shelves'. Funny you should mention that, hubby and I were just in Waterstones today... he had a voucher to spend, which he did and then I said 'so which shelf will that be trying to find a space on...?' So good luck with it. Nice to see your thread...happy in 2016. Hiya Diane Yes, I have Christmas books which need to be shelved. It's time to be mercenary!! Or as mercenary as I can be when it comes to my beloved books. I hate parting with anything!! Happy reading to you too Happy reading in 2016 Poppyshake! I look forward to perusing this thread, I always nab a load of reading suggestions from you Thanks Noll Hope you have a great reading year and that I can contribute to it in some small way or at the very least not hamper it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 I think it's a good idea to start with the books you've already read but will not read again. How many books do you think you will 'set free' in that way? One advice I've just remembered is, you could take an initial look at the books and see what you might want to give away from your TBR pile, and then stash the books in a box for a little while, and not even think about them after that. After a while go back to them and see what's there. I dare say of some you will think 'do I still have this book? Why? Should take it out immediately, should've done so ages ago' and of some you will think 'dear lord, I've been looking for this book for days! I want to read it now'. And those sentiments can be very valuable in determining which books you are ready to part with It's happened to me loads of times when I've put some books aside to get rid of, and then haven't actually been efficient enough to actually take them out of the apartment. I think I have set free about 20 .. they're not exactly out of the house yet though That's a very good piece of advice re: the TBR and one I'm going to adopt The other thing I thought I'd do is (if I can keep the box accessible) .. read a chapter or two of said book before finally parting with it. If it grabs me then I'll continue on with it .. if not then I'll take it to the charity shop and probably kick it all the way there for taking up shelf space for no good reason The thing is .. all the titles are still in the jar Although I do have the up to date list on here, chances are I'll still hunt high and low for books which I've since boxed up and shoved under a bed Happy days!! Edit: Forgot to say earlier... I was going through the posts that you've filled in now, and stopped at the 1001 Books -post. They were all the same color and I scrolled down and thought, oh me god, she's read them all! She's read them all in a chronological order because I can't find a title in a different color!! I kept scrolling down and realized you'd only written down the ones you've read so far It's a great big number you've read, by the way! Haha .. very disciplined of me to read them in chronological order I gave up writing the whole list out last year ... it was oppressing me I'm finding whole new ways of pretending that I am on top of things Oh dear, I really like this font.... I've grown tired of the usual font. Writing in a different font looks so much prettier and makes the post feel more important and special. I shall take a look at the different fonts and see if I could find one for me... I wouldn't like to change into any of those that are already in use by other members on here... That would seem to me like I was copying someone's haircut. A change is as good as a rest .. though I've had a fringe since I was seven Edit: ^ That of course sounds odd if you're reading this and see that I'm now typing this in your font... But it's because the font changed to this one all by itself when I was quoting your post, and if that happens, I'm too lazy nowadays to change it back to the 'normal' one I did have the feeling that I was talking to myself just now It's good to be random. Don't conform .. that's when the rot sets in Write in a different font everyday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Happy 2016! LOL at the hamster wheel of unread books - such an apt description! No doubt your blog will add to my ever expanding wish list and TBR as usual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Happy 2016! LOL at the hamster wheel of unread books - such an apt description! No doubt your blog will add to my ever expanding wish list and TBR as usual Happy 2016 to you too Alex! Hope you have an amazing reading year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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