chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 2016 reading blog - 112 books 2015 reading blog - 171 books 2014 reading blog - 151 books 2013 reading blog - 183 books 2012 reading blog - 145 books 2011 reading blog - 141 books 2010 reading blog - 130 books 2009 reading blog - 143 books 2008 reading list - 63 books 2007 reading list - 97 books 2006 reading list - 82 books Current TBR: 72 2017 BOOKS READ January 1. Poppy Pym and the Pharaoh's Curse by Laura Wood 2. Through The Mirror Door by Sarah Baker 3. The Summer Before The War by Helen Simonson (narrated by Lucy Scott) 4. The Snow Merchant by Sam Gayton 5. The Secret Cooking Club by Laurel Remington 6. Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce 7. Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope (narrated by Timothy West) 8. The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin 9. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons 10. My Name is Markham by Jodi Taylor 11. The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent 12. Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud February 13. Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume 14. Poppy Pym and the Double Jinx by Laura Wood 15. Who Let The Gods Out? by Maz Evans 16. The Summer Seaside Kitchen by Jenny Colgan 17. Time Travelling With A Hamster by Ross Welford 18. The Painted Dragon by Katherine Woodfine 19. Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit 20. Beetle Queen by M. G. Leonard March 21. The Secret of Nightingale Wood by Lucy Strange 22. The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock 23. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk 24. The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George 25. Family Roundabout by Richmal Crompton 26. The Montana Stories by Katherine Mansfield 27. The Misses Mallett by E. H. Young 28. Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome April 29. A Start in Life by Anita Brookner 30. Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore (narrated by Jonathan Keeble) 31. Raisins and Almonds by Kerry Greenwood 32. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (narrated by Stephen Fry) 33. An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge 34. And The Rest Is History by Jodi Taylor 35. Romancing The Inventor by Gail Carriger 36. A Very Distant Shore by Jenny Colgan 37. The Well of Loneliness by Radcliffe Hall (narrated by Laura Kirman) 38. Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll 39. Venetia by Georgette Heyer May 40. Blood and Beauty by Sarah Dunant 41. Death Before Wicket by Kerry Greenwood 42. Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters 43. The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman 44. Away With The Fairies by Kerry Greenwood 45. Love In A Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford (narrated by Patricia Hodge) 46. The Blessing by Nancy Mitford 47. On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin 48. Imprudence by Gail Carriger (narrated by Moira Quirk) 49. Spandex and the City by Jenny T. Colgan 50. A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan 51. Set In Stone by Robert Goddard 52. Another World by Pat Barker June 53. Murder in Montparnasse by Kerry Greenwood 54. Wild Kingdom by Stephen Moss 55. The Castlemaine Murders by Kerry Greenwood 56. Foxes Unearthed by Lucy Jones 57. The Glitter and the Gold by M. C. Beaton 58. The Running Hare by John Lewis-Stempel 59. Miss Fiona's Fancy by M. C. Beaton 60. Anthem for Doomed Youth by Carola Dunn 61. Providence by Anita Brookner 62. Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor (dramatisation) 63. The January Man by Christopher Somerville 64. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (narrated by Cathleen McCarron) 65. The Crooked Sixpence by Jennifer Bell 66. Love Madness Fishing by Dexter Petley 67. Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine July 68. Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare (narrated by Morena Baccarat) 69. Class by Jenny Colgan 70. The Otters’ Tale by Simon Cooper 71. A Sky Full of Birds by Matt Merritt 72. The Nature of Autumn by Jim Crumbly 73. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (narrated by Thandie Newton) 74. Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë (narrated by Emilia Fox) 75. Sally by M. C. Beaton 76. Where Poppies Blow by John Lewis-Stempel 77. Maggie by M. C. Beaton 78. Minerva by M. C. Beaton (narrated by Claire Morgan) 79. Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton 80. Love of Country by Madeleine Bunting 81. Moonlocket by Peter Bunzl 82. Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by Chris Packham 83. Dancing in the Wind by M. C. Beaton 84. The Wild Other by Clover Stroud 85. Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller (narrated by Rachel Atkins) 86. Simply the Quest by Max Evans 87. Mystery and Mayham by Katherine Woodfine and others 88. The Taming of Annabelle by M. C. Beaton (narrated by Claire Morgan) August 89. Poppy Pym and the Smuggler's Secret by Laura Wood 90. Deirdre and Desire by M. C. Beaton (narrated by Claire Morgan) 91. Daphne by M. C. Beaton (narrated by Claire Morgan) 92. The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein 93. Lost for Words by Stephanie Butland 94. Diana The Huntress by M. C. Beaton (narrated by Claire Morgan) 95. Frederica in Fashion by M. C. Beaton (narrated by Claire Morgan) 96. The Girl Savage by Katherine Rundell 97. Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield 98. Scarlet and Ivy: The Lost Twin by Sophie Cleverly 99. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (narrated by Richard Armitage) 100. The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley 101. Storm in a Teacup by Helen Czerski 102. The Persephone Book of Short Stories 103. Cream Buns and Crime by Robin Stevens 104. The Long and Short of It by Jodi Taylor 105. The Second Chance Café at Carlton Square by Lily Bartlett 106. Summer at Shell Cottage by Lucy Diamond (narrated by Juanita McMahon) September 107. Landskipping by Anna Pavord 108. Lockwood & Co: The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud 109. Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine 110. The Big Dreams Hotel by Lilly Bartlett 111. Madam, Will You Talk by Mary Stewart 112. At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier 113. The Big Little Wedding in Carlton Square by Lilly Bartlett 114. The House at the Edge of the World by Julia Rochester 115. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 116. Summer at the Comfort Food Café by Debbie Johnson 117. Christmas at the Comfort Food Café by Debbie Johnson 118. Look At Me by Anita Brookner 119. Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie 120. The Bookshop on Rosemary Lane by Ellen Berry 121. The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild 122. The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla 123. Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer October 124. My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell 125. Gilded Cage by Vic James (narrated by Avita Jay) 126. The French Lesson by Hallie Rubenhold 127. The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell (narrated by Robin Laing) 128. The Princess Bride by William Goldman 129. The Whispers in the Wall by Sophie Cleverly November 130. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackston 131. The Midnight Peacock by Katherine Woodfine 132. The Girl Who Saved Christmas by Matt Haig 133. Gaslight by Eloise Williams 134. The Dance In The Dark by Sophie Cleverley 135. Pax by Sara Pennypacker 136. The Story of Antigone by Ali Smith 137. Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (narrated by Peter Firth) 138. The Highland Countess by M. C. Beaton December 139. Autumn by Ali Smith 140. A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig (narrated by Stephen Fry) 141. Duke’s Diamonds by M. C. Beaton 142. The Summer Seaside Kitchen by Jenny Colgan (narrated by Sarah Barron) 143. How To Be A Heroine by Samantha Ellis 144. Love and Lady Lovelace by M. C. Beaton 145. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 146. The Loves of Lord Granton by M. C. Beaton 147. Milady In Love by M. C. Beaton 148. The Loves of Lord Granton by M. C. Beaton 149. Eloise Undercover by Sarah Baker 150. The Lights Under the Lake by Sophie Cleverley 151. The Perfect Gentleman by M. C. Beaton 152. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden 153. The Secret Life of the Owl by John Lewis-Stempel 154. The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper 155. Christmas Dinner of Souls by Ross Montgomery Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2016 Author Posted December 31, 2016 TO BE READ - HARDBACK AND PAPERBACKS Fiction 1. Anthropology by Dan Rhodes 2. Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore 3. Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans 4. Like by Ali Smith 5. The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan 6. Weathering by Lucy Woods 7. Winter by Ali Smith Anita Brookner 1. A Misalliance by Anita Brookner 2. Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner Middle Grade 1. The Explorer by Katherine Rundell 2. The Huntress: Sea by Sarah Driver 3. Father Christmas and Me by Matt Haig 4. My Evil Twin is a Supervillain by David Solomons 5. The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club by Alex Bell 6. The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry 7. Sky Chasers by Emma Carroll 8. Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone YA 1. Freshers by Tom Ellen & Lucy Ivison 2. Indigo Donut by Patrice Lawrence 3. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Non-fiction 1. 21st-Century Yokel by Tom Cox 2. Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman 3. Corduroy by Adrian Bell 4. Engel's England by Matthew Engel 5. Hidden Nature by Alys Fowler 6. Letters of Note by Shaun Usher 7. Ma’am Darling by Craig Brown 8. Watling Street by John Higgs 9. The Year of Reading Dangerously by Andy Miller Poetry 1. You Took The Last Bus Home by Brian Bilston Total: 30 Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2016 Author Posted December 31, 2016 TO BE READ - KINDLE Fiction 1. The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor 2. The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd 3. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry 4. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 5. The Golem and the Djinni by Helen Wecker 6. The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier 7. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 8. Reader, I Married Him by Tracy Chevalier 9. The Sweet Scent of Blood by Suzanne McLeod 10. This Savage Song by V. E. Schwab 11. To Serve Them All My Days by R. F. Delderfield 12. The Vinyl Detective by Andrew Cartmel Romcoms 1. Coming Home to the Comfort Food Café by Debbie Johnson 2. The Little Bakery on Rosemary Lane by Ellen Berry 3. The Love Detective by Alexandra Potter 4. Love is a Four-Legged Word by Michele Gorman 5. Match Me If You Can! by Michele Gorman 6. The Reading Group by Della Parker 7. The Secrets of Happiness by Lucy Diamond 8. What Would Mary Berry Do? by Claire Sandy 9. The Year of Taking Chances by Lucy Diamond Middle Grade 1. The Curse in the Candlelight by Sophie Cleverly Non-fiction 1. A Slice of Britain by Caroline Taggart 2. Head Over Heel: Seduced by Southern Italy by Chris Harrison 3. The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young Georgette Heyer 1. A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer 2. Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer 3. Charity Gril by Georgette Heyer 4. Cotillion by Georgette Heyer 5. Devil’s Cub by Georgette Heyer 6. Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer 7. The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer 8. Sylvester by Georgette Heyer 9. The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer 10. These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer Mary Stewart 1. Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart 2. The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart 3. Thunder on the Right by Mary Stewart 4. Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart 5. Wildfire At Midnight by Mary Stewart M. C. Beaton 1. At the Sign of the Golden Pineapple by M. C. Beaton 2. The Education of Miss Paterson by M. C. Beaton Total: 42 Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2016 Author Posted December 31, 2016 BOOK LISTS E. H. YOUNG Key: Books I own in Italics Books I have read in Bold BOOK LIST: 1. A Corn of Wheat 2. Yonder 3. Moor Fires 4. The Misses Mallett 5. William 6. The Vicar's Daughter 7. Miss Mole 8. Jenny Wren 9. The Curate's Wife 10. Celia 11. Chatterton Square Status: 3/11 books read = 27% complete GEORGETTE HEYER 1. A Civil Contract 2. Black Sheep 3. Charity Girl 4. Cotillion 5. Devil’s Cub 6. Lady of Quality 7. Sylvester 8. The Quiet Gentleman 9. The Talisman Ring 10. These Old Shades MARY STEWART 1. Nine Coaches Waiting 2. The Ivy Tree 3. Thunder on the Right 4. Touch Not the Cat 5. Wildfire At Midnight Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2016 Author Posted December 31, 2016 THE ENGLISH COUNTIES 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 Italics Books I have read in Bold BOOK LIST: BEDFORDSHIRE: My Uncle Silas by H. E. Bates BERKSHIRE: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame BRISTOL: The Misses Mallett by E. H. Young BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper CAMBRIDGESHIRE: The Nine Tailors by Dorothy Sayers CHESHIRE: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell CITY OF LONDON: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens CORNWALL: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier CUMBRIA: Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome DERBYSHIRE: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks DEVON: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle DORSET: Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy COUNTY DURHAM: Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE: South Riding by Winifred Holtby EAST SUSSEX: Winnie-The-Pooh by A. A. Milne ESSEX: The Turn Of The Screw by Henry James GLOUCESTERSHIRE: Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee GREATER LONDON*: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle GREATER MANCHESTER: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell HAMPSHIRE: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins HEREFORDSHIRE: On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin HERTFORDSHIRE: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen ISLE OF WIGHT: England, England by Julian Barnes KENT: The Darling Buds of May by H. E. Bates LANCASHIRE: Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson LEICESTERSHIRE: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend LINCOLNSHIRE: The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot MERSEYSIDE: An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge NORFOLK: The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley NORTH YORKSHIRE: All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot/Dracula by Bram Stoker NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen NORTHUMBERLAND: The Stars Look Down by A. J. Cronin NOTTINGHAMSHIRE: Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence OXFORDSHIRE: The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford RUTLAND: Set In Stone by Robert Goddard SHROPSHIRE: Summer Lightning by P. G. Wodehouse SOMERSET: Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore SOUTH YORKSHIRE: A Kestral For A Knave by Barry Hines STAFFORDSHIRE: The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett SUFFOLK: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald SURREY: Emma by Jane Austen TYNE AND WEAR: Another World by Pat Barker WARWICKSHIRE: Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes WEST MIDLANDS: Middlemarch by George Eliot WEST SUSSEX: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons WEST YORKSHIRE: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë WILTSHIRE: Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope WORCESTERSHIRE: The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Status: 48/48 books read = 100% complete Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2016 Author Posted December 31, 2016 PERSEPHONE BOOKS 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 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 108. The Happy Tree by Rosalind Murray 109. The Country Life Cookery Book by Ambrose Heath 110. Because of the Lockwoods by Dorothy Whipple 111. London War Notes by Mollie Panter-Downes 112. Vain Shadow by Jane Hervey 113. Greengates by R. C. Sheriff 114. Gardener's Choice by Evelyn Dunbar and Charles Mahoney 115. Maman, What Are We Called Now? by Jacqueline Mesnil-Amar 116. A Lady and Her Husband by Amber Reeves 117. The Godwits Fly by Robin Hyde 118. Every Good Deed and Other Stories by Dorothy Whipple 119. Long Live Great Bradfield by Tirzah Harwood 120. Madame Solario by Gladys Huntingdon 121. Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane 122. Earth and High Heaven by Gwethalyn Graham Status: 17/122 books read = 14% complete Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2016 Author Posted December 31, 2016 I'm really hoping that 2017 will have a better start than the end of 2016 with regards to my reading. I would love to finish the English Counties challenge this year and make some good progress on the Persephone book list, but other than that, no real plans. I'll be looking out for the Wainwright Prize longlist again this year and see whether I'd like to try and read them all again this time, but I'm not going to commit to it yet!I wish you all a happy and productive new reading year in 2017. Quote
Anna Begins Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 Good luck with your challenges and have a very happy new year! Your totals are stunning! Quote
Athena Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 I hope you have a great reading year in 2017, Claire . Quote
Alexi Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 Happy 2017, Claire. I'm looking forward to comparing English Counties books with you! I have read 30 of them, but also have a loose plan to get it finished this year. We'll see! Quote
bobblybear Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 I wish you a great reading year in 2017, Claire! You have read so many books over the last few years! I have Middlesex on my TBR list... I've heard so many positive things about it lately that I may need to bump it up towards the top. Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 2, 2017 Author Posted January 2, 2017 Thanks everyone I finished my first book of the year today, a middle grade mystery called Poppy Pym and the Pharaoh's Curse by Laura Wood. As an adult, I can see the threads being laid down for future books in the series, but nevertheless, it was a great kids story of Poppy, abandoned at the circus as a child, and after a childhood learning circus skills and devouring books, she's now been sent off to boarding school. In her first term, a rare collection of Egyptian artefacts are being exhibited at the school, including a ruby said the be cursed. As bad things start happening, Poppy and her friends investigate and a comic caper ensues. Good fun and enough to keep me reading after a few months in a book drought. Quote
Ben Posted January 2, 2017 Posted January 2, 2017 Hi Claire, just thought I'd swing by and wish you a happy 2017 - both with your reading and otherwise. Will be a bit more active on the forums this year so have 'followed' your book blog and hope to check by often. Quote
Inver Posted January 2, 2017 Posted January 2, 2017 Just stopping by to see your well organised post...lol...good luck with the reading in 2017 Claire. Quote
Nollaig Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Happy reading in 2017 Claire, and good luck with progressing in your challenges! Quote
poppyshake Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Happy Reading in 2017 Claire and good luck with all your challenges I'm always so impressed with how much you read. 112 books is an amazing total for last year .. well done I will look to you for inspiration as always Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 4, 2017 Author Posted January 4, 2017 Thank you all! I'm afraid I don't think my reviews will be very inspiring at the moment ... I'm still struggling to settle into my reading. It's getting a bit better, but I'm sticking to the children's book I was given for Christmas for now Quote
Peacefield Posted January 4, 2017 Posted January 4, 2017 I hope you have an excellent 2017, Claire, in reading and otherwise! Quote
frankie Posted January 6, 2017 Posted January 6, 2017 I hope you have a fabulous reading year in 2017, Claire! And I really hope you'll enjoy Middlesex when you get to it Quote
Little Pixie Posted January 6, 2017 Posted January 6, 2017 Happy Reading in 2017. Hurray, a Jodi Taylor book in your TBR. I have Middlesex too ; I`ve read his other books and really enjoyed them. Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 6, 2017 Author Posted January 6, 2017 Happy Reading in 2017. Thank you! Hurray, a Jodi Taylor book in your TBR. I have Middlesex too ; I`ve read his other books and really enjoyed them. Although it's great having the latest Jodi Taylor book to read, it's the annual Christmas short story so it's only 51 pages but it'll just have to keep me going until the 18th July when book 8 (And The Rest Is History) is published! Quote
Little Pixie Posted January 6, 2017 Posted January 6, 2017 Thank you! Although it's great having the latest Jodi Taylor book to read, it's the annual Christmas short story so it's only 51 pages but it'll just have to keep me going until the 18th July when book 8 (And The Rest Is History) is published! I`m happily awaiting getting all the short stories in tree book form this year. Yay ! Quote
chaliepud Posted January 6, 2017 Posted January 6, 2017 Happy 2017 Claire, I hope it is a fantastic one for reading and all other things too. Quote
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