Louiseog Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Having miserably failed to keep this up to date last year am starting again!! Will list tbr in a moment when I've sorted it (alright three hours) Am going to be really strict and not buy/swap any books unless I really want them! (Ha ha) 2006 read 125 books! Aim to not necessarily read more but enjoy more!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Am going to be really strict and not buy/swap any books unless I really want them! (Ha ha) It'll be surprising how many you really want! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Already found 4!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Here goes: On my bookshelves I have: Thrillers Jim Kelly - Fire Baby GM Ford - Fury Denise Mina - Garnethill Ian Rankin (Jack Harvey) - Blood Hunt Catherine Sampson - Falling off Air Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Non-Fiction Craig Brown - 1966 and All That Bill Bryson - The Thunderbolt Kid Frank Gardner - Blood and Sand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Historical (or set in the past) Sebastian Barry - A Long Long Way Elizabeth Chadwick - Shadows and Strongholds Tracy Chevalier - Falling Angels Tracy Chevalier - Virgin Blue Jennifer Donnelly - Gathering Light Sarah Dunant - Birth of Venus Sebastian Faulkes - On Green Dolphin Street Philippa Gregory - A Respectable Trade Philippa Gregory - The Virgin's Lover Robert Harris - Imperium Valerie Martin - Mary Reilly Fidelis Morgan - The Rival Queens Iain Pears - The Instance of the Fingerpost James Shapiro - 1599 abandoned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Mysteries (police/private eye books) EF Benson - Mrs Mapp just found!!! gave up on Simon Brett - Mrs, Presumed Dead Simon Brett - Mrs Pargeter's Point of Honour Simon Brett - Witness at the Wedding Paul Carson - Scalpel Linda Fairstein - The Kills Reginald Hill - Good Morning Midnight Alex Kava - A Perfect Evil Ian Rankin - Tooth and Nail Veronica Stallwood - Oxford Exit 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Others Jasper Fforde - The Fourth Bear Jonathan Franzen - The 27th City John Harwood - The Ghost Writer MJ Hyland - Carry me Down Wendy Jean - Unstolen Liz Jensen - War Crimes for the Home Kath Kincaid - Mrs Murphy hires a cleaner Penelope Lively - The Photograph Ian McEwan - Saturday Sue Monk Kidd - The Secret Life of Bees Jojo Moyes - The Peacock Emporium Terry Pratchett - Hogfather Malcolm Pryce - Aberwrystwyth mon Amour Miss Read - A Village Christmas Anita Shreve - Light on Snow Asne Seierstad - The Bookseller of Kabul Sarah Waters - Fingersmith Sarah Waters - The Night Watch Louise Welsh - The Cutting Room gave up on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 87!!! The coloured in ones are read!! Have got rid of some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Ooh, crikey, mrs! I think you've got enough to last you the whole year there! Got some good titles on those lists though - I'll look forward to hearing what you think of them all. Any ideas which one of the multitude will be kicking off your new year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Have started Robert Harris Imperium today (present from oh). Better than I thought it was, the story of Cicero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Wow Louise - you've some reading there! You've also put me to shame as I haven't sorted out my shelves yet -New Years resolution!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 We are deep in sorting hell at the moment!! Clothes in bags, just starting on wicker magazine basket in the living room (here there be dragons!!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Just a few books to start with, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Oh, Louise - your shelves make me feel sooo very much better. Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted January 4, 2007 Author Share Posted January 4, 2007 It's Ok Sugar, anything to help! Found another one so will add that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted January 4, 2007 Author Share Posted January 4, 2007 Finished Imperium. It was much better than I thought it would be.. Well written and easy to read story of Cicero and Roman politics in the Republic (just before Caesar). Although it was quite complicated it made sense and I felt I learnt a lot from it. (which I like) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Poppy Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 If I ever get stuck for something to read I'll have to return to your list. Thanks Louise PP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted January 5, 2007 Author Share Posted January 5, 2007 Now reading and loving The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted January 5, 2007 Author Share Posted January 5, 2007 Finished and what a lovely read. America in the South in 1960s. Girl runs aways and ends up in a family of bee keepers. (lots of twists) Bittersweet with a moral of no regrets. Lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted January 5, 2007 Author Share Posted January 5, 2007 John Harwood Ghost Writer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted January 7, 2007 Author Share Posted January 7, 2007 I am really enjoying this one. Will find blurb later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted January 7, 2007 Author Share Posted January 7, 2007 Gerard Freeman lives in Australia, one day he stumbles on a book and a picture which terrify his mother. He investigates, helped by his mysterious pen friend in England he tries to find out more about his English family. Bit by bit we find out the haunting tale! This was really excellent and very spooky (not terrifying but menacing!) Moved about in time and then all came together in the end. 4.5/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted January 7, 2007 Author Share Posted January 7, 2007 Next three: Witness at the Wedding - Simon Brett, Instance of the Fingerpost - Iain Pears The Hundredth Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted January 7, 2007 Author Share Posted January 7, 2007 Witness at the Wedding Simon Brett, Carole Seddon's son is about to be married. But as plans for the big day get underway, Stephen's future parents-in-law, Marie and Harold, seem desperate to keep the affair as discreet as possible. Then, after a quiet engagement party, Harold disappears ...only to be found dead the next day, in a burnt out car in Epping Forest. While the family try to deal with their grief, Carole discovers they are concealing secrets that can be traced back thirty years, to the murder of Marie's best friend. Now the girl's killer has been released from prison and is back in his old stomping ground, near Fethering. As Carole enlists the help of her friend Jude in researching the truth, Gaby returns to London to find herself in grave danger. Fearing the bride-to-be is the killer's next target, Carole and Jude must unravel the Martin family's past before he makes another deadly move ...and before the happiness of the impending wedding day is ruined. This is the sixth in a fab series about Carole and Jude.... love 'em, and am running out! As good as I expected, half way through already and its ironing night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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