Angel Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 This is my initial TBR list. More I'm sure will be added!! On the shelf waiting to be read:- Brian Lynch - The Winner of Sorrow Susan Howatch - Penmarric Philippa Gregory - Meridion Victoria Holt - The Shimmering Sands Ellis Peters - The Knocker on Deaths Door Ian Rankin - Set in Darkness Ian Rankin - The Falls Philippa Gregory - Virgin Earth Jane Austen - Mansfield Park Jane Austen Persuasion John Banville - The Sea Jane Harris - The Observations Emma Blair - Goodnight Sweet Prince Emma Blair - Wild Strawberries Barbara Taylor- Bradford - A Woman of Substance Barbara Taylor Bradford - Hold the Dream Barbara Taylor Bradford - To be the Best Jim Lynch - The Highest Tide Anya Seton - The Winthrop Woman Maeve Binchy - Quentins Marcia Willett - The Dipper Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath F. Scott Fitzgerald - -The Great Gatsby Danielle Steel - The Wedding Catherine Cookson - The Bonny Dawn Ruth Hamilton - Miss Honoria West Jeannie Brewer - A Crack in Forever Elizabeth Jenkins - Elizabeth and Leicester George Eliot - Middlemarch R. D Blackmore - Lorna Doone Daniel Defoe - Moll Flanders W. M. Thackeray - Vanity Fair Samuel Butler - The Way of All Flesh Henry Fielding - Tom Jones Catherine Cookson - Rosie of the River Anne Bronte - Northanger Abbey John Galsworthy - Forsyte Saga Henry James - Portrait of a Lady Anthony Trollope - Barchester Towers James Ruddick - Death at the Priory Henry James - Turn of the Screw H.E. Bates - Love for Lydia Virginia Woolfe - To the Lighthouse Charles Dickens - The Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens - Bleak House Charles Dickens -David Copperfield The Great Writers :- Stories for Summer Ruth Rendell - Vanity Dies Hard Ruth Rendell - A New Lease of Death Ruth Rendell - Secret House of Death Jed Rubenfeld - The Interpretation of Murder Kim Edwards - The Memory Keepers Daughter Jill Mansell - Head Over Heels Jill Mansell - Perfect Timing James Patterson - 1st to die Barbara Taylor Bradford - Dangerous to know Danielle Steel - Zoya Audrey Howard - A Flower in Season Clare Francis - Deceit Joanna Trollope - Girl From the South Peter Tremayne - Whispers of the Dead From the Library Read so far this year P.D. James - A Sight for Sore Eyes Peter Tremayne -Master of Souls Michael White - Equinox Margaret Murphy - The Dispossessed Katherine McMahon - The Alchemist's Daughter Jill Mansell - Millie's Fling Paul Doherty - The Cup of Ghosts Kathy Reichs - Grave Secrets Erica James - Love and Devotion Ruth Rendell - The Waters Lovely Jill Mansell - Falling For You Kathy Reichs - Break No Bones Jane Austen - Emma Cathy Kelly - Past Secrets Jeanne Kalogridis - Painting Mona Lisa Judy Astley - All Inclusive Katie Fford - Practically Perfect Elisabeth Hyde - The Abortionist's Daughter Philippa Gregory - Earthly Joys Christie Dickason - The Firemaster's Mistress Elizabeth Gaskell - Cranford Ian Rankin - Hide and Seek Alison Weir - Innocent Traitor Andrew Nugent - The Four Courts Murder Joanne Harris - Chocolat The Sixth Wife - Suzanna Dunn The Day of the Storm - Rosamunde Pilcher Jodi Picoult - Nineteen Minutes Queen Mum - Kate Long Lady Magdalen - Robin Jenkins The Butcher of St Peter's - Michael Jecks DH. Lawrence - Lady Chatterley's Lover Catherine Dunne - Something Like Love Mary Higgins Clerk - Second Time Around Tracy Chavalier - The Virgin Blue Jean Plaidy - Madame Serpent Dave Hill - The Adoption W. J. Burley - Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin Sophie Hannah - Little Face Susannah Gregory - A Conspiracy of Violence Nicci French - Losing You Christie Dickason - The Memory Palace Iain Pears - The Dream of Scipio Jean Plaidy - The Revolt of the Eaglets David Guterson - The Lady of the Forrest James Herbert - The Secret of Crickley Hall Jean Plaidy - The Heart of the Lion Jean Plaidy - The Prince of Darkness James McGee - Ratcatcher Ian Caldwell & Dusin Thomason - The Rule of Four Nicci French - Catch Me When I Fall Wendy Holden - Bad Heir Day Jean Plaidy - Lord Robert Janet Paisley - White Rose Rebel James Herbert - The Ghosts of Sleath Jackie Collins - Lovers and Players Sarah Pinborough - The Taken Mary Higgins Clerk - Two Little Girls in Blue Jean Plaidy - The Sixth Wife Jennifer Donnelly - The Winter Rose Wendy Holden -Azur Like It Jodi Picoult - Second Glance Juan Gomez-Jurado - God's Spy Michael Jecks - Dispensation of Death Nicci Frech - The Red Room Catherine Shaw - The Riddle of the River Tracy Checalier - Fallen Angels Jill Mansell - Thinking of You Chris Kuzneski - Sign of the Cross Susanna Gregory - A Killer in Winter Jean Plaidy - The Italian Woman Nicci French - Secret Smile Tracy Chevalier - Burning Bright Jean Plaidy - Louis the Well Beloved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I remember reading Penmarric years ago and really enjoying it, in fact i think i still have a copy somewhere , might just have to dig that one out for a re-read I also remember enjoying the Barbara Taylor Bradford series A Woman of Substance, hold The Dream and To Be The Best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 I'e never tried Barbara Taylor-Bradford. So this will be a new one for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 Another 7 added to the TBR pile! I haven't looked at the shelves yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Great Gatsby is really good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 I must confess that's been on my shelf for a great number of years, but this year I promise that I will be reading it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I read this for A Level and you need to look for the colours, that's what I can remember! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Great Gatsby is really good I've got that one waiting on the shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 I read The Great Gatsby for Higher English & remember really enjoying it - it's one I've meant to read again at some point, but so far haven't (I will though!). Lots of great imagary in it - I remember thinking it was one of the best books I'd read that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Oooo...look forward to reading that one, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 4, 2007 Author Share Posted January 4, 2007 It sounds like I should taxkle it soon. Just starting Peter Tremayne - Master of Souls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 5, 2007 Author Share Posted January 5, 2007 Updated by TBR pile again today - & this is not all of them yet - but it will do for a start! I didn't realise how many outstanding 'classics' I had left unread! Hey - ho, it will spread out the book buying a bit......maybe:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow_reader Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Wow! That's some hefty TBR pile, Angel! Better sign yourself up for some night shifts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 5, 2007 Author Share Posted January 5, 2007 I'll give it a go . Trouble is I mainly work office hours now as I'm broadly office based until March. (unless others try to move the goal posts!!). This doesn't include the re-read pile, trips to Canterbury library or Easter / anniversary or birthday wishes...............and that wishlist is long on Amazon!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 10, 2007 Author Share Posted January 10, 2007 Finished Master of Souls - a good book that I would reread Started Equinox by Michael White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 15, 2007 Author Share Posted January 15, 2007 Despite rather mixed reviews on Amazon, I quite enjoyed this one Will start The Beloved by Posie Graeme-Evans tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 Couldn't get into The Beloved and I didnt realise that it is the 3rd in a trilogy:irked: . Good job it was a library book! Just starting Margaret Murphy - The Dispossessd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanMargaret Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Angel, That is one big TBR list! I see you have three books listed by Ruth Rendell. I have only read one of her books which was Keys to the Street. I thought this was a pretty good book and I should probably check out more books written by her. Not too long ago I gave this book to my father to read. If I remember correctly the book did not have any smut in it (at least I hope I was right). My dad is 75 years old and he says that he gets sick and tired of all the unnecessary filth that is contained in books these days. Have you read a lot of her books and if so are they fairly void of all the bedroom stuff? My Dad can handle the swearing, he just can't handle it when things get too explicit, and when they do he sends the book flying across the room. Thanks, Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 Susan, I have read most of the Wexford books and I have found them to be consistantly good. I have also read some of her psychological thrillers - Adam and Eve and Pinch Me, A Sight for Sore Eyes to name a couple. I haven't read Keys to the Street yet. There is never any smut so your Dad won't get a shock! I probably won't get through all that list, 'cos I keep getting from Amazon, Green Metropolis, the library etc, etc but I'll give it my best shot;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanMargaret Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Susan, I have read most of the Wexford books and I have found them to be consistantly good Thanks Angel. I will add Ruth Rendell to my list of authors for reading material for my Dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 Completed The Dispossessed. Quite a good read and I learnt alot about refugees in this country and how they are sucky into Britains seedier side of life! Started The Alchemist's Daughter by Katherine McMahon. Off to a good start so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I have 'Chocolat' by Joanne Harris in my TBR pile, enjoy all of your books Angel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 Had 3 no reading evenings this week due to catching up with Morse episodes and headaches every evening. Tonight is looking good for a catch up session as hubby has booked the TV! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Sorry to hear about the headaches Angel, looking forward to hearing your thoughts on your reads though x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Oh no Angel, I hate it when a headache interrupts valuable reading time. I hope you're feeling better now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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