Ruth Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 (edited) January 1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows - 5/5 2. Bleak House, by Charles Dickens - 3/5 3. Queen Of The Big Time, by Adriana Trigiani - 4.5/5 4. Monster Love, by Carol Topolski - 4.25/5 5. A Girl Like You, by Gemma Burgess - 4.25/5 6. Far Above Rubies, by Anne-Marie Vukelic - 4/5 February 7. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by Aimee Bender - 4/5 8. Behold Here's Poison, by Georgette Heyer - 4.25/5 9. The Detective Branch, by Andrew Pepper - 3.75/5 10. Dancing With Mr Darcy, by various authors - 4/5 11. The Wilding, by Maria McCann - 3.5/5 12. Past Imperfect, by Julian Fellowes - 4.5/5 March 13. Death by Chocolate, by Toby Moore - 2.5/5 14. Cuban Heels, by Emily Barr - 4.75/5 15. The Lonely Tree, by Yael Politis - 4.25/5 16. Zeebrugge: A Hero's Story, by Stephen Homewood - 3.25/5 17. Remix, by Lexi Revellian - 4/5 18. Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure, by Dave Gorman - 4.5/5 April 19. Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell - 4/5 20. Frozen, by Lindsay Ashford - 3.25/5 21. Bitter Sweets, by Roopa Farooki - 4.5/5 22. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle - 3.5/5 May 23. The Idea Of Perfection, by Kate Grenville - 3.5/5 24. Lennox, by Craig Russell - 3.5/5 25. The Call Of The Weird, by Louis Theroux - 3.75/5 26. The Innocent, by Posie Graeme-Evans - 2.5/5 27. Freakonomics, by Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner - 4/5 28. Fairy Tale of New York, by MIranda Dickinson - 4/5 June 29. The Various Flavours of Coffee, by Anthony Capella - 4.25/5 30. Celebrity, by Marina Hyde - 5/5 31. Small Island, by Andrea Levy - 4.5/5 32. Legend Of A Suicide, by David Vann - 1.5/5 July 33. The Green Mile, by Stephen King - 5/5 34. The Girls, by Lori Lansens - 3.75/5 35. Singin' In The Rain: The Making of an American Masterpiece, by Earl J. Hess and Pratibha A. Dabholkar - 5/5 36. The 19th Wife, by David Ebershoff - 4.5/5 37. Unless, by Carol Shields - 3/5 August 38. Super Freakonomics, by Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner - 3.5/5 39. The Big Over Easy, by Jasper Fforde - 3.5/5 40. Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer - 3/5 41. The Bookseller of Kabul, by Asne Seierstad - 4/5 42. The Secret Scripture, by Sebastian Barry - 2.5/5 43. French Women Don't Get Fat, by Mireille Guiliano - 1/5 September 44. Time For One More Dance, by Charlotte Sadler - 2.5/5 45. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Bronte - 5/5 46. Poppy Shakespeare, by Clare Allan - 2.5/5 47. Call For The Dead, by John Le Carre - 4/5 October 48. Lost Light, by Michael Connelly - 3.5/5 49. A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare - 4.5/5 50. The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion - 3.5/5 51. The House of the Wind, by Titania Hardie - 3/5 52. Rat Pack Confidential, by Shawn Levy - 4/5 November 53. Before I Go To Sleep, by S. J. Watson - 5/5 54. One Day, by David Nicholls - 5/5 55. French Lessons, by Ellen Sussman - 3/5 December 56. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski - 5/5 57. Lady Blue Eyes, by Barbara Sinatra - 3.25/5 58. Avenger's Angel, by Heather Killough-Walden - 3.5/5 59. The Atheist's Guide to Christmas, by Various - 4/5 60. Oscar and the Lady In Pink, by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt - 3/5 Edited December 31, 2011 by Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 Started and finished my first book of the year - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which I absolutely adored. Fab way to start my year's reading. I highly highly recommend this book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 (edited) Hey Ruth, I'm certainly intrigued by the title of your first read. Anway, I hope you have a great 2011 reading year and read some great books! Edited January 1, 2011 by Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 Thanks Ben It was a terrific book - told entirely through the letters of occupants of Guernsey just after WWII, and an author from London. It detailed the German Occupation in Guernsey, and the current events in the lives of the occupants of the island. Highly recommended! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) Thanks Ben It was a terrific book - told entirely through the letters of occupants of Guernsey just after WWII, and an author from London. It detailed the German Occupation in Guernsey, and the current events in the lives of the occupants of the island. Highly recommended! It sounds an interesting read, I think I'll add it to my wishlist. Thanks for recommending. (: Edited January 2, 2011 by Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 It sounds an interesting read, I think I'll add it to my wishlist. Thanks for recommending. (: I do agree, Ruth, it was a great read - one of my favourites in 2009. Hope you enjoy Bleak House! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Started and finished my first book of the year - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which I absolutely adored. Fab way to start my year's reading. I highly highly recommend this book! I've resisted buying this book for a while. I'm not even sure why; maybe because I already have so many books. But at any rate, I can see that I'll be giving in and reading it one day because so many people really love it! I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunn300 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Started and finished my first book of the year - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which I absolutely adored. Fab way to start my year's reading. I highly highly recommend this book! I fully agree that was one of my favourite reads last year, but all over so quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Started and finished my first book of the year - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which I absolutely adored. Fab way to start my year's reading. I highly highly recommend this book! I'm so glad you enjoyed this one, it's such a beautiful and heart-warming read! A good way to start the year, indeed, and one that can be re-read as a comfort read, me thinks. I've resisted buying this book for a while. I'm not even sure why; maybe because I already have so many books. But at any rate, I can see that I'll be giving in and reading it one day because so many people really love it! I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. I'm not sure why either. It's a great read!! You should've read my copy when I bought it at the book fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 (edited) I've now finished reading Bleak House - took me two weeks, which is a long time for me, but it was worth it. I'm now reading Queen Of The Big Time, by one of my very favourite authors - Adriana Trigiani Edited January 17, 2011 by Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Adriana Trigiani didn't let me down As always, I thoroughly enjoyed her book Queen Of The Big Time. Bit of a change of pace next - Monster Love, by Carol Topolski. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Finished Monster Love - extremely well written and gripping, but very disturbing. I definitely need something lighter now, so my next read will be A Girl Like You, by Gemma Burgess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 A Girl Like You was a great read - excellent chick lit and just what I needed after Monster Love. My next read is Far Above Rubies, by Anne-Marie Vukelic, which tells the story of Charles Dickens' wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 I'd definitely recommend Far Above Rubies - and you certainly don't need to be a fan of Dickens to enjoy it (he may have been a terrific novelist, but a good husband he most certainly was NOT!) Next up is The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by Aimee Bender. I bought this while on holiday in America last year, and have been meaning to get around to it for ages. The cover itself is making me hungry though! It has a picture of a large yummy looking slice of cake on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladymacbeth Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Lol. I too now have a mental image of a slice of cake. Mmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake was such an unusual book - a kind of dreamlike melancholy infused the whole story. But it was captivating and I would definitely read more by this author. Next up is Behold Here's Poison, by Georgette Heyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 Finished Behold, Here's Poison - terrific. Looking forward to reading more by Georgette Heyer (want to try one of her Regency novels next). Next up - the 4th in the Pyke series - 'The Detective Branch'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Finished The Detective Branch, by Andrew Pepper. Probably not the best book in the Pyke series, but certainly an enjoyable read, with a fantastic ending! Also read Dancing with Mr Darcy - a collection of Jane Austen inspired short stories, by various authors. As always with short stories, some worked better than others, but on the whole it was a great collection. Now reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - a collection of short stories by Conan Doyle. Also will be starting The Wilding by Maria McCann, but going to wait a couple of days to start that one, as I'm planning to read a lot of it on a flight to Rome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Finished The Wilding. Enjoyed it a lot, and woudl definitely read more by this author. Last night I started Past Imperfect, by Julian Fellowes. This author also wrote the tv show Downton Abbey, which I adored, so I hope to enjoy this book! It's started promisingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I loved Downton Abbey so I'll be interested to read what you think of Past Imperfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Well....I REALLY enjoyed it! Definitely want to read Snobs, by the same author. Highly recommended About to start reading Death by Chocolate, by Toby Moore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 Finished Death by Chocolate. It had it's moments, but it ultimately felt like eating cheap chocolate...moderately enjoyable, but leaving you feeling slightly unsatisfied. About to start Zeebrugge: A Hero's Story, by Stephen Homewood (I think this book has been on my tbr pile for about 17 years ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Happy reading Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 (edited) Thanks Hit a bit of a snag - can't find the Zeebrugge book, even though I know I saw it on my shelf a few days ago!! Hopefully it will turn up in a couple of days, but in the meantime I'm going to read Cuban Heels, by Emily Barr. Edited March 6, 2011 by Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Thanks Hit a bit of a snag - can't find the Zeebrugge book, even though I know I saw it on my shelf a few days ago!! Hopefully it will turn up in a couple of days, but in the meantime I'm going to read This Age We're Living In, by David Wilson. So weird when books go missing. Maybe someone else in the family decided to read it too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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