Chrissy Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) Such a short list for 2012, I thought I would carry on into 2013 with my little and underfilled book list. So here is 2012's list 1)'The Last Dragonslayer' by Jasper Fforde2) 'Coffee At Luke's' Edited by Jennifer Crusie3) 'Mr Chartwell' by Rebecca Hunt4) 'Clockwork Prince' by Cassandra Clare5) 'Roadside Crosses' by Jeffrey Deaver6) 'StealingPhoenix' by Joss Stirling7) 'Splinter' by Sebastian Fitzek8) 'Doctor Who~ The Sontaran Games' by Jacqueline Rayner (Quick Reads)9) 'Hollow Earth' by John Barrowman & Carole Barrowman10) 'Anything Goes' by John Barrowman & Carole Barrowman11) 'I Am What I Am' by John Barrowman & Carole Barrowman12) 'Ember' by Bettie Sharpe13) 'The Fifth Child' by Doris Lessing14) 'Ben, In The World' by Doris Lessing15) 'I Capture TheCastle' by Dodie Smith16) 'Torchwood -Another Life' by Peter Anghelides17)' Torchwood - Border Princes' by Dan Abnett18) 'Torchwood - Slow Decay' by Andy Lane19) 'Torchwood - Something in the Water' by Trevor Baxendale20) 'Torchwood - Trace Memory' by David Llewellyn21) 'Torchwood - The Twilight Streets' by Gary Russell22) 'Torchwood - Pack Animals' by Peter Anghelides23) 'Torchwood - Sky Point' by Phil Ford25) 'Torchwood - Almost Perfect' by James Goss26) 'Torchwood - The House that Jack Built' by Guy Adams27) 'Torchwood - Consequences' by Joseph Lidster, James Moran, Andrew Cartmel, David Llewellyn and Sarah Pinborough28) 'Torchwood - First Born' by James Goss29) 'Rescue' by Anita Shreve (Book Ring Book) 30) 'The Chalk Girl' by Carol O’Connell31) 'The Attenbury Emeralds' by Jill Paton Walsh32) 'Goodbye, Dearest Holly' by Kevin Wells33) 'Twilight' by Stephanie Meyer34) 'New Moon' by Stephanie Meyer35) 'Eclipse' by Stephanie Meyer36) 'Breaking Dawn' by Stephanie Meyer And now 2013's...1) 'Hitler's Canary' by Sandi Toksvig 2) 'The Angel's Kiss' by Justin Richards ( A Melody Malone story) 3) 'Seeking Crystal' by Joss Stirling 4) 'My Sister Lives On The Mantlepiece' by Annabel Pitcher 5) 'The 5:2 Diet Book' by Kate Harrison6) 'Across The Universe' by Beth Revis7) 'A Million Suns' by Beth Revis8) 'Dangerous Instincts' by Mary Ellen O'Toole & Alisa Bowman9) 'Bone Quill' by John & Carole E Barrowman10)'The Woman Who Died A Lot' by Jasper Fforde 11) 'Across The Universe - Shades Of Earth' by Beth Revis 12) 'Clockwork Princess' by Cassandra Clare 13) ' A Text Book Case' by Jeffrey Deaver 14) 'The Blessing Of Brokenness' By Karin Slaughter 15)'City Of Bones ' by Cassandra Clare 16) 'City Of Ashes ' by Cassandra Clare 17) 'City Of Glass' by Cassandra Clare 18) 'City Of Fallen ' by Cassandra Clare 19) 'City Of Lost Souls' by Cassandra Clare 21) 'Death's Hand' by SM Reine 22) ' The Darkest Gate' by SM Reine 23) 'Damnation Marked' by SM Reine 24) 'Dire Blood' by SM Reine 25) 'Defying Fate' by SM Reine 26) 'Paradise Damned' by SM Reine 27) 'Six Moon Summer' by SM Reine 28) 'All Hallows Moon' by SM Reine 31) New Moon Summer by SM Reine 32) Blood Moon Harvest by SM Reine 33) Moon of The Terrible by SM Reine 34) Red Rose Moon by SM Reine 35) Dark Moon by SM Reine 36) Of Wings & Wolves by SM Reine 37) Alpha Moon by SM Reine 38) 30 Pieces Of Silver by Carolyn McCray 39) Ambush by Carolyn McCray 40) Targeted by Carolyn McCray 41) Covert by Carolyn McCray 42) Havoc by Carolyn McCray 43) Shiva by Carolyn McCray 44) Mayhem by Carolyn McCray 45) Magyk by Angie Sage 46) Flyte by Angie Sage 47) Physik by Angie Sage 48) Queste by Angie Sage 49) Syren by Angie Sage 50) Darke by Angie Sage 51) Fyre by Angie Sage 52) Sacrificed In Shadow by SM Reine 53) Oaths Of Blood by SM Reine 54) Ruled By Steel by SM Reine 55) Caged In Bone by SM Reine 56) Inferno by Dan Brown Edited December 29, 2013 by Chrissy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 The 39 books I read in 2011 fitted into one post, but I am determined to remain readingly positive and reserved this post for additions................................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Good luck with your 2012 reading Chrissy, hope it's a good year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Good luck Chrissy, Hope your mojo gets a boost in the new year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 You can do it Chrissy --I'm sure you'll find a new book that will kick your Mojo back on . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 The very best of luck in 2012 Chrissy .. hope your mojo returns with a vengeance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 I am quietly confident, but I will be placing all your good reading wishes into a box just in case my reading mojo gets saucy with me in 2012. Thank you all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Happy reading for 2012 Chrissy! Although, I think your mojo may have been abducted by mine again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Mojo greetings from me to add to your box...here is hoping it a good year for all our bookie reads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Happy reading, Chrissy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 I wish every visitor a happy reading year. I feel like I have got off to a great start with 2 books (yes, you heard that right) on the go, and I am enjoying both enormously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 1) The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde Mr J Fforde is such a brilliant writer, and doesn't hold back with his often surreal imagery and concepts in this YA book. Magic, loyalty, destiny alongside temperamental magicians, kings and politicians. The heroine, Jennifer Strange sits at the centre of the mounting chaos that surrounds Kazam, an employment agency for the magically inclined. Visions are being received, and expectations and greed make all sorts of people do mad and bad things. Jennifer navigates all with aplomb, understanding and a dry wit. Whereas the Thursday Next series made me want a Dodo as a pet, now all I crave is a Quarkbeast. Damn you Mr Fforde! 2) Coffee At Luke's edited by Jennifer Crusie Whitegold had mentioned reading this and I immediately had to have it! (Hey, don't y'all judge. I know I'm not alone in impulse book buying). It was such an enjoyable read. A collection of essays that discuss and analyse among other things Lorelai and Rory's relationship, Emily Gilmore in all her glory, marital bliss and eating. It is equal parts witty, interesting and takes us to the heart of this popular series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Good job, Chrissy It looks like your MOJO has found you again . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 The Last Dragonslayer and The Song of the Quarkbeast are the only two Jasper Fforde books I haven't read yet, so good to hear his YA is just as good and his adult fiction - looking forward to reading them now I've also seen Coffee At Luke's mentioned a few times on the forum, so it's definitely now going on my wishlist. Let's hope your mojo has returned for good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Good job, Chrissy It looks like your MOJO has found you again . I am quietly confident that my sabbatical taking mojo may be ready to spend some time with me! The Last Dragonslayer and The Song of the Quarkbeast are the only two Jasper Fforde books I haven't read yet, so good to hear his YA is just as good and his adult fiction - looking forward to reading them now I've also seen Coffee At Luke's mentioned a few times on the forum, so it's definitely now going on my wishlist. Let's hope your mojo has returned for good I am looking forward to reading 'The Song Of The Quarkbeast', and carrying on with our lovely Jennifer. I have concluded that Jasper Fforde genuinely likes women and therefore gives us some fab heroines. 'Coffee At Luke's' was a great dip in and out of book. I could read a chapter / essay in a short sitting, and I think it helped not to spook my mojo when it wavered a week or two ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 2) Coffee At Luke's edited by Jennifer Crusie Whitegold had mentioned reading this and I immediately had to have it! (Hey, don't y'all judge. I know I'm not alone in impulse book buying). It was such an enjoyable read. A collection of essays that discuss and analyse among other things Lorelai and Rory's relationship, Emily Gilmore in all her glory, marital bliss and eating. It is equal parts witty, interesting and takes us to the heart of this popular series. Nobody be judging! We know how easy it is to go and buy a book without giving it much second thought as to 'should one really buy it', 'does one really need it', 'can on really afford it' and all those stupid questions that plague us daily. Besides. I ain't judging you especially because it's one of those books you can't resist! I wonder... this book is probably not on the Rory Gilmore reading challenge list. I wonder... if Rory found a copy of it in the bookstore, what would she think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 3) Mr Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt I'll start with a quote from the book. Mr Chartwell, the black dog of depression of Churchill is describing some of his 'operational intricacies'. I like to be there when he wakes in the morning. Sometimes I drape across his chest. That slows him down for a bit. And then I like to lie around in the corner of the room, crying out like I have terrible injuries. Sometimes I'll burst out at him from behind some furniture and bark in his face........I might lean on him too when he's standing up, or hang off him in some way. I also make an effort to block out the sunlight whenever I can. A very very good description of depression. . I laughed at times with Mr Chartwell's little jokes and manipulatons causing me to chuckle, although he is the story's villain. Churchill is as I would imagine, and Esther makes an initially sad and helpless character. This is an odd and original story. It is startling in it's honesty and haunting with both melodic and menacing undertones. This is a book that will stay with me, I can feel it worming itself into me as I type this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Right that's it, I am reading some Fforde this year. All I've heard is great things and he sounds brilliant, so I'm not putting it off any longer. 3) Mr Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt This is an odd and original story. It is startling in it's honesty and haunting with both melodic and menacing undertones. This is a book that will stay with me, I can feel it worming itself into me as I type this. This also sounds brilliant, so it's going on the wishlist - thanks Chrissy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 4) 'Clockwork Prince' by Cassandra Clare I didn't mean to read this yet! I started it while I was deciding what to read next, and lo and behold I was reading this. Cassandra Clare's book are descriptive and easy to read. I could happily lose the torn between two loves/ loyalties romance aspects of the stories, but don't find them so intrusive as to ruin the books altogether. In this second book of the Infernal Devices series we are once again in the company of Tessa, Will and Jem at the London Institute of the Shadowhunters. It is well balanced between the necessary dialogue and the action, and I felt the story progressed at a good pace. The ensemble have to battle further allies of Mortmain, whilst silmutaneously dealing with betrayal from within, injury and emotional misunderstandings. CC likes her cliffhanger style endings, and this has an inetersting one, making me look forward to the next in the series. These books aren't challenging, but they are readable and enjoyable escapes from a grey day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Hey...we are on the same number.....(4) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 3) Mr Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt I'll start with a quote from the book. Mr Chartwell, the black dog of depression of Churchill is describing some of his 'operational intricacies'. A very very good description of depression. . I laughed at times with Mr Chartwell's little jokes and manipulatons causing me to chuckle, although he is the story's villain. Churchill is as I would imagine, and Esther makes an initially sad and helpless character. This is an odd and original story. It is startling in it's honesty and haunting with both melodic and menacing undertones. This is a book that will stay with me, I can feel it worming itself into me as I type this. I adored this book. It was so cleverly written - the premise sounds like it shouldn't work, but it absolutely does. I'm glad you liked it too Right that's it, I am reading some Fforde this year. All I've heard is great things and he sounds brilliant, so I'm not putting it off any longer. This also sounds brilliant, so it's going on the wishlist - thanks Chrissy. Ooh yes, Fforde is great. If you've read Jane Eyre, I highly recommend Fforde's 'The Eyre Affair' I'm off to check out The Last Dragonslayer - thanks Chrissy I hope you like Mr Chartwell. It's a quick read, and SO good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 I tried to describe the premise of 'Mr Chartwell' to a friend and they just gave me a "Are you batty?" look. A brilliant and highly original read for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) 3) Mr Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt A very very good description of depression. . I laughed at times with Mr Chartwell's little jokes and manipulatons causing me to chuckle, although he is the story's villain. Churchill is as I would imagine, and Esther makes an initially sad and helpless character. This is an odd and original story. It is startling in it's honesty and haunting with both melodic and menacing undertones. This is a book that will stay with me, I can feel it worming itself into me as I type this. You've reviewed this book so well, Chrissy - it's now in my 'Look Everywhere Next Time In Library' notebook (otherwise known as my LENTIL list) I tried to describe the premise of 'Mr Chartwell' to a friend and they just gave me a "Are you batty?" look. A brilliant and highly original read for sure. Did you nod profusely when your friend gave you 'that look'?? Maybe we have to be a bit batty to understand these things Edited January 29, 2012 by poppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Happy reading Chrissy, I have 'Clockwork Prince' waiting to be read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Did you nod profusely when your friend gave you 'that look'?? Maybe we have to be a bit batty to understand these things No, I gave my "I'm amazed you don't get it " look. Happy reading Chrissy, I have 'Clockwork Prince' waiting to be read. It's not as darkly menacing as 'Clockwork Angel' was in parts, which allows the story to progress well. I think you'll enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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