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Old 25-11-2016, 12:15
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30. The Island by Victoria Hislop.
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Old 26-11-2016, 13:06
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51. Dead Man's Time by Peter James. (Roy Grace #9).
Roy is investigating a high value antiques robbery involving the brutal torture of an elderly lady. Meanwhile, an old adversary is out for revenge.
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Old 26-11-2016, 18:29
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52. The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins by Antonia Hodgson, audiobook version narrated by John Lee.
A cleverly constructed follow up to The Devil in the Marshalsea. Thomas finds himself working for a rather unlikely patron whilst implicated in a crime he did not commit. I enjoyed this but kind of wish that the previous book had been left as a one off and not turned into a series.
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Old 27-11-2016, 16:11
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214) The Shop on Main - Kay Correll
215) The Girl You Lost - Kathryn Croft
216) The Cosy Christmas Tea Shop - Caroline Roberts
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Old 27-11-2016, 20:14
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40. Smoke and Mirrors - Elly Griffiths
6/10 - I really wanted to like this book as I love the Ruth Galloway series by the same author, but I just couldn't get into it and it took me over 2 weeks to read. The ending was pretty good but I just don't really like the detective and his magician friend. I also felt there were too many similar showbiz characters that I got confused about who was who.
41. Starter for Ten - David Nicholls
6/10 - I really, really wanted to like this book too, as I loved Us and One Day but I didn't find the main character, Brian, believable. He just had too many flaws and too many disasters.
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Old 28-11-2016, 14:15
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Congrats to OxfordGirl on reaching the target
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Old 28-11-2016, 18:54
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Congrats to OxfordGirl on reaching the target
Thank you 😊
I have actually been a slow reader for me this year - hope to get 240 for the year

217) Lisa Jewell- The Truth About Melody Browne
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Old 28-11-2016, 23:20
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Well done OxfordGirl, I'll be doing well to read a 10th of that amount of books. 👍
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Old 29-11-2016, 19:34
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41) L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton
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Old 01-12-2016, 19:19
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The Printers Coffin by MJ Carter

No2 in the Blake and Avery series

Wasnt sure about the first one in the series (The Strangler Vine) but decided to give this one a go.

Very strong on atmosphere but a dull and lifeless plot. The author is a historian by trade and this reads like more of an educational text than a thriller.

Not a series I'll be continuing with which is a pity as I really wanted to like it.
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Old 02-12-2016, 06:43
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Well done OxfordGirl, I'll be doing well to read a 10th of that amount of books. 👍
As long as we all love our reading I don't think it matters how many we read
I am just able to take advantage of a long commute and read more than most
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Old 02-12-2016, 06:46
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218) Until You're Mine - Samantha Hayes
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Old 02-12-2016, 08:50
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Yes, well done Oxford Girl .
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Old 02-12-2016, 10:56
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97) - The Whistler, by John Grisham
98) - The Wrong Side of Goodbye, by Michael Connelly
99) - Red Icon, by Sam Eastland
100) - Rather be the Devil, Ian Rankin
101) - They Shoot Horses Don't They?, by Horace McCoy
102) - The Enemy, by Tom Wood
103) - Night School, by Lee Child
104) - Dead Lions, by Mick Herron
105) - The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter, by Malcolm Mackay
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Old 03-12-2016, 16:17
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143) Angel Killer by Andrew Mayne
144) Name of the Devil by Andrew Mayne
145) Blood Lines by Angela Marsons
146) Spectacles by Sue Perkins
147) No Place like Home by Kerry Wilkinson
148) The Four Legendary Kingdoms by Matthew Reilly
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Old 04-12-2016, 09:43
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22) The Rat Stone Serenade by Denzil Meyrick
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Old 04-12-2016, 10:32
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22) The Rat Stone Serenade by Denzil Meyrick
What did you think?

* edit * I see you posted on the other thread, ignore this one!
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Old 04-12-2016, 14:06
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53. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, narrated by Juliet Stevenson. Beautifully read.
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Old 06-12-2016, 07:09
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219) An Officer and a Gentlewoman - Heloise Goodley
220) Keep Your Friends Close - Paula Daly
221) The Cherry Tree Café - Heidi Swain
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Old 06-12-2016, 23:21
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31. The House on Cold Hill by Peter James.
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Old 07-12-2016, 10:51
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42) The Story of our Life by Shari Low
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Old 09-12-2016, 20:54
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54. The Things We Wish Were True by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen.
This was a Kindle First from a few months ago.

Summertime and the residents of a small town in North Carolina are spending a lot of time at the local swimming pool. An accident brings neighbours closer together, but there are dark secrets lurking beneath the surface.

Sounded intriguing but wasn't really.
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Old 11-12-2016, 17:54
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41. Starter for Ten - David Nicholls
6/10 - I really, really wanted to like this book too, as I loved Us and One Day but I didn't find the main character, Brian, believable. He just had too many flaws and too many disasters.
42. The Loving Husband - Christobel Kent
6/10 - this is one of the Richard & Judy books which I read for my book group. I'm surprised at the good reviews it gets as I found it very mediocre. The story itself was quite good although I felt it dragged until about 50% then the last 25% was very rushed; but my main complaint was how badly written it was - the sentence structure was appalling - many sentences were so fractured and the story jumped between scenes without so much as a blank line between them so I was often confused about what was going on.
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Old 11-12-2016, 23:02
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222) The Silent Girls - Ann Troup
223) The Sudden Departure of the Frasers - Louise Candlish
224) What Might Have Been - Matt Dunn
225) The Advocate's Felony - Teresa Burrell
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Old 12-12-2016, 17:35
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55. The Warden by Anthony Trollope, audiobook narrated by Timothy West.

Book 1 of the Barchester Chronicles. Septimus Harding is a member of the clergy. He sings the liturgy at the cathedral and is in receipt of £800 a year as warden of a charitable hospital for 12 needy elderly men. His comfortable life is put at risk when the legitimacy of his stipend is questioned. Plenty of opportunity for Anthony Trollope to poke fun at the Church of England and rage against the power of the press. Timothy West is an excellent narrator.

That's my target of 55 books achieved for this year.
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