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32 Nocturnal Animals by Austin Wright. Enjoyed this.
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149) Every Dark Corner by Karen Rose
150) Islands of Glass by Nora Roberts |
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43) Ten Angry Men by Daniel Campbell and Sean Campbell
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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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226) Beauty Tips For Girls - Margaret Montgomery (not this is a proper novel - not a make up book!)
227) The Tea Chest - Josephine Moon 228) Beneath The Surface - Heidi Perks I have a lot going on and have slowed down - don't think I will reach 240 this year |
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229) Michael Connelly - City of Bones
230) Karen McQuestion - The Long Way Home |
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122/ The China Governess by Margery Allingham
Campion mystery. Much as you'd expect from a this golden age crime writer. Some of the attitudes are very dated (one of the characters is adopted so feels he cannot marry his fiance in case there is "bad blood" in him!) but it's a straightforward and fun read. 123/ The World Without Us by Alan Weisman Speculative non-fiction I was intrigued by the premise of this book but the exploration of what the planet would be like if the human race suddenly disappeared is actually a fairly small part of the book. The author has a tendency to over-egg all of his arguments so the book became rather wearing after a while. 124/ Another Girl, Another Planet by Martin Day & Len Beech Another Summerfield book. The limitations of the series is starting to show. I found this entertaining but felt that it was retreading old ground. |
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33. The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald. A short novel and quite Barbara Pym-ish. I enjoyed it. Apparently it's been made into a film.
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44) Christmas at the Cornish Cafe by Phillipa Ashley
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56. The Frozen Lake by Elizabeth Edmondson.
December 1936. War is approaching and fascism is on the rise. Unusually cold weather in the Lake District means that the lakes are freezing over and various members of two wealthy families are drawn back to their respective family homes for Christmas by the prospect of skating on the ice. Old family secrets and feuds are revisited. A very large cast of fairly unpleasant characters who were definitely of their time and class. It took about two hundred pages just to set the scene and introduce everybody. A predictable plot and outcome with obvious clues along the way, but a seasonal story and generally ok read. |
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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. 10/10 - a beautifully written book and a tear jerker! Well as I start counting on Christmas Day I have failed to reach my target of 60 this year but I will try again next year! Congratulations to everyone who did meet their target and Happy Christmas! |
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Merry Christmas everyone
231) The Rose Petal Beach - Dorothy Koomson 232) Someone to Watch Over Me - Madeleine Reiss 233) Let it Snow - Wendy Lewis 234) What She Knew - Gilly MacMillan |
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151) The House on Sunset Lake by Tasmina Perry
152) Watchers by Dean Koontz 153) The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths 154) Fatal Affair by Marie Force Merry Christmas everyone 🙂 |
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Have got a touch of insomnia so am reading a bit more
Looks like I could reach 240 235) My Sisters Child - Caroline Finnery 236) A Snow Garden - Rachel Joyce 237) Madness - Roald Dahl |
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155) Midnight at Tiffany's - Sarah Morgan
156) Taunting the Dead - Mel Sherratt |
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238) The Most Wonderful time of the Year - Joanna Bolouri
239) The Tea Planters Daughter - Janet MacLeod Trotter |
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45) Christmas at the Little Village Bakery by Tilly Tennant
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34. Nella Last's Peace- the second in the Mass Obs Diaries of Nella Last (Housewife 49).
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157) Follow the Leader - Mel Sherratt
158) Only the Brave - Mel Sherratt |
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57. Skin and Bones by Tom Bale.
A shooting spree in a small Sussex village leaves many dead and few witnesses. The police are satisfied that the atrocity was the work of one gunman who subsequently shot himself. A badly injured survivor knows that this was not the case and that she is now in danger. A good thriller, a bit gory in places. |
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159) The Cleaner by Mark Dawson
Bought a kindle edition of the first three John Milton books. Supposedly the new Jack Reacher, struggled to get into it but finished the first book. Can't bring myself to read the second yet though. |
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Last two of the year (though I am on a train for the next 3 hours so who knows !)
240) The Missing Hours - Emily Kavanagh 241) A Family Holiday - Bella Osborne |
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34. Nella Last's Peace- the second in the Mass Obs Diaries of Nella Last (Housewife 49).
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160) Saint Death by Mark Dawson
161) The Driver by Mark Dawson Persevered with books 2&3 of the omnibus I had. I'm trying to clear off my to be read collection on my kindle before buying anything new from my wish list - a lot on there is 9.99 which I think is a lot for a kindle book. |
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242) After Anna - Alex Lake
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