Member gaskella(She/Her)
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- Sep 8, 2006
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- Annabel
- About My Library
I still buy far too many books, my unread outnumber my read ones, but it's a nice struggle! I aim to read over 120 books each year, and to review most of the books I read - Do let me know what you think, (expanded reviews and comments are on my blog 'AnnaBookBel' http://www.annabookbel.net/ and also http://shinynewbooks.co.uk which I co-founded and co-edit).
I mostly read contemporary and 20thC literature, I love crime and spy novels, and sometimes revert to SF&F. In non-fiction I read esp good biographies, anything rock'n'roll and popular science/medical books).
In 2025 I read 110 books 24 earned 10/10. In 2026, I've read 17 books so far, 3 of which get 10/10My Books of the Year:
2025 - Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen
2024 - Orbital by Samantha Harvey
2023 - The Ghost Theatre by Mat Osman
2022 - Mischief Acts by Zoe Gilbert
2021 - Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden
2020 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
2019 - Slow Motion Ghosts by Jeff Noon
2018 - To Throw Away Unopened by Viv Albertine
2017 - The Day That Went Missing by Richard Beard; A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes (joint winners)
2016 - Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
2015 - Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller
2014 - Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton
2013 - Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
2012 - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey- About Me
Booklover, book-buyer and blogging about it since 2008 - do visit 'AnnaBookBel' - see the link below. A materials scientist by training, I worked in industry for ages before becoming a mum, I now work as a school Lab Technician and Health & Safety Officer. Always reading, or talking about books.
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- nr Oxford, UK
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- http://www.annabookbel.net/
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- Peter Ackroyd, Paul Auster, Beryl Bainbridge, J. G. Ballard, Iain Banks, Nicola Barker, Nina Bawden, Lawrence Block, Christopher Brookmyre, John le Carré, Raymond Chandler, Tracy Chevalier, Lauren Child, Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Coe, Michael Connelly, Amanda Craig, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Claire Fuller, Sally Gardner, Pascal Garnier, Laurie Graham, Robert Graves, Graham Greene, Russell Hoban, Alice Hoffman, Nick Hornby, Hari Kunzru, Antoine Laurain, Elmore Leonard, Deborah Levy, David Lodge, Ian McEwan, Paul Micou, Magnus Mills, Patrick Ness, Jeff Noon, Natasha Pulley, Richard Russo, Marcus Sedgwick, Georges Simenon, Jeff VanderMeer, Salley Vickers, Evelyn Waugh, Angela Young
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Bookstores: Blackwell's Oxford, Mostly Books, Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, Oxford University Press Bookshop, The Bookstore, Waterstones Oxford
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