calm reading 75 and beyond in 2013 - part 3
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1calm
Welcome to any visitors. I appreciate any comments and recommendations. I must admit to being a great lurker on other people's threads but I do try to say something occasionally. Though I tend to just sit in the corner and read:)
I'm aiming for a double 75 -
I will take part in the 2013 Category Challenge and here's a link to that thread http://www.librarything.com/topic/147418
I will also be tracking number of books read per category here
Crime and Punishment - murder and mysteries (8 of 13)
Around the world - contemporary fiction (say from 1950's onward from anywhere in the world as long as it was written in English) (10 of 13)
Long ago and far away - historical fiction (pre 1600) (8 of 13)
More from the past - historical fiction (1600 - 1950) (9 of 13)
Short and Sweet - short stories or books under 200 pages (10 of 13)
Chills down my spine - ghost stories, gothics and horror (7 of 13)
On and On - series and sequels (12 of 13)
Unlikely things - fantasy (13 of 13)
New friends/Old friends - recommendations, early reviewers, new to me authors, continuing series/authors and re-reads that don't fit anywhere else - basically a pot pourri category. (7 of 13)
To space and beyond - science fiction (10 of 13)
It's Greek to me - books in translation (5 of 13)
Need to know - non-fiction (4 of 13)
Great books I should have read - classics and prizewinners/nominees (9 of 13)
and I can't abandon last year's owl and book worm so here they are
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I'm aiming for a double 75 -
I will take part in the 2013 Category Challenge and here's a link to that thread http://www.librarything.com/topic/147418
I will also be tracking number of books read per category here
Crime and Punishment - murder and mysteries (8 of 13)
Around the world - contemporary fiction (say from 1950's onward from anywhere in the world as long as it was written in English) (10 of 13)
Long ago and far away - historical fiction (pre 1600) (8 of 13)
More from the past - historical fiction (1600 - 1950) (9 of 13)
Short and Sweet - short stories or books under 200 pages (10 of 13)
Chills down my spine - ghost stories, gothics and horror (7 of 13)
On and On - series and sequels (12 of 13)
Unlikely things - fantasy (13 of 13)
New friends/Old friends - recommendations, early reviewers, new to me authors, continuing series/authors and re-reads that don't fit anywhere else - basically a pot pourri category. (7 of 13)
To space and beyond - science fiction (10 of 13)
It's Greek to me - books in translation (5 of 13)
Need to know - non-fiction (4 of 13)
Great books I should have read - classics and prizewinners/nominees (9 of 13)
and I can't abandon last year's owl and book worm so here they are
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2calm
Books Read in September (14 books/4930 pages)
78) Wool by Hugh Howey 563 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
79) Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny 155 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
80) Hard Winter The Novel by Neil Davies 246 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
81) Silk Road by Colin Falconer 462 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
82) City of Dragons by Robin Hobb 425 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
83) Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie 243 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
84) Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver 436 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
85) Transition by Iain Banks 469 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
86) The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes 391 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
87) The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter 422 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
88) Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny 180 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
89) The River King by Alice Hoffman 324 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
90) MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood 390 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
91) The Owl Service by Alan Garner 224 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in October (9 books/3043 pages)
92) Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb 535 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
93) Shift by Hugh Howey 578 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
94) White Ravens by Owen Sheers 196 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
95) Tuf Voyaging by G.R.R. Martin 435 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
96) Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 418 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
97) Sign of the Unicorn by Roger Zelazny 150 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
98) Whisper by Michael Bray 327 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
99) The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham 170 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
100) The Windeater = Te kaihau by Keri Hulme 234 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in November (5 books/1991 pages)
101) Witch Wood by John Buchan 431 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
102) The Angel in the House by Kate O'Riordan 337 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
103) A Cat, A Hat and a Piece of String by Joanne Harris 285 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
104) Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks 418 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
105) The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally 520 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in December (7 books/2207 pages)
106) Other Lands by Jonathan Wylie 360 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
107) The Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazny 146 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
108) The Courts of Chaos by Roger Zelazny 132 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
109) Tiger Burning Bright by Marion Zimmer Bradley 504 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
110) A Shadow on the Glass by Ian Irvine 585 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
111) The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing 206 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
112) Gifts by Ursula Le Guin 274 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Total pages read = 40129
Currently Reading
Vanished Kingdoms by Norman Davies
Abandoned in 2013
Orientalism by Edward W Said - don't feel up to reading this at the moment, maybe one day
78) Wool by Hugh Howey 563 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
79) Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny 155 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
80) Hard Winter The Novel by Neil Davies 246 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
81) Silk Road by Colin Falconer 462 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
82) City of Dragons by Robin Hobb 425 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
83) Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie 243 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
84) Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver 436 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
85) Transition by Iain Banks 469 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
86) The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes 391 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
87) The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter 422 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
88) Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny 180 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
89) The River King by Alice Hoffman 324 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
90) MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood 390 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
91) The Owl Service by Alan Garner 224 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in October (9 books/3043 pages)
92) Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb 535 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
93) Shift by Hugh Howey 578 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
94) White Ravens by Owen Sheers 196 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
95) Tuf Voyaging by G.R.R. Martin 435 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
96) Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 418 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
97) Sign of the Unicorn by Roger Zelazny 150 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
98) Whisper by Michael Bray 327 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
99) The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham 170 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
100) The Windeater = Te kaihau by Keri Hulme 234 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in November (5 books/1991 pages)
101) Witch Wood by John Buchan 431 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
102) The Angel in the House by Kate O'Riordan 337 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
103) A Cat, A Hat and a Piece of String by Joanne Harris 285 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
104) Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks 418 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
105) The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally 520 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in December (7 books/2207 pages)
106) Other Lands by Jonathan Wylie 360 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
107) The Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazny 146 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
108) The Courts of Chaos by Roger Zelazny 132 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
109) Tiger Burning Bright by Marion Zimmer Bradley 504 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
110) A Shadow on the Glass by Ian Irvine 585 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
111) The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing 206 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
112) Gifts by Ursula Le Guin 274 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Total pages read = 40129
Currently Reading
Vanished Kingdoms by Norman Davies
Abandoned in 2013
Orientalism by Edward W Said - don't feel up to reading this at the moment, maybe one day
3calm
Books read in previous threads
Part 1 - http://www.librarything.com/topic/147190
Books Read in January (13 books/4801 pages)
1) New Finnish Grammar by Diego Marani 187 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
2) Under the Dome by Stephen King ) 880 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
3) Where Time Winds Blow by Robert Holdstock 286 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
4) The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes 284 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
5) All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville -West 297 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
6) The Woman Who Loved an Octopus and other Saints' Tales by Imogen Rhia Herrad 150 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
7) Low Town by Daniel Polansky 359 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
8) Sunrise in the West by Edith Pargeter 195 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
9) Bodily Harm by Margaret Atwood 301 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
10) Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimanada Ngozi Adichie 453 pages - including additional information (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
11) Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson 584 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
12) The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney 439 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
13) Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson 388 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books read in February (10 books/ 4465 pages)
14) Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson 656 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
15) Into the Green by Charles de Lint 254 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
16) Zoo City by Lauren Beukes 381 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
17) The Falcons of Fire and Ice by Karen Maitland 500 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
18) Railsea by China Miéville 376 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
19) The Granta Book of the African Short Story edited by Helon Habila 378 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
20) The Magus by John Fowles 656 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
21) Death Comes For the Archbishop by Willa Cather 299 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
22) The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot 679 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
23) Art of the Byzantine Era by David Talbot Rice 286 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Thread 2 - http://www.librarything.com/topic/150755
Books Read in March (10 books/3624 pages)
24) Wolfking by Bridget Wood 503 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
25) The Bones of Avalon by Phil Rickman 440 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
26) Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue 211 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
27) The Miracle Man by James Skivington 338 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
28) The Library of Shadows by Mikkel Birkegaard 430 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
29) The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie 452 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
30) Walking the Lions by Stephen Burgen 295 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
31) Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson 357 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
32) My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk 417 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
33) The Country Ahead of Us, The Country Behind by David Guterson 181 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in April (11 books/4021 pages)
34) The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (501 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
35) Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (422 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
36) The Radleys by Matt Haig 341 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
37) The Searcher by Ray Dacolias 257 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
38) The Gift of a Daughter by Emyr Humphreys 240 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
39) The City in the Lake by Rachel Neumeier 294 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
40) Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 185 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
41) Dark Fire by C J Sansom 595 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
42) The Last of the Vostyachs by Diego Marani 166 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
43) Passage by Connie Willis 780 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
44) Dancing Girls and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood 240 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in May (6 books/2417 pages)
45) Witch Child by Celia Rees 235 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
46) A Time of Myths by Chris Blamires 338 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
47) The Folly of the World by Jesse Bullington (502 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
48) Sorceress by Celia Rees 302 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
49) Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson 918 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
50) Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera 122 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in June (11 books/ 4297 pages)
51) Martyr by Rory Clements 422 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
52) In Xanadu by William Dalrymple 314 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
53) A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson 909 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
54) Wide Open by Nicola Barker 290 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
55) Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths 391 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
56) Sunshine by Robin McKinley 476 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
57) Walk in a Lost Landscape by Sheila Barrett 265 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
58) The King's Witch by Cecelia Holland 313 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
59) The Watchers A Secret History of the Reign Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford 398 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
60) The Last Magician by Janette Turner Hospital 352 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
61) The Gate of Angels by Penelope Fitzgerald 167 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in July (7 books/ 2651 pages)
62) Sworn Sword by James Aitchenson 419 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
63) The Missing by Tim Gautreaux 422 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
64) To the End of the Land by David Grossman 577 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
65) Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe 399 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
66) The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald 118 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
67) The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye : five fairy stories by A. S. Byatt 280 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
68) Lyonesse by Jack Vance 436 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in August (9 books/ 3487 pages)
69) Red Dragon White Dragon by Gary Dolman - 241 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
70) The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai by Barbara Lazar - 470 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
71) The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch - 247 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
72) East of the Mountains by David Guterson 279 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
73) Bard The Odyssey of the Irish by Morgan Llywelyn 471 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
74) Among Others by Jo Walton 408 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
75) To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis 510 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
76) India: A History by John Keay 576 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
77) The Land of Spices by Kate O'Brien 285 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Total pages read = 29763
Part 1 - http://www.librarything.com/topic/147190
Books Read in January (13 books/4801 pages)
1) New Finnish Grammar by Diego Marani 187 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
2) Under the Dome by Stephen King ) 880 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
3) Where Time Winds Blow by Robert Holdstock 286 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
4) The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes 284 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
5) All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville -West 297 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
6) The Woman Who Loved an Octopus and other Saints' Tales by Imogen Rhia Herrad 150 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
7) Low Town by Daniel Polansky 359 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
8) Sunrise in the West by Edith Pargeter 195 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
9) Bodily Harm by Margaret Atwood 301 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
10) Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimanada Ngozi Adichie 453 pages - including additional information (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
11) Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson 584 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
12) The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney 439 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
13) Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson 388 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books read in February (10 books/ 4465 pages)
14) Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson 656 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
15) Into the Green by Charles de Lint 254 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
16) Zoo City by Lauren Beukes 381 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
17) The Falcons of Fire and Ice by Karen Maitland 500 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
18) Railsea by China Miéville 376 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
19) The Granta Book of the African Short Story edited by Helon Habila 378 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
20) The Magus by John Fowles 656 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
21) Death Comes For the Archbishop by Willa Cather 299 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
22) The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot 679 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
23) Art of the Byzantine Era by David Talbot Rice 286 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Thread 2 - http://www.librarything.com/topic/150755
Books Read in March (10 books/3624 pages)
24) Wolfking by Bridget Wood 503 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
25) The Bones of Avalon by Phil Rickman 440 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
26) Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue 211 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
27) The Miracle Man by James Skivington 338 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
28) The Library of Shadows by Mikkel Birkegaard 430 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
29) The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie 452 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
30) Walking the Lions by Stephen Burgen 295 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
31) Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson 357 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
32) My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk 417 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
33) The Country Ahead of Us, The Country Behind by David Guterson 181 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in April (11 books/4021 pages)
34) The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (501 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
35) Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (422 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
36) The Radleys by Matt Haig 341 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
37) The Searcher by Ray Dacolias 257 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
38) The Gift of a Daughter by Emyr Humphreys 240 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
39) The City in the Lake by Rachel Neumeier 294 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
40) Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 185 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
41) Dark Fire by C J Sansom 595 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
42) The Last of the Vostyachs by Diego Marani 166 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
43) Passage by Connie Willis 780 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
44) Dancing Girls and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood 240 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in May (6 books/2417 pages)
45) Witch Child by Celia Rees 235 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
46) A Time of Myths by Chris Blamires 338 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
47) The Folly of the World by Jesse Bullington (502 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
48) Sorceress by Celia Rees 302 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
49) Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson 918 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
50) Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera 122 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in June (11 books/ 4297 pages)
51) Martyr by Rory Clements 422 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
52) In Xanadu by William Dalrymple 314 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
53) A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson 909 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
54) Wide Open by Nicola Barker 290 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
55) Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths 391 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
56) Sunshine by Robin McKinley 476 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
57) Walk in a Lost Landscape by Sheila Barrett 265 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
58) The King's Witch by Cecelia Holland 313 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
59) The Watchers A Secret History of the Reign Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford 398 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
60) The Last Magician by Janette Turner Hospital 352 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
61) The Gate of Angels by Penelope Fitzgerald 167 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in July (7 books/ 2651 pages)
62) Sworn Sword by James Aitchenson 419 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
63) The Missing by Tim Gautreaux 422 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
64) To the End of the Land by David Grossman 577 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
65) Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe 399 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
66) The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald 118 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
67) The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye : five fairy stories by A. S. Byatt 280 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
68) Lyonesse by Jack Vance 436 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Books Read in August (9 books/ 3487 pages)
69) Red Dragon White Dragon by Gary Dolman - 241 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
70) The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai by Barbara Lazar - 470 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
71) The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch - 247 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
72) East of the Mountains by David Guterson 279 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
73) Bard The Odyssey of the Irish by Morgan Llywelyn 471 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
74) Among Others by Jo Walton 408 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
75) To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis 510 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
76) India: A History by John Keay 576 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
77) The Land of Spices by Kate O'Brien 285 pages (TIOLI; 13 in 13)
Total pages read = 29763
4calm
Books into the house in 2013 - total so far 45 bought + 41 borrowed library + 9 other sources= 95
Onto the Shelves of Shame - total = 45
January (5)
The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier - read
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
The Magus by John Fowles - read
February (3)
Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue - read
Great Political Thinkers : Machiavelli, Hobbes, Mill, Marx by Quentin Skinner; Richard Tuck; William Thomas and Peter Singer
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
March (4)
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie - read
Sunshine by Robin McKinley - read
Walk in a Lost Landscape by Sheila Barrett - read
Revelation by C. J. Sansom
April (2)
The Greener Shore : a novel of the Druids of Hibernia by Morgan Llywelyn
The Windeater = Te kaihau by Keri Hulme - read
May (1)
Exodus by Leon Uris
June (6)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FOURTH THINGAVERSAY
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A. S. Byatt - read
The River King by Alice Hoffman - read
India: A History by John Keay - read
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
July (1)
The Robber Bridegroom by Eudora Welty
August (4)
Black Man (AKA Thirteen) by Richard Morgan
Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
The Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman
The Viking Saga by Henry Treece
September (8)
Other Lands by Jonathan Wylie - read
The Girl With Glass Feet by Ali Shaw
Sleep, Pale Sister by Joanne Harris
Fire Raiser by Melanie Rawn
Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville
Nathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles Milton
The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally - read
Pascali's Island by Barry Unsworth
October (1)
The Angel of the West Window by Gustav Meyrink
November (2)
The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich
Bitterwood by James Maxey
December (8)
The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Lament by Maggie Stiefvater
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Ocean Sea by Alessandro Baricco
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
Mrs Robinson's Disgrace by Kate Summerscale
The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
From the Library - total = 41
January (5)
The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney - read
Low Town The Straight Razor Cure by Daniel Polansky - read
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson - read
The Kalevala by Elias Lonnrot - read
The Granta Book of the African Short Story edited by Helon Habila - read
February (3)
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes - read
The Falcons of Fire and Ice by Karen Maitland - read
Railsea by China Miéville - read
March (3)
The Bones of Avalon by Phil Rickman - read
The Last of the Vostyachs by Diego Marani - read
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk - read
April (5)
The Radleys by Matt Haig - read
The Gift of a Daughter by Emyr Humphreys - read
Martyr by Rory Clements - read
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe - read
Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera - read
May (4)
The Folly of the World by Jesse Billington - read
A Memory of Light by Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan - read
Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths - read
The Watchers : a secret history of the reign of Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford - read
June (2)
To the End of the Land by David Grossman - read
The Missing by Tim Gautreaux - read
July (1)
The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai by Barbara Lazar - read
August (4)
Among Others by Jo Walton - read
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis - read
Wool by Hugh Howey - read
Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver - read
September (12)
Silk Road by Colin Falconer - read
City of Dragons by Robin Hobb - read
Vanished Kingdoms The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies - reading
Tuf Voyaging by George R. R. Martin - read
The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter - read
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes - read
Transition by Iain Banks - read
Shift by Hugh Howey - read
Maddaddam by Margaret Atwood - read
Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb - read
The Owl Service by Alan Garner - read
White Ravens by Owen Sheers - read
October (2)
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks - read
A Cat, a Hat and a Piece of String by Joanne Harris - read
Other sources (free books) - ER/MG/gifts (9)
February (1)
The Miracle Man by James Skivington (MG) - read
March (1)
The Searcher by Ray Dacolias (MG) - read
April (1)
A Time of Myths by Chris Blamires (MG) - read
June (1)
Wide Open by Nicola Barker (gift) - read
July (1)
Red Dragon White Dragon by Gary Dolman (MG) - read
September (1)
Hard Winter The Novel by Neil Davies (MG) - read
October (1)
Whisper by Michael Bray - read
December (2)
Red Dust by Ma Jian (SantaThing)
The Stormcaller by Tom Lloyd (SantaThing)
Onto the Shelves of Shame - total = 45
January (5)
The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier - read
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
The Magus by John Fowles - read
February (3)
Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue - read
Great Political Thinkers : Machiavelli, Hobbes, Mill, Marx by Quentin Skinner; Richard Tuck; William Thomas and Peter Singer
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
March (4)
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie - read
Sunshine by Robin McKinley - read
Walk in a Lost Landscape by Sheila Barrett - read
Revelation by C. J. Sansom
April (2)
The Greener Shore : a novel of the Druids of Hibernia by Morgan Llywelyn
The Windeater = Te kaihau by Keri Hulme - read
May (1)
Exodus by Leon Uris
June (6)
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FOURTH THINGAVERSAY
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A. S. Byatt - read
The River King by Alice Hoffman - read
India: A History by John Keay - read
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
July (1)
The Robber Bridegroom by Eudora Welty
August (4)
Black Man (AKA Thirteen) by Richard Morgan
Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
The Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman
The Viking Saga by Henry Treece
September (8)
Other Lands by Jonathan Wylie - read
The Girl With Glass Feet by Ali Shaw
Sleep, Pale Sister by Joanne Harris
Fire Raiser by Melanie Rawn
Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville
Nathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles Milton
The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally - read
Pascali's Island by Barry Unsworth
October (1)
The Angel of the West Window by Gustav Meyrink
November (2)
The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich
Bitterwood by James Maxey
December (8)
The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Lament by Maggie Stiefvater
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Ocean Sea by Alessandro Baricco
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
Mrs Robinson's Disgrace by Kate Summerscale
The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
From the Library - total = 41
January (5)
The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney - read
Low Town The Straight Razor Cure by Daniel Polansky - read
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson - read
The Kalevala by Elias Lonnrot - read
The Granta Book of the African Short Story edited by Helon Habila - read
February (3)
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes - read
The Falcons of Fire and Ice by Karen Maitland - read
Railsea by China Miéville - read
March (3)
The Bones of Avalon by Phil Rickman - read
The Last of the Vostyachs by Diego Marani - read
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk - read
April (5)
The Radleys by Matt Haig - read
The Gift of a Daughter by Emyr Humphreys - read
Martyr by Rory Clements - read
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe - read
Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera - read
May (4)
The Folly of the World by Jesse Billington - read
A Memory of Light by Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan - read
Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths - read
The Watchers : a secret history of the reign of Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford - read
June (2)
To the End of the Land by David Grossman - read
The Missing by Tim Gautreaux - read
July (1)
The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai by Barbara Lazar - read
August (4)
Among Others by Jo Walton - read
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis - read
Wool by Hugh Howey - read
Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver - read
September (12)
Silk Road by Colin Falconer - read
City of Dragons by Robin Hobb - read
Vanished Kingdoms The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies - reading
Tuf Voyaging by George R. R. Martin - read
The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter - read
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes - read
Transition by Iain Banks - read
Shift by Hugh Howey - read
Maddaddam by Margaret Atwood - read
Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb - read
The Owl Service by Alan Garner - read
White Ravens by Owen Sheers - read
October (2)
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks - read
A Cat, a Hat and a Piece of String by Joanne Harris - read
Other sources (free books) - ER/MG/gifts (9)
February (1)
The Miracle Man by James Skivington (MG) - read
March (1)
The Searcher by Ray Dacolias (MG) - read
April (1)
A Time of Myths by Chris Blamires (MG) - read
June (1)
Wide Open by Nicola Barker (gift) - read
July (1)
Red Dragon White Dragon by Gary Dolman (MG) - read
September (1)
Hard Winter The Novel by Neil Davies (MG) - read
October (1)
Whisper by Michael Bray - read
December (2)
Red Dust by Ma Jian (SantaThing)
The Stormcaller by Tom Lloyd (SantaThing)
6Carmenere
Happy New Thread, calm! and hello to kitty, wise ole owl and bookworm. It's nice to see your zoo follow you and perhaps pick up some other creatures along the way. Hope you're all having a great Sunday!
7calm
Thanks Lynda - I add one every year that I am in the 75ers:) Just a few months to decide on what will be added to the zoo.
Sunday is not going too badly so far:)
Sunday is not going too badly so far:)
8lkernagh
Stopping by to check out your lovely new thread, calm. I hope your weekend has been an enjoyable one!
9PaulCranswick
Calm - congratulations on your latest thread. I notice that even though I have read 113 books so far this year, the number of pages I have read equates almost exactly to yours.
11LauraBrook
I like the new thread! Will just plop my comfy chair in the corner and wait for the book reviews to start... :)
12calm
Hi Lori - thank you not too bad:)
Hi Paul - I guess that is the key to a higher number of books read - pick shorter books:)
Thank you Roni
Oh dear Laura I hope that chair is comfortable I haven't been reviewing this year.
Had an appointment earlier today and stopped in at the library and a second hand book shop. So confession time again
Library
Silk Road by Colin Falconer (HF set in the 13th century)
City of Dragons by Robin Hobb (3rd book in a series I am reading)
Vanished Kingdoms The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies (non-fiction looked like an interesting idea)
Onto the Shelves of Shame
Other Lands by Jonathan Wylie (was on my wishlist)
The Girl With Glass Feet by Ali Shaw (sounded interesting)
Off to see what everyone else has been up to:)
Hi Paul - I guess that is the key to a higher number of books read - pick shorter books:)
Thank you Roni
Oh dear Laura I hope that chair is comfortable I haven't been reviewing this year.
Had an appointment earlier today and stopped in at the library and a second hand book shop. So confession time again
Library
Silk Road by Colin Falconer (HF set in the 13th century)
City of Dragons by Robin Hobb (3rd book in a series I am reading)
Vanished Kingdoms The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies (non-fiction looked like an interesting idea)
Onto the Shelves of Shame
Other Lands by Jonathan Wylie (was on my wishlist)
The Girl With Glass Feet by Ali Shaw (sounded interesting)
Off to see what everyone else has been up to:)
13mckait
I thought it looked pretty quiet at your old thread :)
Happy new thread! Oh, good. You found a series that you like, I always enjoy that!
Mamie got me interested in one, the first 2 books should come today....so we shall see.
Happy new thread! Oh, good. You found a series that you like, I always enjoy that!
Mamie got me interested in one, the first 2 books should come today....so we shall see.
14calm
Hi Kath - pleased you found me. I was just over the 200 posts needed to do the automatic continuation thing so decided on a fresh start for September.
Been out again today. Time for another confession:)
From the library
Tuf Voyaging by George R. R. Martin
The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Second hand
Sleep, Pale Sister by Joanne Harris
Fire Raiser by Melanie Rawn
Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville
Nathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles Milton
Not entirely sure when I am going to get all these books read though:)
Been out again today. Time for another confession:)
From the library
Tuf Voyaging by George R. R. Martin
The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Second hand
Sleep, Pale Sister by Joanne Harris
Fire Raiser by Melanie Rawn
Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville
Nathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles Milton
Not entirely sure when I am going to get all these books read though:)
16calm
Yes, Roni. I'm trying to be restrained this year but one place was doing buy one get one free and I ended up getting more than I intended:)
Though the total so far for September is still a bit scary for only the fifth day of the month. But at least I have read more than have come into the house, over the year so far, and I'm around 50/50 on borrowed and bought.
I also forgot to mention the Member Giveaway book that I got and read yesterday Hard Winter The Novel by Neil Davies. Bearing in mind I always sort to paper before even looking at the list I was a bit surprised to get an ebook which I had to read as a PDF on my laptop:) Fortunately it wasn't too bad.
Though the total so far for September is still a bit scary for only the fifth day of the month. But at least I have read more than have come into the house, over the year so far, and I'm around 50/50 on borrowed and bought.
I also forgot to mention the Member Giveaway book that I got and read yesterday Hard Winter The Novel by Neil Davies. Bearing in mind I always sort to paper before even looking at the list I was a bit surprised to get an ebook which I had to read as a PDF on my laptop:) Fortunately it wasn't too bad.
17PaulCranswick
I am planning to read something by Kate Grenville next month, Calm. The Idea of Perfection I think.
Hope you have a lovely weekend in wonderful West Wales.
Hope you have a lovely weekend in wonderful West Wales.
18souloftherose
Congratulations on reading 75 books this year calm and on a shiny new thread. I've just been doing an acquisition count too and concluded I need to read more... I'm hoping to read The Lieutenant and Sarah Thornhill this month but who knows whether that's what I'll actually end up reading!
19mckait
Grenville's books always make me look at them, but I just don't get to where I want to read them...maybe you will nudge me?
20calm
hi Paul - weekend is fine:) getting colder and wetter though:( I haven't read any Grenville ... yet! I must admit that The Idea of Perfection doesn't appeal to me.
Thanks Heather, as I'm reading more than I am buying (or borrowing) I'm happy. It is not like I am going to run out of books to read any time soon:) Have you read The Secret River yet I think that is the first in the trilogy and I hope to read it sometime soon.
Hi Kath - well I have all three of her trilogy now so no excuse not to start reading sometime soon.
Thanks Heather, as I'm reading more than I am buying (or borrowing) I'm happy. It is not like I am going to run out of books to read any time soon:) Have you read The Secret River yet I think that is the first in the trilogy and I hope to read it sometime soon.
Hi Kath - well I have all three of her trilogy now so no excuse not to start reading sometime soon.
21SandDune
Hi Calm - colder and wetter here too - to think it was about 27 degrees last week. It was 12 degrees when I drove home this afternoon!
22calm
Quite a shock to the system when the temperature drops that suddenly isn't it Rhian.
Well I had to go out again today:(
As usual I did the thing that makes it worthwhile ... books, a bit more restrained this time though.
From the library Transition by Iain Banks
From the charity shop The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally - I think it was Suzanne who recommended this recently so was very pleased to find a copy.
Well I had to go out again today:(
As usual I did the thing that makes it worthwhile ... books, a bit more restrained this time though.
From the library Transition by Iain Banks
From the charity shop The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally - I think it was Suzanne who recommended this recently so was very pleased to find a copy.
24calm
Could have sworn that I replied to you Kath.
Sorry to hear about the heat, humidity and work troubles. Hope that the weather cools down for you and that you get your work hours sorted out to an acceptable level.
Sorry to hear about the heat, humidity and work troubles. Hope that the weather cools down for you and that you get your work hours sorted out to an acceptable level.
25PaulCranswick
Sudden temperature drops are prayed for by myownself this Sunday morning. Kuala Lumpur has contrived to be far too warm for even my liking these last few days.
Have a lovely weekend Calm.
Have a lovely weekend Calm.
27PaulCranswick
Calm - Just stopping by to wish you a lovely weekend.
29mckait
Oh dear! It has been a while... I hope that all is well in your little corner of the world..
It is going to be a lovely day today :) nicely warm, not too hot, not too cool, perfect for my plans.
It is going to be a lovely day today :) nicely warm, not too hot, not too cool, perfect for my plans.
31calm
No worries Kath - your life seems pretty hectic at the moment. Just good to see you when you can.
Hi Kim - good to see you:)Unfortunately I had to go to town again today. Of course I went to the library so the haul continues:)
Shift by Hugh Howey (sequel to Wool which I read earlier this month)
Maddaddam by Margaret Atwood
Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb (I think this is the last in this partcular sub-series)
The Owl Service by Alan Garner (will be a re-read but Rhian (SandDune) read it recently and I was quite young when I read it)
White Ravens by Owen Sheers (part of the New Tales from the Mabinogion series - not the one that Rhian read recently but I would have to request that one from another branch)
and one second hand to add to the shelves of shame Pascali's Island by Barry Unsworth
Hi Kim - good to see you:)
Shift by Hugh Howey (sequel to Wool which I read earlier this month)
Maddaddam by Margaret Atwood
Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb (I think this is the last in this partcular sub-series)
The Owl Service by Alan Garner (will be a re-read but Rhian (SandDune) read it recently and I was quite young when I read it)
White Ravens by Owen Sheers (part of the New Tales from the Mabinogion series - not the one that Rhian read recently but I would have to request that one from another branch)
and one second hand to add to the shelves of shame Pascali's Island by Barry Unsworth
33SandDune
I have the White Ravens one as well but haven't got around to it yet. Have you read Owen Sheers Resistance? I've seen the film, which I enjoyed a lot, and I started the book but then it had to go back to the library before I'd got very far.
34calm
Hi Lori - thanks for stopping by.
Hi Rhian - no I haven't read any Sheers ... yet. Hadn't heard of Resistance - just had a look on the work page it looks interesting, hope you can get to finish it someday.
I'll see how I get on with White Ravens and, if I like it, there are a fair number of his books in my local library system and the DVD of Resistance ... but they only let you have DVD's for a week and I don't get into town that frequently.
Hi Rhian - no I haven't read any Sheers ... yet. Hadn't heard of Resistance - just had a look on the work page it looks interesting, hope you can get to finish it someday.
I'll see how I get on with White Ravens and, if I like it, there are a fair number of his books in my local library system and the DVD of Resistance ... but they only let you have DVD's for a week and I don't get into town that frequently.
36calm
Hi Kim - there have been four September hauls, mostly borrowed from the library.
The total is 21 books (12 library books; 8 onto the shelves and also 1 member giveaway). I think that is not too bad and I have read 5 of the library books and the member giveaway, plus some older additions to the shelves of shame. But there are definitely more books into the house than I read this month. Oh well I think that there are worse things I could be doing:)
Just to put them all in one place here is the complete list. I still haven't managed to catalogue the latest haul, hopefully later today.
First
Library
Silk Road by Colin Falconer - read
City of Dragons by Robin Hobb - read
Vanished Kingdoms The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies - reading
Onto the Shelves of Shame
Other Lands by Jonathan Wylie
The Girl With Glass Feet by Ali Shaw
Second
Library
Tuf Voyaging by George R. R. Martin
The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter - read
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes - read
Shelves of Shame
Sleep, Pale Sister by Joanne Harris
Fire Raiser by Melanie Rawn
Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville
Nathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles Milton
Member Giveaway
Hard Winter The Novel by Neil Davies - read
Third
Library
Transition by Iain Banks - read
Shelves of Shame
The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally
Fourth
Library
Shift by Hugh Howey
Maddaddam by Margaret Atwood - reading
Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb
The Owl Service by Alan Garner
White Ravens by Owen Sheers
Shelves of Shame
Pascali's Island by Barry Unsworth
The total is 21 books (12 library books; 8 onto the shelves and also 1 member giveaway). I think that is not too bad and I have read 5 of the library books and the member giveaway, plus some older additions to the shelves of shame. But there are definitely more books into the house than I read this month. Oh well I think that there are worse things I could be doing:)
Just to put them all in one place here is the complete list. I still haven't managed to catalogue the latest haul, hopefully later today.
First
Library
Silk Road by Colin Falconer - read
City of Dragons by Robin Hobb - read
Vanished Kingdoms The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies - reading
Onto the Shelves of Shame
Other Lands by Jonathan Wylie
The Girl With Glass Feet by Ali Shaw
Second
Library
Tuf Voyaging by George R. R. Martin
The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter - read
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes - read
Shelves of Shame
Sleep, Pale Sister by Joanne Harris
Fire Raiser by Melanie Rawn
Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville
Nathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles Milton
Member Giveaway
Hard Winter The Novel by Neil Davies - read
Third
Library
Transition by Iain Banks - read
Shelves of Shame
The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally
Fourth
Library
Shift by Hugh Howey
Maddaddam by Margaret Atwood - reading
Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb
The Owl Service by Alan Garner
White Ravens by Owen Sheers
Shelves of Shame
Pascali's Island by Barry Unsworth
37Carmenere
Greetings calm! Lots of great books to hug and sniff, yes, and eventually read. You've made a good dent in them already!
We're having an entire week of wonderful temps and sunny skies. Hope the jetstream carries them over to you.
Hope you're doing we'll.
We're having an entire week of wonderful temps and sunny skies. Hope the jetstream carries them over to you.
Hope you're doing we'll.
38ronincats
What did you think of Shining Girls? I was a little disappointed by her Zoo City, in that it was too thrillerish at the denouement.
39souloftherose
#20 Yes, I thought The Secret River was really good, a very powerful novel. I found The Lieutenant slightly disappointing but still worth reading.
#31 Ooh, you got a copy of Maddaddam! I need to add myself to the reservations list for that one.
#31 Ooh, you got a copy of Maddaddam! I need to add myself to the reservations list for that one.
40PaulCranswick
I'll be interested to see what you make of the Norman Davies book Vanished Kingdoms as I bought it despite the cripplingly small font in the hope that his reputation and the interesting premise make it worthwhile.
Have a lovely weekend, Calm.
Have a lovely weekend, Calm.
41SandDune
Hi Calm - I looked at Vanished Kingdoms as well but I'm afraid the tiny font put me off completely. Does sound interesting though.
42calm
Oh my I have been so neglectful of my thread.
Lynda - thanks for taking the time from your busy life and stopping by. Weather is doing its usual changeable thing, I think the jetstream has finally sent some good stuff over:)
Roni - I liked both of them. Some interesting snippets of the changing social history of Chicago in The Shining Girls, a bit convoluted with all the time changes and once again the ending wasn't quite as strong as it could have been.
Heather - still haven't got around to reading any Grenville, fortunately books are patient and it will wait until the right time:)
Yes I lucked out on MaddAddam, someone else wants it now so it will have to go back too the library soon. I liked it but I think that it might be worth reading all three books again sometime to pick up on all the connections and back-story.
Paul and Rhian - I really should make some effort to fit NF reading into my life as I'm not reading Vanished Kingdoms very quickly at the moment, preferring the escapism of fiction:) So I keep putting it down and turning to other things. It has been interesting so far though, it seems well researched and there are maps and family trees to help put the information into context. I liked the fact that the dedication is in Welsh:)
I'm a bit surprised that you both mention small font as it seems perfectly normal and acceptable in the copy I am, slowly, reading.
Lynda - thanks for taking the time from your busy life and stopping by. Weather is doing its usual changeable thing, I think the jetstream has finally sent some good stuff over:)
Roni - I liked both of them. Some interesting snippets of the changing social history of Chicago in The Shining Girls, a bit convoluted with all the time changes and once again the ending wasn't quite as strong as it could have been.
Heather - still haven't got around to reading any Grenville, fortunately books are patient and it will wait until the right time:)
Yes I lucked out on MaddAddam, someone else wants it now so it will have to go back too the library soon. I liked it but I think that it might be worth reading all three books again sometime to pick up on all the connections and back-story.
Paul and Rhian - I really should make some effort to fit NF reading into my life as I'm not reading Vanished Kingdoms very quickly at the moment, preferring the escapism of fiction:) So I keep putting it down and turning to other things. It has been interesting so far though, it seems well researched and there are maps and family trees to help put the information into context. I liked the fact that the dedication is in Welsh:)
I'm a bit surprised that you both mention small font as it seems perfectly normal and acceptable in the copy I am, slowly, reading.
43mckait
Hi calm! I admit to reading a lot more fiction than non..... but I do like both. Mood matters. I don't know the book you mention, but font apparently matters to me, too. I read a fun fiction paperback recently and the font made me crazy. Not so much too small as too bold and ... I dunno. Something.
I have no intention of reading the Atwood. For some reason, she doesn't appeal to me.
Hope all is well in calm-land...
I have no intention of reading the Atwood. For some reason, she doesn't appeal to me.
Hope all is well in calm-land...
44calm
Hi Kath, yes font can affect the enjoyment of a book. Though if it is a really good book I can overlook it to some extent.
Atwood is tricky - some people like her, some don't. If you do ever try one I would recommend Alias Grace, I think that is her best book and actually wish she would write some more historical fiction. I do like her speculative stuff as well but find her contemporary fiction variable.
calm land is much the same as always. I did go out earlier this week, didn't have time for a library visit but did buy one book. Never heard of it before, have no idea if it going to be any good but the premise appealed.
The Angel of the West Window by Gustav Meyrink
A complex and ambitious novel which centres on the life of the Elizabethan magus John Dee, in England, Poland and Prague, as it intertwines past and present, dreams and visions, myth and reality in a world of the occult, culminating in the transmutation of physical reality into a higher spiritual existence. John Dee, through his 20th century descendent, is led by the Green Angel to the "Other Side of The Mirror." (Amazon Description)
Atwood is tricky - some people like her, some don't. If you do ever try one I would recommend Alias Grace, I think that is her best book and actually wish she would write some more historical fiction. I do like her speculative stuff as well but find her contemporary fiction variable.
calm land is much the same as always. I did go out earlier this week, didn't have time for a library visit but did buy one book. Never heard of it before, have no idea if it going to be any good but the premise appealed.
The Angel of the West Window by Gustav Meyrink
A complex and ambitious novel which centres on the life of the Elizabethan magus John Dee, in England, Poland and Prague, as it intertwines past and present, dreams and visions, myth and reality in a world of the occult, culminating in the transmutation of physical reality into a higher spiritual existence. John Dee, through his 20th century descendent, is led by the Green Angel to the "Other Side of The Mirror." (Amazon Description)
47johnsimpson
Hi Calm, hope you are well my dear and if the weather with you is the same as here in West Yorkshire, ensconced with a book. Have a good Sunday.
48mckait
Kathy-land is much the same as well... sort of teetering on the brink.
I plod along and try to balance on the invisible tightrope of anxiety and pretend that I'm walking along a broad and clear path. Sometimes I fool myself for minutes at a time!
I plod along and try to balance on the invisible tightrope of anxiety and pretend that I'm walking along a broad and clear path. Sometimes I fool myself for minutes at a time!
49Carmenere
Hi calm! Just popping in to see how it's going. Hope you're pleasantly lost in a good book.
50PaulCranswick
Calm, I trust wonderful West Wales was not too battered by the storms that hit the British Isles this week and that you are keeping well.
Have a lovely weekend. xx
Have a lovely weekend. xx
51calm
Oh my I am being so terrible at keeping up with my own thread this year. Thanks for stopping by everyone.
Still reading (slowly) and updating the books read list at the top of the thread. Managed to hit 100 for my last book in October:)
I also just want to share that I have won one of the ER copies of The Circle by Dave Eggers for the One Librarything One Book group read. Hope it arrives soon so I can join in the conversation.
Still reading (slowly) and updating the books read list at the top of the thread. Managed to hit 100 for my last book in October:)
I also just want to share that I have won one of the ER copies of The Circle by Dave Eggers for the One Librarything One Book group read. Hope it arrives soon so I can join in the conversation.
52souloftherose
Congratulations on reaching 100 books calm, and getting a copy of the Eggers book!
What did you think of The Long War?
What did you think of The Long War?
53calm
Hi Heather - it's an interesting enough sequel to The Long Earth and I look forward to seeing where the story goes. But I am looking forward to reading the latest Discworld Raising Steam more than this series.
54mckait
Sorry to be neglecting you :( I've been fighting off the vortex lately. I think you understand. Today it is especially strong ...whatever. Tomorrow is another day!
55calm
No worries Kath - I have been ignoring everybody recently, well I am still lurking most days but not commenting on anybodies thread.
56ronincats
Also not nearly as thrilled with the Baxter collaborations as with the idea of the new solo Pratchett!
57Matke
Hello, Calm. Just catching up slowly on the 75ers and wanted to say hello.
Hearty congratulations on reaching 100 books.Don't think I'll make it this year as my life sort of fell apart, but I can always aim high next year.
Hearty congratulations on reaching 100 books.Don't think I'll make it this year as my life sort of fell apart, but I can always aim high next year.
58calm
Yes Roni - I loved Good Omens which Pratchett wrote with Neil Gaiman but then I like both authors but Discworld is special to me and I have been reading them from the beginning, unfortunately I no longer like some of the earlier ones:)
Bohemima - thanks for stopping by. Yes life falling apart does have a way of slowing down reading. Mine has slowed to a crawl this year and I haven't written any book comments just tracked my reading (though I am a bit behind on that again). My 13 in 13 challenge is completely kaput. No way I am going to read over 60 books that fit into the categories by the end of the year or even the minimum 10 per category that I wanted to read. Oh well I will just have to adjust my target next year and maybe it will be a better year.
I hope that whatever happened to you this year has eased and that you have a great year in 2014.
Bohemima - thanks for stopping by. Yes life falling apart does have a way of slowing down reading. Mine has slowed to a crawl this year and I haven't written any book comments just tracked my reading (though I am a bit behind on that again). My 13 in 13 challenge is completely kaput. No way I am going to read over 60 books that fit into the categories by the end of the year or even the minimum 10 per category that I wanted to read. Oh well I will just have to adjust my target next year and maybe it will be a better year.
I hope that whatever happened to you this year has eased and that you have a great year in 2014.
59Carmenere
Hi calm! How's it going? Pruned back my butterfly bush this year cause the branches were so long they were practically pulling the bush out of te dirt. I figured heavy snow on them would be disasterous. Hope it comes back strong in the spring.
Happy 100!
Happy 100!
60PaulCranswick
Calm - Just desperately trying to keep up after a weekend (last weekend) without internet.
Have a lovely weekend in West Wales my dear.
Have a lovely weekend in West Wales my dear.
61calm
Hi Lynda - yes Butterfly Bushes don't handle snow too well - those branches break easily but they are very forgiving after heavy pruning. I'm sure you will still have an amazing plant next year.
Hi Paul - sorry to hear that you were internet-less last weekend, hope that you have managed to catch up. Cold weekend in Wales, but it is late November:)
Still reading a few pages a day, but haven't finished a book in ages:(
Don't think that is going to change any time soon as I am a bit worried about my nephew (brother's son) who is in Intensive Care at the moment so I'm staying near the phone in case there is news. The doctors are hopeful that everything is going to be fine. But it makes it difficult to concentrate on anything else though.
Hi Paul - sorry to hear that you were internet-less last weekend, hope that you have managed to catch up. Cold weekend in Wales, but it is late November:)
Still reading a few pages a day, but haven't finished a book in ages:(
Don't think that is going to change any time soon as I am a bit worried about my nephew (brother's son) who is in Intensive Care at the moment so I'm staying near the phone in case there is news. The doctors are hopeful that everything is going to be fine. But it makes it difficult to concentrate on anything else though.
62calm
I don't expect anybody to be reading this thread any more. It has been a pretty bad year for me and I haven't been commenting on any books I read. But I am still lurking around the 75ers. Unfortunately I haven't finished a book in ages:(
I'm reading Daughters of Mars which I do hope to finish before the end of the month. But there are some pretty graphic descriptions of the wounds and one very disturbing scene about the torpedoing of a ship so I can only read a few pages a day
But I do have some book news, I did manage to go to town yesterday and picked up a couple of books for the shelves of shame but I have still read more than have come into the house this year so I don't feel too guilty about it:)
The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich - I've been looking for one of her books for ages and this is the first I've seen. I guess either people hang on to her books or she is not usually read around here. I think it was Kath and maybe some other people who recommended her books and I hope I like it.
Bitterwood by James Maxey - Hadn't heard of this and it looked like a standalone fantasy, with dragons!, but when I added it to my library I found out that it is the first in a series. Still sounds interesting and I just hope there isn't a cliffhanger ending.
No promises about when I can post again but I am still following a few people's threads and will delurk occasionally:)
Happy Thanksgiving to all the US 75ers. I hope you have a great day and lots of good food!
I'm reading Daughters of Mars which I do hope to finish before the end of the month. But there are some pretty graphic descriptions of the wounds and one very disturbing scene about the torpedoing of a ship so I can only read a few pages a day
But I do have some book news, I did manage to go to town yesterday and picked up a couple of books for the shelves of shame but I have still read more than have come into the house this year so I don't feel too guilty about it:)
The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich - I've been looking for one of her books for ages and this is the first I've seen. I guess either people hang on to her books or she is not usually read around here. I think it was Kath and maybe some other people who recommended her books and I hope I like it.
Bitterwood by James Maxey - Hadn't heard of this and it looked like a standalone fantasy, with dragons!, but when I added it to my library I found out that it is the first in a series. Still sounds interesting and I just hope there isn't a cliffhanger ending.
No promises about when I can post again but I am still following a few people's threads and will delurk occasionally:)
Happy Thanksgiving to all the US 75ers. I hope you have a great day and lots of good food!
63LauraBrook
I'm still here and reading! I'm sorry it's been a rough year for you (me too), but next year will be better. And whatever you want to write or comment on is fine, it's just nice to see you here from Windy Wales. ;)
*smooch* and a (((hug))) for you!
*smooch* and a (((hug))) for you!
65drneutron
Don't worry, we're stilling here and will be no matter how much or little you're able to drop in.
66johnsimpson
Hi Calm, just passing by my dear and I'm still reading your thread.
67Carmenere
Hi calm, So sorry to read that 2013 hasn't been a great year but I'll send good overseas karma that 2014 will have you feeling much better.
69mckait
I do recommend Erdrich ... I like her writing a lot. Sometimes it can be a bit heavy and sad, but it has the feel of truth to it.
More than one of the 75ers has had a rough year, I hope 14 is a better and happier and healthier year for all!
Oh, and i'm only reviewing the books I have to. I'm just not feeling it...
Take care :)
More than one of the 75ers has had a rough year, I hope 14 is a better and happier and healthier year for all!
Oh, and i'm only reviewing the books I have to. I'm just not feeling it...
Take care :)
70lkernagh
Delurking to let you know I do make my way over here, calm and joining in with everyone else in hoping that your 2014 is a better year.
71calm
Gosh - you are all so kind, I wasn't expecting so many people to delurk. I have noticed that a lot of people are having a tough year and I guess I have been a bit self absorbed by not posting elsewhere. But the positive thoughts and sympathies of the group to all those has been a positive to me as well, I just haven't been able to delurk so really couldn't expect people to visit me.
Jim, I love this group and thank you for running it. I will be here again next year:)
John, I hope things are going better for you and yours and that your FIL is safely home. Only one book away from the 75 for you, I hope it is a good one.
Lynda, thanks for the karma, I hope to at least be able to get back to reading next year. We'll see about posting:)
Rhian, thanks for dropping by. There has been some great conversation on your thread recently, that Tipex thing was bizarre.
Kath thanks for recommending Erdich, I am looking forward to reading her book. I have been looking for one since I first heard you mention her so was pleased to finally find one. It has been a tough year for many and I do hope that 2014 will be a more positive year for us all.
Lori thanks for the delurk and the positive thoughts. I'm still lurking on your thread as well, looks like you are going to hit the 100 before the end of the year
Jim, I love this group and thank you for running it. I will be here again next year:)
John, I hope things are going better for you and yours and that your FIL is safely home. Only one book away from the 75 for you, I hope it is a good one.
Lynda, thanks for the karma, I hope to at least be able to get back to reading next year. We'll see about posting:)
Rhian, thanks for dropping by. There has been some great conversation on your thread recently, that Tipex thing was bizarre.
Kath thanks for recommending Erdich, I am looking forward to reading her book. I have been looking for one since I first heard you mention her so was pleased to finally find one. It has been a tough year for many and I do hope that 2014 will be a more positive year for us all.
Lori thanks for the delurk and the positive thoughts. I'm still lurking on your thread as well, looks like you are going to hit the 100 before the end of the year
72souloftherose
Still here too and adding my hopes for a better 2014 for you.
73calm
Thanks Heather - looks like it might be. Lots of personal stuff that has been going on this year that took most of my energy, hopefully things are more or less sorted out now.
74PaulCranswick
Calm - I'm glad the riposte to your surprise people read your thread was so definite. I would sorely miss the West Walian outpost and I join others in wishing you a much improved time in coming days, weeks, months and years. xx
75calm
Thanks Paul - this group is definitely one of the most positive things in my life at the moment. I shouldn't have been so surprised that there are lurkers as that is what I am mainly doing at the moment:)
And a very kind person sponsored me for SantaThing, now I just have to pick the books. I don't think that the person I am choosing for is a 75er so can anyone help me with a recommendation for a Graphic Novel like The Walking Dead or an author similar to Jodi Picoult ... two things that I know absolutely nothing about!
I actually managed to finish Daughters of Mars yesterday, only took me a fortnight or so to do! This is crazy I don't remember a time when I haven't been able to read before. It was a very good book but harrowing, but given the subject I shouldn't have been surprised. Not for the faint hearted or anyone who can't deal with graphic descriptions of the affects of war. The conditions and wounds were horrific. Also Keneally's style took a bit of getting used to and I am not 100% certain about the way it ended, still mulling that over. Provisionally a 4 star read, that might go up or down by half a star.
And a very kind person sponsored me for SantaThing, now I just have to pick the books. I don't think that the person I am choosing for is a 75er so can anyone help me with a recommendation for a Graphic Novel like The Walking Dead or an author similar to Jodi Picoult ... two things that I know absolutely nothing about!
I actually managed to finish Daughters of Mars yesterday, only took me a fortnight or so to do! This is crazy I don't remember a time when I haven't been able to read before. It was a very good book but harrowing, but given the subject I shouldn't have been surprised. Not for the faint hearted or anyone who can't deal with graphic descriptions of the affects of war. The conditions and wounds were horrific. Also Keneally's style took a bit of getting used to and I am not 100% certain about the way it ended, still mulling that over. Provisionally a 4 star read, that might go up or down by half a star.
76LauraBrook
I'll investigate more later, but maybe check out literature-map.com? It'll help you with Jodi Picoult, but not for GN's.
77calm
Thanks for the tip Laura - I tried googling read-alikes for the Picoult and it was a bit confusing, it seems like she doesn't write just one type of book and to be honest seeing the Literature Map just confirms that. I'm sure I've seen it before but forgot all about it, probably because I can see it being a huge time sink!
I got some ideas though and I think I have made a decision. Of course I still have time to change my mind:)
I got some ideas though and I think I have made a decision. Of course I still have time to change my mind:)
78dk_phoenix
*drive-by wave & hug*
80Carmenere
Hi there calm! Must be late at night over there so I hope your nice and comfy reading a good book with a kitty beside you.
81calm
Still not posting or reading very much. A lot of lurking going on though:)
Thanks Faith and Roni for stopping by sorry I didn't respond sooner.
Not that late here Lynda not quite 9.30 ... and you are not far wrong I'm nice and comfy with a kitty beside me a log fire on the other side but not reading I am half watching a programme about Byzantium and half lurking LT. Book later when I go to bed though.
Thanks Faith and Roni for stopping by sorry I didn't respond sooner.
Not that late here Lynda not quite 9.30 ... and you are not far wrong I'm nice and comfy with a kitty beside me a log fire on the other side but not reading I am half watching a programme about Byzantium and half lurking LT. Book later when I go to bed though.
82Berly
Delurking to let you know I still want to read your thread and look forward to your posts, whenever they may be!! Hoping next year is an easier year. : )
83calm
Hi Kim - Thanks for delurking. I do like visitors.
I think I might be able to write more next year or at least be fit enough to post books as I read them. Something I thought was part of an existing problem seems like it is something else and, at last, my hands are back to a more or less normal shape ... it is a bit difficult to type when your fingers look like sausages and you can't bend your fingers:( I was spending so much time backspacing and deleting that writing lost its appeal.
I hope you have a great 2014 as well..
I think I might be able to write more next year or at least be fit enough to post books as I read them. Something I thought was part of an existing problem seems like it is something else and, at last, my hands are back to a more or less normal shape ... it is a bit difficult to type when your fingers look like sausages and you can't bend your fingers:( I was spending so much time backspacing and deleting that writing lost its appeal.
I hope you have a great 2014 as well..
84Berly
That sounds awful! I certainly hope things get back to "normal" for you. Speaking of correcting, I am still not used to the autocorrect spelling on LT. I keep going back to fix things and they fix just before I hit the back key and mess it all up again. LOL. I will learn.
85calm
It was and I got so far behind that the idea of even trying to catch up didn't appeal so I thought I would just let this year slide, anyway I couldn't do as much reading as usual.
Auto-correct on LT? I don't have that, it must be a browser or device thing, but maybe if I had it things might have been easier. I've got spell-checker enabled and things get underlined in red when I get them wrong so when I glance at the message box I can see just how much has gone wrong:)
Auto-correct on LT? I don't have that, it must be a browser or device thing, but maybe if I had it things might have been easier. I've got spell-checker enabled and things get underlined in red when I get them wrong so when I glance at the message box I can see just how much has gone wrong:)
86calm
It seems like a long time since I bought any books but as I managed to get into town today I did find some books to come home with me.
The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue - bought new at the pound shop:)
and some second hand books
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco - he's not to everyone's taste but I like him
The Scorpio Races and Lament by Maggie Steifvater - haven't read any of her books but I remember someone (or several someones) liked The Scorpio Races.
and I nearly bought Mrs Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady by Kate Summerscale but I had already picked up the Donoghue and I'm not reading much non-fiction at the moment so thought I would just wait and see if it is still there next time I get to town.
I didn't bother going to the library as my reading is so slow at the moment.
Hope everyone is having a good day.
The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue - bought new at the pound shop:)
and some second hand books
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco - he's not to everyone's taste but I like him
The Scorpio Races and Lament by Maggie Steifvater - haven't read any of her books but I remember someone (or several someones) liked The Scorpio Races.
and I nearly bought Mrs Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady by Kate Summerscale but I had already picked up the Donoghue and I'm not reading much non-fiction at the moment so thought I would just wait and see if it is still there next time I get to town.
I didn't bother going to the library as my reading is so slow at the moment.
Hope everyone is having a good day.
89richardderus
In happy hopes that 2014 will bring ever greater pleasures to your reading world, calm my friend:
Celebrate the return of the light with feasts, merriment, and gratitude for all the wonders of this wide green earth.
RMD
Celebrate the return of the light with feasts, merriment, and gratitude for all the wonders of this wide green earth.
RMD
90PaulCranswick
Dear Calm, nice to see you out and about and adding to your collection with a decent bunch of buys. Books at the pound shop? I must get myself to West Wales one of these fine days.
I do hope that the new year finds you energised and reading and posting with something akin to your previous vim. You are a cherished part of the group, dear lady, and I for one always look for your thread.
I do hope that the new year finds you energised and reading and posting with something akin to your previous vim. You are a cherished part of the group, dear lady, and I for one always look for your thread.
91calm
Thank you Richard, love the pomegranate. I might go back into town and see if I can buy some edible ones:)
Hi Paul - yes the pound shop sells books ... unfortunately most of them are "celebrity" biographies but I occasionally find something to add to the TBR shelf:) My favourite so far was a lovely hardback of The Ladies of Grace Adieu
We will see what the new year brings, hopefully a more positive calm year and someone who actually starts to enjoy reading again and talking about the books.
Hi Paul - yes the pound shop sells books ... unfortunately most of them are "celebrity" biographies but I occasionally find something to add to the TBR shelf:) My favourite so far was a lovely hardback of The Ladies of Grace Adieu
We will see what the new year brings, hopefully a more positive calm year and someone who actually starts to enjoy reading again and talking about the books.
93PaulCranswick
Couldn't find a typical West Walian Christmas scene but I'll use it anyhow as a means to say Happy Christmas, dear lady. xx
95calm
Thank you Rhian, Paul and Lynda.
May Christmas and the New Year bring you all that you desire.
and more book acquisitions to report, of course town was hell yesterday - torrential rain and high winds and crowds, anyone would think the shops were going to be closed for a week or more. Fortunately the place where I pick up second hand books was calm and peaceful so I had a few minutes respite from the weather and the hordes:)
Mrs Robinson's Disgrace by Kate Summerscale
The Book of Negroes AKA Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill
Ocean Sea by Alessandro Baricco
May Christmas and the New Year bring you all that you desire.
and more book acquisitions to report, of course town was hell yesterday - torrential rain and high winds and crowds, anyone would think the shops were going to be closed for a week or more. Fortunately the place where I pick up second hand books was calm and peaceful so I had a few minutes respite from the weather and the hordes:)
Mrs Robinson's Disgrace by Kate Summerscale
The Book of Negroes AKA Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill
Ocean Sea by Alessandro Baricco
96avatiakh
Hi Calm - I've been one of your lurkers for much of the year. Just stopping by to wish you the best for the Festive season.
97calm
Thanks for delurking Kerry.
To all my visitors (and lurkers)
May you have a book filled Christmas and I hope that 2014 brings us all that we desire.
To all my visitors (and lurkers)
May you have a book filled Christmas and I hope that 2014 brings us all that we desire.
99ChelleBearss
Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!!
100johnsimpson
Hi Calm, Merry Christmas fro up here in West Yorkshire, have a lovely day my dear from John. Thank you for your lovely message, things have moved for the worse unfortunately, see my thread.
103dk_phoenix
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! All the best in the year ahead.
104calm
Thank you Lori and Faith.
So I suppose it is nearing the end of the year and I don't think I will finish my current reads today so the final tally is 112 Books read.
There are a couple more additions to the Shelves of Shame - my SantaThing books Red Dust: A Path Through China by Ma Jian and The Stormcaller by Tom Lloyd and one last visit to town in 2013 got me The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt.
It has not been a very good year for me so I haven't been as active on the threads or read as much as I hoped. My 13 in 13 Challenge was not very successful though I suppose I could move some books around in the categories to make it look a little bit more balanced but that would not be fair to myself:)
I will be setting up a 2014 thread tomorrow, when it is actually 2014! I do need to think if I'm going to try to find a new image or stick with my familiar trio, but there is still time to browse some images and see if there is anything that catches my attention:)
Thank you to all my visitors, those who posted and those who lurked. I wish you all a healthy, book filled 2014.
So I suppose it is nearing the end of the year and I don't think I will finish my current reads today so the final tally is 112 Books read.
There are a couple more additions to the Shelves of Shame - my SantaThing books Red Dust: A Path Through China by Ma Jian and The Stormcaller by Tom Lloyd and one last visit to town in 2013 got me The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt.
It has not been a very good year for me so I haven't been as active on the threads or read as much as I hoped. My 13 in 13 Challenge was not very successful though I suppose I could move some books around in the categories to make it look a little bit more balanced but that would not be fair to myself:)
I will be setting up a 2014 thread tomorrow, when it is actually 2014! I do need to think if I'm going to try to find a new image or stick with my familiar trio, but there is still time to browse some images and see if there is anything that catches my attention:)
Thank you to all my visitors, those who posted and those who lurked. I wish you all a healthy, book filled 2014.
105calm
Finally set up a 2014 thread, not much there at the moment but I'm sure that will change. Hope to see you there:)
http://www.librarything.com/topic/163289
http://www.librarything.com/topic/163289
