Cataluna's 100 in 2016

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Cataluna's 100 in 2016

1cataluna
Jan 15, 2016, 10:47 pm

I've done ok with my reading for the last couple of years, so I'm bumping myself back up to the 100 group again. I've already got a few planned out with group reads this year and I've finished 3 so far. Happy Reading!

2cataluna
Edited: Apr 15, 2016, 3:36 am

January

1. More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell
2. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery - 1001 A
3. The World Without Us by Mireille Juchau
4. Old Bear by Jane Hissey - 1001 C
5. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst – 1001, Man Booker
6. HOT Protector by Lynn Raye Harris. HOT Book 10
7. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler - Manbooker
8. Island Home by Tim Winton
9. Lost in Translation by Ella Frances Sanders

3cataluna
Jan 15, 2016, 10:57 pm

1. More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell

This was the perfect book for me to put my feet up with a cuppa and read through. This is comprised of things said to bookseller and author Jen Campbell (and other booksellers/librarians around the world).

Some of these are laugh out loud funny and I found myself nodding along while I was reading, thinking 'I remember this patron'.

4wookiebender
Jan 18, 2016, 12:01 am

Oh yes, I've got friends who've worked in retail, and their stories can be great. :)

5cataluna
Apr 15, 2016, 3:38 am

I definitely think my standouts for January were The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery,
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst and Island Home by Tim Winton.

6cataluna
Apr 15, 2016, 3:38 am

February

10. Das Kleine ich-bin-ich by Mira Lobe – 1001 C
11. Room by Emma Donoghue
12. A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
13. Up in the Tree by Margaret Atwood – 1001 C
14. The Colour Purple by Alice Walker
15. Ruby by Cynthia Bond

7cataluna
Edited: Apr 15, 2016, 3:43 am

March

16. At Bertram’s Hotel by Agatha Christie
17. The Family from One End Street by Eva Garnett
18. Avocado Baby by John Burningham -1001 C
19. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce – Book Club

8cataluna
Apr 15, 2016, 3:42 am

At Bertram’s Hotel by Agatha Christie

This was my first Agatha Christie, part of the Marple series, while it was a little dated I enjoyed myself. I did feel like it was a bit light on with Marple though. I though she would be more front and center for the mystery. She was on holiday in the book, so maybe she was taking a backseat instead. I've another of her standalone titles that I'm starting this weekend. I think I'm a Christie convert!