Rune's Reading Adventures 2017

My reading Goal is going to stay at 155 books. I think most who have read my reading log as it were have enjoyed the new set up that I have used so I will continue with that as standard and hopefully in 2017 i won't have any gaps between here and goodreads at least that is my eternal hope lol

Thank you in advance for all who join in my reading adventures in the new year.

Cheers!

I am just booking a ringside seat on your new thread.

cheers hope you enjoy the adventure as much as I do :)

1) Torchwood: The Sin Eaters (Torchwood Audio Exclusives #4)
by Brian Minchin, Gareth David-Lloyd (Narrator)

Blurb

Alien larvae in a baptismal font mark the beginnings of a terrifying adventure for the "Torchwood" team in this exclusive audio adventure, read by Gareth David-Lloyd. Searching for the source of a bizarre Rift reading, Gwen, Jack and Ianto find a corpse on the beach, his face covered in hundreds of tiny cuts. Watching from the shadows is a man in black...The Reverend Hayward thinks he has found a way to take away people's sins. The trouble is, his special baptisms tend to take away their lives too. For the creatures he collects and puts in his church font are nightmarish parasites, feeding on their hosts' negative emotions before consuming them. It is up to Torchwood to track them down and destroy them...Written specially for audio by Brian Minchin, the "Torchwood" TV series assistant producer.

My thoughts

I really loved Torchwood the show and was kinda sad to find it was only two seasons. Then I discovered that therd were books and audio files like this one.
Its spooky in the best tradition of Doctor Who. Brillant listen :)

The reading list this year is going to inculde some audio as well :)

Wishing you a happy new year with many enjoyable books!

Happy new year

Happy new year and happy reading!

Happy New Year!

Happy new year!

Thank you One and all!!!

Happy new year! I hope 2017 brings you some great books!

Happy new year!

2) Torchwood: Asylum by Anita Sullivan

Blurb

When PC Andy Davidson arrests a young girl for shoplifting, he thinks it's going to be a routine case. That is, until he sees that she is carrying a gun. The girl is soaking wet, covered in mud, and the weapon is like nothing he's ever seen before. He knows that this is a case for Torchwood...The team discovers that the girl is called Freda, but can find out nothing else. Yet when she speaks, it's a strange mix of English and Icelandic,but with a Cardiff accent. While Jack and Ianto check out the girl's weapon and her blood sample at the Hub, Gwen and PC Andy take Freda to a safe house. But when Jack calls with the results - and Freda goes on the run - PC Andy finds his world turning upside down. Written specially for BBC Radio by Anita Sullivan, "Asylum" stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper, Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones and Tom Price as PC Andy Davidson. It contains adult themes and language.

My thoughts

I really liked this audio. After listening to it once I listened again. It is brilliant and I really enjoyed it.

oh darn you.....Torchwoood...

3 ) Torchwood: Dead Line (Torchwood Radio Dramas #4)
by Phil Ford, John Barrowman (Goodreads Author) (Narrator), Eve Myles (Narrator), Gareth David-Lloyd (Narrator)

Blurb

When a Cardiff hospital is inundated with patients that have fallen into coma-like trances, Torchwood move in to investigate. They find that the trances were triggered by phone calls, all of which were made from a number that hadn't been active for over 30 years. Determined to find out who's been calling the unfortunate victims, Jack rings the mysterious number - two, zero, five, nine - nothing. It's a dead line. Until it calls Jack back, he answers - and falls into a deep trance...With the help of one of Jack's old girlfriends, eminent neuroscientist Stella Courtney, the team have to race against time to find the source of the 'infection' and save the patients...Written specially for BBC Radio by Phil Ford, "The Dead Line" stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper and Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones.

4) Slow Decay (Torchwood #3) by Andrew Lane

Blurb

When Torchwood track an energy surge to a Cardiff nightclub, the team finds the police are already at the scene. Five teenagers have died in a fight, and lying among the bodies is an extraterrestrial device. Next morning, they discover the corpse of a Weevil, its face and neck eaten away, seemingly by human teeth. And on the streets of Cardiff, an ordinary woman with an extraordinary hunger is attacking people and eating her victims.

The job of a lifetime it might be, but working for Torchwood is putting big strains on Gwen's relationship with Rhys. While she decides to spice up their love life with the help of alien technology, Rhys decides it's time to sort himself out -- better music, healthier food, lose some weight. Luckily, a friend has mentioned Doctor Scotus's weight-loss clinic

My thoughts

The idea of losing weight is always appealing but I think I will skip the alien thanks.

5) Torchwood: Lost Souls by Joseph Lidster

Blurb

Torchwood lost two beloved members in the season two finale--now they must carry on in this adventure with Doctor Who's Martha Jones. The Torchwood team and Martha face danger at CERN, the world's largest particle physics laboratory, in this special BBC radio episode starring John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd and Freema Agyeman and written by Joseph Lidster.

My thoughts

I really liked seeing Martha again. That to me was the best bit of this particular Torchwood story.

I'll be here, too. Happy reading! :o)

Hi Clam!

6) Golden Age (Torchwood Radio Dramas, #3) by James Goss

Blurb

On the trail of a dangerous energy field, Torchwood are led to Delhi. There they witness the simultaneous disappearance of hundreds of people, and Jack discovers that the field centers on an old colonial mansion - Torchwood India. Jack is shocked to find that Torchwood India is still going strong - he shut it down himself over 80 years ago. He's even more surprised to find that its members, including his old flame the Duchess, haven't aged a day. What is the secret of their eternal youth, and how is it linked to the deadly energy field? The team must find out - and they haven't a moment to lose, for all the time the field is expanding...Written specially for BBC Radio by James Goss, "Golden Age" stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper and Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones.

My thoughts

Jack is my most favorite character from Torchwood and the strong reactions he invokes in others are always fun to watch. Where ever captian jack goes theres sure to be trouble.

7. Lair of Dreams (The Diviners, #2) by Libba Bray

Blurb

The longing of dreams draws the dead, and this city holds many dreams.

After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O’Neill has outed herself as a Diviner. With her uncanny ability to read people’s secrets, she’s become a media darling, earning the title “America’s Sweetheart Seer.” Everyone’s in love with the city’s newest It Girl…everyone except the other Diviners.

Piano-playing Henry DuBois and Chinatown resident Ling Chan are two Diviners struggling to keep their powers a secret—for they can walk in dreams. And while Evie is living the high life, victims of a mysterious sleeping sickness are turning up across New York City.

As Henry searches for a lost love and Ling strives to succeed in a world that shuns her, a malevolent force infects their dreams. And at the edges of it all lurks a man in a stovepipe hat who has plans that extend farther than anyone can guess…As the sickness spreads, can the Diviners descend into the dreamworld to save the city?

In this heart-stopping sequel to The Diviners, Printz Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray takes readers deeper into the mystical underbelly of New York City.

My thoughts

Oh my gosh! What an amazing read! I really loved the frist book and this second adventure did not disappoint. Rich in historical details it really brings the story to life for the reader. It becomes dark quickly but so worth the read.

8. The Hanging Tree (Peter Grant, #6) by Ben Aaronovitch

blurb

The Hanging Tree was the Tyburn gallows which stood where Marble Arch stands today. Oxford Street was the last trip of the condemned. Some things don't change. The place has a bloody and haunted legacy and now blood has returned to the empty Mayfair mansions of the world's super-rich. And blood mixed with magic is a job for Peter Grant.

Peter Grant is back as are Nightingale et al. at the Folly and the various river gods, ghosts and spirits who attach themselves to England's last wizard and the Met's reluctant investigator of all things supernatural.

My Thoughts

I really enjoyed this read. The serries I would describe as a brits answer to the Dresden files. I have enjoyed each of these adventures and this one was no exception.

9. The Good Girl's Guide to Murder (Debutante Dropout #2) by Susan McBride

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Website designer and high society rebel Andrea Kendricks would never have gotten involved with ego-in-pumps life-style hostess Marilee Mabry if it weren't for the underhanded machinations of Andy's upper crust mama. But thanks to Mother Cissy, Andy's donning designer duds to attend a launch party at the intolerable domestic diva's new Dallas TV studio - and she's on hand to witness the celebration site go up in flames! Then a body turns up in the rubble, the victim, apparently, of some very foul play. Even though iron-willed Cissy isn't about to let her social calendar be upset by a little inconvenience like murder, her sometime-sleuthing daughter's got a more pressing engagement - namely, hunting down a killer. But there are more than a few nasty messes tucked away in the Mabry closet - and a craven assassin who has the Big D elite quaking in their cowboy boots may soon be burying Andy in hers!

My Thoughts

I have always adored the society balls and coming of age balls . The idea of a character who decided it could all go hang was very cool.. In walks Andy. I feel in love with her . Shes lots of fun. She can make it in society but is much more comfortable with jeans and tshirts .

10. Spellcaster (Spellcaster, #1) by Claudia Gray

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When Nadia’s family moves to Captive’s Sound, she instantly realizes there’s more to it than meets the eye. Descended from witches, Nadia senses a dark and powerful magic at work in her new town. Mateo has lived in Captive’s Sound his entire life, trying to dodge the local legend that his family is cursed - and that curse will cause him to believe he’s seeing the future … until it drives him mad. When the strange dreams Mateo has been having of rescuing a beautiful girl—Nadia—from a car accident come true, he knows he’s doomed.

Despite the forces pulling them apart, Nadia and Mateo must work together to break the chains of his family’s terrible curse, and to prevent a disaster that threatens the lives of everyone around them.

My Thoughts

I wasn't certain what made me check this book out, but for some reason I was drawn to it . The cover art alone is enough to draw my eye. And so after passing it over a few times I checked it out. Its a tale of mis used magic , deceit and at its very heart love. So if you want something dark and still want magic this is the book for you.

so far so good Dragoneers! my goodreads says 10 and here says 10! yay!!!

11. Say Yes to the Death: A Debutante Dropout Mystery by Susan McBride

blurb

Someone old, someone cruel

Debutante dropout Andrea Kendricks is beyond done with big hair, big gowns, and big egos—so being dragged to a high-society Texas wedding by her socialite mama, Cissy, gives her a bad case of déjà vu. As does running into her old prep-school bully, Olivia La Belle, the wedding planner, who's graduated to berating people for a living on her reality TV show. But for all the times Andy wished her dead, nobody deserves Olivia's fate: lying in a pool of blood, a cake knife in her throat—but did the angry baker do it?

Millicent Draper, the grandmotherly owner of Millie's Cakes, swears she's innocent, and Andy believes her. Unfortunately, the cops don't. Though Andy's fiancé, lawyer Brian Malone, is handling Millie's case, she's determined to spring Millie herself. But where to start? "La Belle from Hell" had enemies galore. Good thing Andy has a BFF who's a reporter— and a blue-blood mother who likes to pull strings.

My Thoughts

I adore the relationship between Andi and Cissy. Its brilliant and very well written. I compleatly love this serries.

12. The Cinderella Killer (Charles Paris #19) by Simon Brett

blurb

Landing a minor part in the Empire Theatre Eastbourne's Christmas production of Cinderella, Charles Paris soon discovers that his main role is to gently introduce the show's baffled American star, famous sitcom actor Kenny Polizzi, to the bizarre customs of English pantomime.
During their convivial sessions in the local pub, Charles finds himself increasingly caught up in Polizzi's tangled affairs as the American fends off a vengeful soon-to-be-ex-wife, an obsessed groupie, and a barely-controlled drink problem. But Charles is about to be far more involved than he might wish when he stumbles across a body beneath Eastbourne Pier, a neat bullet hole in the centre of the forehead.
As the world's press descends on Eastbourne, the pantomime rehearsals descend into chaos and he himself comes under suspicion, it's up to Charles to put his renowned sleuthing skills to the test to find out who really killed his fellow cast member and why.

My Thoughts

even thought I adored my time and Dallas and visiting with Andi and Cissy I felt it was high time I come back to england. What better way to do so then to drop in on my friend Charles Paris. His acting is amazing when he isn't finding bodies, and his ex or almost ex francis is always charming .

Those Debutante Dropout books sound really fun, Rune! Would you recommend them to people who aren't well-versed in mystery books?

@lynnoconnacht yes they are very fun and very easy to follow so yes I recommend them to anyone who isn't well-versed in mystery. Its a nice opener :)

13. Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) by Elizabeth Peters

blurb

Set in 1884, this is the first installment in what has become a beloved bestselling series. At thirty-two, strong-willed Amelia Peabody, a self-proclaimed spinster, decides to use her ample inheritance to indulge her passion, Egyptology. On her way to Egypt, Amelia encounters a young woman named Evelyn Barton-Forbes. The two become fast friends and travel on together, encountering mysteries, missing mummies, and Radcliffe Emerson, a dashing and opinionated archaeologist who doesn't need a woman's help -- or so he thinks.

My Thoughts

I was told about this by a friend and for a long time it just sat on my to be read list. Well a few weeks ago I picked it up and I couldn't put it down. I had to know how it ended! I had to! I really like Peabody she is a do it yourself female in a time when you really shouldn;t be and wasn't ashamed of it in any way at all. If you are a fan of strong females, adventure and mystery with a historical flair this is for you!!

14. Once Dead, Twice Shy (Madison Avery, #1) by Kim Harrison

blurb

My name is Madison Avery, and I'm here to tell you that there's more out there than you can see, hear, or touch. Because I'm there. Seeing it. Touching it. Living it.

Madison's prom was killer—literally. For some reason she's been targeted by a dark reaper—yeah, that kind of reaper—intent on getting rid of her, body and soul. But before the reaper could finish the job, Madison was able to snag his strange, glowing amulet and get away.

Now she's stuck on Earth—dead but not gone. Somehow the amulet gives her the illusion of a body, allowing her to toe the line between life and death. She still doesn't know why the dark reaper is after her, but she's not about to just sit around and let fate take its course.

With a little ingenuity, some light-bending, and the help of a light reaper (one of the good guys! Maybe . . . ), her cute crush, and oh yeah, her guardian angel, Madison's ready to take control of her own destiny once and for all, before it takes control of her.

Well, if she believed in that stuff.

My Thoughts

I really liked Madison. So far its a year for really liking characters. The blurb says it all really and it is worth the read :) it takes a few chapters but by chapter 3 I was hooked.

15. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

blurb

Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal professional twenty-something young women don't get visited by ghosts. Or do they?

When the spirit of Lara's great-aunt Sadie-a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas about fashion, love, and the right way to dance-mysteriously appears, she has one request: Lara must find a missing necklace that had been in Sadie's possession for more than seventy-five years, because Sadie cannot rest without it.

Lara and Sadie make a hilarious sparring duo, and at first it seems as though they have nothing in common. But as the mission to find Sadie's necklace leads to intrigue and a new romance for Lara, these very different "twenties" girls learn some surprising truths from and about each other. Written with all the irrepressible charm and humor that have made Sophie Kinsella's books beloved by millions, Twenties Girl is also a deeply moving testament to the transcendent bonds of friendship and family.

My Thoughts

I don't do romance very often but when I do Sophie Kinsella is my go to gal. Her characters are likable and fun. her stories are belivable and are filled with laughs and heartwarming moments. A throughly guilty pleasure read.

>31 RuneFirestar: On the wishlist it goes!

>33 RuneFirestar: I read this one a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it - I much prefer Sophie Kinsella's standalone books to the Shopaholic series. Have you tried The Undomestic Goddess or I've got your number which if one sets aside a couple of unlikely things early on is pretty good - cheer me up no end.

@Peace2 I really loved I've got your number. It was a fantastic guilty pleasure read and i passed the book on to a friend who really liked it as well.

>30 RuneFirestar: Onto the wishlist they go! ^_^

16. Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #3)
by Alexander McCall Smith

Blurb

Botswana PI Precious Ramotswe investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important government official, and the moral character of four beauty contestants. When her business has money trouble, and problems arise at at her reliable fiance Mr J.L.B. Matekoni's Speedy Motors, she finds he is more complicated then he seems.

17.The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #4)
by Alexander McCall Smith

Blurb

In this fourth volume of the bestselling series - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, the ever-popular Precious Ramotswe - Botswana's leading, and only, female private detective - faces a new and unwanted problem: competition.

'Ex-CID. Ex-New York. Ex-cellent' reads the sign outside the Satisfaction Guaranteed Detective Agency. Cephas Buthelezi certainly talks the talk, Precious discovers, but would he have the wherewithal to deal with her current case - man attacked by ostrich rustlers, and is eager to reassess his life.

18. Another Life (Torchwood #1) by Peter Anghelides

blurb

From Cardiff, Wales, the Torchwood team fights aliens. Captain Jack Harkness, from UK BBC Doctor Who TV series leads Gwen Cooper, and Toshiko Sato to a monster in a bathroom, a mystery at an army base, and stolen nuclear fuel rods. Meanwhile, Owen Harper vanishes from the hub, when a Second Reality game leads him to an ex-girlfriend.

My Thoughts

I always enjoy time with the Torchwood team and especially Captain Jack. However I felt that this book was a bit chop and change and i found it difficult to get into and read. There was alot of time spent re- reading and even when i had re-read i had to go back to get a sense of what was going on. It was an intresting story but not one i would recommend or even pick up a second time

19. The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #5)
by Alexander McCall Smith

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Precious Ramotswe, who became engaged to Mr J. L. B. Matekoni at the end of The No. 1 Ladies' Dectective Agency, is wondering if they'll ever name a day for the wedding. But she doesn't want to put too much pressure on her fiancé, as he has other things on his mind - above all a frightening request from pushy Mma Potokwani, matron of the Orphan Farm.

Meanwhile, a wealthy lady - with a fortune from a chain of hair-braiding salons - has asked Precious to investigate several of her suitors. Are these men only interested in her money? A difficult question to answer, but Mma Ramotswe is, of course, a woman of considerable intuition.

20. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #6) by Alexander McCall Smith

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the charming and ever-resourceful Precious Ramotswe finds herself overly beset by problems. She is already busier than usual at the detective agency when added to her concerns are a strange intruder in her house on Zebra Drive and the baffling appearance of a pumpkin. And then there is Mma Makutsi, who decides to treat herself to dance lessons, only to be partnered with a man who seems to have two left feet. Nor are things running quite as smoothly as they usually do at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. Mma Ramotswe’s husband, the estimable Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, is overburdened with work even before one of his apprentices runs off with a wealthy woman. But what finally rattles Mma Ramotswe’s normally unshakable composure is a visitor who forces her to confront a secret from her past. . . .

All this unfolds against the sunlit background of Mma Ramotswe’s beloved homeland, Botswana–a land of empty spaces, echoing skies, and an endless supply of soothing bush tea.

Have you read the #1 Ladies Detective Agency books before? They are my cozy keepers for rereading, although I haven't reread them yet.

>39 RuneFirestar:, >41 RuneFirestar:, >42 RuneFirestar: I really enjoyed these, but I stopped at some point. I need to borrow them for my kindle. I think I stopped because I was having trouble reading the print without cheaters.

>43 MrsLee: Definitely a comfort read, even though they tackle some tough issues.

21. Insatiable (Insatiable #1) by Meg Cabot

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Sick of hearing about vampires? So is Meena Harper.

But her bosses are making her write about them anyway, even though Meena doesn’t believe in them.

Not that Meena isn’t familiar with the supernatural. See, Meena Harper knows how you’re going to die. (Not that you’re going to believe her; no one ever does.)

But not even Meena’s precognition can prepare her for what happens when she meets—then makes the mistake of falling in love with—Lucien Antonescu, a modern-day prince with a bit of a dark side. It's a dark side a lot of people, like an ancient society of vampire-hunters, would prefer to see him dead for.

The problem is, Lucien's already dead. Maybe that’s why he’s the first guy Meena’s ever met that she could see herself having a future with. See, while Meena’s always been able to see everyone else’s future, she’s never been able look into her own.

And while Lucien seems like everything Meena has ever dreamed of in a boyfriend, he might turn out to be more like a nightmare.

Now might be a good time for Meena to start learning to predict her own future . . .

If she even has one

My Thoughts

I really enjoyed the read though there is something of a drama alert needed for this read and the main character at times comes off as whiny which is a draw back. However it was a enjoyable and there were bits that did make me giggle. Meena grew on me.

22. Going Postal (Discworld #33)
by Terry Pratchett

Blurb

Moist von Lipwig is a con artist...

... and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet.

It's a tough decision.

But he's got to see that the mail gets through, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers' Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer.

Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too... (less)

23. Austenland (Austenland #1)
by Shannon Hale

Blurb

Jane Hayes is a seemingly normal young New Yorker, but she has a secret. Her obsession with Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, is ruining her love life: no real man can compare. But when a wealthy relative bequeaths her a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-crazed women, Jane’s fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become realer than she ever could have imagined.

Decked out in empire-waist gowns, Jane struggles to master Regency etiquette and flirts with gardeners and gentlemen—or maybe even, she suspects, with the actors who are playing them. It’s all a game, Jane knows. And yet the longer she stays, the more her insecurities seem to fall away, and the more she wonders: Is she about to kick the Austen obsession for good, or could all her dreams actually culminate in a Mr. Darcy of her own?

My thoughts

I started out liking the idea of this book. It was easy and enjoyable but after her arrival in Austenland it felt like it slowed. Giving her the name Erstwhile during her vist was also a a bit of dig like like well your here but not important an afterthought.I really really hated it and wondered why they simply didnt let her keep hays or change it to hayward to make it fit.

Also the catalouge of boyfriends was good but got tiresome too. Over all left with a feeling that it could have been done better or maybe have more too it.

24. Making Money (Discworld #36)
by Terry Pratchett

Blurb

It's an offer you can't refuse.

Who would not to wish to be the man in charge of Ankh-Morpork's Royal Mint and the bank next door?

It's a job for life. But, as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning, the life is not necessarily for long.

The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There's something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is pretty nameless), it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at a loss. A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend, he's about to be exposed as a fraud, but the Assassins Guild might get him first. In fact lot of people want him dead

Oh. And every day he has to take the Chairman for walkies.

Everywhere he looks he's making enemies.

What he should be doing is . . . Making Money!

My thoughts

The second moist adventure and I throughly loved it

25. Hollow City (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #2)
by Ransom Riggs

Blurb

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011—an unprecedented mix of YA fantasy and vintage photography that enthralled readers and critics alike. Publishers Weekly called it “an enjoyable, eccentric read, distinguished by well-developed characters, a believable Welsh setting, and some very creepy monsters.”

This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine’s island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. Along the way, they encounter new allies, a menagerie of peculiar animals, and other unexpected surprises.

Complete with dozens of newly discovered (and thoroughly mesmerizing) vintage photographs, this new adventure will delight readers of all ages.

My thoughts

I wasnt sure what to think of this one. I loved the first and thought it was aces. This was slow in places and seemed to loose its way a bit. Still a grand adventure if there ever was one

26. Dark Whispers (Unicorn Chronicles #3)
by Bruce Coville

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In the much-anticipated third volume of the Unicorn Chronicles, Cara Diana Hunter journeys to the Valley of the Centaurs in quest of a mysterious lost story that could hold the key to the survival of the unicorns. But the price for that story may prove to be more than her heart can bear.

27. The "Vicar of Dibley" by Kit Hesketh-Harvey

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The "Vicar of Dibley": Arrival/Songs of Praise/Easter Special/Christmas Lunch Incident. Starring Dawn French & Cast Vol 1 (BBC Radio Collection)

28. The Girl with the Mermaid Hair by Delia Ephron

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Click. Sukie Jamieson takes a selfie after her tennis lesson. Click. She takes one before she has to give a presentation in class. Click. She takes one to be sure there's nothing in her teeth after eating pizza at Clementi's. And if she can't take a selfie, she checks her reflection in windows, spoons, car chrome—anything available, really. So when her mother gives her an exquisite full-length mirror that once belonged to her grandmother, Sukie is thrilled. So thrilled that she doesn't listen to her mother's warning: “This mirror will be your best friend and worst enemy.” Because mirrors, as Sukie discovers, show not only the faraway truth but the truth close up. And finding out that close-up truth changes people. Often forever.

my thoughts

I picked this read because I really liked the cover art. The reds,yellows,oranges I was drawn into it and couldn't resist it. To start with Sukie rather annoyed me her shallow perfectionist almost airheaded perception of the world and the way she treated everyone around her and the fact that she was consumed with her looks made me hate her. Towards the end when she stepped back and started letting people close I liked that Sukie much more.

altogether i am not sure I enjoyed this read or not. It deffinatly is one of those odd reads for me.

29. Peeled by Joan Bauer

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Something's rotten in the heart of apple country!
Hildy Biddle dreams of being a journalist. A reporter for her high school newspaper, The Core, she's just waiting for a chance to prove herself. Not content to just cover school issues, Hildy's drawn to the town's big story--the haunted old Ludlow house. On the surface, Banesville, USA, seems like such a happy place, but lately, eerie happenings and ghostly sightings are making Hildy take a deeper look.

Her efforts to find out who is really haunting Banesville isn't making her popular, and she starts wondering if she's cut out to be a journalist after all. But she refuses to give up, because, hopefully, the truth will set a few ghosts free.

My Thoughts

I really have enjoyed getting to know Hildy Biddle. She is an amazing character and really does want to do the best possible job she can her drive to get the story and then later to get the facts and just the facts is awesome. Then when the schools paper gets shut down she and her friends band together to provide a second voice in the town. Proving that when young people work together anything can be achieved.

A really fantastic read.

30. The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth #1) by Carrie Ryan

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In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But, slowly, Mary’s truths are failing her. She’s learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power, and about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and her future—between the one she loves and the one who loves her. And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded by so much death?

my thoughts

this is another read that I really wasn't sure of. It had come to me via a number of sources and finally it was at the top of my tbr pile so I gave it a shot. The read at frist is slow and for the frist 3 chapters i wasnt sure if it was for me or not. i kept picking it up and putting it down. Then i came across a audio copy. It went alot easier to read and listen though the reader needs to work on tone varriation as after awhile they start to sound like a pre school student reading out a report they've written up. I had to go back and re read things often even when listening.

If you like reads where not much gets explained then this is the book for you.

31 .A Crimson Warning (Lady Emily #6)
by Tasha Alexander

Blurb

Secrets prove deadly in this new novel from Tasha Alexander featuring Lady Emily Hargreaves. Some very prominent people in London are waking up to find their doorsteps smeared with red paint, the precursor to the revelation of a dark secret – and worse – by someone who enjoys destroying lives.

Newly returned to her home in Mayfair, Lady Emily Hargreaves is looking forward to enjoying the delights of the season. The delights, that is, as defined by her own eccentricities—reading The Aeneid, waltzing with her dashing husband, and joining the Women’s Liberal Federation in the early stages of its campaign to win the vote for women.

But an audacious vandal disturbs the peace in the capital city, splashing red paint on the neat edifices of the homes of London’s elite. This mark, impossible to hide, presages the revelation of scandalous secrets, driving the hapless victims into disgrace, despair and even death.

Soon, all of London high society is living in fear of learning who will be the next target, and Lady Emily and her husband, Colin, favorite agent of the crown, must uncover the identity and reveal the motives of the twisted mind behind it all before another innocent life is lost.

My Thoughts

I adore these reads they are brilliant and fun. If you want a leading lady as well as a brilliant man you couldnt ask for better

32. This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity #1)
by Victoria Schwab

Blurb

Kate Harker and August Flynn's families rule opposite ends of Verity, a grisly metropolis where violent acts summon real monsters: bloodsucking Malchai; clawing Corsai; and soul-stealing Sunai. The truce that keeps the families at peace is crumbling, and August is sent to spy on Kate. But when Harker's men try to kill her and pin it on the Flynns, August and Kate find themselves running from both sides, in a city where monsters are real...

33. Rapture in Death (In Death #4) by J.D. Robb

blurb

When the autopsies of three suspicious suicides reveal small burns on the brains of the victims, Eve's investigation turns to the provocative world of virtual reality games--where the same techniques used to create joy and desire could also prompt the mind to become the weapon of its own destruction.

My thoughts

This is a great read for anyone who likes cyber punk or that kind of setting . it gives fantastic insight to those who want to play a cop in a cyber punk game. funny, sexy and heart - warming this serries has everything you could ask for.

34. Eldest (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)
by Christopher Paolini

Blurb

Darkness falls ...Despair abounds ...Evil reigns ...Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in magic and swordsmanship, the vital skills of the Dragon Rider.

It is the journey of a lifetime, filled with awe-inspiring new places and people, each day a fresh adventure. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and Eragon isn't sure whom he can trust. Meanwhile, his cousin Roran must fight a new battle back home in Carvahall - one that puts Eragon in even graver danger. Will the king's dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life .

My Thoughts

Perfect way to continue the adventure.

35. The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil #1)
by Soman Chainani

blurb

The first kidnappings happened two hundred years before. Some years it was two boys taken, some years two girls, sometimes one of each. But if at first the choices seemed random, soon the pattern became clear. One was always beautiful and good, the child every parent wanted as their own. The other was homely and odd, an outcast from birth. An opposing pair, plucked from youth and spirited away.

This year, best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where all the lost children go: the fabled School for Good & Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. As the most beautiful girl in Gavaldon, Sophie has dreamed of being kidnapped into an enchanted world her whole life. With her pink dresses, glass slippers, and devotion to good deeds, she knows she’ll earn top marks at the School for Good and graduate a storybook princess. Meanwhile Agatha, with her shapeless black frocks, wicked pet cat, and dislike of nearly everyone, seems a natural fit for the School for Evil.

But when the two girls are swept into the Endless Woods, they find their fortunes reversed—Sophie’s dumped in the School for Evil to take Uglification, Death Curses, and Henchmen Training, while Agatha finds herself in the School For Good, thrust amongst handsome princes and fair maidens for classes in Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication.. But what if the mistake is actually the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are…?

My Thoughts

Fairy tales are my weakness and i am drawn to anything to do with them like a moth to a flame. I simply cant walk away from them. fairy tales retold or reworked in some way that give the original a twist or take it down a different path altogether are brilliant adventures.

this is a story that tells us how the Prince and Princesses became those fairy tales. this tale tells us what makes the villains so villainous. Also teaches us that maybe neither is what they appear to be.

36. Ceremony in Death (In Death #5) by J.D. Robb

Blurb

Even in an age of cutting-edge technology, old beliefs die hard...

Conducting a top secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lieutenant Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. She must put professional ethics personal loyalties. But when a dead body is placed outside her home, Eve takes the warning personally. With her husband, Roarke, watching her every move, Eve is drawn into the most dangerous case of her career. Every step she takes makes her question her own beliefs of right and wrong - and brings her closer to a confrontation with humanity's most seductive form of evil...

37. Red by Alison Cherry

Blurb

Top student. Beauty queen. Girlfriend of the hottest football jock: Felicity's got everything. And it's all down to her red, red hair.

Felicity lives in Scarletville, the world's only redhead sanctuary, where red hair is celebrated, protected - and the key to sucess.

But Felicity has a secret. A red hot secret. And if anyone finds out, she's finished.

Because Felicity's actually a natural blonde.

And in Scarletville, blondes need not apply.

>59 RuneFirestar: Can you say a bit more about The school for good and evil? It sounds intriguing, funny, and young adult. A bit like Etiquette & espionage by Gail Carriger. Is it like that? Would you recommend it?

@zjakkelien the school for good and evil is a fantastic adventure. Its most. Certainly young adult. I havent read the school serries by Gail yet but its on my list s o I cant say oh yes most certainly.

I would most certainly recommend this book to anyone who likes fairy tales and adventure.

38.Poison City (Delphic Division #1) by Paul Crilley

Blurb

The name's Gideon Tau, but everyone just calls me London. I work for the Delphic Division, the occult investigative unit of the South African Police Service. My life revolves around two things - finding out who killed my daughter and imagining what I'm going to do to the bastard when I catch him.

I have two friends. The first is my boss, Armitage, a fifty-something DCI from Yorkshire who looks more like someone's mother than a cop. Don't let that fool you. The second is the dog, my magical spirit guide. He talks, he watches TV all day, and he's a mean drunk.

Life is pretty routine - I solve crimes, I search for my daughter's killer. Wash, rinse, repeat. Until the day I'm called out to the murder of a ramanga - a low-key vampire - basically, the tabloid journalist of the vampire world. It looks like an open and shut case. There's even CCTV footage of the killer.

Except... the face on the CCTV footage? It's the face of the man who killed my daughter. I'm about to face a tough choice. Catch her killer or save the world? I can't do both.

It's not looking good for the world.

My thoughts

Poison City is the first in a fantastical new series for fans of Ben Aaronovitch, Lauren Beukes, Sarah Lotz and Stephen King. I would also put jim butcher on this list. I really really like the story and once I was stuck in I had to know what happened. Its brillant from start to finish.

39. Bones Never Lie (Temperance Brennan #17) by Kathy Reichs

blurb

In the acclaimed author’s thrilling new novel, Brennan is at the top of her game in a battle of wits against the most monstrous adversary she has ever encountered.

Unexpectedly called in to the Charlotte PD’s Cold Case Unit, Dr. Temperance Brennan wonders why she’s been asked to meet with a homicide cop who’s a long way from his own jurisdiction. The shocking answer: Two child murders, separated by thousands of miles, have one thing in common—the killer. Years ago, Anique Pomerleau kidnapped and murdered a string of girls in Canada, then narrowly eluded capture. It was a devastating defeat for her pursuers, Brennan and police detective Andrew Ryan. Now, as if summoned from their nightmares, Pomerleau has resurfaced in the United States, linked to victims in Vermont and North Carolina. When another child is snatched, the reign of terror promises to continue—unless Brennan can rise to the challenge and make good on her second chance to stop a psychopath.

But Brennan will have to draw her bitter ex-partner out of exile, keep the local police and feds from one another’s throats, and face more than just her own demons as she stalks the deadliest of predators into the darkest depths of madness.

My thoughts

I had wandered away from this serries because I read and listened to several of them all at once. I effectively od on them. But now after time apart I'm happy to have come back to them. Brillant story, excellent characters loved every moment.

40. Mouse Guard Legends of the Guard Vol. 3 #1 (of 4) (Mouse Guard Legends of the Guard Vol. 3 #1 (of 4): 1)
by David Petersen, Skottie Young, Mark Buckingham, Hannah Christenson

Blurb

WHY WE LOVE IT: 2015 marks the 10-year anniversary of David Petersen’s Eisner and Harvey Award-winning Mouse Guard, and what better way to celebrate than with a new collection of short stories centered around a storytelling contest at the local bar, featuring work by some of the best writers and artists in comics paying homage to this beloved all-ages series.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT: It’s Mouse Guard as interpreted by some of the most celebrated storytellers in all of comics, including Skottie Young (Rocket Raccoon), Ramón K. Pérez (The Amazing Spider-Man), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Becky Cloonan (Gotham Academy), Dustin Nguyen (Batman), and many more!

WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Following two award-nominated volumes, once again, mice of all furs and trades have gathered at the June Alley Inn to swap tales of courage, adventure, and craftsmanship. The storytellers can’t help but try to outdo one another, as the mouse who tells the best tale gets their bar tab cleared.

41. Mouse Guard Legends of the Guard Vol. 3 #2 (of 4) (Mouse Guard Legends of the Guard Vol. 3 #2 (of 4): 2)
by David Petersen, Dustin Nguyen, Kyla Vanderklugt, C.M. Galdre, Nicole Gustafsson (Illustrator)

Blurb

Gather 'round in the June Alley Inn for more mouse tales. Dustin Nguyen (Batman: Li’l Gotham) tells the story of a dying raven, while Kyla Vanderklugt (Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Witches) spins a tale of a lovely and brave mouse dancer. And C.M. Galdre (Duelist) and Nicole Gustaffson (Nimasprout) tell the story of a town whose protective walls have fallen.

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42. Mouse Guard Legends of the Guard Vol. 3 #3 (of 4) (Mouse Guard Legends of the Guard Vol. 3 #3 (of 4): 3)
by David Petersen, Ramón K. Pérez, Jake Parker, Mark A. Nelson

Blurb

The mice at the June Alley Inn continue to tell their stories in an attempt to clear their tabs. Featuring inventive mice, haunting cicadas, and other stories from Ramón K Pérez (Hawkeye), Jake Parker (Rocket Raccoon), and Eric Talbot (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).

43. Mouse Guard Legends of the Guard Vol. 3 #4 (of 4) (Mouse Guard Legends of the Guard Vol. 3 #4 (of 4) : 4)
by David Petersen, Becky Cloonan, Fabian Rangel Jr., Ryan Lang, Aaron Conley (Illustrator)

Blurb

Final issue! Becky Cloonan (Gotham Academy), Fabian Rangel Jr (Doc Unknown), Aaron Conley (Sabertooth Swordsman), and Big Hero 6 animator Ryan Lang bring us three final mouse tales, just in time for June to pick her favorite and clear someone’s tab.

44. The Hanging Tree (Peter Grant, #6) by Ben Aaronovitch

Blurb

The Hanging Tree was the Tyburn gallows which stood where Marble Arch stands today. Oxford Street was the last trip of the condemned. Some things don't change. The place has a bloody and haunted legacy and now blood has returned to the empty Mayfair mansions of the world's super-rich. And blood mixed with magic is a job for Peter Grant.

Peter Grant is back as are Nightingale et al. at the Folly and the various river gods, ghosts and spirits who attach themselves to England's last wizard and the Met's reluctant investigator of all things supernatural.

My thoughts

I started reading these after I finished with Jim Butchers Dresend files and was desperate for more Harry. This was just the right fit. I got to know Peter and all the rest. I couldnt wait to see what would happen next. Brillant story thrilling adventure. Loved it

>63 RuneFirestar: I bought an ebook!

45. A Girl Called Owl by Amy Wilson

Blurb

It's bad enough having a mum dippy enough to name you Owl, but when you've got a dad you've never met, a best friend who needs you more than ever, and a new boy at school giving you weird looks, there's not a lot of room for much else.

So when Owl starts seeing strange frost patterns on her skin, she's tempted to just burrow down under the duvet and forget all about it. Could her strange new powers be linked to her mysterious father?And what will happen when she enters the magical world of winter for the first time?


My thoughts

I enjoyed meeting owl and her friends. I especially loved hearing more about Jack frost. A beautiful tale .

46. Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children #1) by Seanan McGuire

Blurb

Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children
No Solicitations
No Visitors
No Quests

Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else.

But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.

Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.

But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter.

No matter the cost.

My thoughts

I read this and wondered if I might have been one of these door way children. If just maybe I had slipped away and come back other and not quiet the way I had been. Its a super fast super easy read. I was sad it ended but it ended in the right sort of way.

47.The Warrior Heir (The Heir Chronicles #1) by Cinda Williams Chima

Blurb

An epic battle between good and evil...

Before he knew about the Roses, 16-year-old Jack lived an unremarkable life in the small Ohio town of Trinity. Only the medicine he has to take daily and the thick scar above his heart set him apart from the other high schoolers. Then one day Jack skips his medicine. Suddenly, he is stronger, fiercer, and more confident than ever before. And it feels great - until he loses control of his own strength and nearly kills another player during soccer team tryouts.

Soon, Jack learns the startling truth about himself: he is Weirlind, part of an underground society of magical people who live among us. At their helm sits the feuding houses of the Red Rose and the White Rose, whose power is determined by playing The Game - a magical tournament in which each house sponsors a warrior to fight to the death. The winning house rules the Weir.

As if his bizarre heritage isn't enough, Jack finds out that he's not just another member of Weirlind - he's one of the last of the warriors - at a time when both houses are scouting for a player.

My thoughts

I enjoyed this one loads

48. The Lammas Field by Catherine Fisher

Blurb

Mick's father manages a 17th-century house and grounds where a festival is held each year. This year, a woman comes to sell herbs and candles. When she helps Mick with his music, his friend Katie begins to realize that she is drawing him into the Otherworld.

49. Poison by Chris Wooding

Blurb

Poison has always been a willful, contrary girl, prone to being argumentative and stubborn. So when her sister is snatched by the mean-spirited faeries, she seeks out the Phaerie Lord to get her back.
But finding him isn't easy, and the quest leads Poison into a murderous world of intrigue, danger, and deadly storytelling. With only her wits and her friends to aid her, Poison must survive the attentions of the Phaerie Lord, rescue her sister, and thwart a plot that's beyond anything she (or the reader) can imagine. . . .

50. Drinking Midnight Wine by Simon R. Green

Blurb

Toby Dexter is a slave to his own daily grind-nine-to-five at the local bookstore. But one evening he gets a reprieve in the form of a beautiful woman riding the same train...

A woman who opens a door that wasn't there a moment before...

The door to Mysterie..

51. Forever Odd (Odd Thomas #2) by Dean Koontz

Blurb

I see dead people. But then, by God, I do something about it. Odd Thomas never asked for his special ability. He's just an ordinary guy trying to live a quiet life in the small desert town of Pico Mundo. Yet he feels an obligation to do right by his otherworldly confidants, and that's why he's won hearts on both sides of the divide between life and death. But when a childhood friend disappears, Odd discovers something worse than a dead body and embarks on a heart-stopping battle of will and wits with an enemy of exceptional cunning. In the hours to come there can be no innocent bystanders, and every sacrifice can tip the balance between despair and hope.

You're invited on an unforgettable journey through a world of terror and transcendence to wonders beyond imagining. And you can have no better guide than Odd Thomas.

52. Brother Odd (Odd Thomas #3) by Dean Koontz

Blurb

Loop me in, odd one.

The words, spoken in the deep of night by a sleeping child, chill the young man watching over her. For this was a favorite phrase of Stormy Llewellyn, his lost love, and Stormy is dead, gone forever from this world. In the haunted halls of the isolated monastery where he had sought peace, Odd Thomas is stalking spirits of an infinitely darker nature.

Through two New York Times bestselling novels Odd Thomas has established himself as one of the most beloved and unique fictional heroes of our time. Now, wielding all the power and magic of a master storyteller at the pinnacle of his craft, Dean Koontz follows Odd into a singular new world where he hopes to make a fresh beginning—but where he will meet an adversary as old and inexorable as time itself.

St. Bartholomew’s Abbey sits in majestic solitude amid the wild peaks of California’s high Sierra, a haven for children otherwise abandoned, and a sanctuary for those seeking insight. Odd Thomas has come here to learn to live fully again, and among the eccentric monks, their other guests, and the nuns and young students of the attached convent school, he has begun to find his way. The silent spirits of the dead who visited him in his earlier life are mercifully absent, save for the bell-ringing Brother Constantine and Odd’s steady companion, the King of Rock 'n' Roll.

But trouble has a way of finding Odd Thomas, and it slinks back onto his path in the form of the sinister bodachs he has met previously, the black shades who herald death and disaster, and who come late one December night to hover above the abbey’s most precious charges. For Odd is about to face an enemy who eclipses any he has yet encountered, as he embarks on a journey of mystery, wonder, and sheer suspense that surpasses all that has come before.

53.Potter's Field by Chris Dolan

Blurb

In Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park, the bodies of two youths lie with bullet holes in their heads. Hungover, nicotine-starved and ill-attired, procurator fiscal Maddy Shannon attends the scene, unaware that this grim morning is about to spiral out of control. The corpses have been carefully disfigured, perhaps signs of gangland revenge or, worse, ritual slayings.

As the gruesome complexities of the investigation multiply, the fragmented story of Maddy's immigrant ancestors emerges as a counterpoint to brutality and corruption. As she struggles to prove her worth against the darkest side of human nature, we discover the history and heartbreak that created this strong-willed woman.

Potter's Field is the first of a Maddy Shannon crime mystery series.

>75 RuneFirestar: A friend gave me the first three books in the Warrior heir series. I'll have to move them up the pile, seeing that you enjoyed the first one.

>77 RuneFirestar: I really liked Poison when I read it some years ago. Poison was such a great, spiky character.

@Sakerfalcon glad I could help sort out your tbr pile :) I really loved Poison she is an excellent character.

54 The Kiss
by Lucy Courtenay

The blurb

Aphrodite kissed a mortal once by the light of this moon, many thousands of years ago. It drove him crazy. The next person that he kissed - boum. The craziness travelled like this from person to person. It travelled through time. Everywhere - boum! Tu comprends?' 'Where did it end up?' I whisper. His lips are on my cheek now. 'It ended with me. And now I am going to pass it to you. You will like that, mermaid?' Imagine the perfect kiss. A legendary kiss that makes people crazy with love. Imagine a summer's night, on a moonlit beach in the South of France, as French boy Laurent kisses 16-year-old Delilah after the best chat-up line she's ever heard. BOOM! Delilah is pretty sure the Kiss is fiction, despite her head-spinning holiday fling. But with all the sudden crushes, break-ups and melt-downs happening back at home, the Kiss starts looking a little too real for comfort. If only Delilah could keep track of where it's gone ...Who knew one kiss could cause this much trouble? A hilarious rom-com that will delight Geek Girls everywhere!

My thoughts

First off I was drawn to this book by the cover bunting hearts with the letters of the title cut out. ( pic of the cover to follow this post ) It was just so cute I couldn't resist picking it up. And then the " for geek girls everywhere tag " was just another reason why I couldn't not buy it. I had to have it! Then I read the blurb and my fate was sealed! I adore fairy tales and myths and legends they are my weakness. And a fairy tale / myth or legend reworked or modernised amazing!! This is a fun , and fast paced rom com . So if thats your thing check this out.

55.The Girl Who Loved Animals and Other Stories
by Bruce McAllister

56. The Lighthouse Keeper
by Daisy Johnson (Goodreads Author), LeVar Burton (Narrator)

blurb

The story of a solitary life by the sea, and a woman’s courage. "The Lighthouse Keeper" is part of FEN: STORIES, available from Graywolf Press.

57. Empty Places by Richard Parks

blurb

An accomplished thief is approached by a wizard who wants to send him on an unusual mission. The two embark on a journey together, matching wits along the way.

58. What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah

blurb

A dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home.

In "Who Will Greet You at Home", a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker, a woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In "Wild", a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In "The Future Looks Good," three generations of women are haunted by the ghosts of war, while in "Light," a father struggles to protect and empower the daughter he loves. And in the title story, in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class, experts have discovered how to "fix the equation of a person" - with rippling, unforeseen repercussions.

Evocative, playful, subversive, and incredibly human, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent with a remarkable career ahead of her.

59. Graham Greene" by Percival Everett

blurb

A man is contacted by a 102-year-old woman with an unusual and seemingly impossible request. "Graham Greene" appears in Percival Everett's collection HALF AN INCH OF WATER, available from Graywolf Press.

60. Chivalry" by Neil Gaiman

Blurb

An elderly widow purchases the Holy Grail at a second-hand store, and becomes wrapped up in an epic quest. "Chivalry" appears in Neil Gaiman's collection SMOKE AND MIRRORS: SHORT FICTIONS AND ILLUSIONS from William Morrow, which is available on Audible. Thanks to our presenting sponsor Audible. Start your free trial and get a free audiobook at audible.com/levar.

61. The Second Bakery Attack" by Haruki Murakami

Blurb

Cursed with an unbearable hunger, a newlywed couple goes to drastic measures to break its spell. "The Second Bakery Attack" appears in Haruki Murakami's collection THE ELEPHANT VANISHES from Vintage Books, and is available as an audiobook from Penguin Random House Audio

Right Dragonneers I need to interrupt this post with a very import announcement. At the moment my family and I stateside in Maine. We arrived on the 4th and will be here til 26th.

Its been wonderful. And on the 12th of August at 2 in the afternoon at a small church my partner and I of nearly 14 years said I do. Our ceremony was a beautiful mix of the Christian marriage and the handfasting rites. I couldn't be happier .

63. The Rook (The Checquy Files #1)
by Daniel O'Malley

The blurb

The body you are wearing used to be mine.

So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity and track down the agents who want to destroy her.

She soon learns that she is a Rook, a high-ranking member of a secret organization called the Chequy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain. She also discovers that she possesses a rare, potentially deadly supernatural ability of her own.

In her quest to uncover which member of the Chequy betrayed her and why, Myfanwy encounters a person with four bodies, an aristocratic woman who can enter her dreams, a secret training facility where children are transformed into deadly fighters, and a conspiracy more vast than she ever could have imagined.

My thoughts

I had a hard time with this read. There are definitely times when I just wanted to say nope and quit as the memory thing got old fast! But I stuck it out and in the end found it to be very good. It is almost a spy thriller type story so if that's your thing this read is for you. That being said this writters style is not for me so I won't be getting the rest of the serries.

Yay for "I does"!

The Rook is on my wish list; maybe I should move it up.

>93 RuneFirestar: Congratulations!

@mrsLee there have been ups and downs but I couldn't be without him. I am very happy

64. Miss Ellicott's School for the Magically Minded
by Sage Blackwood

Blurb

Chantel would much rather focus on her magic than on curtsying, which is why she often finds herself in trouble at Miss Ellicott’s School for Magical Maidens. But when Miss Ellicott mysteriously disappears along with all the other sorceresses in the city, Chantel’s behavior becomes the least of her problems.

Without any magic protecting the city, it is up to Chantel and her friends to save the Kingdom. On a dangerous mission, Chantel will discover a crossbow-wielding boy, a dragon, and a new, fiery magic that burns inside her—but can she find the sorceresses and transform Lightning Pass into the city it was meant to be?

My thoughts

Its most certainly not Hogwarts or Mrs Cackle's and the whole girls must do as there told thing got old. But its worth a hour or two.

65. The Shambling Guide to New York City (The Shambling Guides #1)
by Mur Lafferty

Blurb
A travel writer takes a job with a shady publishing company in New York, only to find that she must write a guide to the city - for the undead!

Because of the disaster that was her last job, Zoe is searching for a fresh start as a travel book editor in the tourist-centric New York City. After stumbling across a seemingly perfect position though, Zoe is blocked at every turn because of the one thing she can't take off her resume --- human.

Not to be put off by anything -- especially not her blood drinking boss or death goddess coworker -- Zoe delves deep into the monster world. But her job turns deadly when the careful balance between human and monsters starts to crumble -- with Zoe right in the middle.

My thoughts

If you like the idea of the magical and monstrous world mixing with ours then this is a fantastic read. I have loved this read so much. It has made me laugh and cry only to laugh again. Brilliant story great characters.
I will be getting the next book.

66. 1000-Year-Old Ghosts
by Laura Chow Reeve

Blurb

A grandmother teach her family to deal with difficult memories in a unique way- by pickling them in jars.

Belated congratulations! What a lovely way to celebrate 14 years together. Hope you had a great time in Maine.

And you've been reading some good books too. I liked the Rook more than you did, but I also loved the Shambling guide to NYC. I've read the sequel which is also good, and hope the author writes more in the series.

67. The Best American Short Stories 2012 (The Best American Short Stories)

The blurb

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected — and most popular — of its kind.

The Best American Short Stories 2012 includes

Nathan Englander, Mary Gaitskill, Roxane Gay, Jennifer Haigh,
Steven Millhauser, Alice Munro, Lawrence Osborne, Eric Puchner,
George Saunders, Kate Walbert, and others

68.The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu

Blurb

A young man learns about identity in this story. Its beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time.

Ken Liu's incredible story "Paper Menagerie" just became the first work of fiction to win all three of SF's major awards: the Hugo, the Nebula and the World Fantasy Award. And we're proud to be able to reprint the whole story, right here at io9. Here's your chance to find out what all the excitement is about, and discover one of science fiction's fastest rising stars.

69. The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
by Elmore Leonard

The story that I listened was No Man's Guns I think its part of this collection.

No one is more evocative of the dusty, gutsy hey-day of the American West than Elmore Leonard. And no story about a young writer struggling to launch his career ever matched its subject matter better than the tale behind Leonard's Western oeuvre.

In 1950, fresh out of college -- having written two "pointless" stories, as he describes them -- Leonard decided he needed to pick a market, a big one, which would give him a better chance to be published while he learned to write. In choosing between crime and Westerns, the latter had an irresistible pull -- Leonard loved movies set in the West. As he researched deeper into settings, Arizona in the 1880s captured his imagination: the Spanish influence, the standoffs and shootouts between Apache Indians and the U.S. cavalry ...

His first dozen stories sold for 2 cents a word, for $100 each. The rest is history.

This first-ever complete collection of Leonard's thirty Western tales will thrill lovers of the genre, his die-hard fans, and everyone in between -- and makes a terrific study of the launch of a phenomenal career.

From his very first story ever published -- "The Trail of the Apache" -- through five decades of classic Western tales, The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard demonstrates again and again the superb talent for language and gripping narrative that has made Leonard one of the most acclaimed and influential writers of our time.

70. Redwall (Redwall #1) by Brian Jacques

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A quest to recover a legendary lost weapon by bumbling young apprentice monk, mouse Matthias.

Redwall Abbey, tranquil home to a community of peace-loving mice, is threatened by Cluny the Scourge savage bilge rat warlord and his battle-hardened horde. But the Redwall mice and their loyal woodland friends combine their courage and strength.

My thoughts

After reading the mouse guard stories it got me to thinking about how much I loved redwall and the friends I made while visting there. So I decided to return , it was just as brilliant as I remembered and even more fun for me was I shared it with my kids and they loved it too.

>103 RuneFirestar: Did you read the whole collection The paper menagerie or just the title story? I thought it was an excellent collection overall.

@sakerfalcon I actually listened to it on Lavar burton reads. Its reading rainbow for adults and its totally awesome. I really really enjoyed it.

71. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

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The monster showed up after midnight. As they do.

But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting. He’s been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he’s had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming…

This monster is something different, though. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor.

It wants the truth.

My thoughts

This ....just this...my dear book friends there are no words. Its a heart breakingly achingly beautiful story. All the feels in world aren't enough.

72. The Last Hunt (Unicorn Chronicles #4)
by Bruce Coville

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Readers will be on the edge of their seats with this concluding episode of the riveting best-selling series by one of America's most gifted fantasy writers.

In the center if Luster stands an enormous tree called the Axis Mundi, the Heart of the World. But now that tree is wounded, pierced through by magic. And through that wound marches an army of Hunters, led by the sinister and vengeful Beloved. And they are all determined to destroy each and every unicorn.
As the unicorns gather to defend their lives, the human girl, Cara, is sent on a mission to meet a ferocious and mysterious dragon. Faced with perilous danger, Cara must make a desperate decision that will change her life forever.

73. Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

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Moxie is sweet, funny and fierce. Read this and then join the fight.' Amy Poehler

Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with her high school teachers who think the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes, hallway harassment and gross comments from guys during class. But most of all, Viv Carter is fed up with always following the rules.
Viv's mum was a tough-as-nails, punk rock Riot Grrrl in the '90s, and now Viv takes a page from her mother's past and creates Moxie, a feminist zine that she distributes anonymously to her classmates. She's just blowing off steam, but other girls respond and spread the Moxie message. As Viv forges friendships with other young women across the divides of cliques and popularity rankings, she realises that what she has started is nothing short of a girl revolution.

TIME TO FIGHT LIKE A GIRL

A page-turning read with a feminist message, for anyone who has ever had to deal with #everydaysexism

My thoughts

I was drawn into by the cover and stayed for the story. I like viv and the message that young people can spearhead change if they work together. The girl power , girl positive thing is also very very super awesome and very refreshing too. From start to finish it was brilliant.

74. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple #9)
by Agatha Christie

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One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really intended?

Marina’s frozen expression suggested she had witnessed something horrific. But, while others searched for material evidence, Jane Marple conducted a very different investigation – into human nature.

My thoughts

Guilty pleasure.

75. The Body in the Library (Miss Marple #3)
by Agatha Christie

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Colonel Bantry has found the strangled body of an exotic blonde bombshell lying on his library hearth - and the neighbors are beginning to talk! When Miss Marple takes an interest, though, things begin to move along nicely, and its all far more convoluted - and sordid - than the genteel Bantrys could have imagined.

A curmudgeonly financier, his self-absorbed adult children, a couple of pragmatic and clever hotel workers, tons of money and influence, a wild local lad, some smitten girls, the film business, mix into a classic Christie plot filled with twists, turns, and doublebacks galore. Plus the glorious settings of A Great House, a fancy Hotel, and an excessively genteel little village, and lets not forget Miss Marple...

76. The Moving Finger (Miss Marple #4)
by Agatha Christie

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The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his accident under the care of his sister, Joanna. But soon a series of vicious poison-pen letters destroys the village's quiet charm, eventually causing one recipient to commit suicide. The vicar, the doctor, the servants—all are on the verge of accusing one another when help arrives from an unexpected quarter. The vicar's houseguest happens to be none other than Jane Marple.

77. Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot #8)
by Agatha Christie

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Hercule Poirot is vacationing on the Cornish coast when he meets Nick Buckly. Nick is the young and reckless mistress of End House, an imposing structure perched on the rocky cliffs of St. Loo.
Poirot has taken a particular interest in the young woman who has recently narrowly escaped a series of life-threatening accidents. Something tells the Belgian sleuth that these so-called accidents are more than just mere coincidences or a spate of bad luck. It seems all too clear to him that someone is trying to do away with poor Nick, but who? And, what is the motive? In his quest for answers, Poirot must delve into the dark history of End House. The deeper he gets into his investigation, the more certain he is that the killer will soon strike again. And, this time, Nick may not escape with her life.

78. The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Thirteenth Stone (Sarah Jane Adventures Audio Exclusives #1) by Justin Richards, Elisabeth Sladen (Narrator)

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A stone circle spells danger for Sarah Jane Smith and friends in a thrilling new adventure read by Elisabeth Sladen. Sarah Jane is helping out on a school trip with Luke, Maria, and Clyde's class. On the way home, the group stop off at The Stone Whisperers, a dozen standing stones enclosed by a dome. Set apart from the circle is a thirteenth stone: the King Stone. Luke finds himself strangely drawn to it...but when the secret of the stones is finally revealed, enthusiasm turns to terror.

79. The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Glittering Storm (Sarah Jane Adventures Audio Exclusives #2) by Stephen Cole, Elisabeth Sladen (Narrator)

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Elisabeth Sladen, who stars as Sarah Jane in the BBC TV series, reads this audio-exclusive story. When Sarah Jane disturbs a burglar in the night, she is surprised to find a middle-aged woman, her pockets stuffed with jewelry, demanding gold. The next day, she reads a newspaper story about a granny who broke into a jeweler's shop, and then Maria reports that a woman has been stealing rings and necklaces from the girls changing room at school. All the women had recently attended the Auriga Clinic, a private health center specializing in treating muscular aches and pains. Is there a link between the clinic and the odd behaviour of its patients? Sarah Jane decides to find out, but she soon discovers that the clinic's secret agenda is more sinister than she could ever have imagined...

80. The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Ghost House (Sarah Jane Adventures Audio Exclusives #3) by Stephen Cole, Elisabeth Sladen (Narrator)

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A crack in time and a lost child mean trouble for Sarah Jane in this thrilling story, read by Elisabeth Sladen. Up early one morning, Sarah Jane is astonished to see that the house opposite hers has changed overnight: what used to be a nondescript 1970s family home has been replaced by a smart Victorian residence. How did a house from 1884 suddenly materialise in Bannerman Road? Where has the old O'Brien place gone? And more importantly, who - or what - has caused this temporal anomaly? Sarah Jane and friends must find out before time itself explodes and destroys the world...Elisabeth Sladen, who stars as Sarah Jane in the CBBC TV series, reads this exclusive audio story which has been written by bestselling author Stephen Cole. The cover photograph shows Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane with Anjli Mohindra as Rani, Thomas Knight as Luke, and Daniel Anthony as Clyde.

81. The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Time Capsule (Sarah Jane Adventures Audio Exclusives #4)
by Peter Anghelides, Elisabeth Sladen (Narrator)

82. The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1) by Philip Pullman

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Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors. First, her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, appears with evidence of mystery and danger in the far North, including photographs of a mysterious celestial phenomenon called Dust and the dim outline of a city suspended in the Aurora Borealis that he suspects is part of an alternate universe. He leaves Lyra in the care of Mrs. Coulter, an enigmatic scholar and explorer who offers to give Lyra the attention her uncle has long refused her. In this multilayered narrative, however, nothing is as it seems. Lyra sets out for the top of the world in search of her kidnapped playmate, Roger, bearing a rare truth-telling instrument, the alethiometer. All around her children are disappearing—victims of so-called "Gobblers"—and being used as subjects in terrible experiments that separate humans from their daemons, creatures that reflect each person's inner being. And somehow, both Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter are involved.

83. Magyk (Septimus Heap #1)
by Angie Sage

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The first part of an enthralling new series leads readers on a fantastic journey filled with quirky characters, clever charms, potions and spells. Ages 9+.

The 7th son of the 7th son, aptly named Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife who pronounces him dead. That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a newborn girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take this helpless newborn into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to their beloved son, Septimus?

The first part of this enthralling new series leads readers on a fantastic journey filled with quirky characters, clever charms, potions and spells, and a yearning to uncover the mystery at the heart of this story...who is Septimus Heap?

Angie Sage writes in the tradition of great British storytellers. Her inventive fantasy is filled with humor and heart: Magyk will have readers laughing and begging for more.

84. The Sarah Jane Adventures: The White Wolf (Sarah Jane Adventures Audio Exclusives #5)
by Gary Russell, Elisabeth Sladen

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When Sarah Jane receives a strange letter from Eddison Clough, her curiosity is aroused. For Eddison possesses a photograph proving he was once close friends with her Aunt Lavinia - but he has no memory of ever having met her.

Intrigued, Sarah Jane and Luke go to visit him and, with Clyde and Rani, they explore the village of Wolfenden. The locals seem strange and secretive - especially the Hendricks, a deathly pale family with white hair and white eyes.

85. The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Shadow People (Sarah Jane Adventures Audio Exclusives #6) by Scott Handcock, Elisabeth Sladen

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Elisabeth Sladen, who stars as Sarah Jane in the CBBC TV series, reads this exclusive audio story by Scott Handcock. A camping trip spells trouble for Sarah Jane and friends when both the school bus and Sarah Jane's car break down in Snowdonia and the gang find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere. Exploring by a lake, Rani sees a shadowy figure that looks exactly like her. Then Sarah Jane hears a voice asking for help, and sees a mysterious figure outside her tent. Who is watching them, and why? How can Rani be in two places at once? And what secret does a nearby cave hold?

86. The Sarah Jane Adventures: Wraith World (Sarah Jane Adventures Audio Exclusives #7)
by Cavan Scott, Mark Wright, Elisabeth Sladen

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Another exciting story for listeners of all ages, written exclusively for audio and featuring Sarah Jane Smith along with her friends Clyde, Luke, Rani, and Mr. Smith.

87. Doctor Who: The Space Museum (Doctor Who Library (Target) #117)
by Glyn Jones, William Hartnell (Reading), Maureen O’Brien (Reading), Various (Reading)

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When the Doctor and his companions Ian, Barbara, and Vicki enter a museum on the planet Xeros, they are astonished to find themselves displayed as exhibits! The TARDIS has jumped a time track and offered them a glimpse of what the future could hold

The native Xerons are planning a rebellion against the occupying force of the Moroks who have invaded their world. The Doctor and his friends struggle not only to survive in the midst of battle, but to help change the future sufficiently to ensure their own freedom! "

88. Doctor Who: Marco Polo (TV Soundtrack)
by John Lucarotti

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When the TARDIS breaks down on the Roof of the World, Central Asia, in 1289, its occupants are met by the explorer Marco Polo. His mammoth undertaking is to cross the desert to Peking, and before long he has set his mind on presenting the TARDIS to the explorer Kublai Khan as a gift on his arrival. Unless they can persuade Polo otherwise, the Doctor and his companions will lose their only means to escape this moment in history. However, Polo isn’t the only one with designs on the TARDIS. The warlord Tegana will go to any lengths to steal the magical blue box - lengths which endanger the lives of the whole travelling party as they are beset by droughts, bandits and the merciless desert. And when the Doctor finally meets Kublai Khan himself, the precious Ship is his only collateral in a high-stakes game of backgammon - and the Khan is a master of the game... William Russell, who plays Ian in the story, narrates the soundtrack to this classic adventure which, long missing from the television archives, has itself gained legendary status as an example of Doctor Who at its finest. Hailing from the programme's first season (1963-4), it also stars Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford and Mark Eden as Marco Polo.

89. Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction (Doctor Who Library (Target) #132)
by Nigel Robinson

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Novelization of the Doctor Who TV episode/story of the same name.

After the First Doctor's failed efforts to regain control of the TARDIS's faulty control system result in an explosion causing everyone to black out, the Doctor and his companions find themselves trapped in the craft. Strange occurrences cause them to suspect the TARDIS has been infiltrated or worse — that one of the crew members has sabotaged the TARDIS.

90. The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve Doctor Who
by BBC Audiobooks

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The TARDIS lands in Paris in 1572 at the time of the massacre of the French Protestants at the hands of the Catholic Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici. Worryingly for the TARDIS crew, it appears that the hated Catholic dignitary the Abbot of Amboise is a dead ringer for the Doctor himself... This is a four-part Doctor Who story from 1966, wiped from the BBC Archives, which exists on soundtrack only. Peter Purves supplies added narration to the story. The episodes have not been seen for more than thirty years, and given that they no longer exist in visual form, they are now audio exclusives. The Doctor is played by William Hartnell

91. Doctor Who: The Reign Of Terror
by Dennis Spooner

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The TARDIS arrives in the midst of the French Revolution in the remastered soundtrack of a classic story starring William Hartnell, with linking narration by Carole Ann Ford.

'The events will happen, just as they are written...'

Materialising in a forest, the Doctor and his three companions discover themselves to be 12 kilometers from Paris. This is the 18th century, and France is the scene of an ongoing bloody battle between royalists and revolutionaries. Following a blaze at a rural farmhouse, Ian, Barbara and Susan are separated from the Doctor and arrested as traitors, their destination the city's gaol.

Ian receives information about James Stirling, an English spy with information vital to the revolution. No-one seems to know where Stirling is, and locating him becomes Ian's priority. The Doctor, meanwhile, arrives in Paris in the guise of a Regional Officer, and before long he has an audience with the leader of the revolution himself: Robespierre!

With Robespierre's downfall imminent, and the revolution about to reach its climax, the Doctor and his friends must extricate themselves from Paris, before events overtake them and they too become victims of Madame Guillotine...

Carole Ann Ford, who played Susan in these six BBC TV episodes from 1964, provides linking narration for the story. In a bonus interview she also recalls the experience of making The Reign of Terror

92. Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
by Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Anneke Wills

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The Cybermen make their first ever appearance whilst William Hartnell's Doctor nears the end of his first incarnation in this classic soundtrack adventure with linking narration by Anneke Wills.

'Millions of years ago there was a twin planet to Earth...'

The year is 1986, and at the South Pole the crew of the Snowcap Base have detected a new planet on their radar. The arrival of the Doctor, Ben and Polly at the Base coincides with another landing — that of a spaceship whose humanoid passengers have used cybernetics to replace their limbs and vital organs.

The new arrival in the solar system is in fact a tenth planet, and Earth's twin. Its return has brought with it the emotionless Cybermen, their sole aim to ensure the survival of their race. To this end they plan to drain Earth's energy into the dying Mondas, whilst using the human population as fodder for a continuing programme of cyber-conversion.

Battling alongside the humans to save their planet, the Doctor appears to weaken and age before the eyes of his companions. An ultimate collapse appears to signal his death — but then...

In an exclusive bonus interview, Anneke Wills — who also narrates the story's soundtrack — recalls her memories of making The Tenth Planet

What fun listening to the Doctor Who episodes! I could swear I saw the one, or part of it in >129 MrsLee:, maybe there are snippets of it saved somewhere?

I found the full audio book as an mp3 as part of hampshire library services. Anyone can get a card and their collect of ebooks and audio files is always growing !

I tried so very hard to reach my goal but I was stuck in a book fog. But 92/155 isn't too shabby.

Not bad at all! May your New Year be all you hope for. :)