Willoyd's Reading list and blog 2018
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1Willoyd
List below is for the full year to date, but comments from Aug 1st, following on from BCF reading blogs. R=reread, G=book group read
January
01. Maigret at Picratt's - Georges Simenon ****
02. The Pursuit of Victory - Roger Knight *****
03. Where My Heart Used to Beat - Sebastian Faulks G *
04. I Am Pilgrim - Terry Hayes G *
05. Walking Away - Simon Armitage ****
February
06. Peculiar Ground - Lucy Hughes-Hallett ***
07. Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett ***
08. Coot Club - Arthur Ransome R ******
09. The Big Six - Arthur Ransome R *****
10. Claxton - Mark Cocker R ****
March
11. Purple Hibiscus - Chimamamda Ngozie Adichie G *****
12. All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr G ****
13. Jane Austen, The Secret Radical - Helena Kelly **
14. Darkest Hour - Anthony McCarten ***
15. Linescapes - Hugo Warwick ****
April
16. A View of the Harbour - Elizabeth Taylor G ******
17. H is for Hawk - Helen Macdonald G ****
18. Longbourn - Jo Baker ****
19. Lock No. 1 - Georges Simenon ****
May
20. Letters to My Daughter's Killer - Cath Staincliffe G **
XX. Winter in Madrid - CJ Sampson **
21. Battle Cry of Freedom - James MacPherson *****
22. If Only They Didn't Speak English - Jon Sopel ***
23. The Shell Seekers - Rosamund Pilcher ****
24. A Shadow Above - Jo Shute *****
XX. Rebels and Traitors - Lindsay Davies **
25. The House of Doctor Dee - Peter Ackroyd ***
XX. Darke - Rick Gekoski G *
June
26. Farewell to the Horse - Ulrich Rauff **
27. A Book of Silence - Sara Maitland ***
28. Tyke on a Bike - John Priestley ***
29. Islander - Patrick Barkham *****
30. The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein G **
31. The Radetzky March - Joseph Roth ***
Juily
32. Gossip from the Forest - Sara Maitland G *****
33. Paddington Helps Out - Michael Bond *****
34. Maigret - Georges Simenon ****
35. The Women Who Shaped Politics - Sophy Ridge ***
36. The Devil in the Marshalsea - Antonia Hodgson ***
37. Pendulum - Adam Hanty G *
38. The Secret Rooms - Catherine Bailey G ****
August
39. The Year of Reading Dangerously - Andy Miller ***
40. A Siege of Bitterns - Steve Burrows ****
41. Bookworm - Lucy Mangan *****
Star Ratings
* Really did not like this (LT 1*)
** Disappointing (LT 2*)
*** OK by putdownable (LT3*)
**** Good - hard to put down (LT 3.5*)
***** Excellent, if not quite a favourite (LT 4*)
****** On my favourites list (LT 5*)
January
01. Maigret at Picratt's - Georges Simenon ****
02. The Pursuit of Victory - Roger Knight *****
03. Where My Heart Used to Beat - Sebastian Faulks G *
04. I Am Pilgrim - Terry Hayes G *
05. Walking Away - Simon Armitage ****
February
06. Peculiar Ground - Lucy Hughes-Hallett ***
07. Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett ***
08. Coot Club - Arthur Ransome R ******
09. The Big Six - Arthur Ransome R *****
10. Claxton - Mark Cocker R ****
March
11. Purple Hibiscus - Chimamamda Ngozie Adichie G *****
12. All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr G ****
13. Jane Austen, The Secret Radical - Helena Kelly **
14. Darkest Hour - Anthony McCarten ***
15. Linescapes - Hugo Warwick ****
April
16. A View of the Harbour - Elizabeth Taylor G ******
17. H is for Hawk - Helen Macdonald G ****
18. Longbourn - Jo Baker ****
19. Lock No. 1 - Georges Simenon ****
May
20. Letters to My Daughter's Killer - Cath Staincliffe G **
XX. Winter in Madrid - CJ Sampson **
21. Battle Cry of Freedom - James MacPherson *****
22. If Only They Didn't Speak English - Jon Sopel ***
23. The Shell Seekers - Rosamund Pilcher ****
24. A Shadow Above - Jo Shute *****
XX. Rebels and Traitors - Lindsay Davies **
25. The House of Doctor Dee - Peter Ackroyd ***
XX. Darke - Rick Gekoski G *
June
26. Farewell to the Horse - Ulrich Rauff **
27. A Book of Silence - Sara Maitland ***
28. Tyke on a Bike - John Priestley ***
29. Islander - Patrick Barkham *****
30. The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein G **
31. The Radetzky March - Joseph Roth ***
Juily
32. Gossip from the Forest - Sara Maitland G *****
33. Paddington Helps Out - Michael Bond *****
34. Maigret - Georges Simenon ****
35. The Women Who Shaped Politics - Sophy Ridge ***
36. The Devil in the Marshalsea - Antonia Hodgson ***
37. Pendulum - Adam Hanty G *
38. The Secret Rooms - Catherine Bailey G ****
August
39. The Year of Reading Dangerously - Andy Miller ***
40. A Siege of Bitterns - Steve Burrows ****
41. Bookworm - Lucy Mangan *****
Star Ratings
* Really did not like this (LT 1*)
** Disappointing (LT 2*)
*** OK by putdownable (LT3*)
**** Good - hard to put down (LT 3.5*)
***** Excellent, if not quite a favourite (LT 4*)
****** On my favourites list (LT 5*)
2Willoyd
I'm not going to try and keep all the lists that I kept at the start of the blog on BCF - the whole set up here suggests keepng things simpler, but I'm at least going to see if a blog thread is sustainable, so anybody is free to contribute! The one list I am keeping is 'books read', as in post 1. Same 6-star system that I've been using on BCF too. That's reflected in my LT ratings too - with the one compromise that 4 stars is shown on LT as 3.5 stars, 5 stars as 4 LT stars, and 6 stars as 5 LT stars!
