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Sep 8, 2006
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Annabel
About My Library

I still buy far too many books, my unread outnumber my read ones, but it's a nice struggle! I aim to read over 120 books each year, and to review most of the books I read - Do let me know what you think, (expanded reviews and comments are on my blog 'AnnaBookBel' http://www.annabookbel.net/ and also http://shinynewbooks.co.uk which I co-founded and co-edit).


While I mostly read contemporary and 20thC literature, I also read some genre fiction (primarily crime & SF) and non-fiction (esp good biographies, anything rock'n'roll and popular science/medical books). I believe the best children's novels are as good as adult ones, although I read little YA now.

In 2023 I've read 87 books to the end of August and 13 have earned 10/10:

  • The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas
  • The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson
  • Foster by Claire Keenan
  • Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
  • Viper's Dream by Jake Lamar
  • Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
  • The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M John Harrison
  • The Ghost Theatre by Mat Osman
  • The Sound of Being Human by Jude Rogers
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre
  • Chourmo by Jean-Claude Izzo
  • A Little Luck by Claudia Pineiro
  • London Rules by Mick Herron

My Books of the Year:
2022 - Mischief Acts by Zoe Gilbert

2021 - Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden

2020 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
2019 - Slow Motion Ghosts by Jeff Noon
2018 - To Throw Away Unopened by Viv Albertine
2017 - The Day That Went Missing by Richard Beard; A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes (joint winners)
2016 - Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
2015 - Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller
2014 - Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton
2013 - Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
2012 - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

About Me

Booklover, book-buyer and blogging about it since 2008 - do visit 'AnnaBookBel' - see the link below. A materials scientist by training, I worked in industry for ages before becoming a mum, I now work as a school Lab Technician and Health & Safety Officer. Always reading, or talking about books.

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