Kimb Read Thread :-) - Eat into Mount TBR
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1KimB
I'm not a huge reader, meaning in the past I've been a devoted reader but not read 50 plus books in a year.
I like to have something to read near me most of the time. But, rarely, I do seem to have lapses when I dont read anything for a month or so.
This year I thought it might be fun to track what I've read and I have a few goals in mind. My ever growing TBR pile is up to about 80 books so I thought a few goals might help eat into it. I'll also join challenges and group reads through the year as interesting ones come up.
Goals
A. Have a bit of fun with a "Titles Alphabet Challenge" (for some tongue-in-cheek fun :-)
B. To read from the 1001 list (set an easy goal of 10 books)
C.To read at least 5 classics.
D.To read from my TBR list on bookcrossing so I can share them by setting them free :-) (About 30 books)
E. To read from the prize winners and short-lists/long-lists(just a general goal at the moment)
F.Read 5 Australian novels.
Quite a few of the books I choose will be part of overlapping goals, I'm looking for that satisfying feeling of "Killing-two-birds-with-one-stone"
I'll be looking at updating this thread about once a month.
1.The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan A,E
2.Charles Darwin : an Australian selection by T. R. Frame -non-fiction
3.Embers by Sandor Marai A, B
4. Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels A, B
5.The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini A
6.Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind B
7.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A, B, E
8.The Road Home: A novel by Rose Tramain A, E
9.Saturday by Ian McEwan A, B, E
10.A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka B, E
11. The Well by Elizabeth Jolley. F.
12.Atonement by Ian McEwan, A, B, D, E.
13.The Clothes on their backs by Linda Grant, E
14.Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, A, B, C.
15.Eucalyptus by Murray Bail, D, E, F. My Favourite of the month
16.Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe, A-D
17.Ramses: The Battle of Kadesh - Volume III by Christian Jacq, D.
18.The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman short story
19.The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald read on DailyLit.com short story
20.The Awakening 788. by Kate Chopin (Read Mar)read on DailyLit.com
21.The Wind-up Bird Chronicles 125. by Haruki Murakami (read)
22.The Nose by Nicoli Gogol (Read Mar) 919. online short story
23.The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe 911.(Read Mar) online short story
24.The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 821. (Reading Mar) online paused
25.Silas Maner by George Eliot 875. (Started reading Mar. stoped and started Dec)
26.The Fall of the house of Usher 916. by Edgar Allan Poe (Read Mar) online short story
27.I know Why the Caged Bird Sings 367.by Maya Angelou (Read Mar)
28.A modest proposal 982 by Johnathan Swift.(Read Mar) online short story
29.It's Raining in Mango by Thea Astley (Read Mar)
30.Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom (Read Mar)
31.West Block by Sara Dowse (Read Mar)
32.The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards (Read Mar)
33.Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Read Mar-May)
34.Miles McGinty by Tom Gilling (Read Apr)
35.The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng (Read Apr)
36.The List: A Love Story in 781 Chapters by Aneva Stout (Read Apr)
37.Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto (Read Apr)
38.The Tazyrik year : a novel (Read Apr)
39.Jack Maggs (Read May)
40.The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne (Read May)
41.The Solid Mandala by Patrick White (paused May)
42.Falling Man by Don DeLillo (Read May)
43.One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (Read May)
44.The Women in Black (Read May)
45.Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh (Read June)
46. White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Read June)
47. Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin (Read June)
48.Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold (Read June)
49.The Woman in White by Wilki Collins (Reading June) Through Daily.Lit
50.The Pages by Murray Bail (Read June)
51.Sorry by Gail Jones (Read June)
52.Scapegallows by Carol Birch (Read June)
53.All Our Worldly Goods by Irène Némirovsky (Read June)
54.Everymans Rules for Scientific Living (Read July)
55.The Lost Dog by Michelle de Krester (Read July)
56.Small Island by Andrea Levy (Read July)
57.The Colour by Rose Tremain (Read July)
58.Purple Hibiscus by Chimamada Ngozi Adichie (Read July)
59.Bel Canto by Anne Patchett (Read July)
60.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Read July)
61.The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad (Read Aug)
62.Life a User's Manual by Georges Perec (Read Aug-Oct)
63.Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Read Aug)
64.The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani (Read Aug)
65.Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson (Read Aug)
66.I'm not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti (Read Aug)
67.Wanting by Richard Flanagan (Read Aug)
68.Ice by Louis Nowra (Read Aug)
69.The Wooden Sea by Johnathan Carroll (Read Sep)
70.A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammad Harif (Read Sep)
71.The Passion by Jeanette Winterson (Read Oct)
72.Smoke and Mirrors: A Brad Chen Novel by Kel Robertson (Read Oct)
73.The Little Strangerby Sarah Waters (Read Oct)
74.Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence by Mathew Sanford (Read Nov)
75.The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt (Read Nov)
76.Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (Read Nov)
77.The Memory Room by C. J. Koch (Read Nov)
78.The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (Read Nov)
79.House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
80.The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks (Read Nov)
81.The Lost Book of Salem by Katherine Howe (Read Nov)
82.Passing by Nella Larsen (Read Dec)
I like to have something to read near me most of the time. But, rarely, I do seem to have lapses when I dont read anything for a month or so.
This year I thought it might be fun to track what I've read and I have a few goals in mind. My ever growing TBR pile is up to about 80 books so I thought a few goals might help eat into it. I'll also join challenges and group reads through the year as interesting ones come up.
Goals
A. Have a bit of fun with a "Titles Alphabet Challenge" (for some tongue-in-cheek fun :-)
B. To read from the 1001 list (set an easy goal of 10 books)
C.To read at least 5 classics.
D.To read from my TBR list on bookcrossing so I can share them by setting them free :-) (About 30 books)
E. To read from the prize winners and short-lists/long-lists(just a general goal at the moment)
F.Read 5 Australian novels.
Quite a few of the books I choose will be part of overlapping goals, I'm looking for that satisfying feeling of "Killing-two-birds-with-one-stone"
I'll be looking at updating this thread about once a month.
1.The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan A,E
2.Charles Darwin : an Australian selection by T. R. Frame -non-fiction
3.Embers by Sandor Marai A, B
4. Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels A, B
5.The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini A
6.Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind B
7.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A, B, E
8.The Road Home: A novel by Rose Tramain A, E
9.Saturday by Ian McEwan A, B, E
10.A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka B, E
11. The Well by Elizabeth Jolley. F.
12.Atonement by Ian McEwan, A, B, D, E.
13.The Clothes on their backs by Linda Grant, E
14.Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, A, B, C.
15.Eucalyptus by Murray Bail, D, E, F. My Favourite of the month
16.Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe, A-D
17.Ramses: The Battle of Kadesh - Volume III by Christian Jacq, D.
18.The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman short story
19.The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald read on DailyLit.com short story
20.The Awakening 788. by Kate Chopin (Read Mar)read on DailyLit.com
21.The Wind-up Bird Chronicles 125. by Haruki Murakami (read)
22.The Nose by Nicoli Gogol (Read Mar) 919. online short story
23.The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe 911.(Read Mar) online short story
24.The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 821. (Reading Mar) online paused
25.Silas Maner by George Eliot 875. (Started reading Mar. stoped and started Dec)
26.The Fall of the house of Usher 916. by Edgar Allan Poe (Read Mar) online short story
27.I know Why the Caged Bird Sings 367.by Maya Angelou (Read Mar)
28.A modest proposal 982 by Johnathan Swift.(Read Mar) online short story
29.It's Raining in Mango by Thea Astley (Read Mar)
30.Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom (Read Mar)
31.West Block by Sara Dowse (Read Mar)
32.The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards (Read Mar)
33.Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Read Mar-May)
34.Miles McGinty by Tom Gilling (Read Apr)
35.The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng (Read Apr)
36.The List: A Love Story in 781 Chapters by Aneva Stout (Read Apr)
37.Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto (Read Apr)
38.The Tazyrik year : a novel (Read Apr)
39.Jack Maggs (Read May)
40.The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne (Read May)
41.The Solid Mandala by Patrick White (paused May)
42.Falling Man by Don DeLillo (Read May)
43.One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (Read May)
44.The Women in Black (Read May)
45.Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh (Read June)
46. White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Read June)
47. Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin (Read June)
48.Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold (Read June)
49.The Woman in White by Wilki Collins (Reading June) Through Daily.Lit
50.The Pages by Murray Bail (Read June)
51.Sorry by Gail Jones (Read June)
52.Scapegallows by Carol Birch (Read June)
53.All Our Worldly Goods by Irène Némirovsky (Read June)
54.Everymans Rules for Scientific Living (Read July)
55.The Lost Dog by Michelle de Krester (Read July)
56.Small Island by Andrea Levy (Read July)
57.The Colour by Rose Tremain (Read July)
58.Purple Hibiscus by Chimamada Ngozi Adichie (Read July)
59.Bel Canto by Anne Patchett (Read July)
60.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Read July)
61.The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad (Read Aug)
62.Life a User's Manual by Georges Perec (Read Aug-Oct)
63.Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Read Aug)
64.The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani (Read Aug)
65.Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson (Read Aug)
66.I'm not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti (Read Aug)
67.Wanting by Richard Flanagan (Read Aug)
68.Ice by Louis Nowra (Read Aug)
69.The Wooden Sea by Johnathan Carroll (Read Sep)
70.A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammad Harif (Read Sep)
71.The Passion by Jeanette Winterson (Read Oct)
72.Smoke and Mirrors: A Brad Chen Novel by Kel Robertson (Read Oct)
73.The Little Strangerby Sarah Waters (Read Oct)
74.Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence by Mathew Sanford (Read Nov)
75.The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt (Read Nov)
76.Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (Read Nov)
77.The Memory Room by C. J. Koch (Read Nov)
78.The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (Read Nov)
79.House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
80.The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks (Read Nov)
81.The Lost Book of Salem by Katherine Howe (Read Nov)
82.Passing by Nella Larsen (Read Dec)
2KimB
The Alphabet Challenge for 2009 (Unless marked Read then TBR) Links are to the Bookcrossing Pages
A Atonement by Ian McEwan (Read Feb)
B Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan (Read) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Bookray) by Dai Sijie
C The Clothes on their Backs by Linda Grant (Read)Cry of the Damaged Man by Tony Moore
D Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Reading Aug)
E Embers by Sandor Marai. 1001 book (Read, bookring)
F Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels. 1001 book.(Read)
G Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Read)
H
I I know Why the Caged Bird Sings 367.by Maya Angelou (Read Mar)
J 97.Jack Maggs by Peter Carey (Read May)A 1001 book (Read)
K The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
L The Last Girls by Lee Smith
M The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards(Read Mar)
N Nero's Heirs by Allan Massie
O One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Read)
P 86.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 1001 book(read)
Q
R The Road Home by Rose Tremain (Read)
S Saturday by Ian McEwan. A 1001 list. (Read) The Solid Mandala by Patrick White(Reading halfway)
T Tara Road by Maeve Binchy Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom(Read Mar)
U
V
W The Well by Elizabeth Jolley (Read)
X
Y Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Z
A Atonement by Ian McEwan (Read Feb)
B Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan (Read) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Bookray) by Dai Sijie
C The Clothes on their Backs by Linda Grant (Read)Cry of the Damaged Man by Tony Moore
D Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Reading Aug)
E Embers by Sandor Marai. 1001 book (Read, bookring)
F Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels. 1001 book.(Read)
G Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Read)
H
I I know Why the Caged Bird Sings 367.by Maya Angelou (Read Mar)
J 97.Jack Maggs by Peter Carey (Read May)A 1001 book (Read)
K The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
L The Last Girls by Lee Smith
M The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards(Read Mar)
N Nero's Heirs by Allan Massie
O One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Read)
P 86.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 1001 book(read)
Q
R The Road Home by Rose Tremain (Read)
S Saturday by Ian McEwan. A 1001 list. (Read) The Solid Mandala by Patrick White(Reading halfway)
T Tara Road by Maeve Binchy Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom(Read Mar)
U
V
W The Well by Elizabeth Jolley (Read)
X
Y Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Z
3KimB
In 2009, I'm going to try to read at least 10 books from the 1001 list. Might be these ones ;-).
1Saturday by Ian McEwan 2. (Read Jan)
2. Atonement by Ian McEwan 42. (Read Feb)
3.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 86. (Read Jan)
4.Jack Maggs by Peter Carey 97.(Read May)
5.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 456. (Read July)
6.Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 932.(TBR)
7.Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe 985.(Read Feb)
8.White teeth by Zadie Smith 54. (TBR next year)
9.Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Read Jan)
10.Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (Read Feb)
11.Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (TBR)
12 Embers by Sandor Marai 577 (Read Jan)
13 Perfume by Patrick Süskind (Read Jan)
14.The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 125 (Read Mar)
15.Great Expectations by Charles Dicksons 876 ((Read Mar-May)
16.The Nose by Nicoli Gogol (Read Mar) 919. online (Read Mar)
17.The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 801 (Read Mar) online
18.The Awakening by Kate Chopin 788. (Read Mar) online
19.The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe 911.(Read Mar) online
20.The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 821. (Reading Mar) onlinepaused
21.Silas Maner by George Eliot 875. (Reading Mar) online paused
22.The Fall of the house of Usher 916. by Edgar Allan Poe (Read Mar) online short story
23.I know Why the Caged Bird Sings 367.by Maya Angelou (Read Mar)
24.The modest proposal 982 by Johnathan Swift.(Read Mar) online short story
25.Falling Man (2008 list) by Don Delillo (Read May)
26.One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (Read May)
27.The Woman in White by Wilki Collins (Reading June) Through Daily.Lit paused
28.Small Island by Andrea Levy (Read July)
29.The Colour by Rose Tremain (Read July)
30.Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Read Aug)
31.I'm not scared by Niccolo Ammaniti (Read Aug)
32.Life a User's Manual by Georges Perec (Read Aug-Oct)
33.The Passion by Jeanette Winterson (Read Oct) frm the old list
34.FingerSmith by Sarah Waters (Read Nov) frm the old list
35.The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks (Read Nov)
36.The House of the Spirits by Isabell Allende (Reading Nov-Dec)
37.Passing by Nella Larsen (Read Dec)
It's only Jan and I'm halfway there I'll probably add to this list during the year:-) By including some short stories I completed this challenge in March.
1Saturday by Ian McEwan 2. (Read Jan)
2. Atonement by Ian McEwan 42. (Read Feb)
3.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 86. (Read Jan)
4.Jack Maggs by Peter Carey 97.(Read May)
5.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 456. (Read July)
6.Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 932.(TBR)
7.Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe 985.(Read Feb)
8.White teeth by Zadie Smith 54. (TBR next year)
9.Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Read Jan)
10.Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (Read Feb)
11.Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (TBR)
12 Embers by Sandor Marai 577 (Read Jan)
13 Perfume by Patrick Süskind (Read Jan)
14.The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 125 (Read Mar)
15.Great Expectations by Charles Dicksons 876 ((Read Mar-May)
16.The Nose by Nicoli Gogol (Read Mar) 919. online (Read Mar)
17.The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 801 (Read Mar) online
18.The Awakening by Kate Chopin 788. (Read Mar) online
19.The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe 911.(Read Mar) online
20.The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 821. (Reading Mar) onlinepaused
21.Silas Maner by George Eliot 875. (Reading Mar) online paused
22.The Fall of the house of Usher 916. by Edgar Allan Poe (Read Mar) online short story
23.I know Why the Caged Bird Sings 367.by Maya Angelou (Read Mar)
24.The modest proposal 982 by Johnathan Swift.(Read Mar) online short story
25.Falling Man (2008 list) by Don Delillo (Read May)
26.One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (Read May)
27.The Woman in White by Wilki Collins (Reading June) Through Daily.Lit paused
28.Small Island by Andrea Levy (Read July)
29.The Colour by Rose Tremain (Read July)
30.Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Read Aug)
31.I'm not scared by Niccolo Ammaniti (Read Aug)
32.Life a User's Manual by Georges Perec (Read Aug-Oct)
33.The Passion by Jeanette Winterson (Read Oct) frm the old list
34.FingerSmith by Sarah Waters (Read Nov) frm the old list
35.The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks (Read Nov)
36.The House of the Spirits by Isabell Allende (Reading Nov-Dec)
37.Passing by Nella Larsen (Read Dec)
It's only Jan and I'm halfway there I'll probably add to this list during the year:-) By including some short stories I completed this challenge in March.
4KimB
At least 5 from "The Classics"
1.To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee 456. (Read July)
2.Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 932.(TBR)
3.Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe 985.(Read Feb)
4.Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. (TBR)
5.Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Read Mar-May)
1.To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee 456. (Read July)
2.Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 932.(TBR)
3.Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe 985.(Read Feb)
4.Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. (TBR)
5.Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Read Mar-May)
5KimB
My Current Bookcrossing TBR list
Robinson Crusoe (Wordsworth Classics) by Daniel
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Nero's Heirs by Allan Massie
The Pendragon by Catherine Christian
West Block by Sara Dowse (Read Mar)
Cry of the Damaged Man by Tony Moore
Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
by Mitch Albom (Read Mar)
Tara Road by Maeve Binchy
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. by Harper Lee (Read Jul)
Northanger Abbey (English Library) by Jane Austen, Anne Henry Ehrenpreis
Camelot's Shadow by Sarah Zettel
The Last Girls by Lee Smith
Z for Zachariah by Robert O'Brien
Jack Maggs by Peter Carey (Read May)
Atonement by Ian McEwan (Read Feb)
Pushing Time Away by Peter Singer
The Spider's Web by Joseph Roth
Ramses 3: The Battle of Kadesh (Ramses)by Christian Jacq (Read Feb)
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe (Read Feb)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Read Mar)
Eucalyptus by Murray Bail (read Feb)
Samsara by Alexandra Jones
Flash House by Aimee Liu
The City of Joy by Dominique LaPierre
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Somehow Tenderness Survives by Hazel Rochman
The Linnet Bird by Linda Holeman
The Solid Mandala by Patrick White (Reading May)
It's Raining in Mango: Pictures from the Family Album by Thea Astley(Read Mar)
Robinson Crusoe (Wordsworth Classics) by Daniel
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Nero's Heirs by Allan Massie
The Pendragon by Catherine Christian
West Block by Sara Dowse (Read Mar)
Cry of the Damaged Man by Tony Moore
Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
by Mitch Albom (Read Mar)
Tara Road by Maeve Binchy
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. by Harper Lee (Read Jul)
Northanger Abbey (English Library) by Jane Austen, Anne Henry Ehrenpreis
Camelot's Shadow by Sarah Zettel
The Last Girls by Lee Smith
Z for Zachariah by Robert O'Brien
Jack Maggs by Peter Carey (Read May)
Atonement by Ian McEwan (Read Feb)
Pushing Time Away by Peter Singer
The Spider's Web by Joseph Roth
Ramses 3: The Battle of Kadesh (Ramses)by Christian Jacq (Read Feb)
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe (Read Feb)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Read Mar)
Eucalyptus by Murray Bail (read Feb)
Samsara by Alexandra Jones
Flash House by Aimee Liu
The City of Joy by Dominique LaPierre
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Somehow Tenderness Survives by Hazel Rochman
The Linnet Bird by Linda Holeman
The Solid Mandala by Patrick White (Reading May)
It's Raining in Mango: Pictures from the Family Album by Thea Astley(Read Mar)
6KimB
2008 Booker shortlist/longlist challenge
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga (livrecache) - Winner (Read June)
The Secret Scripture- Sebastien Barry (dr Chris)
Sea of Poppies - Amitav Ghosh (star-light) (Read June)
The Clothes on their backs - Linda Grant (tqd) Read Feb.
The Northern Clemency- Philip Henscher (miss-jo)
A fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz (jubby)
Girl in a Blue dress - Gaynor Arnold (Sujie) (Read June)
The Lost Dog - Michele de Kretser (goodthinkingmax)(Read July)
A Case of Exploding Mangoes- Mohammed Hanif (Fleebo) (Read Aug-Sep)
The Enchantress of Florence - Salman Rushdie (me) (Read 2008)
June 2009 - About halfway through this challenge
This is a bookcrossing challenge, hence the BC names beside the books are the hosts for that bookring, also these will be read as they arrive, some might not make it to my door-step until 2010!
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga (livrecache) - Winner (Read June)
The Secret Scripture- Sebastien Barry (dr Chris)
Sea of Poppies - Amitav Ghosh (star-light) (Read June)
The Clothes on their backs - Linda Grant (tqd) Read Feb.
The Northern Clemency- Philip Henscher (miss-jo)
A fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz (jubby)
Girl in a Blue dress - Gaynor Arnold (Sujie) (Read June)
The Lost Dog - Michele de Kretser (goodthinkingmax)(Read July)
A Case of Exploding Mangoes- Mohammed Hanif (Fleebo) (Read Aug-Sep)
The Enchantress of Florence - Salman Rushdie (me) (Read 2008)
June 2009 - About halfway through this challenge
This is a bookcrossing challenge, hence the BC names beside the books are the hosts for that bookring, also these will be read as they arrive, some might not make it to my door-step until 2010!
7KimB
Goal
5 Australian Novels or books by Australian Authors
1.Jack Maggs by Peter Carey 97.(Read May)
2.Eucalyptus by Murray Bail (Read Feb)
3.Pushing Time Away by Peter Singer (TBR)
4.The sound of one hand clapping by Richard Flanagan (TBR)
5.Journey to the Stone Country by Alex Miller (TBR)
6.The Well by Elizabeth Jolley (Read Jan)
7.It's Raining in Mango by Thea Astley (Read Mar)
8.Miles McGinty by Tom Gilling (Read Apr)
9.Women in Black by Madeline St John (Read May)
10.The Pages by Murray Bail (Read June)
11.Sorry by Gail Jones (Read June)
12.Everymans Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany (Read July)
13.The Lost Dog by Michelle de Krester (Read July)
14.Wanting by Richard Flanagan (Read Aug)
15.Ice by Louis Nowra (Read Aug)
16.Smoke and Mirrors: A Brad Chen Novel by Kel Robertson (Read Oct)
17.The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (Read Nov)
Completed 5 by May, will still add more Aus Lit and try to read the unread 3 that I had lined up at the begining of the year.
5 Australian Novels or books by Australian Authors
1.Jack Maggs by Peter Carey 97.(Read May)
2.Eucalyptus by Murray Bail (Read Feb)
3.Pushing Time Away by Peter Singer (TBR)
4.The sound of one hand clapping by Richard Flanagan (TBR)
5.Journey to the Stone Country by Alex Miller (TBR)
6.The Well by Elizabeth Jolley (Read Jan)
7.It's Raining in Mango by Thea Astley (Read Mar)
8.Miles McGinty by Tom Gilling (Read Apr)
9.Women in Black by Madeline St John (Read May)
10.The Pages by Murray Bail (Read June)
11.Sorry by Gail Jones (Read June)
12.Everymans Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany (Read July)
13.The Lost Dog by Michelle de Krester (Read July)
14.Wanting by Richard Flanagan (Read Aug)
15.Ice by Louis Nowra (Read Aug)
16.Smoke and Mirrors: A Brad Chen Novel by Kel Robertson (Read Oct)
17.The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (Read Nov)
Completed 5 by May, will still add more Aus Lit and try to read the unread 3 that I had lined up at the begining of the year.
8KimB
In January I joined the 'Orange January Group Read' in the Girlybooks Group.
I read the following:
The Road Home - 2008 winner
The bonesetter's daughter
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
The Poisonwood Bible - my favourite.
I read the following:
The Road Home - 2008 winner
The bonesetter's daughter
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
The Poisonwood Bible - my favourite.
9KimB
Read in January.
It's been an enjoyable month of reading ;-)
1.The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan A,E
2.Charles Darwin : an Australian selection by T. R. Frame -non-fiction
3.Embers by Sandor Marai A, B
4.Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels A, B
5.The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini A
6.Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind B
7.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A, B, E
8.The Road Home by Rose Tremain A, E
9.Saturday by Ian McEwan A, B, E
10.A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka B, E
11. The Well by Elizabeth Jolley. F.
Goals meet from A to F noted after the author
It's been an enjoyable month of reading ;-)
1.The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan A,E
2.Charles Darwin : an Australian selection by T. R. Frame -non-fiction
3.Embers by Sandor Marai A, B
4.Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels A, B
5.The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini A
6.Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind B
7.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A, B, E
8.The Road Home by Rose Tremain A, E
9.Saturday by Ian McEwan A, B, E
10.A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka B, E
11. The Well by Elizabeth Jolley. F.
Goals meet from A to F noted after the author
10avaland
Kim, I'm happy to be able to follow your reading! Did you like The Well? Amanda sent it to me and I have not gotten to it yet. I just finished the forthcoming (new) Anne Michaels' novel. It was quite good, but I suspect not for everyone (very lyrical, mesmerizing but melancoly).
11lauralkeet
Wow, you've had an amazing month of reading, Kim! Of your January reads, I've read #s 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 11. Hard to pick a favorite of these, too! I've starred your thread for future reference.
avaland, I quite enjoyed The Well ...
avaland, I quite enjoyed The Well ...
13laytonwoman3rd
Are you SURE you're not a 50 book a year reader? I know when I started keeping track of my reading a couple years ago I surprised myself. At the rate you're going, you could easily hit 75 or 100. Impressive list so far!
14KimB
Thanks for your comments.
The Well was very evocative of country Australia, even though it would have been based on the other side of the continent. It was sent to me from my wishlist from a lady who had been taught by E. Jolley's daughter and knew of them both. She described them as an eccentric family. Funny thing is, that on weekends I used to stay with my Aunt on her farm (being a horse mad teenager) in the 1980s, learnt to drive on dirt roads (never at night!) and all the supporting character's in this book seemed familiar. stock-and-station agents, landholder neighbours that we would visit and have cups of tea with (the local large landholder's place was called "Manar", I aways thought of it a bit like "The Manor"). I hope my Aunt and I were nothing like the two main characters :-) I was certainly not an orphan who was raised by nuns! I've watched the first part of the film, very well done (slight pun intended), I hope to see the rest of the film now I've finished the book.
Embers is on the 1001 list, found it compelling reading, which surprised me because it only 2 old men talking by the fire about past events. It did feel very Hungarian. It is a very quick read and well worth the effort of finding a copy. I have a bookring running on bookcrossing, if you would like to join. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6847753
#13. I hope I can keep up the pace but I suspect it was an anomaly.
16KimB
Western Australia :-) I think she was probably somewhere near Perth
Being in the eastern part of the continent myself.
Darwin- I think I'd call that the Top End.
Cairns - Tropical North.
:-)
Being in the eastern part of the continent myself.
Darwin- I think I'd call that the Top End.
Cairns - Tropical North.
:-)
17amandameale
Wow. Kim you have some wonderful books on your lists. Look forward to following your reading.
18KimB
Read in February
12.Atonement by Ian McEwan, A, B, D, E.
13.The Clothes on their backs by Linda Grant, E
14.Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, A, B, C.
15.Eucalyptus by Murray Bail, D, E, F. My Favourite of the month
16.Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe, A-D
17.Ramses by Christian Jacq, D.
Another enjoyable month of reading, although, not as many titles read this month. A short month and a busy one.
Goals meet from A to F noted after the author
12.Atonement by Ian McEwan, A, B, D, E.
13.The Clothes on their backs by Linda Grant, E
14.Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, A, B, C.
15.Eucalyptus by Murray Bail, D, E, F. My Favourite of the month
16.Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe, A-D
17.Ramses by Christian Jacq, D.
Another enjoyable month of reading, although, not as many titles read this month. A short month and a busy one.
Goals meet from A to F noted after the author
20KimB
I enjoyed good ol' Moll, but, for me, I think Ethan Frome is a better read. It is packed with quite a bit for such a slim read, only about 94 pages, from memory. It is available from Project Gutenburg, although I read a paperback copy. I would recommend Ethan Frome and I'm looking forward to reading at least 2 others of Wharton's The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth at some stage.
22KimB
This is the summary of my reading that stretched from the end of March to early May.
33.Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Read Mar-May)
34.Miles McGinty by Tom Gilling (Read Apr)
35.The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng (Read Apr)
36.The List: A Love Story in 781 Chapters by Aneva Stout (Read Apr)
37.Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto (Read Apr)
38.A very good local novel that will be an LT surprise gift (Read Apr)
Of these I think that The Gift of Rain is the one that I would rate highest. Great Expectations seemed to not be a good choice for my night time reads the Dicken's language lulled me to sleep earlier than I would have wished so I didnt read as much over April.
Miles McGinty is a quaint little Australian historical novel.
Asleep was a good introduction to this author's work, I'll read Kitchen later in the year. The List was just quirky fun little chicklit, took about 30mins to read, glass of champagne in hand :-)
ETA - The local novel (I 'll reveal it later in the year) was enjoyable and has inspired me to look out for more local fiction.
33.Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Read Mar-May)
34.Miles McGinty by Tom Gilling (Read Apr)
35.The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng (Read Apr)
36.The List: A Love Story in 781 Chapters by Aneva Stout (Read Apr)
37.Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto (Read Apr)
38.A very good local novel that will be an LT surprise gift (Read Apr)
Of these I think that The Gift of Rain is the one that I would rate highest. Great Expectations seemed to not be a good choice for my night time reads the Dicken's language lulled me to sleep earlier than I would have wished so I didnt read as much over April.
Miles McGinty is a quaint little Australian historical novel.
Asleep was a good introduction to this author's work, I'll read Kitchen later in the year. The List was just quirky fun little chicklit, took about 30mins to read, glass of champagne in hand :-)
ETA - The local novel (I 'll reveal it later in the year) was enjoyable and has inspired me to look out for more local fiction.
24amandameale
Good luck with those two books Kim. Neither is a fun read, although I love Patrick White.
25KimB
I agree Amanda, not fun reads, but well written in a style I hadn't really come across before.
Just finished Falling Man, it's on the 2008 edition of the 1001 list. I think it is a worthy addition.
I got on the net to see if the performance artist mentioned in the book was purely a fictional character. It appears that he is fictional, but I found the photo called "The Falling Man" (at the time I refused to look at anything like that) and it is one of the most terrible and powerful images of our time.
I'm pleased I read the book and I would recommend it, but in the same breath, it is not a book for everyone.
Also, it is one of the few books that I really dont feel like giving a rating to.
Just finished Falling Man, it's on the 2008 edition of the 1001 list. I think it is a worthy addition.
I got on the net to see if the performance artist mentioned in the book was purely a fictional character. It appears that he is fictional, but I found the photo called "The Falling Man" (at the time I refused to look at anything like that) and it is one of the most terrible and powerful images of our time.
I'm pleased I read the book and I would recommend it, but in the same breath, it is not a book for everyone.
Also, it is one of the few books that I really dont feel like giving a rating to.
26KimB
Summary of May Reading
39.Jack Maggs (Read May)A,B,D,F
40.The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne (Read May)
41.The Solid Mandala by Patrick White (paused May)B
42.Falling Man by Don DeLillo (Read May)D
43.One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (Read May)D Favourite of the Month
44.The Women in Black by Madeleine St.John (Read May) F
All very good reads. Varied in style and story.
ETA I hope to get to the Patrick White soon, other group reading has taken over. Letters in italics refer to my wee goals
39.Jack Maggs (Read May)A,B,D,F
40.The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne (Read May)
41.The Solid Mandala by Patrick White (paused May)B
42.Falling Man by Don DeLillo (Read May)D
43.One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (Read May)D Favourite of the Month
44.The Women in Black by Madeleine St.John (Read May) F
All very good reads. Varied in style and story.
ETA I hope to get to the Patrick White soon, other group reading has taken over. Letters in italics refer to my wee goals
27KimB
updated bookcrossing TBR list
Robinson Crusoe (Wordsworth Classics) by Daniel
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Nero's Heirs by Allan Massie
The Pendragon by Catherine Christian
Cry of the Damaged Man by Tony Moore
Tara Road by Maeve Binchy
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. by Harper Lee (Read July)
Northanger Abbey (English Library) by Jane Austen, Anne Henry Ehrenpreis
Camelot's Shadow by Sarah Zettel
The Last Girls by Lee Smith
Z for Zachariah by Robert O'Brien
Pushing Time Away by Peter Singer
The Spider's Web by Joseph Roth
Samsara by Alexandra Jones
Flash House by Aimee Liu
The City of Joy by Dominique LaPierre
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Somehow Tenderness Survives by Hazel Rochman
The Linnet Bird by Linda Holeman
The Solid Mandala by Patrick White (Reading May)
ETA My Progress In the first half of the year I've knocked off 10 books, a third of the list read
Robinson Crusoe (Wordsworth Classics) by Daniel
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Nero's Heirs by Allan Massie
The Pendragon by Catherine Christian
Cry of the Damaged Man by Tony Moore
Tara Road by Maeve Binchy
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. by Harper Lee (Read July)
Northanger Abbey (English Library) by Jane Austen, Anne Henry Ehrenpreis
Camelot's Shadow by Sarah Zettel
The Last Girls by Lee Smith
Z for Zachariah by Robert O'Brien
Pushing Time Away by Peter Singer
The Spider's Web by Joseph Roth
Samsara by Alexandra Jones
Flash House by Aimee Liu
The City of Joy by Dominique LaPierre
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Somehow Tenderness Survives by Hazel Rochman
The Linnet Bird by Linda Holeman
The Solid Mandala by Patrick White (Reading May)
ETA My Progress In the first half of the year I've knocked off 10 books, a third of the list read
29bobmcconnaughey
btw...how can one give someone a kindle gift via amazon? i know how to use folks "normal" wish lists but was wanting to pass a kindle text onto someone
30KimB
Hiya Bob, was this the thread that you wanted to post your message on?
Cant help I'm afraid, I'm Kindle clueless :-)
31KimB
45.Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh (Read June)
46. White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
47. Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
48.Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold
49.The Woman in White by Wilki Collins (Reading June) Through Daily.Lit
50.The Pages by Murray Bail
51.Sorry by Gail Jones
52.Scapegallows by Carol Birch
53.All Our Worldly Goods by Irène Némirovsky
Another wonderful month of reading, it's winter here so it's the time to curl up in the warmth with a good book. And have I had some good ones this month!
The only one I really wouldnt recommend was Scapegallows, my first disappointment of the year :-(
I'm still trying with The Woman in White wonderful writing, it's just the online format that doesnt sit well with me. Must find a Real Book of it at some stage.
32L-Anne
I have starred your thread! Love your ABC challenge. What a great way to have some fun with reading!
You have such a wealth of titles here! My TBR was ever so slowly diminishing, but as I peruse your lists, it will be out of control again!
Thanks :)
You have such a wealth of titles here! My TBR was ever so slowly diminishing, but as I peruse your lists, it will be out of control again!
Thanks :)
33amandameale
#31 Bugger. I was looking forward to reading Scapegallows.
34pamelad
Hadn't heard of All Our Worldly Goods - will have to look out for it, having read a bundle of Irene Nemirovsky's this year. Glad you liked it Kim.
35KimB
July Reading Summary
54.Everymans Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany
55.The Lost Dog by Michelle de Krester
56.Small Island by Andrea Levy
57.The Colour by Rose Tremain
58.Purple Hibiscus by Chimamada Ngozi Adichie
59.Bel Canto by Anne Patchett
60.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Another amazing month of reading. I was reading mainly from those books listed for the Orange Prize, so all novels read were by women authors.
My favourite for the month would be a tie between Small Island and To Kill a Mocking Bird. Closely followed by Bel Canto. Purple Hibiscus was a hard to put down book.
Number 54 and 55 were two very good Australian Novels.
The Colour was a good read but the author did not know enough about NZ to make it a convincing historical fiction for me.
36L-Anne
You have some interesting titles for July!
I am currently reading and enjoying Bel Canto. I am also going to keep watch for Small Island and Purple Hibiscus. I also want to read her other work Half of a Yellow Sun. Did you read that one?
Thanks for recommending Eucalyptus. I have it now, and will start it very soon.
I am currently reading and enjoying Bel Canto. I am also going to keep watch for Small Island and Purple Hibiscus. I also want to read her other work Half of a Yellow Sun. Did you read that one?
Thanks for recommending Eucalyptus. I have it now, and will start it very soon.
37KimB
August Reading Summary
61.The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad (Read Aug)
62.Life a User's Manual by Georges Perec (Reading Aug)
63.Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Read Aug)
64.The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani (Read Aug)
65.Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson (Read Aug)
66.I'm not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti (Read Aug)
67.Wanting by Richard Flanagan (Read Aug)
This month was a bit more "hit and miss" than last month. I picked up Life, a User's Manual and then kept getting distracted by all the other books that kept coming into the house. I'd say that The Blood of Flowers was the most enjoyable read this month, followed by Wanting. Three Cups of Tea is an amazing non-fiction account of a man who decided to sacrifice a lot to build a school in a remote part of Pakistan, and then he kept on going. I'm Not Scared was also a good quick read. I'd say my least favourite is a toss up between The bookseller of Kabul and Death in Venice. A non-fictional and a fictional account of two unattractive male personalities. At least the fictional account was well written. Maybe the non-fictional account suffered in the translation.
61.The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad (Read Aug)
62.Life a User's Manual by Georges Perec (Reading Aug)
63.Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Read Aug)
64.The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani (Read Aug)
65.Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson (Read Aug)
66.I'm not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti (Read Aug)
67.Wanting by Richard Flanagan (Read Aug)
This month was a bit more "hit and miss" than last month. I picked up Life, a User's Manual and then kept getting distracted by all the other books that kept coming into the house. I'd say that The Blood of Flowers was the most enjoyable read this month, followed by Wanting. Three Cups of Tea is an amazing non-fiction account of a man who decided to sacrifice a lot to build a school in a remote part of Pakistan, and then he kept on going. I'm Not Scared was also a good quick read. I'd say my least favourite is a toss up between The bookseller of Kabul and Death in Venice. A non-fictional and a fictional account of two unattractive male personalities. At least the fictional account was well written. Maybe the non-fictional account suffered in the translation.
39KimB
2009 - A Year of Reading - some thoughts
I’ve read mainly fiction this year, plus a few memoirs. After spending so much time on fiction I’m feeling the need to read more non-fiction, so I think I concentrate on that more next year. I’ve read almost half an’ half women and men authors.
Memoirs read in order of preference the first four were all very good:
I know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Charles Darwin : an Australian selection
Three Cups of Tea
Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence
The Bookseller of Kabul
I think my global reading hasn’t been too badly distributed around the continents, but I should read more from south-east Asia. Though, I don’t think I’ll concentrate on that next year, it is something for future thought.
I’ve gone a bit outside my usual genres with varied reading from the 1001 list. Also, I’ve only been tracking my reading for the past couple of years and this year I’ve almost doubled what I’ve read in past years. I should finish with about 80 books read.
I’ve been trying to read more local literature and I’ve been really enjoying that. It’s very hard to find any novel set in Canberra, but I’ve found 4 this year; Smoke and Mirrors: A Brad Chen Novel, West Block, The Tazyrik year : a novel, and The Memory Room.
There are only a couple that I haven’t enjoyed, and they are mainly because the author has not been familiar enough with their subject and got easily discovered facts wrong. I think I take a perverse satisfaction from being very picky (changed from picking, I got it wrong, ironic huh ;-) with these books once I’ve discovered something blatantly incorrect.
There are only four books that have just got the details wrong -
The Colour, Scapegallows, The Memory Room and Life: A user’s Manual.
I tried to read some books online but it just wasn’t right for me, so I often didn’t manage to complete those books.
Most of the novels I’ve read this year are by authors that I hadn’t read before. Even of the ones that weren’t completely new to me, I’ve only read one other of their books: Ian McEwan, Peter Carey, Irène Némirovsky, Khaled Hosseini, Haruki Murakami, Mitch Albom and Chimamada Ngozi Adichie. However, I have read a few works by the same author this year. Examples would be Sarah Waters, Ian McEwan , Murray Bail and Rose Tramain.
Much of my reading was determined by the 1001 list, the booker prize, the miles franklin prize, the orange prize and by more than 30 bookcrossing bookrings arriving in the post. I tried to read the bookrings as they’ve come into the house, because they are owed to other people. So I’ve been following the crowd quite a bit and feeling quite good about it because I’ve come across more gems then duds. Even so, there are some in bold that I thought were really outstanding, not always because of the writing but by how much simple enjoyment I got from them.
7.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A, B, E
35.The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng (Read Apr)
43.One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (Read May)
44.The Women in Black by Madeleine St John(Read May)
45.Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh (Read June)
51.Sorry by Gail Jones (Read June)
53.All Our Worldly Goods by Irène Némirovsky (Read June)
56.Small Island by Andrea Levy (Read July)
75.The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt (Read Nov)
76.Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (Read Nov)
