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  • 02-11-2008 11:57 Post ID: 285,084 

    Windy Wendy's TBR (Updated 05.01.09)

    Update 5 January

    A Cure for All Diseases - Reginald Hill

    The Crossword Murder - Nero Blanc

    The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch

    Oxford Blue - Veronica Stallwood

    Oxford Fall - Veronica Stallwood

    Canvey Island - James Runcie

    The Soldier's Return - Melvyn Bragg

    A Death in Tuscany - Michele Giuttari

    The Gargoyle - Andrew Davdison

    The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J K Rowling

     

    Update 25 November

    Agatha Raisin and The Curious Curate

    ..... and the Haunted House

    ..... and the Witch of Wyckhadden

    .... and the Wizard of Evesham - M C Beaton

    The Collector - John Fowles

    E is for Evidence

    C is for Corpse - Sue Grafton

    Dark Spectre - Michael Dibden

    A Fine Place for Death - Ann Granger

    Death Under the Dryer - Simon Brett (thank you Pennyt)

    I, Lucifer - Glen Duncan

    Voyager - Diana Gabaldon

    The Mermaid's Purse - Katy Gardner

    The Reaper - Peter Lovesey

    The Cat Who Smelled a Rat - Lilian Jackson Braun

    The Vesuvius Club - Mark Gatiss

    The Cat Who Came in from the Cold - Deric Longden

    The Television Detective Omnibus (SS) - ed Peter Haining

     

    Update 23 October

    Unholy Trinity/Shadow Chasers - Paul Adam

    The King's General - Daphne du Maurier

    Thanks for the Memories - Cecelia Ahern

    The Holy Innocents - Gilbert Adair

    In Cold Blood - Truman Capote

    Daughters of the Grail - Elizabeth Chadwick

    Miss Zukas and the Library Murders - Jo Dereske

    The Ugly Sister - Winston Graham

     

     

    Update 25 September

    Everything You KNow  - Zoe Heller

    A Touch of Mortality - Ann Granger

    Ag Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam - M C Beaton

    City of Dark Hearts - James Conan

    The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton

    Mercy - Jodi Picoult

    Winter in Madrid - C J Sansom

    I is for Innocent - Sue Grafton

    The Colour - Rose Tremain

    Written in Bone - Simon Beckett

    An Instance of the Fingerpost - Iain Pears

    The Lunar Men - Jenny Uglow (on loan from father-out-law)

    The Girl form Hockley - Kathleen Dayus (on loan from father-out-law)

     

    Update 12 September

    Nocturnes - John Connolly (ss)

    Sovereign - C J Sansom

    The Various Flavours of Coffee - Anthony Capella (on loan) 

    Something for the Weekend - Pauline McLynn

    The Precious Gift - John Bowen

    Ag Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley - M C Beaton

    The Cairo Diary - Maxim Chattam

    Ghostheart - R J Ellory

     

    Update 29 August

    The Resurrectionist - James Bradley

    The Robber Bride - Margaret Attwood

    Corpsing - Toby Litt

    The Portrait - Iain Pears

    Fixing Shadows - Susan Barrett

    War Crimes for the Home - Liz Jensen

     

    Update 13 August

    A Three-Pipe Problem - Julian Symons

    The Clearing - Tim Gautreaux

    No Time for Goodbye - Linwood Barclay

    Murder Most Fab - Julian Clary

    Darkhouse - Alex Barclay

    Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes

    The Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosy - James Anderson

    The Skeleton in the Closet - MC Beaton

    Thursday Legends - Quintin Jardine

     

     

      

     The Big List:

      

    The Key of the Tower - Gilbert Adair

    Sleeper - Paul Adam

    Tom, D1ck and Debbie Harry - Jessica Adams

    A Place Called Here - Ahern, Cecelia

    Other People – Amis, Martin

    Icarus - Russell Andrews

    Aphrodite - Russell Andrews 

    Midas - Russell Andrews

    The Collected Short Stories - Jeffrey Archer

    Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Atkinson, Kate

    Human Croquet - Kate Atkinson

    Dancing Girls (ss) - Margaret Atwood 

    Margaret Atwood:

         The Edible Woman

         The Blind Assassin 

         Surfacing

         Cat's Eye

    Whatever Love Means - David Baddiel

    The Secret Purposes - David Baddiel

    Arthur & George - Julian Barnes

    Death of a Cad - M C Beaton

    Death of a Celebrity - M C Beaton (thanks Penny T)

    Death of an Outsider - M C Beaton

    Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage (thanks Penny W)

    City of Light – Lauren Belfer

    Untold Stories - Alan Bennett 

    Evening Class - Binchy, Maeve

    Bloodless Shadow - Victoria Blake

    Murder in Pimlico - Brandon, John G

    The Witness at the Wedding - Simon Brett

    The Stabbing in the Stables - Simon Brett

    The Hanging in the Hotel - Simon Brett

    Murder in the Museum - Simon Brett

    The Brief History of the Dead - Kevin Brockmeier

    The Sixth Lamentation - William Brodrick

    Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks

    Heart Sick - Chelsea Cain (thanks Shona

    The Shakespeare Secret - JL Carrell

    Blonde on a Broomstick - Brown, Carter

    Sleepers - Carcaterra, Lorenzo

    The Lovers' Room - Steven Carroll

    The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon

    Falling Angels - Tracy Chevalier

    Miss Marple – The complete short stories (ss)– Agatha Christie

    Darkest Fear - Coben, Harlan

    Just One Look - Coben, Harlan

    The Woods - Harlan Coben

    The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

    Dark Hollow - Connolly, John

    The Ravenglass Line - David Crackenthorpe

    Gorky Park - Cruz Smith, Martin

    The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters - GW Dahlquist

    The Taxi Driver's Daughter - Julia Darling

    The Course of Honour - Lindsey Davis

    The Conjuror's Bird - Martin Davis

    The Lesson of her Death - Deaver, Jeffery

    Twisted - Jeffery Deaver

    Morse's Greatest Mystery (SS) - Colin Dexter

    Dirty Tricks - Michael Dibdin

    Be Nice - Anabel Donald

    The Loop - Anabel Donald

    The Glass Ceiling - Anabel Donald

    Destroy Unopened - Anabel Donald (thanks Penny W)

    The Sparrow - Doria Russell, Mary

    Julius - Daphne du Maurier

    The Birds and other stories (ss) - Daphne Du Maurier

    I'll Never Be Young Again - Du Maurier, Daphne

    The Parasites - Daphne du Maurier

    Rule Britannia - Daphne du Maurier

    The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco

    Some Rain Must Fall (ss) - Michel Faber

    Birdsong - Faulks, Sebastian

    The Girl at the Lion d'Or - Sebastian Faulks

    Tom Jones - Henry Fielding

    Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination - Helen Fielding

     Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe - Fannie Flagg

    A Death Divided - Francis, Clare

    Homeland - Francis, Clare

    Killing me Softly - French, Nicci

    In the Woods - Tana French

    The Other Rebecca - Freely, Maureen

    Cross Stitch - Diana Gabaldon

    Rough Music - Gale, Patrick

    A Sweet Obscurity - Patrick Gale

    Notes from an Exhibition - Patrick Gale

    The Case of the Waylaid Wolf (Perry Mason) - Erle Stanley Gardner 

    The Beach - Alex Garland

    Elizabeth George:

           A Place of Hiding

           A Traitor to Memory

          A Suitable Vengeance 

          For the sake of Elena

          Missing Joseph

          Playing for the Ashes 

          With No One as Witness

          In the Presence of the Enemy

          In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner

          The Evidence Exposed

          What Came Before He Shot Her

          Deception on his Mind

    Set in Stone - Goddard, Robert

    Days Without Number - Robert Goddard

    The Seduction of Water - Carol Goodman

    The Drowning Tree - Carol Goodman

    B is for Burglar - Sue Grafton

    F is for Fugitive

    G is for Gumshoe - Sue Grafton

    Cordelia - Graham, Winston

    Night Without Stars - Graham, Winston

    A Rare Interest in Corpses - Ann Granger 

    Ann Granger:

         Watching Out

         Keeping Bad Company

         Running Scared

         Where Old Bones Lie

         Risking it All

         Murder Among Us

         Mixing With Murder

         A Restless Evil

        That Way Murder Lies

         A Season for Murder

        Beneath These Stones

         Cold in the Earth

        Candle for a Corpse

    Backwards (Red Dwarf) - Rob Grant

    The Secret River – Kate Grenville

    Codex - Grossman, Lev

    A Florentine Death - Michele Giuttari

    East of the Mountains - David Guterson

    A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon

    Sarah - Halter, Marek

    The Dain Curse - Dashiell Hammett

    Jigs & Reels (ss) - Joanne Harris

    Joanne Harris:

         Blackberry Wine

        Sleep, Pale Sister

        The Lollipop Shoes 

    Lucy Blue, Where are you? - Harwood, Louise

    Tokyo - Hayder, Mo

    Pig Island - Hayder, Mo

    For Whom the Bell Tolls - Hemingway, Ernest

    Double or Die - Charlie Higson

    Hurricane Gold - Charlie Higson 

    The Spy's Wife - Hill, Reginald

    There Are No Ghosts in the Soviet Union (ss) - Reginald Hill

    The Mystery of the Moaning Cave (The 3 Investigators) – Alfred Hitchcock

    The River King - Alice Hoffman

    The Ice Queen - Alice Hoffman

    Expecting Someone Taller - Holt, Tom

    Grailblazers - Holt, Tom

    The Portable Door - Tom Holt

    The Curse of the Kings - Holt, Victoria

    Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz

    The Abortionist's Daughter - Elisabeth Hyde

    Mortal Fear – Greg Iles

    The Cider House Rules - Irving, John

    The Cat Who Moved a Mountain - Lilian Jackson Braun

    The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare - Lilian Jackson Braun

    The Cat Who Wasn't There - Lilian Jackson Braun

    The Cat Who Lived High - Lilian Jackson Braun

    The Cat Who Saw Red - Lilian Jackson Braun

    The Cat Who Had 14 Tales (SS) - Lilian Jackson Braun

    The Cat Who Said Cheese - Lilian Jackson Braun

    The Turn of the Screw and other stories - Henry James

    Denial - Peter James

    Looking Good Dead - Peter James 

    Not Dead Enough - Peter James

    Quintin Jardine:

         Skinner's Festival

         Skinner's Ghosts

         Skinner's Mission

         Skinner's Trail

         Fallen Gods

         Autographs in the Rain

         Lethal Intent

         Murmuring the Judges

         Skinner's Round

         Head Shot

         Dead & Buried

         Skinner's Ordeal

    The Last Templar - Jecks, Michael

    Enemy Women - Paulette Jiles

    By Any Name - Katherine John

    Past Secrets - Cathy Kelly

    Wife Living Dangerously - Debra Kent

    Relentless - Simon Kernick

    The Crime Trade - Simon Kernick

    The Shot - Kerr, Philip

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Kesey, Ken

    The Other Side of the Story - Keyes, Marian

    Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes

    Angels - Marian Keyes

    The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova

    The Pirates of Pompeii - Caroline Lawrence

    The Tailor of Panama - John le Carre

    Dearly Devoted Dexter - Jeff Lindsay

    The British Museum is Falling Down - Lodge, David

    I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Deric Longden

    The Detective Wore Silk Drawers - Peter Lovesey

    The Summons - Peter Lovesey

    The Last Detective/Diamon Solitaire omnibus - Peter Lovesey

    Bloodhounds/Diamond Dust omnibus - Peter Lovesey

    The Coil - Lynds, Gayle

    Mosaic - Gayle Lynds

    Pies and Prejudice - Stuart Maconie

    Close to Home – Eileen MacDonald

    Athabasca - MacLean, Alistair

    Notes from an Italian Garden - Joan Marble 

    Notes from a Roman Terrace - Marble, Joan

    The Life of Pi – Martel, Yann

    Pyramid - Tom Martin

    Let's Meet on Platform 8 - Carole Matthews 

    Three Blind Mice - Ed McBain

    How to Seduce a Ghost - Hope McIntyre

    The Whaleboat House - Mark Mills

    Tulip Fever - Deborah Moggach

    The Rosary Girls - Richard Montanari

    The Skin Gods - Richard Montanari

    The Missing - Chris Mooney

    Arthur, High King of Britain - Michael Morpurgo 

    The House at Riverton - Kate Morton

    Sepulchre - Kate Mosse

    The Ship of Brides - Jojo Moyes

    The Last Town on Earth - Thomas Mullen

    Steel Rain - Neale, Tom

    Robert Neill:

         Black William

         Moon in Scorpio

         Rebel Heiress

        The Golden Days

        Lillibullero

    Andrea Newman

         A Gift of Poison

         A Share of the World

         Alexa

    Starter for Ten - David Nicholls

    The Tenko Club - Noble, Elizabeth

    The Birddog Tape - Norman, Barry

    Star of the Sea - Joseph O'Connor

    The Talk of the Town - Ardal O'Hanlon

    Running in the Family – Michael Ondaatje

    The Fifth Horseman - Patterson, James

    The 6th Target - James Patterson 

    The Dante Club - Matthew Pearl

    Royal Road to Fotheringay - Plaidy, Jean

    The Captive Queen of Scots - Plaidy, Jean

    Uneasy Lies the Head - Plaidy, Jean

    Reaper Man - Pratchett, Terry

    Hogfather – Terry Pratchett

    The Labyrinth Makers - Anthony Price

    La Cucina - Lily Prior

    The Shipping News - Annie Proulx

    Clockwork - Philip Pullman

    Once Upon a Time in the North - Philip Pullman

    Continental Drift – Libby Purves

    More Lives than One – Libby Purves

    Humble Pie - Gordon Ramsay

    Armageddon the Musical - Robert Rankin

    The Big Six - Arthur Ransome

    Swallows & Amazons - Arthur Ransome

    All She Ever Wanted - Redmond, Patrick

    The Devil's Banker - Reich, Christopher

    Semi Detached - Rhys Jones, Griff

    Prince of the Clouds - Riotta, Gianni

    Caedomon's Song - Peter Robinson

    Not Safe After Dark (ss) - Peter Robinson

    Peter Robinson:

         A Necessary End

        Playing with Fire

         A Piece of my Heart

         Cold is the Grave

         The Summer that Never Was

         In a Dry Season

         Strange Affair

          Aftermath

         Innocent Graves

          Past Reason Hated

          The Hanging Valley

         Dry Bones That Dream

          Wednesday's Child/Dead Right

          Friend of the Devil

    Dissolution - C J Sansom

    The Apothecary's Daughter - Patricia Schonstein

    The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve

    A Faint Cold Fear - Slaughter, Karin

    Indelible - Karin Slaughter

    The Athenian Murders - Jose Carlos Somoza

    Oxford Exit - Veronica Stallwood

    Oxford Remains - Veronica Stallwood

    Oxford Mourning - Veronica Stallwood

    Oxford Proof - Veronica Stallwood

    Oxford Shift - Veronica Stallwood

    Oxford Letters - Veronica Stallwood

    Social Crimes – Jane Stanton Hitchcock

    Visibility - Starling, Boris

    The Pigeon - Patrick Suskind

    The Little Friend - Tartt, Donna

    The Secret History - Tartt, Donna

    The American Boy – Taylor, Andrew

    Shadowmancer - GP Taylor

    The Last Lighthouse Keeper - Alan Titchmarsh

    Tea with Mr Rochester - Frances Towers

    Want to Play? - P J Tracy

    Dead Run - P J Tracy

    Live Bait - P J Tracy

    Snow Blind - PJ Tracy

    Big Cherry Holler - Adriana Trigiani

    Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani

    Home to Big Stone Gap - Adrian Trigiani

    Queen of the Big Time - Adriana Trigiani

    Rococo - Adriana Trigiani

    How to Talk to a Widower - Jonathan Tropper 

    Going Loco - Truss, Lynne

    Making the Cat Laugh - Truss, Lynne

    Breathing Lessons - Anne Tyler

    The Reckoning - Tyrrell, Patricia

    Blitzcat - Westall, Robert

    The Picture of Dorian Gray - Wilde, Oscar

    The Italian Boy - Sarah Wise

    Chocky - Wyndham, John

    Stowaway to Mars - Wyndham, John

    The Seeds of Time - Wyndham, John

    Serious Intent - Margaret Yorke

    The Small Hours of the Morning - Margaret Yorke

    The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

    Currently reading: The Woods by Harlan Coben
    Wishlist TBR
  • 02-11-2008 12:11 Post ID: 285,089  In reply to

    Re: Windy Wendy's TBR (Updated 11.02.08)

    A Place Called Here - Ahern, Cecelia - On my TBR
    Surfacing - Margaret Atwood On my TBR
    Just One Look - Coben, Harlan On my TBR
    Twisted - Jeffery Deaver On my TBR
    Killing me Softly - French, Nicci This is excellent, one of her best Smile
    Dead Simple - Peter James On my TBR
    Looking Good Dead - Peter James On my TBR
    Relentless - Simon Kernick Absolutely fantastic, couldnt put this one down, it was an excellent read
    The Other Side of the Story - Keyes, Marian On my TBR
    The Tenko Club - Noble, Elizabeth  Been a while since I read this but from what I remember it was a really good book

    Currently Reading - Two Little Lies by Liz Carlyle
    Amount of books read in January: 6
    Books read in 2008: 244
  • 02-11-2008 12:20 Post ID: 285,093  In reply to

    • annecater
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    Re: Windy Wendy's TBR (Updated 11.02.08)

     

    The House at Riverton - Kate Morton - really enjoyed this one - great story with a twist

     

    Angels - Marian Keyes - one of my favourite authors, she can do no wrong in my eyes

     

    The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield (fank yoo Alice!) - one of the most wonderful books ever!

       

    A Place Called Here - Ahern, Cecelia - I'm really not so keen on her books

     

         The Blind Assassin  - I read this a few years ago and struggled with it

        

    Evening Class - Binchy, Maeve - enjoyed this

     

    The Brief History of the Dead - Kevin Brockmeier - a strange story, but well written and gripping

     

    The Food of Love - Anthony Capella  - wonderful - food, Italy, sex - what more do you want?

     

    The Lovers' Room - Steven Carroll - I enjoyed this but it had mixed reactions on BB

     

    Girl with a Pearl Earring – Chevalier, Tracy

    Falling Angels - Tracy Chevalier - have both of these on TBR

     

    Rough Music - Gale, Patrick - didnt enjoy this, think I gave up on it

     

       A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon - an excellent read, really enjoyed this

     

    Joanne Harris:

              Sleep, Pale Sister - read this last week, very different to her later books, quite gothic and dark, I enjoyed it

     

    The Abortionist's Daughter - Elisabeth Hyde - a good read, similar in style to Jodi Picoult

     

           Past Secrets - Cathy Kelly - wasnt impressed, gave up on it