annecater:

A Quiet Belief in Angels - R J Ellory - would highly recommend this one - I loved it - RJ Ellory is doing an author chat on Babbling Books in June - you are more than welcome to take part

I saw the post about the chat - I'm planning to keep most of May for easy reading in the hope of getting the TBR numbers down but may well get around to the RJ Ellory one at the end of the month to join in with the chat.

Did a spreadsheet count last night - 274 TBR!

I'm going to try to resist now and see if I can get it back down below 250.

(Don't have much hope though)

Oh dear - I promised to be good and try to read more than I acquire but a trip round the charity shops in Stourbridge followed by a visit to Lincoln which included charity and second hand shops and..............

I've also got 2 swaps on the way and some pressies from Penny - again, Oh Dear!

Let's Meet on Platform 8 - Carole Matthews On TBR

A Place Called Here - Ahern, Cecelia Not her best, took me a while 2 get in2 it but still gd

Ooops

TBR now at 292!

windysisters:

Update 17 June 

 

Let's Meet on Platform 8 - Carole Matthews Okay

 

Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Atkinson, KateVery good, insightful

Human Croquet - Kate Atkinson Tried to read it before but was put off, on tbr, to try again

Evening Class - Binchy, Maeve Love Maeve, great read

 

Killing me Softly - French, Nicci TBR

The Lake of Dead Languages - Carol Goodman REALLY good, I stayed up till 2 am to read it, couldn't put it down!

    A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon TBR

The Abortionist's Daughter - Elisabeth Hyde Good

The Turn of the Screw and other stories - Henry James Can't remember

Past Secrets - Cathy Kelly Currently reading

The Other Side of the Story - Keyes, Marian Good read

Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes Enjoyed this

Angels - Marian Keyes Great

Watermelon - Marian Keyes Very funny

The Life of Pi – Martel, Yann TBR

The House at Riverton - Kate Morton Lovely, has everything you want in a book, keeper

 

    

The Tenko Club - Noble, Elizabeth Good read

 

Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani

thanks for your comments - I see a few to bump up the reading queue!

 The Birds and other stories - Daphne Du Maurier - I've read 'The Birds' for uni (great story!), but I need to get the book out of the library again so I can read the others.

The Other Side of the Story - Keyes, Marian - read this, enjoyed it

Margaret Atwood: The Blind Assassin - on TBR

Ooops I think I might have crossed the 300 barrier now. 

More added today - somebody stop me, please!

Oh dear.  I've added 13 books in the last two weeks.  I've already read two of them between acquiring them and listing them and have started a third one.  There would have been 2 more if I hadn't got two dodgy swaps as well.

I really must stop reading my recent acquisitions and tackle the main list............

windysisters:

Oh dear.  I've added 13 books in the last two weeks.  I've already read two of them between acquiring them and listing them and have started a third one.  There would have been 2 more if I hadn't got two dodgy swaps as well.

I really must stop reading my recent acquisitions and tackle the main list............

I do so agree; all I seem to read now is books that have just come in.

Maybe we should work on the old adage (if you haven't worn it or used it in the last 12 months it should go) and apply it to books. Might concentrate the mind wonderfully!

Or not.

300 books!? I'm impressed! I wish I had room for that many books in my house. I doubt I'd have time to read them, though. I think I'm going to write a really good book one day (*cough*trashyteenageflickinvolvinginsecuremaincharactersandfantasycreatures*cough*) and make loads of money from it, so I can stay at home all day and read! Do you think we could get bored of that? Just reading all the time?  

The Last Town on Earth - Thomas Mullen I bought this book while on holiday in March and read it in a day. It's wonderful! Not usually the kind of book I'd just pick off a shelf and buy, but it was definitely worth the money. The characters and situations seem so real. I'd highly recommend it.

A Place Called Here - Ahern, Cecelia I was a big fan of Ahern in my earlier teens, so I'm not sure if it's maturity that makes me not like her books as much, or if her quality is dropping. This was a fairly good book, with a very interesting concept, but I didn't see anything truly amazing about it. It had a "fantasy" theme to it but was not as good as 'If You Could See Me Now.' However, it is still a good read.

The Lovers' Room - Steven Carroll I saw this on Amazon and it sounds interesting. On my Want To Read list.

Joanne Harris: Sleep, Pale Sister I saw this in my friend's grandparent's house and it looks interesting. Another Want To Read.

The Abortionist's Daughter - Elisabeth Hyde I'm not sure about this one - it sounds fairly intriguing from the backcover, but it has a rating of three on Amazon, and doesn't seem to be as good as it sounds. I may consider reading it.

Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes Out of all the Keyes books I've read, I think this was the most enjoyable. I remember, however, that there was one character who just really annoyed me, and that there was too much sex in it for a book of that size.

Angels - Marian Keyes I really didn't like this one. It started out quite interesting, but there was one incident where the main character went off and did something, and then didn't really reference it again, and I was like "What was the point in it?" It didn't seem realistic at all. However, I can't really comment on it without spoiling the book. It just wasn't as funny as her other novels, and some of the incidents in the book didn't seem realistic.

Watermelon - Marian Keyes I don't remember much about this one, but it was better than Angels, but not quite as good as Sushi.

The House at Riverton - Kate Morton This one is on everyone's TBR pile! I want to read it as well, but need to finish my TBRs before I go looking for it.

Mmm I think my list is now officially too big as it crashed the first time I attempted today's update........

2 swaps, 2 charity shop buys and 3 gifts (thank you, you know who you are).

I've also a book token burning a whole in my pocket........

windysisters:

I've also a book token burning a whole in my pocket........

I know the feeling - I've £50 in Amazon vouchers I'm struggling not to spend