New for December:

The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet --- Reif Larsen
Secret of the Sirens --- Julia Golding
The Gorgon's Gaze --- Julia Golding
Mines of the MInotaur --- Julia Golding
The Chimera's Curse --- Julia Golding
The Scapegoat --- Daphne du Maurier
The Loving Spirit --- Daphne du Maurier
Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey: A Biography --- Alberto Manguel
Submarine --- Joe Dunthorne
The Rabbi's Daughter --- Reva Mann
The Strain --- Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan
Skarlet --- Thomas Emson
Specials - Scott Westerfeld
The New York Trilogy --- Paul Auster
Fallen --- David Maine

New for November:

From Dead To Worse --- Charlaine Harris
All Together Dead --- Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead --- Charlaine Harris
Dead And Gone --- Charlaine Harris
Blood Eagle --- Craig Russell
Brother Grimm --- Craig Russell
Keeping The Dead --- Tess Gerritsen
The Flood --- David Maine
The Treatment --- Mo Hayder
Skin --- Mo Hayder
Stardust --- Neil Gaiman
The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents --- Terry Pratchett
Covet --- J.R. Ward
Never Let Me Go --- Kazuo Ishiguro
Guilty Pleasures --- Laurell K. Hamilton
Gaunty's Best of British --- Jon Gaunt
Maneater --- Thomas Emson

New for October:

Let The Right One In --- John Ajvide Lindqvist
Frostbitten --- Kelley Armstrong
The Graveyard Book --- Neil Gaiman
Dewey --- Vicki Myron
Unseen Academicals --- Terry Pratchett
Pollen --- Jeff Noon
Vurt --- Jeff Noon
Tempted --- P.C. and Kristin Cast
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death --- M.C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet --- M.C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener --- M.C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley --- M.C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage --- M.C. Beaton
The Crossing --- James Cracknell and Ben Fogle
The Father of Forensics --- Colin Evans
Cause of Death: Memoirs of a Home Office Pathologist --- Geoffrey Garrett and Andrew Nott
Home --- Marilynne Robinson
Sea Of Poppies --- Amitav Ghosh

New for September:

David Nicholls  ---  Starter For 10
Margaret Atwood  ---  Cat's Eye
Kelley Armstrong  ---  Men Of The Otherworld
Sally Vickers  ---  Where Three Roads Meet
Harper Lee  ---  To Kill A Mockingbird
Haruki Murakami  ---  Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Victor Pelevin  ---  The Helmet Of Horror
Philip K ***  ---  A Scanner Darkly
Charles Elton  ---  Mr Toppit
Kelley Armstrong  ---  No Humans Involved
Sylvia  Plath  ---  The Bell Jar
Bill Bryson  ---  Mother Tongue
Kate Atkinson  ---  Case Histories
Charlaine Harris  ---  Club Dead
Christopher S. Wren  ---  The Cat Who Covered The World

Sophie Hannah  ---  Little Face
Marina Lewycka  ---  Two Caravans
Candace Bushnell  ---  One Fifth Avenue
Mary Janice Davidson  ---  Undead And Unpopular
Marie Phillips  ---  Gods Behaving Badly
Michael Morpurgo  ---  Born To Run
Nora Roberts  ---  Glory In Death
Lisa Jewell  ---  The Truth About Melody Browne

The Mephisto Club --- Tess Gerritsen
Living With The Dead --- Kelley Armstrong
I'm Not Scared --- Niccolo Ammaniti

New for August (oops!):

Chuck Palahniuk --- Survivor
Various --- Bite
Mary Janice Davidson --- Undead And Unreturnable
Michele Bardsley --- I'm The Vampire That's Why
Matthew Pearl --- The Poe Shadow
James Ellroy --- The Black Dahlia
Ariana Franklin --- Mistress Of The Art Of Death
Chuck Palahniuk --- Haunted
Philip K *** --- Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
Arthur Matthews --- Well Remembered Days
Charlaine Harris --- Dead As A Doornail
Madeleine Wickham --- Sleeping Arrangements
Matthew Pearl --- The Dante Club
Nancy Holder --- Queen Of The Slayers
Sue Miller --- The Senator's Wife
Daphne Du Maurier --- My Cousin Rachel
Peter Mayle --- A Year In Provence
Jose Saramago --- Blindness
Philip K *** --- The Man In The High Castle
Harry Mount --- Amo, Amas, Amat...
Daphne Du Maurier --- Mary Anne
Charlaine Harris --- Living Dead In Dallas
Dave Boling --- Guernica
P.C. & Kristin Cast --- Marked
P.C. & Kristin Cast --- Chosen
P.C. & Kristin Cast --- Betrayed
P.C. & Kristin Cast --- Untamed
P.C. & Kristin Cast --- Hunted
Molly Gloss --- The Hearts of Horses
Warren Fahy --- Fragment
Agatha Cristie --- The ABC Murders


Modern Fiction / Contemporary Literature:

Andrew Davidson --- The Gargoyle
Anthony Swofford --- Jarhead
Audrey Niffenegger --- The Time Traveler's Wife
Beatrice Colin --- The Luminous Life Of Lily Aphrodite
Bernhard Schlink --- The Reader
Carolyn Parkhurst --- The Dogs Of Babel
Chris Cleave --- The Other Hand
Chuck Palahniuk --- Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk --- Lullaby
Chuck Palahniuk --- Choke
Danny Scheinmann --- Random Acts Of Heroic Love
Deidre Madden --- Molly Fox's Birthday
Douglas Coupland --- Generation X
Douglas Coupland --- All Families Are Pyschotic
Douglas Coupland --- Girlfriend In A Coma
Douglas Coupland --- Hey Nostradamus!
Douglas Coupland --- Life After God
Douglas Coupland --- Miss Wyoming
Douglas Coupland --- Polaroids From The Dead
Douglas Coupland --- Shampoo Planet
Elizabeth H Winthrop --- December
Haruki Murakami --- Kafka On The Shore
Iain Banks --- The Steep Approach To Garbadale
J.G. Ballard --- Cocaine Nights
J.G. Ballard --- Super-Cannes
J.G. Ballard --- Concrete Island
Jodi Picoult --- Nineteen Minutes
Jodi Picoult --- Perfect Match
Jodi Picoult --- Vanishing Acts
Jodi Picoult --- Salem Falls
John Harding --- One Big Damn Puzzler
Kate Morton --- The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton --- The House At Riverton
Kevin Brockmeier --- The Brief History Of The Dead
Kurt Vonnegut --- Slaughterhouse 5
Margaret Cezair-Thompson --- The Pirate's Daughter
Martin Davies --- The Conjuror's Bird
Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows --- The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society
Michael Cunningham --- The Hours
Mohsin Hamid --- The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Nicholas Evans --- The Horse Whisperer
Nicholas Evans --- The Loop
Nicholas Evans --- The Smoke Jumper
Penny Vincenzi --- No Angel
Penny Vincenzi --- Something Dangerous
Robert M Sapolsky --- A Primate's Memoir
Ronan O'Brien --- Confessions Of A Fallen Angel
Sally Beauman --- Rebecca's Tale
Sam Savage --- Firmin
Sara Gruen --- Water For Elephants
Sarah Waters --- The Night Watch
Sean Dixon --- The Last Days Of The Lacuna Cabal
Sebastian Barry --- The Secret Scripture
Tracy Chevalier --- The Lady And The Unicorn
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie --- Half Of A Yellow Sun
Hari Kunzru --- The Impressionist
Ian McEwan --- Atonement
Ian McEwan --- Saturday
Kazuo Ishiguro --- A Pale View Of Hills
Michael Ondaatje --- The English Patient
Stephen Galloway --- The Cellist Of Sarajevo
Yann Martel --- Life Of Pi


Crime / Thrillers / Horror:

Dan Brown --- Digital Fortress
Dean Koontz --- Brother Odd
Dean Koontz --- Forever Odd
Dean Koontz --- Frankenstein Book Two: City Of Night
Dean Koontz --- Life Expectancy
Dean Koontz --- Odd Thomas
Dean Koontz --- Sole Survivor
Dean Koontz --- Odd Hours
*** Francis --- To The Hilt
Ethan Hawke --- Ash Wednesday
James Ellroy --- L.A. Confidential
James Patterson --- Along Came A Spider
Jesse Kellerman --- Trouble
John Grisham --- The Pelican Brief
Kate Atkinson --- When Will There Be Good News?
Kelley Armstrong --- Exit Strategy
Max Allan Collins --- Bones Buried Deep
Minette Walters --- The Ice House
Minette Walters --- Das Echo (German)
Minette Walters --- Fox Evil
Mo Hayder --- Tokyo
Mo Hayder --- Birdman
Mo Hayder --- Ritual
Mo Hayder --- Pig Island
Natsuo Kirino --- Out
P.J. Tracy --- Snow Blind
Richard Montanari --- The Rosary Girls
Robert Harris --- Pompeii
Stephen King --- The Green Mile
Stephen King --- The Shining
Stieg Larsson --- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Tami Hoag --- Guilty As Sin
Tami Hoag --- Night Sins
Tess Gerritsen --- Vanish
Thomas Harris --- Hannibal


Fantasy:

Charlaine Harris --- Dead To The World
Christopher Paolini --- Eragon
Gregory Maguire --- Wicked
Jasper Fforde --- The Eyre Affair
Jasper Fforde --- The Fourth Bear
Jasper Fforde --- The Well Of Lost Plots
Jennifer Armintrout --- The Turning
Jennifer Armintrout --- Possession
Jim Butcher --- Fool Moon
Jim Butcher --- Proven Guilty
Jonathan Barnes --- The Somnambulist
Kelley Armstrong --- Personal Demon
Michele Bardsley --- Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire
Natasha Mostert --- Season Of The Witch
Neil Gaiman --- Neverwhere
Philip Pullman --- The Amber Spyglass
Philip Pullman --- The Ruby In The Smoke
Philip Pullman --- The Subtle Knife
Raymond E Feist --- Faerie Tale
Sergei Lukyanenko --- The Night Watch
Terry Pratchett --- The Science of Discworld II: The Globe
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman --- Good Omens
Trudi Canavan --- The Magician's Guild
Trudi Canavan --- The Novice


Science Fiction:

Dan Simmons --- Ilium
Douglas Adams --- The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
Joe Haldeman --- Peace And War
Margaret Atwood --- Oryx and Crake
Michael Crichton --- Congo
Neal Stephenson --- Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson --- Snow Crash
Philip K *** --- Valis
Richard Morgan --- Broken Angels
Richard Morgan --- Black Man
Richard Morgan --- Market Forces
Scott Westerfeld --- Uglies
Stephen Gould --- Jumper
Tad Williams --- The War Of The Flowers
Terry Pratchett --- Strata


Historical Fiction:

Alison Weir --- Innocent Traitor
Amitav Ghosh --- The Glass Palace
Anchee Min --- Becoming Madame Mao
Anchee Min --- Empress Orchid
Anchee Min --- The Last Empress
Carlos Ruiz Zafon --- The Angel's Game
CJ Sansom --- Dissolution
David Starkey --- Elizabeth
Geraldine Brooks --- Year Of Wonders
James Runchie --- The Discovery Of Chocolate
John Boyne --- Crippen
Kate Mosse --- Sepulchre
Kate Mosse --- Labyrinth
Markus Zusak --- The Book Thief
Philippa Gregory --- The Boleyn Inheritance
Philippa Gregory --- The Constant Princess
Philippa Gregory --- The Queen's Fool


Non-Fiction:

Allen Parton & Sandra Parton --- Endal: How One Extraordinary Dog Brought a Family Back from the Brink
Annie Hawes --- Extra Virgin
Asne Seierstad --- The Bookseller Of Kabul
Barack Obama --- Dreams From My Father
Barry Albin-Dyer --- Don't Drop The Coffin!
Benjamin Mee --- We Bought A Zoo
Bill Bryson --- Notes From A Small Island
Bill Bryson --- The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson --- The Lost Continent
Bill Bryson --- Shakespeare
Christopher Reeve --- Still Me
Dave Gorman --- America Unchained
Dave Gorman & Danny Wallace --- Are You Dave Gorman?
Francis Wheen --- How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered The World
Ginger McCain --- My Colourful Life
Jancee Dunn --- But Enough About Me: From Eighties Geek To Rock 'n' Roll Chic - Adventures In Celebsville
Jenna Bailey --- Can Any Mother Help Me?
John Grisham --- The Innocent Man
Lawrence Anthony --- Babylon's Ark
Lorenzo Carcaterra --- Sleepers
Louis Theroux --- The Call Of The Weird
Marcus Chown --- Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
Michael J Fox --- A Lucky Man
Mick O'Hare --- How To Fossilise Your Hamster
Ranulph Fiennes --- Mad Bad And Dangerous To Know
Richard Benson --- The Farm
Ron Jonson --- The Men Who Stare At Goats
Stephen Fry --- Moab Is My Washpot
Truman Capote --- In Cold Blood


Chick Lit:

Alan Titchmarsh --- Animal Instincts
Alexandra Potter --- Who's That Girl?
Belinda Jones --- The California Club
Cecelia Ahern --- Thanks For The Memories
Chris Manby --- Girl Meets Ape
Dorothy Koomson --- The Chocolate Run
Freya North --- Secrets
Holly Denham --- Holly's Inbox
Isabel Wolff --- A Vintage Affair
Isabel Wolff --- Forget Me Not
Jenny Colgan --- Where Have All The Boys Gone?
Joanne Harris --- The Lollipop Shoes
Karen Joy Fowler --- The Jane Austin Book Club
Lauren Weisberger --- Chasing Harry Winston
Louise Bagshawe --- A Kept Woman
Louise Bagshawe --- Glitz
Plum Sykes --- The Debutante Divorcee
Polly Williams --- A Bad Bride's Tale
Wendy Holden --- School For Husbands
Wendy Markham --- Slightly Single


Classics (including Modern):

Daphne Du Maurier --- The House On The Strand
Daphne Du Maurier --- Julius
Emily Bronte --- Wuthering Heights
Evelyn Waugh --- Brideshead Revisited
Ian Fleming --- Casino Royale
Ian Fleming --- Live And Let Die
Ian Fleming --- Moonraker
Joseph Heller --- Catch 22
Margaret Atwood --- Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood --- Bodily Harm
Margaret Atwood --- Surfacing
Margaret Atwood --- The Blind Assassin
Monica Dickens --- The Follyfoot Collection
Richard Yates --- Revolutionary Road
Truman Capote --- Breakfast At Tiffany's
Virginia Woolf --- Mrs Dalloway


Short Story Collections:

Haruki Murakami --- The Elephant Vanishes
Ramsay Wood --- A Cat May Look At A King
Stephen King --- Everything's Eventual
Stephen King --- Night Shift
Various --- The Flying Sorcerers
Various --- Like A Charm

Canongate Myths:

Alexander McCall Smith --- Dream Angus
Ali Smith --- Girl Meets Boy
Jeanette Winterson --- Weight

One week later and quite a few new books! Not all from RiSi but it's made me get more from elsewhere too.

Read: The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy by Fiona Neill - an enjoyable chick lit with a few laughs.

Reading: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris - so far so good.

David Ebershoff -  The 19th Wife - On my TBR thanks to a swap here

Ian McEwan - Atonement - Read several years ago, quite enjoyed but not a favourite, let us know what you think

David Ebershoff The 19th Wife Wishlist

Ian McEwan Atonement Wishlist - someone recommended that I watched the film "Because it's about an author" so I thought it made sense to read the book

Jill Mansell An Offer You Can't Refuse Wishlist, have read one of hers in the past and liked it.

Lauren Weisberger With Friends Like These Ooh, haven't heard of this one! I loved her first novel so added the rest of her work to my wishlist but didn't see anything about this one. Must look into it.

Philippa Gregory The Queen's Fool Loved her 'Boleyn' novels so this is on my wishlist too.

Stephen Galloway The Cellist Of Sarajevo Pff, also on my wishlist. I envy your TBR pile

Valerie Martin Mary Reilly On my TBR and loved her novel 'Property.'

The 19th Wife - David  Ebershoff On TBR

pixieholopainen:

Lauren Weisberger With Friends Like These Ooh, haven't heard of this one! I loved her first novel so added the rest of her work to my wishlist but didn't see anything about this one. Must look into it.

I think I completely made that one up, LOL. It would seem I have Chasing Harry Winston but not a single book with that name!

 9 new books (I'm trying not to swap this week!).

Read:

Harvest and Life Support by Tess Gerritsen - good medical thrillers, easy reading.

Reading:

An Offer You Can't Refuse by Jill Mansell - I'm not liking this so much, the characters are annoying and the main one is very immature (she's meant to be the same as as me but is acting like a teenager). I will persevere but her books aren't as enoyable as they used to be.

Eek 31 new books since last time, mostly due to a few bargain bundles found on eBay! I have to try and restrict myself to swaps only for the rest of the month otherwise I'll have nowhere to sleep soon.

Reading: Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman

Read:

Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin - quite a slow read but Iquite liked it, something a bit different.

Fractured by Karin Slaughter- slower paced than her usual style, still enjoyed but not my fave. Can't wait for Sara Linton and Will Trent to join forces in the next one!

Need to read faster obviously!

Oops, 30 more added only read 3... Anyone got any advice on book rehab?!

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman On TBR

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer With all the hype around the book and so many people loving it, I thought I might have been disappointed but I certainly wasn't!! I read it as quick as I could often sneaking in pages here and there. I cannot wait to see the film and read the next 1s in the series.

New Moon & Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer On TBR

The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen This is my second Gerritsen book and I still love this author. This book had me gripped and guessing all the way through, looking forward to reading the follow up, The Apprentice.

For some reason your list comes up in a table so I can't comment on all the ones I've read, but you have some really good books here.

Clockwork Orange - I enjoyed this. Well - maybe enjoy is the wrong word, but it made me think (I found the film more disturbing). It took a while to get into, and needs to be read with time and care, but is well well worth it.

Moab is my Washpot - I love Stephen Fry, and have no doubt that he's had an interesting life (manic-depressive, in prison at 17!) but while I'd love to have him at a party, I don't know if he's that great a writer.

Sleepers - thought was a great book! And a good film. V sad.

The Couplands:

Microserfs - read years ago and absolutely loved this.

Girlfriend in a Coma - hated. The first half is ok, but I think it goes completely off the boil, and disintegrates into utter piff until the end. But that's just me, and I know a lot of people love it!

I think I have a few others of his on my swaps so let me know if you want them!

 The Constant Princess - enjoyed
The Queen's Fool - enjoyed
Out - very gory but good read
Congo - enjoyed
The Book Thief - really enjoyed
Atonement - thought this was quite boring and pointless
Empress Orchid - enjoyed

TBR
The Cellist of Sarajevo
The Boleyn Inheritance
The Conjuror's Bird
The 19th Wife
Random Acts of Heroic Love
The Last Empress

Updated and removed the table formatting for easier commenting.