I've loved books since I was a child and now have a large collection that unfortunately I do not get enough time to read, as you will see from the number of books on my 'to be read' shelf!

I am willing to share those on my available list, preferably with the offer of a trade, but not always necessary.

Favourite books include:
The Diviners - Margaret Laurence
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Running in the family - Michael Ondaatje
The Bird Yard - J Wallis Martin
The Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
A Man Called Ove - Frederik Backman

I'm a bit of an all rounder when it comes to genres and enjoy murder mystery, chick lit, historical, just about anything. Whilst studying I discovered post colonial literature and this is now also a favourite of mine.

In 2006 I started to list my books read, which unfortunately got off to a very meagre start.
Books read in 2006:
The Starter Marriage - Kate Harrison
Weekend in Paris - Robyn Sisman
Bird - Jane Adams
Tears of the giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith
Swallowing Grandma - Kate Long
The Rottweiler - Ruth Rendall
The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella

Books read in 2007: (A bad reading year!!)
The History of Love - Nicole Krauss.
The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
Started The Shipping News.
The Curious Incident of the dog in the night time - Mark Haddon

Books read in 2008: (I'm aiming for my best reading year ever!!)
Anybody out there - Marian Keyes
Eden Close - Anita Shreve.
The Shipping News - Annie Proulx
31 Dream Street - Lisa Jewell
The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
The Summer Psychic - Jessica Adams
The Promise of Happiness - Justin Cartwright
No Time For Goodbye - Linwood Barclay
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee - Rebecca Miller

2009 reads:
Morality for Beautiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith
The Last Lighthouse Keeper - Alan Titchmarsh
Case Histories - Kate Atkinson
The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
Light On Snow - Anita Shreve
Evening is the whole day - Preeta Samarasan
Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction - Sue Townsend
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death - M. C. Beaton
Only Dad - Alan Titchmarsh
The Gift - Cecilia Ahern

2010 reads:
How to talk to a widower - Jonathan Tropper
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K. Rowling
Cruel and Unusual - Patricia Cornwell
Juliet Naked - Nick Hornby
The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett
One Good Turn - Kate Atkinson
Death is now my neighbour - Colin Dexter
The Long Close Call - J. Wallis Martin
The Beach House - Jane Green
Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes

2011 reads:
Larry's Party - Carol Shields
Love & Dr. Devon - Alan Titchmarsh
Watermelon - Marian Keyes
A is for Alibi - Sue Grafton
Agatha Raisin & the Potted Gardener - M.C. Beaton
Postmortem - Patricia Cornwell
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict - Laurie Viera Rigler
Obstacles to Young Love - David Nobbs

2012 reads:
The Wood Cutter - Reginald Hill
B is for Burglar - Sue Grafton
Random Acts of Heroic Love - Danny Scheinmann
Mr Toppit - Charles Elton
Cinnamon Gardens - Shyam Selvadurai
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
Bodysurfing - Anita Shreve
The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk-Kidd

2013 reads:
Evening is the Whole Day - Preeta Samarasan
C is for corpse - Sue Grafton
A Dubious Legacy - Mary Wesley
Corduroy Mansions - Alexander McCall Smith
Next of Kin - Joanna Trollope
Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende (started)
The Mystic Masseur - V.S. Naipaul

2014 - my worst reading year so far! 6 mths to turn it around
Second Fiddle - Mary Wesley
Human Croquet - Kate Atkinson (started :( )

end of 2014/2015 - completely lost track - social media took over!
The Accidental Wife - Rowan Coleman
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year - Sue Townsend
The True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey (started)
Go Set a Watchman - Harper Lee (started)

2016! - NYR to restore my love of books with MORE READING!
Go Set a Watchman - Harper Lee (finished!)
Human Croquet - Kate Atkinson (started & abandoned again!)
D is for Deadbeat - Sue Grafton
The Husband's Secret - Liane Moriarty
The Witch's Cradle - Gillian White
The Lady in the Van - Alan Bennett
Jumping The Queue - Mary Wesley
The Baby Group - Rowan Coleman
The Guardian - Nicholas Sparks
E is for Evidence - Sue Grafton
Toast - Nigel Slater

2017/18 (lost track a bit!)
A Wedding in December - Anita Shreve
The Dark Room - Minette Walters
The Sculptress - Minette Walters
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce
First One Missing - Tammy Cohen
Out of Bounds - Val McDermid
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena
Point Of Origin - Patricia Cornwell
The Echo - Minette Walters
Behind The Scenes At The Museum - Kate Atkinson (started twice but gave up)
The Adversary - Emmanuel Carrere

2019:
Murder on Christmas Eve - Ellis Peters et al
The Distant Echo - Val McDermid
The Dead Ex - Jane Corry
Friend Request - Laura Marshall
The Skeleton Road - Val McDermid
A Man Called Ove - Frederik Backman
Faking Friends - Jane Fallon
The Boy That Never Was - Karen Perry (started)

2020:
The Boy That Never Was - Karen Perry (finished)
The Mitford Murders - Jessica Fellowes
The Taking of Annie Thorne - C.J. Tudor
The Ocean At The End Of The Lane - Neil Gaiman
The Man In The Picture- Susan Hill
Miles McGinty - Tom Gilling
The Red House - Mark Haddon
The Rector's Wife - Joanna Trollope
The Savage Garden - Mark Mills
Death of a Witch - M. C. Beaton
One Minute Later - Susan Lewis
The Salt Path - Raynor Winn
Skipping Christmas - John Grisham
The Hundred Year-old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - Jonas Jonnason (started)

2021:
The Book Club - C. J. Cooper
Agatha Raisin and the Viscious Vet - M. C. Beaton
On The Black Hill - Bruce Chatwin
Northern Lights - Philip Pulman (started)
The Color Purple - Alice Walker
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
BearTown - Fredrik Backman
The Stalker - Alex Gray
Beyond Black - Hilary Mantel
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards And Apologises - Fredrik Backman
Night Sins - Tami Hoag
Elizabeth is Missing - Emma Healey (started)
The Paris Secret - Karen Swan (audiobook)
A Darker Domain - Val Mcdermid

2022:
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg
Mentors - Russell Brand (audiobook)
The Windsor Knot - S. J. Bennett
The Museum of Modern Love - Heather Rose (audiobook)
Northern Lights - Philip Pullman (finished)
The Lamplighters - Emma Stonex
Elisabeth Is Missing - Emma Healey (finished)
Cloud street - Tim Winton (audiobook)
Mrs England - Stacey Halls (audiobook)
A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara (started)
The Truants - Kate Weinburg
Milkman - Anna Burns (had to give up)
The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve
The Vaccilations of Poppy Carew - Mary Wesley
And Away - Bob Mortimer (audiobook)
When The Dead Come Calling - Helen Sedgwick (audiobook)
Contacts - Mark Watson
You Sent Me A Letter - Lucy Dawson (audiobook)
The Wedding Guest - Jonathan Kellerman
An Anonymous Girl - Sarah Pekkanen, Greer Hendricks (audiobook)
The Flat Share - Beth O'Leary
The Lie Tree - Frances Hardinge (started)

2023:
The Lie Tree - Frances Hardinge
The Christmas Train - David Baldacci (audiobook)
It Ends at Midnight- Harriet Tyce
56 Days - Catherine Ryan Howard (audiobook)
The Authenticity Project - Clare Pooley
A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara
The Curfew - T.M. Logan (audiobook)
The Truth About Melody Browne - Lisa Jewell
The Anniversary Man - R. J. Ellory
Worst Idea Ever - Jane Fallon (audiobook)
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud - Ben Sherwood
Oh William - Elizabeth Stroud
Body Language - A. K. Turner (audiobook)
The Dungeon House - Martin Edwards
The Missing - C. L. Taylor
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
A number of books started, but not finished: :(
The Winter Ghosts - Kate Mosse
The House at Riverton - Kate Morton
The Pumpkin Spice Cafe - Laurie Gilmore
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet - Becky Chambers
Brick Lane - Monica Ali