Banners no longer available to me, but I attended:
Convention, Oxford, UK 10th - 12th April 2015
Unconvention, Leeds, 27th - 29th September 2013
Uncon, Colchester 2012
Unconvention, Nottingham 2011
UnConvention, Swindon, 1st - 3rd October 2010
Unconvention, Edinburgh 3rd-5th July 2009
BookCrossing Anniversary Convention, London, 18th - 20th April 2008
Unconvention, Brighton June 29 - July 1 2007
Unconvention, Birmingham 30 June - 2 July 2006, I was here!
I have always loved books, and reading. My tastes are quite eclectic and, in extremis, I would read anything. However, with certain exceptions, sci-fi, fantasy and Mills-&-Boon are not for me.
At the start of 2020, I began an Agatha Christie readathon. I shall be reading her novels in publication order, interspersed with my other reading. I anticipate that it will take about 2 years to complete. Watch this space! Books read in 2021 (62): January: 1. The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
1. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 2. Crooked House by Agatha Christie
3. Insidious Intent by Val McDermid 4. How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid
5. Three Blind Mice by Agatha Christie 6. The Guilty Party by Mel McGrath
7. A Murder is Announced By Agatha Christie 8. They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie
February: 9. Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls
10. The Underdog and other stories by Agatha Christie 11. Mrs McGinty’s Dead by Agatha Christie
12. They do it with mirrors by Agatha Christie 13. Brothers in Blood by Amer Anwar
14. A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie 15. After the Funeral by Agatha Christie
March: 16. The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths
17. A Willful Affair by Robyn Georgina 18. Murder at the Grand Raj Palace by Vaseem Khan
19. Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie 20. Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie
21. Dead Man’s Folly by Agatha Christie 22. Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert
23. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl by Wendy Jones and Grayson Perry
April: 24. Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie
25. The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty
26. Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha a Christie 26. The Mystery of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie
27. Pale Horse by Agatha Christie 28. Death Has Deep Roots by Michael Gilbert
29. The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side by Agatha Christie
May: 30. Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie
31. The Clocks by Agatha Christie 32. A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
33. Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad 34. The Peppermint Tea Chronicles by Alexander McCall Smith
35. At Bertram’s Hotel by Agatha Christie June:
36. Third Girl by Agatha Christie 37. The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths
38. The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths 39. The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths
July: 40. Endless Night by Agatha Christie
41. By the pricking of my thumbs by Agatha Christie 42. Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie
43. Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie 44. The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex
August: 45. The Golden Ball by Agatha Christie
46. Nemesis by Agatha Christie 47. Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
48. Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie 49. Poirot’s Early Cases by Agatha Christie
50. Curtain by Agatha Christie September:
50. Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie 51. Miss Marple’s Final Cases by Agatha Christie
52. Crazy Love at the Lonely Hearts Bookshop by Annie Darling
53. Life Sentence by Judith Cutler 54. Your Voice Speaks Volumes by Jane Setter
October: 55. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet
56. Vanish in an instant by Margaret Millar November:
57. Lethal White by Robert Galbraith 58. While the light lasts by Agatha Christie
59. Breaking and Mending by Joanna Cannon 60. Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
December: 61. Our House by Louise Candlish
62. Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham Books read in 2020 (76): January: 1. The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
2. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
3. The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie 4. Nine Perfect Strangers by Lianne Moriarty
5. The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie 6. The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion
February: 7. The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
8. Seven Signs of Life by Aoife Abbey (NF) 9. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie
10. The Library at the Edge of the World by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
11. The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie 12. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
March: 13. The Big Four by Agatha Christie
14. The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths 15. The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths
16. The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
17. Can you keep a secret? by Karen Perry 18. The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
19. Normal People by Sally Rooney 20. Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie
April: 21. A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths
22. Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie 23. The Mysterious Mr Quin by Agatha Christie
24. The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie 25. Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths
May: 26. Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
27. The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie 28. Middle England by Jonathan Coe
29. Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie 30. Their Little Secret by Mark Billingham
June: 31. The Hound of Death by Agatha Christie
32. Why didn’t they ask Evans? by Agatha Christie 33. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
34. The Hours Before Dawn by Celia Fremlin 35. The Listerdale Mystery by Agatha Christie
36. Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie
July: 37. The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths 38. Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
39. Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe 40. Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie
41. The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie 42. Forced Out by Kevin Maxwell (NF)
43. Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie August:
44. Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie 45. Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie
46. Paradise Lodge by Nina Stibbe 47. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
48. Reasons to be Cheerful by Nina Stibbe 49. Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie
50. Errors of Judgment by Caro Fraser 51. A Touch of Silk by Caro Fraser
52. Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie September:
53. Hercules Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie
54. Murder is easy by Agatha Christie 55. And then there were none by Agatha Christie
56. The Regatta Mystery by Agatha Christie 57. The Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohamed Hanif
October: 58. Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie
59. One Two Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie 60. Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
61. Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear
62. N or M by Agatha Christie 63. Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton
November: 64. The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
65. The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie 66. Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
67. Towards Zero by Agatha Christie 68. The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths
69. Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie 70. Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie
December: 71. The Hollow by Agatha Christie
72. The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie 73. The Woman in Blue by Ellie Griffiths
74. Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce 75. Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie
76. Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
Books read in 2019 (38): January: 1. This is going to hurt by Adam Kay
2. Cassandra Darke by Posy Simmonds 3. Dewey by Vicki Myron
February: 4. Everywowan by Jess Phillips
March: 5. Narrowboat Dreams by Steve Haywood April:
6. Black Coffee by Agatha Christie/Charles Osborne
7. Timetable of Death by Edward Marston 8. The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah
9. The House at Sea’s End by Elly Griffiths 10. Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah
May: 11. Signal for Vengeance by Edward Marston
12. The Circus Train Conspiracy by Edward Marston 13. The Secret Teacher
14. While You Sleep by Stephanie Merritt June:
15. Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell 16. A Christmas Railway Mystery by Edward Marston
17. Cold Pursuit by Jefferson Parker July:
18. Top Secret Twenty-one by Janet Evanovich 19. The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
20. Crisis by Felix Francis 21. An Unsuitable Match by Joanna Trollope
22. Turbo Twenty-three by Janet Evanovich 23. Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton
August: 24. The Killing Habit by Mark Billingham
25. The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah
26. Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett 27. Big Sky by Kate Atkinson
September: 28. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
29. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 30. Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
October: 31. The Suspect by Fiona Barton
32. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 33. Educated by Tara Westover
November: 34. The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama
35. The Many Conditions of Love by Farahad Zama
December: 36. The Wedding Wallah by Farahad Zama
37. Mrs Ali’s Road to Happiness by Farahad Zama 38. Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe
Books read in 2018 (36) January: 1. Die of Shame by Mark Billingham
2. Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich 3. Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith
4. Killing the Shadows by Val McDermid February:
5. Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff 6. The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
March: 7. How Hard Can It Be? by Allison Pearson
8. Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich 9. Love Like Blood by Mark Billingham
10. Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty April:
11. One Way Pendulum by NF Simpson 12. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
13. How to be Champion by Sarah Millican May:
14. Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner 15. The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark
16. Tough Cookie by Diane Mott Davidson 17. Is it just me? by Miranda Hart
June: 18. Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan
19. The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty 20. Marked for Life by Paul Magrs
July: 21. The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom
22.Agatha Raisin and the Witches’ Tree by MC Beaton
23. Butterflies in November by Audur Ava Olfsdottir 24. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
August: 25. A Time of Love and Tartan by Alexander McCall Smith
26. Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear September:
27. The Queen of the Tambourine by Jane Gardam 28. Typically Jennings by Anthony Buckeridge
October: 29. Faith by Joanna Trollope
30. Death of Anton by Alan Melville 31. Triple Crown by Felix Francis
32. The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton (not finished)
November: 33. The Red House by AA Milne 34. According to Yes by Dawn French
35. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith December:
36. The Woman at the Window by AJ Finn Books read in 2017 (42) January: 1. Kinsey and Me by Sue Grafton
2. Hanging by a Thread by Monica Ferris 3. An Honest Man by Simon Michael
4. X by Sue Grafton 5. Knitting Bones by Monica Ferris
February: 6. What's Your Problem? by Bali Rai
7. Out of Bounds by Val McDermid March: 8. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
9. The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown by Vaseem Khan
10. Ghosts by Bali Rai April: 11. The Bertie Project by Alexander McCall Smith
12. The Revolving Door of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
13. Names for the Sea by Sarah Moss May: 14. Nina is not OK by Shappi Khorsandi
15. Iceland Defrosted by Edward Hancox 16. Murder in the Half-Shelf by Lorna Barrett
17. Fraud by Anita Brookner 18 Murder at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh
June: 19. A Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor
20. Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear July:
21. The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear 22. A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear
23. Fellowship of Ink by Paul Magrs 24. Revenge in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope
August: 25. A Market for Murder by Rebecca Tope
26. Bewildering Cares by Winifred Peck 27. The Little Bookshop of Lonely Hearts by Annie Darling
28. Dead Beat by Val McDermid September:
29. True Love at the Lonely Hearts Bookshop by Annie Darling 30. Cutwork by Monica Ferris
31. Kick Back by Val McDermid October:
32. The Making of Mr Hai’s Daughter by Yasmin Hai 33. Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne
November: 34. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
35. The Lighterman by Simon Michael 36. My Husband The Stranger by Rebecca Done
37. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
38. Quick Curtain by Alan Melville December: 39. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
40. The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty 41. The Fourteenth Letter by Claire Evans
42. Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty Books read in 2016 (42) January: 1. A Suitable Job for a Woman by Val McDermid
2. A Fiddler for the Abbey by Elsie J Oxenham February:
3. Under the Knife by Tess Gerritsen 4. Trick of the Dark by Val McDermid
March: 5. Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
6. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich 7. After me comes the flood by Sarah Perry
April: 8. The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
9. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich May: 10. Heartbreaker by Tania Carver
11. Inspector Colbeck's Casebook by Edward Marston
12. Embroidered Truths by Monica Ferris June: 13. Finger-lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
14. A Deadly Cambodian Crime Spree by Shamini Flint
15. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich July: 16. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
17. Trouble by Bali Rai August:
18. The Gun by Bali Rai 19. The Night Run by Bali Rai
20. A Curious Indian Cadaver by Shamini Flint 21. Comforts for the Troops by Fiona Joseph
22. Smoking' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich 23. Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
24. A Youth Worker's Tale by Steve Tilley 25. An Academic Death by J.M. Gregson
September: 26. Old Dog New Tricks by Bali Rai
27. The Ghosts of Sleath by James Herbert 28. In It by Jonathan Robinson
29. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich October:
31. The Brief by Simon Michael 32. Shivers by Bali Rai
33. On It by Jonathan Robinson November:
34. No Place by Katharine D'Souza 35. W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton
36. Killing Honour by Bali Rai 37. The Swish of the Curtain by Pamela Brown
38. Maddy Alone by Pamela Brown December:
39. The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan
40. Splinter the Silence by Val McDermid 41. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & other stories by Robert Louis Stevenson
42. Hanging by a Thread by Monica Ferris Books read in 2015 (50) January: 1. Park Life by Katharine D'Souza
2. More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea by Tom Reynolds
3. The Delegates' Choice by Ian Sansom 4. The Bad Book Affair by Ian Sansom
5. Truth or Dare by Tania Carver February:
6. Blood on the Line by Edward Marston 7. Deceived by Sarah Smith
8. The Stationmaster's Farewell by Edward Marston
March: 9. The Torment of Others by Val McDermid 10. Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
11. Beneath the Bleeding by Val McDermid April:
12. Then we came to the end by Joshua Ferris 13. High Five by Janet Evanovich
14. The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion 15. Natural Flights of the Human Mind by Clare Morrall
May: 16. Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
17. Just what kind of mother are you? by Paula Daly 18. Fever of the Bone by Val McDermid
19. The Retribution by Val McDermid 20. Cross and Burn by Val McDermid
21. The Burning Girl by Mark Billingham June:
22. The Chameleon's Shadow by Minette Walters 23. Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey
24. Lost and Found by Tom Winter 25. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
26. Good as Dead by Mark Billingham July:
27. The Dying Hours by Mark Billingham 28. Web of Darkness by Bali Rai
29. Up Where The National Used To Be by Garrett Bliss
August: 30. Us by David Nicholls 31. The Handsome Man's Deluxe Cafe by Alexander McCall Smith
32. Peril on the Royal Train by Edward Marston September:
33. The Norfolk Mystery by Ian Sansom 34. Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
35. Working Girls by Maureen Carter 36. Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
37. Books, Bicycles and Banana Trucks by Richard Bates and Linda Bates
38. A Ticket to Oblivion by Edward Marston October:
39. Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich 40. Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
41. Sins and Needles by Monica Ferris 42. Thai Die by Monica Ferris
November: 43. To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
44. Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich 45. Today Everything Changes by Andy McNab
December: 46. Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich
47. Dashing through the snow by Debbie Macomber 48. Vicar on the spot (Private Eye)
49. Crossing Paths 50. A Suitable Job for a Woman by Val McDermid
Books read in 2014 (39): January: 1. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
2. Cage of Bones by Tania Carver 3. Elizabeth Gaskell by Kate Flint
February: 4. Life on the Spectrum by Jo Worgan
5. Choked by Tania Carver 6. Working Girls by Maureen Carter
7. Rush of Blood by Mark Billingham March: 8. The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
9. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 10. The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith
April: 11. The Iron Horse by Edward Marston
12. The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore 13. Murder on the Brighton Express by Edward Marston
May: 14. No Time to Say Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
15. Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay 16. Mr Lynch's Holiday by Catherine O'Flynn
June: 17. The Silver Locomotive Mystery by Edward Marston
18. A Conspiracy of Friends by Alexander McCall Smith
19. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson July: 20. The Treatment by Mo Hayder
21. The Boy with the Topknot by Sathnam Sanghera
22. Railway to the Grave by Edward Marston August:
23. Sting of Death by Rebecca Tope 24. Three to get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
25. The Doll's House by Tania Carver September:
26. The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals by Wendy Jones
27. Lifeless by Mark Billingham 28. The Cleverness of Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith
October: 29. Deeds not Words by Katharine D'Souza
30. In the Dark by Mark Billingham 31. The Deaths by Mark Lawson
November: 32. The Windermere Witness by Rebecca Tope
33. The Beach by Alex Garland 34. Everything Changes by Andy McNab
35. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn 36. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe
December: 37. Shadows in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope
38. A Treacherous Likeness by Lynn Shepherd 39. Creeper by Tania Carver
Books read in 2013 (41): January: 1. The Christmas Letters by Simon Hoggart
2. Shroud for a Nightingale by PD James 3. Staging Death by Judith Cutler
4. The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriage by Sophie Hardach
February: 5. Lazy Bones by Mark Billingham
6. Going out Live by Mark Lawson 7. The Surrogate by Tania Carver
8. Where are they now? by Mary Higgins Clark 9. Killing Cupid by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards
March: 10. Thursdays at Eight by Debbie Macomber
11. Crewel Yule by Monica Ferris 12. The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
13. Catch Your Death by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards
April: 14. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith
15. Soldier's Wife by Joanna Trollope May:
16. Surviving Sting by Paul Macdonald 17. Death Message by Mark Billingham
June: 18. Capital by John Lanchester
July: 19. Hiss and Hers by MC Beaton 20. All Fall Down by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards
21. Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich August:
22. Dancing Backwards by Salley Vickers 23. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
24. Starting Now by Debbie Macomber 25. Forward Slash by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards
September: 26. Amity and Sorrow by Peggy Riley
27. The Last Weekend by Blake Morrison 28. From the Dead by Mark Billingham
October: 29. Bloodline by Mark Billingham
30. The Wire in the Blood by Val McDermid 31. The Last Temptation by Val McDermid
November: 32. Until You're Mine by Samantha Hayes
33. The Lost by Roberta Kray 34. Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham
35. Scaredy Cat by Mark Billingham 36. She's Never Coming Back by Hans Koppel
37. Appleby House by Sylvia Smith December:
38. To the Devil, a Diva by Paul Magrs 39. Malice in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope
40. Redemption by Kay Langdale 41. Brenda and Effie Forever by Paul Magrs
Books read in 2012 (47): January: 1. Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance by MC Beaton
1. Saints of New York by RJ Ellory 2. Jungle War by Jim Eldridge
3. The Burglar in the Closet by Lawrence Block 4. The Burglar who Traded Ted Williams by Lawrence Block
5. Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day by Winifred Watson
6. Burglars Can't Be Choosers by Lawrence Block 7. Choral Society by Prue Leith
8. Final Breath by John Francome February:
9. A Nice Change By Nina Bawden 10. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
11. One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson 12. A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul by Shamini Flint
13. Daniel Isn't Talking by Marty Leimbach March:
14. Aisles by Paul Magrs 15. Before I Go To Sleep by SJ Watson
16. In My Own Name by Sharan-Jeet Shan (NF) 17. Outsider by John Francome
18. The Sweetshop Owner by Graham Swift April:
19. When will there be good news by Kate Atkinson 20. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by PD James
21. Familiar Rooms in Darkness by Caro Fraser May:
22. Started Early, Took my Dog by Kate Atkinson
23. City of Lies by RJ Ellory 24. I'm not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti
June: 25. The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall
26. The Freedom Thing by Phil Hogan 27. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
July: 28. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
29. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins August: 30. Bertie Plays the Blues by Alexander McCall Smith
31. Grave in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope 32. V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
33. The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh September:
33. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith
34. Deception in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope October:
35. Sick of Shadows by MC Beaton 36. The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza by Lawrence Block
37. Acting Up by Libby Purves 38. Sadie When She Died by Lawrence Block
November: 39. The Daughters-in-Law by Joanna Trollope
40. Adrian Mole, Margaret Roberts and Susan Lilian Townsend by Sue Townsend
41. The Angel Collector by Bali Rai 42. Minerva by MC Beaton
43. 90 Minutes in Entebbe by William Stevenson (NF)
December: 44. One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
45. Dark Undertakings by Rebecca Tope 46. The Woman Who Went To Bed For A Year by Sue Townsend
47. Crewel Yule by Monica Ferris Books read in 2011 (62): January: 1. Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance by MC Beaton
2. Murderous Yarn by Monica Ferris 3. Love Lies and Liquor by MC Beaton
4. Kissing Christmas Goodbye by MC Beaton 5. Dead by Morning by Dorothy Simpson
6. Unraveled Sleeve by Monica Ferris February:
7. False Start by John Francome 8. The Message to the Planet by Iris Murdoch
9. The Railway Viaduct by Edward Marston 10. Criminal by Caspar Walsh11. The Xmas Factor by Annie Sanders
March: 12. The Green Knight by Iris Murdoch
13. Agatha Raisin and a Spoonful of Poison by MC Beaton 14. The Other Family by Joanna Trollope
April: 15. The King's Speech by Peter Conradi and Mark Logue
16. The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith
17. Melted into Air by Sandi Toksvig 18. Q's Legacy by Helene Hanff
19. A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block 20. The Sins of the Fathers by Lawrence Block
21. A Time to Murder and Create by Lawrence Block
May: 22. The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
23. Jackson's Dilemma by Iris Murdoch 24. There Goes the Bride by MC Beaton
June: 25. The Clematis Tree by Ann Widdecombe
26. The Dog Who Came in from the Cold by Alexander McCall Smith 27. A Cotswold Mystery by Rebecca Tope
28. Agatha Raisin and the Busy Body by MC Beaton
29. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale July:
30. Secrets and Lies by Jaishree Misra 31. Q&A by Vikas Swarup
32. Redemption by Kay Langdale 33. The Importance of Being Seven by Alexander McCall Smith
34. The Switch by Elmore Leonard 35. The Promise by Chaim Potok
36. Even Money by Dick Francis/Felix Francis August:
37. The Sound of Laughter by Peter Kay 38. Nathan Crosby's Fan Mail by MS Power
39. Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho 40. Blood in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope
41. Sorting out Billy by Jo Brand 42. Room by Emma Donaghue
43. Crossfire by Dick Francis/Felix Francis 44. Semana Santa by David Hewson
45. The Help by Kathryn Stockett September:
46. Slaughter in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope 47. Fear in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope
48. The Promise by Chaim Potok 49. Welcome to Everytown by Julian Baggini
50. Snobbery with Violence by MC Beaton October:
51. All the Rage by Paul Magrs 52. The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall
53. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
54. Inspector Singh: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint
55. How To Be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward 56. The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn
57. Still Alice by Lisa Genova November:
58. A Simple Act of Violence by RJ Ellory 59. Bluestockings by Jane Robinson
December: 60. Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding
61. Hasty Death by MC Beaton 62. The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi
Books read in 2010 (66): January:1. That's Another Story by Julie Walters
2. Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by MC Beaton
3. All of me by Barbara Windsor 4. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
5. Bed Rest by Sarah Bilston 6. Henry and Cato by Iris Murdoch
7. When Christmas Comes by Debbie Macomber February:
8. The Life and Death of Tony Hancock by Cliff Goodwin
9. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 10. A Stitch in Time by Monica Ferris
11. Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist by MC Beaton
March: 12. Digger's Diary by Victor Osborne 13. Right from the Start by Gareth Gates
14. The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch 15. Tea-time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
16. Lots of Love by Fiona Walker 17. Paper Lanterns by Christine Coleman
18. The Case of the Sulky Girl by Erle Stanley Gardner
April: 19. The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
20. Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud 21. Rani and Sukh by Bali Rai
22. The Trustees by Caro Fraser 23. One Day by David Nicholls
24. Respect! by Michaela Morgan 25. Moo by Jane Smiley
May: 26. Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett 27. Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death by MC Beaton
28. Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham by MC Beaton
29. Nuns and Soldiers by Iris Murdoch June: 30. Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Wyckhadden by MC Beaton
31. Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson 32. The Bad Beekeepers' Club by Bill Turnbull
July: 33. Only Dad by Alan Titchmarsh
34. Asking for Trouble by Elizabeth Young 35. Hoping for Hope by Lucy Clare
36. The Railway Detective by Edward Marston August:
37. The Philosopher's Pupil by Iris Murdoch 38. Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam by MC Beaton
39. Never the Bride by Paul Magrs 40. A Cotswold Killing by Rebecca Tope
41. The Heart of the Dales by Gervase Phinn September:
42. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 43. Something Borrowed by Paul Magrs
44. The Reluctant Mullah by Sagheer Afzal 45. Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell by MC Beaton
46. Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came by MC Beaton
47. Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate by MC Beaton 48. Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House
49. Unraveled Sleeve by Monica Ferris October:
50. Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith 51. The Good Apprentice by Iris Murdoch
52. The Excursion Train by Edward Marston 53. Conjugal Rites by Paul Magrs
54. Ghostheart by RJ Ellory 55. An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear
November: 56. Hell's Belles by Paul Magrs
57. The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch 58. U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
December: 59. Bookmarked for Death by Lorna Barrett
60. A Cotswold Ordeal by Rebecca Tope 61. Death in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope
62. Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance by M.C. Beaton
63. Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon by M.C. Beaton 64. The Agatha Raisin Companion by Alison Maloney
65. The Bride That Time Forgot by Paul Magrs 66. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Books read in 2009 (70): January:1. The Burglar in the Closet by Lawrence Block
2. Bruno's Dream by Iris Murdoch 3. O is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton
4. Unimagined by Imran Ahmad 5. The Crew by Bali Rai
February: 6. P is for Peril by Sue Grafton
7. (un)arranged marriage by Bali Rai 8. Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
9. Carmen Dog by Carol Emshwiller 10. Iris by John Bayley
March: 11. Turning Thirty by Mike Gayle
12. Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith 13. Conversations with the Fat Girl by Lisa Palmer
14. Aberystwyth Mon Amour by Malcolm Pryce April:
15. A Fairly Honourable Defeat by Iris Murdoch 16. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
17. Bad Faith by Gillian Philip 18. The Last Taboo by Bali Rai
19. Face by Benjamin Zephaniah 20. R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
21. Wendy, the bumper fun book for women of a certain age by Jenny Eclair and Judith Holden
May: 22. Rocken Edge by Wendy K Harris
23. An Accidental Man by Iris Murdoch 24. What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn
25. Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran 26. S is for Silence by Sue Grafton
June: 27. The Unbearable Lightness of Scones by Alexander McCall Smith
28. Breath of Corruption by Caro Fraser 29. The Translator by Leila Aboulela
30. The Funhouse by Dean Koontz 31. Buster's Secret Diaries by Roy Hattersley
32. Travels with a Primate by Terry Waite 33. Friday Nights by Joanna Trollope
34. Mist Over Pendle by Robert Neill July:
35. T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton 36. The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
37. These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach August:
38. Miss Buncle's Book by DE Stevenson 39. Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear
40. Murder Most Frothy by Cleo Coyle 41. Swallowing Grandma by Kate Long
42. Framed in Lace by Monica Ferris 43. Teach Yourself Beekeeping by Adrian & Claire Waring
September: 44. Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson
45. The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch 46. Candlemoth by Roger Jon Ellory (who shares my birthday!)
47. Silks by Dick Francis and Felix Francis October:
48. Under The Duvet by Marian Keyes 49. The Anniversary Man by RJ Ellory
50. A Little Learning by Caro Fraser 51. La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
52. Maidlin Bears the Torch by Elsie J Oxenham 53. The Abbey Girls on Trial by Elsie J Oxenham
54. Slippery When Wet by Martin Goodman 55. Old Boyfriends by Debbie Macomber
56. The Bad Mother's Handbook by Kate Long 57. Coast to Coast by Jan Minshull
58. Uphill all the Way by Sue Moorcroft 59. Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by MC Beaton
November: 60. The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
61. Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet by MC Beaton
62. The Comfort of Saturdays by Alexander McCall Smith 63. A Word Child by Iris Murdoch
64. Deaf Sentence by David Lodge December:
65. To the Hilt by Dick Francis 66. I'm a Teacher, Get me Out of Here by Francis Gilbert
67. Adrian Mole - The Prostrate Years by Sue Townsend
68. Tragedy in Three Voices by Sir Michael Havers 69. The Whisper by Bali Rai
70. Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by MC Beaton Books read in 2008 (82): January: 1. A Rage for Rock Gardening by Nicola Shulman (started in December)
2. The Jennings Report by Anthony Buckeridge 3. A Long Line of Dead Men by Lawrence Block
4. Under the Net by Iris Murdoch 5. Even the Wicked by Lawrence Block
6. Dead Heat by Dick Francis 7. A Prize for Sister Catherine by Kathleen Rowntree
February: 8. Black Baby by Clare Boylan (started in January)
9. Flight from the Enchanter by Iris Murdoch 10. What a Carve-up by Jonathan Coe
11. Hit Parade by Lawrence Block March:
12. The Sandcastle by Iris Murdoch 13. Injury Time by Beryl Bainbridge
14. The House on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
15. Everone Dies by Lawrence Block 16. I am Legend by Robert Mathieson
17. Letters from a Faint-hearted Feminist by Jill Tweedie
18. More from Martha by Jill Tweedie 19. The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman
April: 20. The Bell by Iris Murdoch
21. A Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber 22. Beyond Forgiveness by Caro Fraser
23. Doll by Tracey Sinclair 24. The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith
May: 25. A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch
26. The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris 27. Soft Voices Whispering by Adrienne Dines
28. Love Songs and Lies by Libby Purves June:
29. An Unofficial Rose by Iris Murdoch 30. While I Remember by Anthony Buckeridge
31. According to Jennings by Anthony Buckeridge
32. Hope to Die by Lawrence Block 33. 24 Hours by Margaret Mahy
34. An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge 35. Internal Affairs by Jill Tweedie
36. Out of the Shadows by Sue Hines July:
37. The Unicorn by Iris Murdoch 38. Days Before Dibley by Jill Swallow
39. Out of India by Jamila Gavin 40. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith
41. Star Gazing by Linda Gillard 42. Skellig by David Almond
43. Just One Look by Harlan Coben 44. All the Flowers are Dying by Lawrence Block
45. When a Girl is Born by Pamela Grant August:
46. The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald 47. The Italian Girl by Iris Murdoch
48. Travels with my Daughter by Niema Ash 49. Teacher on the Run by Francis Gilbert
50. Spoonface Steinberg by Lee Hall 51. Silk by Penny Jordan
52. Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson September:
53. The Red and the Green by Iris Murdoch 54. Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
55. Earthly Possessions by Anne Tyler 56. A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
57. B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton 58. The Successor by Ismail Kadare
59. C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton 60. D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton
October: 61. Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson
62. E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton 63. The Time of the Angels by Iris Murdoch
64. F is for Fugitive 65. G is for Gumshoe
66. My Life in My Hands by Alison Lapper 67. H is for Homicide
68. I is for Innocent 69. J is for Judgment 70. Last Orders by Graham Swift
71. Dancing with Dementia by Christine Bryden November:
72. K is for Killer by Sue Grafton 73. The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch
74. Whistling for the Angels by Sandi Toksvig 75. L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton
76. M is for Malice by Sue Grafton 77. Stage Fright by Ellen Hart
December: 78. N is for Noose by Sue Grafton
79. Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris 80. Tuesday Night in the Kasbah by Patricia Kitchin
81. Shuttlecock by Graham Swift 82. Paper Faces by Rachel Anderson
Books read in 2007 (100): January: 1. The Other Side of You by Salley Vickers (started in 2006)
2. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
3. Toppling Miss April by Adrienne Dines 4. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
5. Warlands by Rachel Anderson 6. The Jigsaw Maker by Adrienne Dines
7. The Accidental Mother by Rowan Coleman 8. It's Different for Girls by Jo Brand
9. A Hallowed Place by Caro Fraser 10. The Man in my Basement by Walter Mosley
11. Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs) by Jaqueline Winspear
February: 12. Scuba Dancing by Nicola Slade 13. Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
14. A Perfect Obsession by Caro Fraser 15. A Calculating Heart by Caro Fraser
16. A Dance at the Slaughterhouse by Lawrence Block
17. A Lifetime Burning by Linda Gillard March: 18. A Long Walk in Wintertime by Libby Purves
19. Wish I May by Justine Picardie 20. Pennine Walkies by Mark Wallington
21. Career Girls by Louise Bagshawe 22. Emotional Geology by Linda Gillard
23. Time to Murder and Create by Lawrence Block
24. Humphrey by Willie Rushton 25. Jennings Goes to School by Anthony Buckeridge
26. The Apologist by Jay Rayner April:
27. Veil of Roses by Laura Fitzgerald (started in March) 28. The English Teacher by RK Narayan
29. Jennings Follows a Clue 30. Jennings' Little Hut
31. Blue Slipper Bay by Wendy K Harris 32. Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
33. The Understudy by David Nicholls 34. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
35. The Girls of the Hamlet Club by Elsie J Oxenham
May: 36. The Girls by Lori Lansens (started in April)
37. Tread Softly by Richard Kelly 38. Allotted Time by Robin Shelton
39. The Sorrow of Sisters by Wendy K Harris 40. Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
41. In the Midst of Death by Lawrence Block 42. Perfectly Correct by Philippa Gregory
June: 43. Under Orders by Dick Francis (started in May)
44. The Sins of the Fathers by Lawrence Block 45. The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L Sayers
46. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff 47. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff
48. Star Dust Falling by Jay Rayner 49. Especially Jennings by Anthony Buckeridge
50. The Swish of the Curtain by Pamela Brown 51. On the Cutting Edge by Lawrence Block
52. Intergirl by Vladimir Kunin 53. The Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe
July: 54. I Once Knew an Indian Woman by Ebbitt Cutler
55. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon 56. Up and Down in the Dales
57. Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic 58. Second Honeymoon by Joanna Trollope
59. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
60. Miss Garnet's Angel by Salley Vickers 61. Flying Under Bridges by Sandi Toksvig
August: 62. And When Did You Last See Your Father by Blake Morrison
63. Things My Mother Never Told Me by Blake Morrison
64. Silk by Alessandro Baricco 65. Passing Go by Libby Purves
66. Dominoes by Bali Rai 67. Love Over Scotland by Alexander McCall Smith
68. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 69. Chart Throb by Ben Elton
70. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
September 2007: 71. One Night at the Call Centre by Chetan Bhagat
72. Joy's New Adventure by Elsie J Oxenham 73. Eight Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block
74. The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith
75. Scapegrace by Jackie Gay 76. Guilty Pleasures by various
77. The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni (finished in October) October 2007:
78. Queen Camilla by Sue Townsend 79. The Inheritance by Jenny Pitman
80. Continental Drift by Libby Purves 81. Jasmine by
82. Faking It by Nigel Planer 83. Last Man Down by Richard Picciotto
84. Stage by Stage by Jan Jones 85. The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman by Sue Townsend
November 2007: 86. The Devil Knows You're Dead by Lawrence Block
87. Gabriel's Gift by Hanif Kureshi 88. The Diary of an Ordinary Woman by Margaret Forster
89. Report From Ground Zero by Dennis Smith December 2007:
90. Against Her Nature by Elizabeth Buchan 91. Shannon's Way by AJ Cronin
92. When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block
93. Duplicate Keys by Jane Smiley 94. A Wayne in a Manger by Gervase Phinn
95. A Proper Family Christmas by Jane Gordon-Cumming
96. The Accidental Woman by Jonathan Coe 97. Over by Margaret Forster
98. Jennings in Particular by Anthony Buckeridge
99. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling 100. Five Get into Trouble by Enid Blyton
Books read in 2006 (95): Casting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard
Truth, Dare, Kiss or Promise by Liane Jones Iron Shoes by Molly Giles
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Dead Famous by Ben Elton
The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes
Of Marriageable Age by Sharon Maas The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Starter for Ten by David Nicholls While the Light Lasts by Agatha Christie
The Snakestone by Margaret James The Pupil by Caro Fraser
The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
A Secret Life by Esther Rantzen The Mistress of Silence by Jacqueline Harpman
The Finishing Line by Owen Slot The Golden Ball & Other Stories by Agatha Christie
The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon Black River Falls by Ed Gorman
People Die by Kevin Wignall A Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block
Past Mortem by Ben Elton Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
I know this much is true by Wally Lamb The Accomplice by Kathryn Heyman
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan If Life is a Bowl of Cherries - What am I doing in the pits? by Erma Bombeck
Starter Marriage by Kate Harrison Judi Dench: with a crack in her voice by John Miller
On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Onwards and Upwards by Arabella Weir
The Used Women's Book Club by Paul Bryers Stark by Ben Elton
A Family Man by Amanda Brookfield The Sea of Adventure by Enid Blyton
I Choose to Live by Sabine Dardenne Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen The Dog Listener by Jan Fennell
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
The Regatta Mystery and other stories by Agatha Christie
More Frantic Semantics by John Morrish A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith Travels with Boogie by Mark Wallington
Prisoner in Alcatraz by Theresa Breslin Final Cut by Tony Bradman and Martin Chatterton
Piggies by Nick Gifford Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Mother to a Stanger by Leland Bardwell The Dangerous Sports Euthanasia Society by Christine Coleman
Retreat by Mary Stanley Little Soldier by Bernard Ashley
Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Ladies of Letters by Carole Hayman and Lou Wakefield
More Ladies of Letters by Carole Hayman and Lou Wakefield Ladies of Letters dot com by Carole Hayman and Lou Wakefield
Surviving Hitler by Andrea Warren Mr Golightly's Holiday by Salley Vickers
I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson
The Underdog and other stories by Agatha Christie Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
House of Sleep by Jonathan Coe Felicity Fights Back by Stella Sykes
Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammett Old School Ties by Kate Harrison
Hannibal by Thomas Harris My Forbidden Face by Latifa
Mango Shake by Debjani Chatterjee The Liar by Stephen Fry
A Nice Girl Like Me by Abigail Bosanko Mr Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom
The Burglar Who Liked To Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block
A Walk Among the Tombstones by Lawrence Block Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin
Judicial Whispers by Caro Fraser Baby Talk by Julie Walters
An Immoral Code by Caro Fraser Eat Drink and be Married by Eve Makis
The Mother-in-Law by Eve Makis Housewife Down by Alison Penton Harper
Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka
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