50 Book Challenge 2014 Part 2

[juneybean]

Thread 2 of the 50 book challenge. Here is the previous thread...

The idea is to read 50 books in 2014 (or more!)

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/adult_fiction/1951735-50-Book-Challenge-2014

Book 8 Half Bad by Sally Green. I was lucky enough to get a MN copy. I think I enjoyed it! I will probably read the second one when it comes out but I'm not sure if I really like the main character very much

35. Ian Rankin "Knots and Crosses " enjoyed this one

#31 - One shot kill - Robert Muchamore - another Henderson boys story, derring do in world war two.
#32 - Scorched Earth - Robert Muchamore - The last in the Henderson boys set. in which a major character is killed ( as opposed to all the minor ones who have been getting shot or blown to bits all the way through the series), and we find out what happened to some of them after the war.

#33 Crap days out -Gareth Rubin- a whistle stop tour of Great British tourist attractions so you don't have to go and find out how crap they are for yourself.

Audio books
How to train your Dragon.

13. Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller. 10 times better than the book, a very creepy tale that was superbly written. The level of perception amazed me.

27. Blood Politics - Helen Harper
    Book 4 in the Bloodfire series. Mack is being followed by representatives of the shifters, the mages and the fae. Then she is asked to help some dryads who are in trouble, and a new adventure begins where Mack brings together some unlikely allies to face a greater evil than any of them ever imagined. And she even fits some romance in amongst all the danger.

28. Bloodlust - Helen Harper
    The fifth and final book in the Bloodfire series. Mack and her band of Otherworldly allies take on a Necromancer in another crazy adventure. The romance that was started in the last book leaves Mack heartbroken for a lot of this book, but she discovers some remarkable abilities of her own that she uses to save the day and win back her man. They even get a happy ever after :)

So happy I found this thread I've just got back into reading after having awful baby brain and no attention span whatsoever. So far this year,

1. Greenbanks
2. Rosemary's baby
3. The Thirteenth Tale
4. Her Fearful Symmetry
5. Eat
6. Apple Tree Yard
7. Dark Places
8. Divergent
9. Six Years

10. Sisterland 11. Longbourn 12. The One Hundred Year Old Man 13. The Wolf of Wall Street 14. A Possible life 15. The Book thief 16. Life after Life

I've just ordered another 10 books from Amazon, can't wait for them to get here!

Southeastdweller I loved notes on a scandal.

Can't remember if I have posted this already so sorry if I have!

11. Midwife's confessions, enjoyed it, a 7
12. Is Kill Your Friends. Really enjoying it so far, talk about a genre change!!

25. Restoration by Rose Tremain. This was an audiobook borrowed from the library. Probably a 3.5/5 - parts of it were really enjoyable, and others not so. Didn't like the bit about the 17thC Caesarean operation Merivel was obliged to perform on the dying mother of his child. Made me feel very glad not to have lived and died in those days.

Liked it enough to want to read the sequel, Merivel.

26. A Scattering by Christopher Reid. A slim volume of poetry, written during and after his late wife's final illness. So very moving and upsetting. Made me cry several times. 5/5.

37. Michael Tolliver Lives - Armistead Maupin
38. Mary Ann in Autumn - Armistead Maupin

I must broaden my horizons. My books all seem so obvious!

Ten times better than the film, I meant to say

29. Lord of the Flies - William Golding It's good, but not as good as my first reading back when I was a teenager (before it was ruined by having to study it for GCSE). I don't think I'll be rushing to re-read it again.

15. Song of Susannah - Stephen King

Book 6 of the Dark Tower series. I really enjoyed this - better and pacier than the previous two in the series. Think I will go straight on to the series finale.

27. The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves by Stephen Grosz.

An interesting, but all too brief, account of various psychoanalysis cases. I liked it very much but found it a little frustrating that I wanted more depth and detail.

The Stuart Clark trilogy looks good. Thanks Cote

25. Just one damned thing after another - Jodi Taylor
    Kindle freebie. Really enjoyed it. Different and engaging tale about a set of time travelling historians.

26. Kiss Me First
    Not bad. Story about a vulnerable young girl effectively groomed over the internet to impersonate another person. Enjoyed it although I was expecting a few more twists and turns.

Hello all... AnneWentworth with another name change.

1. Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen
2. The COming Race, Edward Bulwer-Lytton
3. The foundation pit, Andrey Platanov
4. What Matters in Jane Austen, John Mullan
5. Agnes Grey, Anne Bronte
6. The SHock of the Fall, Nathan Filer
7. The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas

I adored The Three Musketeers. Absolutely rip-roaring and fantastic. On cold winters nights i can imagine curling up with a hot drink, some cake and this book. The only downside is how big it is, but as I think is evident, I adored it.

36. William Golding "Lord of the Flies ". I wasn't that fussed about this one.

12. Little Coffee Shop of Kabul, I enjoyed this book. Quite lightweight but very thought provoking and sad regarding treatment of women in Afganistan.

Can I join you all please? I started to do this last year but lost count!!
Here are he books I can remember reading since January 2014:

Jamaica Inn Daphne Du Maurer
The Oak Apple - Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
Before I Go To Sleep - SJ Watson
The Machine Gunners Robert Westall
Charlotte Grey Sebastian Faulks
The Twins Saskia Sarginson
The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield
The Hangmans Song James Oswald
River of Destiny Barbra Erskine
Currently Reading: The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul Deborah Rodriguez

I am way behind - need to prioritise reading a bit

Forgot one
Burning Bright - Tracy Chevalier

So on Book number 11 - need to get reading

Agh....need to wait until I get home and check my bedside table and floor...
Just remembered:
My Family and Other Animals by Claire Balding

Lovely amazon delivery