This year's reading
January
1. What's Wrong with Eating People? Peter Cave NF
2. Do Llamas Fall in Love? Peter Cave NF
3. Never Eat Shredded Wheat, Christopher Somerville NF
4. Filthy English: The How, Why, When & What of Everyday Swearing, Peter Silverton NF
5. London By Tube: A History of Underground Station Names, David Revill NF
6. Ray Galton and Alan Simpson: The Masters of Sitcom, Christopher Stevens NF
7. The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English, Henry Hitchings NF
8. Call The Midwife, Jennifer Worth NF
9-11 Baby Blues scrapbooks 26-28.
12. Shadows of the Workhouse, Jennifer Worth NF
13. School Fail, Anna Tripp NF
14. Anger Management, Chris Tomkins NF
15. The Noticeably Stouter QI Book of General Ignorance, John Lloyd & John Mitchinson NF
February
16. The Disappearing Spoon and Other True Tales from the Periodic Table, Sam Kean NF
17-19 [redacted!]
20. In The Midst Of Life, Jennifer Worth NF
21. Bossypants, Tina Fey NF
21. Crap Dates, ed. Rhodri Marsden NF
22-24. [redacted!]
25. Lady Worsley's Whim, Hallie Rubenhold NF
26. Paw Tracks In The Moonlight, Denis O'Connor NF
27. Plan C, Lois Cahall
28-29. [redacted!]
30. You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Through Unloved Britain, Tim Moore NF
March
31. I've Got Your Number, Sophie Kinsella
32-33. [redacted!]
34. Vanished Kingdoms, Norman Davies NF
35. Master and God, Lindsey Davies.
36. The Time-Traveller's Guide To Elizabethan England, Ian Mortimer. NF
37. Knit, Swirl, Sandra McIver. NF
38. The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs, Christina Hopkinson.
39. Theft: A Love Story, Peter Carey.
40. A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs.
41. Mummydaddy, Jeremy Howe. NF
April
42. Earth Girl, Janet Edwards. (ARC)
43. Before I Go To Sleep, S J Watson.
44. Questors, Joan Lennon.
45. The Islanders, Christopher Priest.
46. The Hell Of It All, Charlie Brooker. NF
47. Reading the OED, Ammon Shea. NF
48. The Music Instinct, Philip Ball. NF
49. Ready Player One, Ernest Cline.
50. Born on a Blue Day, Daniel Tammet. NF
May
51. Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad, Bee Rowlat & May Witwit. NF
52. The Essential Guide to Colour Knitting Techniques, Margaret Radcliffe. NF
53. An Edible History of Humanity, Tom Standage. NF
54. Half-Sick of Shadows, David Logan.
55. Speedbird, Don Hill. NF
56. Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America And The World, Barbara Ehrenreich. NF
57. Dear Enemy, Jean Webster.
58. The Itinerant Lodger, David Nobbs.
59. A Piece Of The Sky Is Missing, David Nobbs.
60. It Had To Be You, David Nobbs.
61. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Moby Dick, Gideon Defoe.
62. Real England: The Battle Against The Bland, Paul Kingsnorth. NF.
63. Bats Sing, Mice Giggle, Karen Shanor & Jagmeet Kanwal. NF.
64. The Decisive Moment: How The Brain Makes Up Its Mind, Jonah Lehrer. NF.
June
65. A Face Like Glass, Frances Hardinge.
66. The Cambridge Guide to Fantasy Literature, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn. NF.
67. Taste, Kate Colquhon. NF.
68. Whispers Under Ground, Ben Aaronovitch.
69. The Long Earth, Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter.
70. Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Essential Alan Coren, Alan Coren.
71. The Maintenance of Headway, Magnus Mills.
July
72. The German Boy, Patricia Wastvedt.
73. The Age of Miracles, Karen Thompson Walker.
74. The Two Week Wait, Sarah Rayner.
75. The Secrets Between Us, Louise Douglas.
76. Shadow of Night, Deborah Harkness.
August
77. If Wishes Were Husbands, Elizabeth Kyne.
78. Before I Met You, Lisa Jewell.
79. Stranded, Emily Barr.
80. Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Jenny Lawson. NF.
81. The Love of My Life, Louise Douglas.
82. The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 9, Maxim Jakubowski
83. London's Olympic Follies: The Madness and Mayhem of the 1908 London Games: A Cautionary Tale, Graeme Kent. NF.
84. Ophelia O and the Ante-Natal Mysteries, Tanya Jones.
85. Population 485, Mark Perry. NF.
86. Missing You, Louise Douglas.
87. Forgotten, Cat Patrick.
88. The First Wife, Emily Barr.
89. Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error: The Meaning of Error in an Age of Certainty, Kathryn Schultz. NF.
90. The Classical Music Map of Britain, Richard Fawkes. NF.
91. The J.M. Barrie Ladies' Swimming Society, Barbara Zitwer.
92. [redacted!]
93. Revived, Cat Patrick.
94. Don't You Forget About Me, Alexandra Potter.
95. Reflections, Diana Wynne Jones. NF.
96. The Woman Who Died A Lot, Jasper Fforde.
97. Stasis Leaked, Jane Killick. NF. [end of Jul/start of Aug]
98. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson.
September
99. The King-Maker's Daughter, Philippa Gregory.
100. Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, ed. Helena Whitbread. NF.
101. The Self Illusion, Bruce Hood. NF.
102. The Library Book, various. NF.
103. One Good Turn, Kate Atkinson.
104. Among Others, Jo Walton.
105. The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim, Jonathan Coe.
106. Life and Soul of the Party, Mike Gayle.
107. The Sky's Dark Labyrinth, Stuart Clark.
108. Dodger, Terry Pratchett.
109. No, It's Us Too! Miranda Hart et al. NF.
110. SuperSense, Bruce Hood. NF.
111. The Psychic Tourist: A Voyage into the Curious World of Predicting the Future, William Little. NF.
112. Cat O' Nine Tales, Jeffrey Archer.
113. Breaking the Silence, Diane Chamberlain.
114. The Lost Daughter, Diane Chamberlain.
115. Before the Storm, Diane Chamberlain.
116. Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling, David Crystal. NF.
October
117. Is That A Fish In Your Ear? David Bellos. NF.
118. The 100 Most Pointless Things In The World, Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman. NF.
119. One Breath Away, Heather Gudenkauf.
120. A Blink of the Screen, Terry Pratchett.
121. The Horologicon, Mark Forsyth. NF.
122. Dawn of the Dumb, Charlie Brooker. NF.
123. The Midwife's Confession, Diane Chamberlain.
124. The Joy of Sin, Simon Laham. NF.
125. The First Time, Kate Monro. NF.
November
126. The Other, Thomas Tryon.
127. Oh Dear Silvia, Dawn French.
128. The Shadow Wife, Diane Chamberlain.
129. These Things Hidden, Heather Gudenkauf.
130. Is It Just Me? Miranda Hart. NF.
131. Back Story, David Mitchell. NF.
132. Teenagers: A Natural History, David Bainbridge. NF.
133. The Good Father, Diane Chamberlain.
134. Clean: An Unsanitised History of Washing, Katherine Aschenburg. NF.
135. The Fall and Rise of Gordon Coppinger, David Nobbs.
136. [redacted]
December
(unusually large number of re-reads)
137. Secrets She Left Behind, Diane Chamberlain.
138. How The States Got Their Shapes, Mark Stein. NF.
139. Eyeballs, Private Eye. NF.
140. All The Countries We've Ever Invaded, Stuart Laycock. NF.
141. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer.
142. Winter Warmers, Carole Matthews.
143. Here Lies Bridget, Paige Harbison.
144. 1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off, John Lloyd. NF.
145. Caleb's Crossing, Geraldine Brooks.
146. One on One, Craig Brown. NF.
147. Fagin's Children, Jeanne Duckworth. NF.
148. About The Size Of It, Warwick Cairns. NF.
149. The 100 Words That Make The English, Tony Thorne. NF.
150. Living With Asperger Syndrome, Joan Gomez. NF.
150 new books, appx 40 re-reads for a total of ~190.