TBR list @ 13/01/08
2007 was a crap year reading wise. I have to be in 'the mood' for reading and I was so overworked last year that I just didn't feel like reading much. I would start books, but couldn't concentrate enough to understand the plots.
I am determined that 2008 is going to be different. I change employers in a couple of weeks, so I am hopeful that things will change. Although now it is getting closer, the phrase "Better the devil you know" keeps coming to mind!
Lets try again to read some of my hundreds of books. (Updated 29/07/08)
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
A Fringe of Leaves by Patrick White
A Good Woman by Lisa Appignanesi
A Married Man by Catherine Alliott
A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
A Sea of Troubles by Donna Leon
A Special Relationship by Douglas Kennedy
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute finished 18/05/08
Adrift in the Oceans of Mercy by Martin Booth
Affinity by Sarah Waters
Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
An April Shroud by Reginald Hill
An Invisible Sign of my Own by Aimee Bender
Anagrams by Lorrie Moore finished 29/08/08
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Angels by Marian Keyes
Animal Husbandry by Laura Zigman
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Are You Dave Gorman? by Dave Gorman
Atlantic Shift by Emily Barr
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Bad Heir Day by Wendy Holden
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
Behaving Badly by Isabel Wolff
Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
Better Than This by Stuart Harrison
Between Extremes: A Journey Beyond Imagination by Brian Keenan & John McCarthy
Black Market by James Patterson
Blood and Stone by Suzanne Downes
Blood of Victory by Alan Furst
Bonecrack by Dick Francis
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene finished 11/08/08
Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
Citizen Girl by Nicola Kraus & Emma McLaughlin
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Crack Down by Val McDermid
Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg
Daydream Girl by Bella Pollen
Deranged Marriage by Faith Bleasdale
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Dreams of Rescue by Laura Shaine Cunningham
Drop Dead Gorgeous by Katie Agnew
Faintheart: An Englishman Ventures North of the Border by Charles Jennings
Fatherland by Robert Harris
Flight of the Storks by Jean-Christophe Grange
Flowering Judas by Elizabeth Palmer
Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews
Flying Under Bridges by Sandi Toksvig
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
Getting Over Jack Wagner by Elise Juska
Girl Meets Ape by Chris Manby
Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Going Too Far by Catherine Alliott
Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
Goodnight Vienna by Phil Andrews
Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs
Handbags and Halos by Bernadette Strachan
Hard Choices by Carole Hayman
Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux
How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered the World by Francis Wheen
How to be Good by Nick Hornby
How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found by Sara Nickerson
I Like It Like That by Claire Calman
Intern by Bonnie Hearn Hill
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler finished 28/04/08
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Kartography by Kamila Shamsie
Kissing Frogs by Sarah Ingram
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark
LUCI in the Sky by Chris Fox
Lucy Talk by Fiona Walker
Marble Heart by Gretta Mulrooney
Marilyn's Child by Lynne Pemberton
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Messiah by Boris Starling
Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
Miles McGinty by Tom Gilling
Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson finished 21/07/08
Mr Starlight by Laurie Graham
My Once Upon a Time by Diran Adebayo
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Natural Selection by Bill Dare
Never Change by Elizabeth Berg
No Crystal Stair by Mairuth Sarsfield
Nocturne by Lisa St. Aubin De Teran
Northern Lights by Nora Roberts
One Glass is Never Enough by Jane Wenham-Jones
One Hit Wonderland by Tony Hawks
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Onwards and Upwards by Arabella Weir
Orange Laughter by Leone Ross
Orphan Lamb by Ann Purser
Other People's Marriages by Shane Watson
Our Fathers by Andrew O'Hagan
P.S. I Love You by Cecilia Ahern
Plum & Jaggers by Susan Richards Shreve
Polar City Nightmare by Katherine Kerr & Kate Daniel
Primal Fear by William Diehl
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani
Relics by Shaun Hutson
Rescuing Rose by Isabel Wolff
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
Royal Flash by George MacDonald Fraser
Rule No.1 by Rupert Morgan
Saint Valentine by Nick Tomlinson
Scandal by Amanda Platell
Secrets of the Heart by Elizabeth Buchan
Seven Dials by Anne Perry
Single Men by Dave Hill
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Smitten by Janet Evanovich finished 29/03/08
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Some Other Rainbow by John McCarthy & Jill Morrell
Spellbound by Jane Green
Stupid White Men by Michael Moore finished 25/07/08
Summer Things by Joseph Connolly
Taltos: Lives of the Mayfair Witches by Anne Rice
Ten Men by Alexandra Gray
Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry
The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom by Alexander McCall Smith
The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
The Bachelorette Party by Karen McCullah Lutz finished 28/03/08
The Bernini Bust by Iain Pears
The Best a Man Can Get by John O'Farrell
The Big Love by Sarah Dunn
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Cinderella Moment by Gemma Fox
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
The Club by Richard Eyre
The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh finished 29/05/08
The Dancers Dancing by Eilis Ni Dhubhne
The Dancing Face by Mike Phillips
The Dark Clue by James Wilson
The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss finished 21/01/08
The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart
The Discovery of Chocolate: A Novel by James Runcie
The Double Eagle by James Twining
The Final Confession of Mabel Stark by Robert Hough
The Flood by David Maine finished 18/08/08
The Food of Love by Anthony Capella
The Four Feathers by A. E. W. Mason
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
The Good Wife by Elizabeth Buchan
The Harlot's Prerogative by Andrew Moncur
The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
The Kiln by William McIlvanney
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
The Merchant of Venus by Ellen Hart
The Mermaid and the Drunks by Ben Richards
The Mistressclass by Michele Roberts
The Necropolis Railway by Andrew Martin
The Next Big Thing by Sara Caspian
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn
The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes finished 16/06/08
The Other Woman by Jane Green
The Perfect Sinner by Will Davenport
The Pollen Room by Zoe Jenny
The Queen of Subleties by Suzannah Dunn
The Reluctant Investigator by Frank Lean
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
The Sixth Lamentation by William Broderick
The Speckled People by Hugo Hamilton
The Stars' Tennis Balls by Stephen Fry
The Strawberry Tattoo by Lauren Henderson
The Tenko Club by Elizabeth Noble
The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw by Sheila Hancock
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
The Woman Who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle
The World Below by Sue Miller
Thirtynothing by Lisa Jewell
This Is Your Life by John O'Farrell finished 07/05/08
Tongue in Cheek by Fiona Walker
Trust Me by Jayne Ann Krentz
Two Truths and a Lie by Katrina Kittle
Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Vinegar Hill by A. Mansette Ansay
Walking With Ghosts by John Baker
Watchmen by Alan Moore finished 31/08/08
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
With One Lousy Free Packet of Seeds by Lynne Truss
Wives and Lovers by Jane Elizabeth Varley
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Working It Out by Alex George
Yankee Doodle Dead by Carolyn G. Hart
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
I am determined that 2008 is going to be different. I change employers in a couple of weeks, so I am hopeful that things will change. Although now it is getting closer, the phrase "Better the devil you know" keeps coming to mind!
Lets try again to read some of my hundreds of books. (Updated 29/07/08)
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
A Fringe of Leaves by Patrick White
A Good Woman by Lisa Appignanesi
A Married Man by Catherine Alliott
A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
A Sea of Troubles by Donna Leon
A Special Relationship by Douglas Kennedy
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute finished 18/05/08
Adrift in the Oceans of Mercy by Martin Booth
Affinity by Sarah Waters
Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
An April Shroud by Reginald Hill
An Invisible Sign of my Own by Aimee Bender
Anagrams by Lorrie Moore finished 29/08/08
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Angels by Marian Keyes
Animal Husbandry by Laura Zigman
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Are You Dave Gorman? by Dave Gorman
Atlantic Shift by Emily Barr
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Bad Heir Day by Wendy Holden
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
Behaving Badly by Isabel Wolff
Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
Better Than This by Stuart Harrison
Between Extremes: A Journey Beyond Imagination by Brian Keenan & John McCarthy
Black Market by James Patterson
Blood and Stone by Suzanne Downes
Blood of Victory by Alan Furst
Bonecrack by Dick Francis
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene finished 11/08/08
Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
Citizen Girl by Nicola Kraus & Emma McLaughlin
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Crack Down by Val McDermid
Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg
Daydream Girl by Bella Pollen
Deranged Marriage by Faith Bleasdale
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Dreams of Rescue by Laura Shaine Cunningham
Drop Dead Gorgeous by Katie Agnew
Faintheart: An Englishman Ventures North of the Border by Charles Jennings
Fatherland by Robert Harris
Flight of the Storks by Jean-Christophe Grange
Flowering Judas by Elizabeth Palmer
Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews
Flying Under Bridges by Sandi Toksvig
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
Getting Over Jack Wagner by Elise Juska
Girl Meets Ape by Chris Manby
Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Going Too Far by Catherine Alliott
Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
Goodnight Vienna by Phil Andrews
Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs
Handbags and Halos by Bernadette Strachan
Hard Choices by Carole Hayman
Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux
How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered the World by Francis Wheen
How to be Good by Nick Hornby
How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found by Sara Nickerson
I Like It Like That by Claire Calman
Intern by Bonnie Hearn Hill
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler finished 28/04/08
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Kartography by Kamila Shamsie
Kissing Frogs by Sarah Ingram
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark
LUCI in the Sky by Chris Fox
Lucy Talk by Fiona Walker
Marble Heart by Gretta Mulrooney
Marilyn's Child by Lynne Pemberton
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Messiah by Boris Starling
Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
Miles McGinty by Tom Gilling
Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson finished 21/07/08
Mr Starlight by Laurie Graham
My Once Upon a Time by Diran Adebayo
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Natural Selection by Bill Dare
Never Change by Elizabeth Berg
No Crystal Stair by Mairuth Sarsfield
Nocturne by Lisa St. Aubin De Teran
Northern Lights by Nora Roberts
One Glass is Never Enough by Jane Wenham-Jones
One Hit Wonderland by Tony Hawks
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Onwards and Upwards by Arabella Weir
Orange Laughter by Leone Ross
Orphan Lamb by Ann Purser
Other People's Marriages by Shane Watson
Our Fathers by Andrew O'Hagan
P.S. I Love You by Cecilia Ahern
Plum & Jaggers by Susan Richards Shreve
Polar City Nightmare by Katherine Kerr & Kate Daniel
Primal Fear by William Diehl
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani
Relics by Shaun Hutson
Rescuing Rose by Isabel Wolff
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
Royal Flash by George MacDonald Fraser
Rule No.1 by Rupert Morgan
Saint Valentine by Nick Tomlinson
Scandal by Amanda Platell
Secrets of the Heart by Elizabeth Buchan
Seven Dials by Anne Perry
Single Men by Dave Hill
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Smitten by Janet Evanovich finished 29/03/08
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Some Other Rainbow by John McCarthy & Jill Morrell
Spellbound by Jane Green
Stupid White Men by Michael Moore finished 25/07/08
Summer Things by Joseph Connolly
Taltos: Lives of the Mayfair Witches by Anne Rice
Ten Men by Alexandra Gray
Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry
The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom by Alexander McCall Smith
The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
The Bachelorette Party by Karen McCullah Lutz finished 28/03/08
The Bernini Bust by Iain Pears
The Best a Man Can Get by John O'Farrell
The Big Love by Sarah Dunn
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Cinderella Moment by Gemma Fox
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
The Club by Richard Eyre
The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh finished 29/05/08
The Dancers Dancing by Eilis Ni Dhubhne
The Dancing Face by Mike Phillips
The Dark Clue by James Wilson
The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss finished 21/01/08
The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart
The Discovery of Chocolate: A Novel by James Runcie
The Double Eagle by James Twining
The Final Confession of Mabel Stark by Robert Hough
The Flood by David Maine finished 18/08/08
The Food of Love by Anthony Capella
The Four Feathers by A. E. W. Mason
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
The Good Wife by Elizabeth Buchan
The Harlot's Prerogative by Andrew Moncur
The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
The Kiln by William McIlvanney
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
The Merchant of Venus by Ellen Hart
The Mermaid and the Drunks by Ben Richards
The Mistressclass by Michele Roberts
The Necropolis Railway by Andrew Martin
The Next Big Thing by Sara Caspian
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn
The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes finished 16/06/08
The Other Woman by Jane Green
The Perfect Sinner by Will Davenport
The Pollen Room by Zoe Jenny
The Queen of Subleties by Suzannah Dunn
The Reluctant Investigator by Frank Lean
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
The Sixth Lamentation by William Broderick
The Speckled People by Hugo Hamilton
The Stars' Tennis Balls by Stephen Fry
The Strawberry Tattoo by Lauren Henderson
The Tenko Club by Elizabeth Noble
The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw by Sheila Hancock
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
The Woman Who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle
The World Below by Sue Miller
Thirtynothing by Lisa Jewell
This Is Your Life by John O'Farrell finished 07/05/08
Tongue in Cheek by Fiona Walker
Trust Me by Jayne Ann Krentz
Two Truths and a Lie by Katrina Kittle
Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Vinegar Hill by A. Mansette Ansay
Walking With Ghosts by John Baker
Watchmen by Alan Moore finished 31/08/08
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
With One Lousy Free Packet of Seeds by Lynne Truss
Wives and Lovers by Jane Elizabeth Varley
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Working It Out by Alex George
Yankee Doodle Dead by Carolyn G. Hart
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks