Books read in 2014: 112 (less than in 2013, 2012 and 2011!)

First book of the year: The Cutting Season by Attica Locke

Last book of the year: Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid

Favourite books (not counting re-reads): Carry Me Home by Terri Wiltshire; In Falling Snow by Mary-Rose MacColl

Most spectacular waste of money: Uhura's Song by Janet ( Read more... )

Books read in 2013: 140

First book of the year: Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Last book of the year: The Secret Letters of Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy by Wendy Leigh

Favourite books (not counting re-reads): Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (fiction) and Mrs Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill (non-fiction)

Most spectacular waste of money: A toss up ( Read more... )

(Quick, quick, let me post this while LJ is actually live!)

Books read in 2012: 128

First book of the year: Titus Groan (Gormenghast Trilogy) by Mervyn Peake

Last book of the year: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (re50-read)

Favourite book (not counting re-reads): The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes (fiction) and Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of ( Read more... )