Shades of Grey - Jasper Fford (comedy/fantasy)
Gone - Michael Grant (YA Horror/fantasy)
Hunger - Michael Grant (YA Horror/fantasy)
Lies - Michael Grant (YA Horror/fantasy)
Plague - Michael Grant (YA Horror/fantasy)
Empire of Gold - Andy McDermott (adventure)
The Magic in Your Touch - Sara Bell (LGBT Romance with a hint of crime)
The Way You Say My Name - ( Read more... )

What I read in May..... why yes, it does appear i alternate between the dark ages and the discworld....

The Death Instinct - Jed Rubenfeld (crime)
Hogfather - Terry Pratchett (fantasy/comedy)*
Jingo - Terry Pratchett (fantasy/comedy)*
Last Rituals - Yrsa Sigurdardottir (crime)
The Last Kingdom - Bernard Cornwell (historical)
The Pale Horseman - Bernard ( Read more... )

The April book list... 16 in all

Farm on the Downs - Gwendoline Courtney (GO)

Elizabeth of the Garret Theatre - Gwendoline Courtney (GO)

Interesting Times - Terry Pratchett (fantasy/comedy)*

Sally’s Family - Gwendoline Courtney (GO)

The Chiltons - Gwendoline Courtney (GO)

At School with the Stanhopes - Gwendoline Courtney (GO)

The Sword of The Templars - ( Read more... )

March

Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett (fantasy/comedy)*
Pyramids - Terry Pratchett (fantasy/comedy)*
Eric - Terry Pratchett (fantasy/comedy)*
Witches Abroad - Terry Pratchett (fantasy/comedy)*
She Wolves - the women who ruled England before Elizabeth - Helen Castor (Historical reference)
Moving Pictures - Terry Pratchett (fantasy/comedy)*
Small Gods - Terry ( Read more... )

Yep - book list time

February reads

The Lazarus Vault - Tom Harper (adventure)
The Amber Room - Steve Berry (adventure/)
Lost in a good book - Jasper Fforde (fantasy/comedy)*
Well of Lost Plots - Jasper Fforde (fantasy/comedy)*
First Amongst Sequels - Jasper Fforde (fantasy/comedy)*
The Devil's Star - Jo Nesbo (crime
The Redeemer - Jo Nesbo (crime)
The ( Read more... )

January books

Devils Brood - Sharon Penman (historical)
Burn Out - Marcia Muller (crime)
Locked In - Marcia Muller (crime)*
Pegasus - Robin McKinley (YA Fantasy)*
Prom & Prejudice - Elizabeth Eulburg (YA)*
Insurrection - Robyn Young (historical)*
The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett (fantasy/humor)
Nemesis - Jo Nesbo (crime)*
The Lost Relic - Scott ( Read more... )

December's reading material

Ancestors of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley & Diana L Paxson (historical/fantasy)
The Forest House - Marion Zimmer Bradley (historical/fantasy)*
Guards Guards! - Terry Pratchett (fantasy/humor)*
Men at Arms - Terry Pratchett (fantasy/humor)*
Feet of Clay - Terry Pratchett (fantasy/humor)*
No Going Back - Monica Edwards ( ( Read more... )

Admittedly I have been pretty useless at updating in the last year, mainly because things have just been too hectic or things have been going on which I didn't feel up to sharing... most of it I haven't written down anywhere so I thought i'd summarise last year for my own sake (and lucky you lot get to read it too - feel free not to if preferred!)

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I received this from someone in the Diversity Group at work and rather liked it....

Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck...
How to live in a world that's politically correct?
His workers no longer would answer to "Elves",
"Vertically Challenged" they were calling themselves.
And labor conditions at the North Pole,
were alleged by the union ( Read more... )

November's book list - not many this month, though a couple of fairly lengthy books.

Lords & Ladies - Terry Pratchett (fantasy/humor)*
Heartstone - C J Sansom (historical crime)
When Christ & His Saints Slept - Sharon Penman (historical)*
The Sacred Vault - Andy McDermott (action/adventure)
Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett (Fantasy/humor)*
A Wild and Lonely ( Read more... )