My target for the year was to read 30 books, but alas that has not happened. Here's the list of books for this year:
- "Ariadne", by Jennifer Saint
- "Promise of Blood", by Brian McClellan
- "Smart Leadership", by Jo Owen
- "Why Should Anyone be Led by You?", by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones
- "Atalanta", by Jennifer Saint
- "Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life", by Arnold Schwarzenegger
- "Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes", by Rob Wilkins
- "Sharpe's Command", by Bernard Cornwell
- "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", by Ian Fleming *
- "Making It So", by Sir Patrick Stewart
- "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again", by Frank Cottrell-Boyce *
- "Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk", by Wizards of the Coast
- "Empire", by Conn Iggulden
- "A Thousand Splendid Suns", by Khaled Hosseini
- "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time", by Frank Cottrell-Boyce *
- "Surrounded by Idiots", by Thomas Erikson
- "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang over the Moon", by Frank Cottrell-Boyce *
- "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", by John Le Carré
- "Firefly: Coup de Grace", by Una McCormack
- "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", by J.K. Rowling *
- "The Prisoner of Heaven", by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", by J.K. Rowling *
Annoyingly there is, once again, my records got messed up during the year - I recorded "Promise of Blood" twice, and failed to record "Sharpe's Command" and "Phandelver and Below". Those problems have, at least, been corrected.
That gives a total of 22 books. This includes two rereads (Harry Potter), and six books for Funsize/Surprise! The only RPG book this year was "Phandelver and Below", which is a disappointing one to end on.
This year's best book was "A Thousand Splendid Suns", but I'm really not sure I recommend it - I found it almost unreadable at times. I'm not going to list a worst book, as none of them seemed particularly bad.
Unfortunately, despite my best intentions I have ended the year with shelves every bit as full of unread books as I began, with some coming to their third year unread. It is very much my intention to start clearing that backlog in the near future.
2 comments:
For something so sui generis why not browse through TheBurlingtonFiles espionage website; it's a bit like reading "Tales of The Unexpected". The website is reminiscent of an espionage museum without an admission fee ... and no adverts. You will soon be immersed in a whole new world which you won't want to exit.
Well, 22 is better than some people I have chatted to!
What did you think of the Chitty chitty ones- I saw you read quite a few? I don't know that I've ever read the original OR the FCB sequels. Are they worth a read? Also, how similar to the film?
Ha, I am resolving to buy NO new books this year unless it is from an independent bookshop in order to empty my bookshelves! I'm going to try and keep track of what I have got rid of so I can see I've done something, even if hard to actually see!
Also, was the Terry Pratchett non-fiction?
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