My reading list for 2013.
All books link back to the original review and Amazon.co.uk
Key to Abbreviations.
AV = Amazon Vine – Freebie chosen from a list offered to ‘Vine Voices’; B = Borrowed from friends or family; G = Gift – Birthdays and Christmas etc; LTER = Freebie from the Librarything Early Reviewers draw; O = Own – I paid money for this book or did a swap for it; RP = Freebie requested from the publisher – where I requested a particular book; PS = Freebie from publisher, sent after asking if I’d like a copy; UNS = Unsolicited freebie; finally an asterisk * = from the TBR (acquired before 1.1.13)
Finished in DECEMBER, reviewed in JANUARY
- Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French (8/10) AV – Review Buy
- The Universe Vs Alex Woods by Gavin Extence (9/10) AV – Review Buy
JANUARY
1. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy (8.5/10) O* – Review Buy
2. The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett (9/10) O* – Review Buy
3. Hawthorn and Child by Keith Ridgway (8.5/10) O* – Review Buy
4. Mr Stink by David Walliams (8/10) O* – Review Buy
5. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (10/10, re-read) O* – Review Buy
6. Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell O* (10/10) – Review Buy
7. Raffles the Amateur Cracksman by E W Hornung (6.5/10) O* – Review
FEBRUARY
8. Mr Bridge by Evan S Connell AV* (9/10) – Review Buy
9. The Fast Diet by Dr Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer O – Review Buy
10. Care of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles PS* (9/10) Review Buy
11. The First Book of Calamity Leek by Paul Lichtarowicz – AV* (8.5/10) Review Buy
12. Georgy Girl by Margaret Forster O* (8.5/10) – Review Buy
13. Illumination by Matthew Plampin AV* (7.5/10) – Review Buy
14. The Explorer by James Smythe AV* (10/10) – Review Buy
15. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (9/10) O – Review Buy
MARCH
16. Black Roses by Jane Thynne (8.5/10) PS* – Buy
17. Pub Walks in Underhill Country by Nat Segnit (8/10) O* – Review Buy
18. Born Standing Up by Steve Martin (9.5/10) O* – Review Buy
19. A Man in the Zoo & Lady into Fox by David Garnett O* (8/10) – Review
Buy
20. When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman AV* (8/10) – Review Buy
21. Diary of A Provincial Lady by E.M.Delafield O* (10/10) – Review Buy
22. The Confidant by Hélène Grémillon PS* Review Buy
23. The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson (8.5/10) O* – Review Buy
24. Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick – O* Review Buy
APRIL
25. Dreams of Empire (Doctor Who) by Justin Richards (7/10) O Review Buy
26. Stonemouth by Iain Banks (9/10) O* – Review Buy
27. Magda by Meike Ziervogel (10/10) O – Review Buy
28. Harvest by Jim Crace AV (9/10) – Review Buy
29. The Widow and Her Hero by Thomas Keneally (8.5/10) O* – Review Buy
30. Bitter Drink by F.G.Haghenbeck AV (6.5/10) – Review Buy
31. After Phoenix by Martine McDonagh PS (8/10) – Review Buy
32. Tigers in Red Weather by Lisa Klaussmann AV (10/10) – Review Buy
33. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks O* (10/10) – Review Buy
MAY
34. Mad Women by Jane Maas O (7.5/10) – Review Buy
35. Me talk pretty one day by David Sedaris O (6.5/10) Review Buy
36. A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Joinson AV (8/10) Review Buy
37. Lost Luggage by Jordi Punti PS (8.5/10) Review Buy
38. The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (re-read) O* (10/10) – Review Buy
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