Read 2012

My 2012 Reading List.

All books link back to the original review and through my affiliate link to 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 1.1.12)

JANUARY
1. Gods Without Men by Kari Kunzru (9/10), AV* – Review Buy
2. The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (#2)by Sue Townsend, PS* – Buy
3. True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole (#3) by Sue Townsend, PS* – Buy
4. Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years (#4)by Sue Townsend (8/10) PS* – Buy
5. Riders by Jilly Cooper (8/10) O* – Review Buy
6. Party Going by Henry Green (8.5/10) O* – Review Buy
7. Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey (9/10) O* – Review Buy

FEBRUARY
8. The Man Who Rained by Ali Shaw (9/10) O* – Review Buy
9. The Child Who by Simon Lelic (8.5/10) AV* – Review Buy by Simon Lelic
10. Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (#5) by Sue Townsend PS*Buy
11. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe (9.5/10) O* Review Buy
12. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Whaling by Gideon Defoe (8.5/10) O* Review Buy
13. The Small Miracle by Paul Gallico – O* Review
14. Up Till Now by William Shatner with David Fisher (8.5/10) O* – Review Buy
15. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (10/10) AV* Review Buy
16. The killer inside me by Jim Thompson (10/10) O* Review Buy by Jim Thompson

MARCH
17. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder (7/10) O Review Buy
18. The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan O* Review Buy
19. The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge (9/10) O* Review Buy
20. Something borrowed (Brenda 2) by Paul Magrs (9/10) O* Review Buy
21. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R King (9/10) G* Review Buy
22. Newton’s Swing by Chris Paling (9.5/10) O* Review Buy
23. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (9/10) AV* Review Buy

APRIL
24. Linger Awhile by Russell Hoban O* (6.5/10) Review Buy
25. Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr O* (10/10) Review Buy
26. The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen AV (8/10) Review Buy
27. Konstantin by Tom Bullough PS (9/10) Review Buy
28. Death and the Olive Grove by Marco Vichi AV (8/10) Buy
29. Wonder by R J Palacio AV (8/10) Review Buy by R J Palacio
30. The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh PS (9/10) Review Buy by Jennifer McVeigh
31. The Paper House by Carlos Maria Dominguez O* Buy by Carlos Maria Dominguez
32. The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark O* (7.5/10) Review Buy

MAY
33. The Paper House by Carlos Maria Dominguez O* (7/10) Review Buy
34. Apocalypse Cow by Michael Logan PS (7/10) Review Buy
35. The Devil’s Beat by Robert Edric AV (7.5/10) Review Buy