Saturday, 31 May 2025

Books I Read in May 2025

 May - 5

Total to date:  (25 new/9 re-read) 8 *non-fiction - Best Book

- *The Little Book of Hygge, Miek Wiking

- Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata

- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor

- *Walden, Henry David Thoreau

- Let Me In, Claire McGowen 


April -  10

Total to date:  (20 new/9 re-read) 6 *non-fiction - Best Book

- A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton

B is for Burglar, Sue Grafton

- C is for Corpse, Sue Grafton

- D is for Deadbeat, Sue Grafton

- E is for Evidence, Sue Grafton

- F is for Fugitive, Sue Grafton

G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton

H is for Homicide, Sue Grafton

I is for Innocent, Sue Grafton

*Jane Austen at Home, Lucy Worsley

March - 7

Total to date:  (19 new/0 re-read) 5 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

Model Misfit, Holly Smale

She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

- *The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Margareta Magnusson

February - 5

Total to date:  (12 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

The Warden, Anthony Trollope

Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

 January - 7

Total to date:  (7 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- *MeditationsMarcus Aurelius

Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

*The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

*The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

Wednesday, 30 April 2025

Books I Read in April 2025

April -  10

Total to date:  (20 new/9 re-read) 6 *non-fiction - Best Book

- A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton

- B is for Burglar, Sue Grafton

- C is for Corpse, Sue Grafton

- D is for Deadbeat, Sue Grafton

- E is for Evidence, Sue Grafton

- F is for Fugitive, Sue Grafton

- G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton

- H is for Homicide, Sue Grafton

- I is for Innocent, Sue Grafton

- *Jane Austen at Home, Lucy Worsley

March - 7

Total to date:  (19 new/0 re-read) 5 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

Model Misfit, Holly Smale

She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

- *The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Margareta Magnusson

February - 5

Total to date:  (12 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

The Warden, Anthony Trollope

Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

 January - 7

Total to date:  (7 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- *MeditationsMarcus Aurelius

Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

*The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

*The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

Monday, 31 March 2025

Books I read in March 2025

 March - 7

Total to date:  (19 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

- A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

- The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

- Model Misfit, Holly Smale

- She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

- The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

- The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Margareta Magnusson

February - 5

Total to date:  (12 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

The Warden, Anthony Trollope

Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

- Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

 January - 7

Total to date:  (7 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- *MeditationsMarcus Aurelius

Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

*The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

*The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

Saturday, 8 March 2025

Books Read in February 2025

February - 5

Total to date:  (12 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

- The Warden, Anthony Trollope

- Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

- Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

 January - 7

Total to date:  (7 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction

- *MeditationsMarcus Aurelius

Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

*The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

*The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

Saturday, 1 February 2025

2025 Reading List

 January - 7

Total to date:  (7 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction

- *Meditations, Marcus Aurelius

- Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

- *The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

- *The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

- Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel


Tuesday, 31 December 2024

Books Read in December 2024

 December - 9 

Total to date:  (48 new/15 re-read) 16 *non-fiction (33% non-fiction)

A Murder of Quality, John Le Carre

- Birdcage Library, Freya Berry

- Life After Life, Kate Atkinson

- Case Histories, Kate Atkinson

- *Snowden, The Biography, Anne de Courcy

- *The Lazy Genius Kitchen, Kendra Adachi

- Butter, Asako Yuzuki

- *Effortless, Greg McKeown

- Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan

November - 6

Total to date:  (39 new/15 re-read) 13 *non-fiction = 54 (24% non-fiction)

A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley), Elizabeth George

Payment in Blood (Inspector Lynley), Elizabeth George

The Burning Shore, Wilbur Smith

Gently Does It (Inspector George Gently), Alan Hunter

Geek Girl, Holly Smale

Call for the Dead (George Smiley), John le Carre

October - 6

Total to date:  (33 new/15 re-read) 13 *non-fiction = 48

- *Essentialism, Greg McKeown

- Trespasses, Louise Kennedy

- *A Street Cat Named Bob, James Bowen

- *You Learn by Living, Eleanor Roosevelt  

- *Daily Rituals - Women at Work, Mason Currey

- *On Fire, Naomi Klein

September - 4

Total to date:  (27 new/15 re-read) 8 *non-fiction = 42

 Mr Mercedes, Stephen King

- The Paris Library, Janet Skeslien Charles 

-  Leave No Trace,  Jo Callaghan

Mrs. Miniver, Jan Struthers

 August - 6

Total to date:  (24 new/14 re-read) 8 *non-fiction = 38

 In the Blink of an Eye, Jo Callaghan

- In the Blink of an Eye,  Jo Callaghan

Girl Waits with Gun, Amy Stewart

- Lady Cop Makes Trouble, Amy Stewart

- Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions, Amy Stewart

- The Little Red Chairs, Edna O'Brien

July - 3

Total to date:  (21 new/11 re-read) 8 *non-fiction = 32

- The Time in Between, Maria Duenas

- *English Pastoral, James Rebank

*All in One Basket - Nest Eggs by Deborah Devonshire

June - 5

Total to date:  (18 new/11 re-read) 6 *non-fiction = 29

The Kellerby Code, Jonny Sweet

Emma, Jane Austen

The Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Connelly

The Herd, Emily Edwards

The Island of Missing Trees, Elif Shafak

May - 4

Total to date:  (14 new/10 re-read) 6 *non-fiction = 24

*The End of Food - The Coming Crisis in the World Food Industry, Paul Roberts

Persuasion, Jane Austen

Mansfield Park, Jane Austen

- *History Dudes - Vikings, Laura Buller

April - 9

Total to date:  (12 new/8 re-read) 4 *non-fiction = 20

- *The Year 1000, Robert Lacey & Danny Danziger

- Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons

Kingdom by the Sea, Robert Westall

Blitzcat, Robert Westall

The Last Empress, Anchee Min

- *The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl, Belle De Jour

- Murder in Williamstown, Kerry Greenwood

Death in Daylesford, Kerry Greenwood

Island of the Missing Trees, Elif Shafak

 March - 3

Total to date:  (5 new/6 re-read) 2 *non-fiction = 11

The Ink Black Heart, Robert Galbraith

- *Aristocrats. Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832,  Stella Tillyard

Paris in the Dark, Robert Olen Butler

February - 6

Total to date:  (3 new/5 re-read) 1 *non-fiction = 8

- *The White Album, Joan Didion

The Cuckoo's Calling, Robert Galbraith

The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith

- Career of Evil, Robert Galbraith

- Lethal White, Robert Galbraith

- Troubled Blood, Robert Galbraith

 January - 2

Total to date:  (2 new/0 re-read) 0 *non-fiction

- The Detective's Daughter, Lesley Thomson

The Bourne Identity, Robert Ludlum

Saturday, 30 November 2024

Books I Read in November 2024

 November - 6

Total to date:  (39 new/15 re-read) 13 *non-fiction

- A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley), Elizabeth George

- Payment in Blood (Inspector Lynley), Elizabeth George

- The Burning Shore, Wilbur Smith

- Gently Does It (Inspector George Gently), Alan Hunter

- Geek Girl, Holly Smale

- Call for the Dead (George Smiley), John le Carre

October - 6

Total to date:  (33 new/15 re-read) 13 *non-fiction

- *Essentialism, Greg McKeown

- Trespasses, Louise Kennedy

- *A Street Cat Named Bob, James Bowen

- *You Learn by Living, Eleanor Roosevelt  

- *Daily Rituals - Women at Work, Mason Currey

- *On Fire, Naomi Klein

September - 4

Total to date:  (27 new/15 re-read) 8 *non-fiction

 Mr Mercedes, Stephen King

- The Paris Library, Janet Skeslien Charles 

-  Leave No Trace,  Jo Callaghan

Mrs. Miniver, Jan Struthers

 August - 6

Total to date:  (24 new/14 re-read) 8 *non-fiction

 In the Blink of an Eye, Jo Callaghan

- In the Blink of an Eye,  Jo Callaghan

Girl Waits with Gun, Amy Stewart

- Lady Cop Makes Trouble, Amy Stewart

- Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions, Amy Stewart

- The Little Red Chairs, Edna O'Brien

July - 3

Total to date:  (21 new/11 re-read) 8 *non-fiction 

- The Time in Between, Maria Duenas

- *English Pastoral, James Rebank

*All in One Basket - Nest Eggs by Deborah Devonshire

June - 5

Total to date:  (18 new/11 re-read) 6 *non-fiction

The Kellerby Code, Jonny Sweet

Emma, Jane Austen

The Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Connelly

The Herd, Emily Edwards

The Island of Missing Trees, Elif Shafak

May - 4

Total to date:  (14 new/10 re-read) 6 *non-fiction

*The End of Food - The Coming Crisis in the World Food Industry, Paul Roberts

Persuasion, Jane Austen

Mansfield Park, Jane Austen

- *History Dudes - Vikings, Laura Buller

April - 9

Total to date:  (12 new/8 re-read) 4 *non-fiction

- *The Year 1000, Robert Lacey & Danny Danziger

- Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons

Kingdom by the Sea, Robert Westall

Blitzcat, Robert Westall

The Last Empress, Anchee Min

- *The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl, Belle De Jour

- Murder in Williamstown, Kerry Greenwood

Death in Daylesford, Kerry Greenwood

Island of the Missing Trees, Elif Shafak

 March - 3

Total to date:  (5 new/6 re-read) 2 *non-fiction

The Ink Black Heart, Robert Galbraith

- *Aristocrats. Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832,  Stella Tillyard

Paris in the Dark, Robert Olen Butler

February - 6

Total to date:  (3 new/5 re-read) 1 *non-fiction

- *The White Album, Joan Didion

The Cuckoo's Calling, Robert Galbraith

The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith

- Career of Evil, Robert Galbraith

- Lethal White, Robert Galbraith

- Troubled Blood, Robert Galbraith

 January - 2

Total to date:  (2 new/0 re-read) 0 *non-fiction

- The Detective's Daughter, Lesley Thomson

The Bourne Identity, Robert Ludlum