Starting late, but always up for a challenge

[Joanna]

Hi everyone, late starter, but adding the books I've already read since January.
Sins of the Father by Alan Massie - read it
The Hundred Year Old Man who climbed out of the window blah blah (title's kind of like the book really) by Jonas Jonasson - read it
The Rest is Silence by Carla Guelfenbein - read it
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes - read it
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill - currently reading

[Tiffany, Administrator]

Hi, Joanna. Welcome to the group!

I've moved your list to the F-J folder so it will be easier to find.

How are you liking your reading year so far? Winners? Losers? Any books to stay away from at all costs or to celebrate?

[Joanna]

Hi Tiffany, thank you! Yes, loving it so far. I loved The Rest is Silence and The Sense of an Ending, I trudged through Sins of the Father, but was quite glad I did and was left a bit numb by The Hundred Year Old Man… it does go on a bit!

[Tiffany, Administrator]

Joanna wrote: "...was left a bit numb by The Hundred Year Old Man… it does go on a bit!"

hehehe. But still, you gave it 4 stars. Would you recommend it? The description sounds really interesting.

[Joanna]

So I did! Probably 4 stars is a bit much, there's a lot good about it, but ... I have added to my review! I hope that it's more helpful!

[Tiffany, Administrator]

Joanna wrote: "So I did! Probably 4 stars is a bit much, there's a lot good about it, but ... I have added to my review! I hope that it's more helpful!"

Awesome! I like your review :) I'm going to keep it on my to-read list, but now I'll have a little more warning about "wish[ing] that he'd get a move on." :D

[Joanna]

Finished The Woman in Black and also number 6 Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions by GW Barnard. Now reading Death and the Virgin by Chris Skidmore (Elizabeth, Dudley and the mysterious fate of Amy Robsart).

[Joanna]

7. The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverley

[Joanna]

8. Feels like Maybe by Claire Allen

[Joanna]

9. A Dreadful Murder by Minette Walters
10. Best Knickers Always by Rebecca Perkins

OK, I've really got to get a move on here - luckily quiet time has hit and I will use that for reading!

[Joanna]

11. March, Women, March by Lucinda Hawksley
12. The Perfect Ofsted Lesson by Jackie Beere

[Joanna]

13. The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson

[Joanna]

14. The Most Beautiful Thing by Fiona Robyn

[Joanna]

15. The Sea Change by Joanna Rossiter

[Joanna]

16. Finding Emma by Steena Holmes
17. Emma's Secret by Steena Holmes

[Den]

You go girl!

[Joanna]

18. The Long Dry by Cynan Jones

[Joanna]

19. Last Letter from your Lover by JoJo Moyes
20. Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
21. Ragnarok: the End of the Gods by AS Byatt

[Joanna]

:)