Karen's attempt to reduce the tbr pile

[Karen]

I'm starting my 50 books a year with the ones i have just finished 1.The Angel's Game and i am currently reading Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, I'm not going to bother counting the ones I've read so far this year mainly because my memory is rotten and I can't remember all of them.

[Karen]

Have just read 2.The Missing by Jane Casey,it was disappointing. the story itself started out fine but there were a couple of things in it that I just found unrealistic.

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Finished 3.Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China***** and 4.The Elegance of the Hedgehog***

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Finished 5.Silence of the Grave****

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Finished 6.Round Ireland with a Fridge***

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Finished 7.Playing with Fire***** and 8.Excavation***

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Finished 9.The Mesmerist's Apprentice***. think I might have liked this more if I had read the first book as there were hints to things that had happened in that book and i had no idea what they were talking about but then that is what happens if you don't start a series at the beginning

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Finished 10.Nada*. Really didn't like this. None of the characters had any redeeming features and I just didn't care about any of them.

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Finished 11.Altar of Eden*****

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12.Bad Science*** found this book a bit dry, fine for us science geeks but I can't really see it appealing to anybody else

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13.The Forest of Hands and Teeth*****. Didn't care for the lead character Mary, she is a selfish bitch but I do want to know what happens to the other characters.

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14.The Owl Killers***

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15.Not Dead Enough*****

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16.Heretic: The Templar Chronicles**** this is the first book I have read by this writer and I look forward to reading more

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17.A Sea of Troubles**

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18.The Shadow Project*****

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19.The Big Over Easy*** and 20.Don't Let the B*****ds Get You Down***

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21.Their Eyes Were Watching God***

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22.The Faceless Ones***** and 23.Armageddon Trade, The***

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24.The To-do List***

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25.Deep Fathom***

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26.Dawn of the Dumb***

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27.Gullible's Travels***, 28.Mount Dragon*** and 29.No Cure for Cancer****

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30.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time****

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31.Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man**** and 32.Dark Days*****

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33.Rebels and Traitors****

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34.Thanks for Nothing***

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35.Heresy**** a really good mix of historical fact and fiction.

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36.Subterranean*****

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37.Nocturnes***

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38.And Did Those Feet: Walking Through 2000 Years of British and Irish History***

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39.Suite Française****

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40.Ghosts of Manhattan****

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41.The Bones of Avalon****

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42.The Man from Beijing**

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43.Empires of Sand***

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44.The Darkest Room****

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45.Mistress of the Art of Death***

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46.No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach***** for the pictures but *** for the writing

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47.The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie*** and 48.Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rock Star ***

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49.Previous Convictions: Writing with Intent***

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50.Impact****

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51.The Mask of Troy***

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52.Murder on the Eiffel Tower**

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53.The English Rebel: One Thousand Years of Trouble-making from the Normans to the Nineties***

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54.The Three Musketeers***

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55.Living Dead in Dallas****