Books I am reading

2012

• MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE? by James Corden 7/10
• FAMILY BAGGAGE by Monica McInerney 7/10
• WE HAD IT SO GOOD by Linda Grant 7/10
• FAITH by Jennifer Haigh 9.5/10
• THIS BEAUTIFUL LIFE by Helen Schulman 8.5/10
• THE SILENT GIRL by Tess Gerritsen 6/10
• ANOTHER WOMAN by Penny Vincenzi 8/10
• MY DEAR I WANTED TO TELL YOU by Louisa Young 8.5/10
• BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP by S.J. Watson 7.5/10
• HOTEL VENDOME by Danielle Steel 7/10
• SCHOOLED by Anisha Lakhani 7.5/10
• THE BEST OF ME by Nicholas Sparks 7/10
• THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain 6/10
• ME AND YOU by Niccolo Ammaniti 8/10
• WIFE IN LAW by Haywood Smith 7/10
• THE STORY OF BEAUTIFUL GIRL by Rachel Simon 8.5/10
• RESCUE by Anita Shreve 8/10
• THE ART OF FIELDING by Chad Harbach 7/10
• LONE WOLF by Jodi Picoult 9/10
• THE REAL ELIZABETH by Andrew Marr 6.5/10
• THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes 7/10
• NO TIME TO WAVE GOODBYE by Jacquelyn Mitchard 7/10
• THE EVOLUTION OF ETHAN POE by Robin Reardon 6.5/10
• A SECRET KEPT by Tatiana de Rosnay 8/10
• THE BABY PROJECT by Robert Berry 6/10
• OTHER PEOPLE WE MARRIED by Emma Straub 5/10
• THE GOOD SOLDIERS by David Finkel 7/10
• COST by Roxana Robinson 9.5/10
• ANOTHER PIECE OF MY HEART by Jane Green 8.5/10
• BEING FLYNN by Nick Flynn 4.5/10
• THE WIDOWER’S TALE by Julia Glass 8/10
• ONCE UPON A SECRET by Mimi Alford 6/10
• ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes 8.5/10
• THE QUEEN IN HELL CLOSE by Sue Townsend 5/10
• I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER by Sophie Kinsella 7.5/10
• TURN OF MIND by Alice LaPlante 6.5/10
• THE CRYING TREE by Naseem Rakha 9/10
• THE EXPATS by Chris Pavone 7/10
• THE GOOD FATHER by Noah Hawley 9/19
• SWEET REVENGE: THE INTIMATE LIFE OF SIMON COWELL by Tom Bower 5/10
• HEFT by Liz Moore 9/10
• THE DARK ROSE by Erin Kelly 8.5/10
• A COLD SEASON by Alison Littlewood  6.5/10
• CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET by Sophie Kinsella 6.5/10
• LITTLE BITTY LIES by Mary Kay Andrews

2011

FROM NOTTING HILL WITH LOVE ACTUALLY by Ali McNamara 7/10
CUBAN HEELS by Emily Barr 8/10
FINDING FRANKIE by Maeve Binchy 8/10
IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU by Isla Dewar 6/10
AT MY MOTHER’S KNEE by Paul O’Grady 5/10
THE SUMMERHOUSE br Jude Deveraux 7/10
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee 7/10
THE GOOD SISTER by Drusilla Campbell 9/10
STAR ISLAND by Carl Hiaasen 6.5/10
ELEVEN by Mark Watson 7/10
IF YOU LIVED HERE, YOU’D BE HOME NOW by Claire LaZebnik 5/10
THIRTEEN REASONS WHY by Jay Asher 6/10
TROUBLE ON THE HEATH by Terry Jones (Quick Reads 2011) 7/10
PS I LOVE YOU by Cecilia Ahern 7/10
BLOODY VALENTINE by James Patterson (Quick Reads 2011) 8/10
TACKLING LIFE by Charlie Oatway (Quick Reads 2011) 6/10
STAY WITH ME by Sandra Rodriguez Barron 9/10
COMFORT AND JOY by India Knight 8/10
STRANGERS ON THE 16:02 by Priya Basil (Quick Reads 2011) 7/10
SARAH’S KEY by Tatiana de Rosnay 9.5/10
GARDEN HOPPING by Jonathan Rendall 4/10
OBSTACLES OF YOUNG LOVE by David Nobbs 9/10
MY DAD’S A POLICEMAN by Cathy Glass (Qucik Reads 2011) 8.5/10
LITTLE BEE by Chris Cleave 7/10
PICTURES OF YOU by Caroline Leavitt 7.5/10
33 MEN by Jonathan Franklin 7/10
WHO LOVES YOU BEST by Tess Stimson 8/10
NO MORE TOMORROWS by Schapelle Corby 7/10
SING YOU HOME by Jodi Picoult 8/10
KUNG FU TRIP by Benjamin Zephaniah (Quick Reads 2011) 5/10
BETA MALE by Iain Hollingshead 5/10
YOU’RE NEXT by Gregg Hurwitz 7/10
INVISIBLE RIVER by Helena McEwen 4/10
ON CHESIL BEACH by Ian McEwan 4/10
BEING EMILY by Anne Donovan 7/10
EMOTIONALLY WIERD by Kate Atkinson 3/10
MISADVENTURES OF A BIG MOUTH BRIT by Piers Morgan 7/10
THE PROPER CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF FRIENDSHIP by Lisa Verge Higgins 8/10
THIS PERFECT WORLD by Suzanne Bulger 9.5/10
ONE HIT WONDER by Charlie Carillo 8/10
GETTING RID OF MATTHEW by Jane Fallon (read for the 2nd time) 7/10
I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL by Tucker Max. 8/10
DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW by Joanna Trollope 8/10
UNTOLD STORY by Monica Ali 7/10
FLIRTING WITH 40 by Jane Porter 7.5/10
MY SISTER LIVES ON THE MANTELPIECE by Annabel Pitcher 7/10
SAVE AS DRAFT by Cavanaugh Lee 8.5/10
THE THREE WEISSMANNS OF WESTPORT by Cathleen Schine 7/10
THE POSTMISTRESS by Sarah Blake 8/10
66 LAPS by Lesie Lehr 6/10
MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND by Helen Simonson 8/10
HOSPITAL BABYLON by Imogen Edward-Jones & anon 9/10
SAINTS AND SINNERS by Edna O’Brien 6/10
CRINGE by Sarah Brown 6/10
TH RETURN JOURNEY (reread) by Maeve Binchy 8/10
THE RUNNING DREAM by Wendelin van Draanen 7.5/10
EVERY LAST ONE by Anna Quindlen 9/10
A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE by Madeleine Wickham 7/10
THE MAKING OF US by Lisa Jewell 9/10
BEHIND THE BLACK DOOR by Sarah Brown 6.5/10
BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey 5/10
BACK SPIN by Harlan Coben 7/10
THE GOODBYE COUSINS by Maggie Leffler 7/10
BRIXTON BEACH by Roma Tearne 9/10
RESILIENCE by Elizabeth Edwards 6/10
A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD by Jennifer Egan 3.5/10
A TINY BIT OF MARVELLOUS by Dawn French 6/10
THE TWENTY YEAR ITCH by Linda Kelsey 7/10
WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT by Sarah Winman 7/10
DEAREST STRANGER, DEAREST FRIEND by Laney Katz Becker 9/10
A WALK IN THE WOODS by Bill Bryson 6/10
THE POISON TREE by Erin Kelly 9/10
PIECES OF MY HEART by Sinead Moriarty 7/10
THE COMPLETE TALKING HEADS by Alan Bennett 8/10
BED by David Whitehouse 7/10
THE GIFT OF AN ORDINARY DAY by Katrina Kenison 6/10
THE MISTRESS’ REVENGE by Tamar Cohen 9/10
AWAIT YOUR REPLY by Dan Chaon 6/10
LADY DRIVEN by Seven sisters 5/10
HURRY UP AND WAIT by Isabel Ashdown 8/10
IF YOU WERE HERE by Jen Lancaster 6/10
MEMOIRS OF A FRUITCAKE by Chris Evans 7/10
THE LIES WE TOLD by Diane Chamberlain 8.5/10
THE GOING RATE by John Brady 4/10
A LONG WAY GONE by Ishmael Beah 7/10
THE MEMORY PALACE by Mira Bartok 5/10
LOVE, VIRTUALLY by Daniel Glattauer 7/10
OUT OF MY MIND by Sharon M Draper 8/10
WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW by Lizzie Enfield 6/10
THE END OF EVERYTHING by Megan Abbott 7/10
THE INDIGO NOTEBOOK by Laura Resau 7.5/10
JUST BETWEEN US by Cathy Kelly 7/10
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK by Piper Kerman 5/10
LEFT NEGLECTED by Lisa Genova 9/10
THE VILLAGE BIKE by Penelope Skinner 8/10
DON’T YOU WANT ME bu India Knight 7.5/10
THE BLACKHOUSE by Peter May 8/10
THERE BUT FOR THE by Ali Smith 3/10
STOLEN TIME by Sunny Jacobs 8/10
TRUE THINGS ABOUT ME by Deborah Kay Davies 6.5/10
STUART: A LIFE BACKWARDS by Alexander Masters 6/10
THE RUBY NOTEBOOK by Laura Resau 7/10
THE LONDON TRAIN by Tessa Hadley 6/10
DEPARTURES by Tony Parsons 8/10
HERE”S THE DEAL – DON’T TOUCH ME by Howie Mandel 7/10
THE UGLY SISTER by Jane Fallon 6.5/10
EVERYTHING AND NOTHING by Araminta Hall 9/10
LIFE AND LAUGHING by Michael McIntyre 7/10
LIFE IN PRISON by Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams 6/10
LDIES ND GENTLEMEN STORIES by Adam Ross 5/10
THE SUMMER OF THE BEAR by Bella Pollen 8/10
A LIFE INSIDE by Erwin James 6.5/10
ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WS YOU by Elizabeth Berg 8/10
THE PILE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS by Christina Hopkinson 6.5/10
HAND ME DOWN WORLD by Lloyd Jones 7/10
THE CHAMELEON’S SHADOW by Minette Walters 8/10
SMUT by Alan Bennett 9/10

2010
THE SCHOOL FOR HUSBANDS by Wendy Holden 6/10
AN EXPERIMENT IN LOVE by Hilary Mantel 3/10
CONFESSIONS OF A GP by Benjamin Daniels. 8/10
MISSING YOU by Louise Douglas 7/10
IN THE PRESIDENT’S SECRET SERVICE by Ronald Kessler 6/10
A CHANGE IN ALTITUDE by Anita Shreve 6/10
GIRLS IN THEIR MARRIED BLISS by Edna O’Brien 5/10
DON’T TELL MUM (hair-raising messages home from gap-year travellers) by Simon Hoggart 5/10
SANDCASTLES by Luanne Rice 6/10
I CURSE THE RIVER OF TIME by Per Petterson 3/10
THE GANGSTER’S WIFE by David Leslie 6/10
THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE by Aimee Bender 6/10
HIS OTHER LOVER by Lucy Dawson 8/10
CONFESSIONS OF A BRAZILLIAN BIKINI WAXER by Reny Ryan 7/10
EVERY BOY’S GO ONE by Meg Cabot 8/10
AFTER by Amy Efaw 8/10
MY BOOKY WOOKY by Russell Brand 6/10
THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER by Jojo Moyles 9/10
RICH AND MAD by William Nicholson 8/10
HOME GAME by Michael Lewis 6/10
THE DILEMMA by Penny Vincenzi 8/10
ONE MOMENT, ONE MORNING by Sarah Rayner 7/10
PORTRAIT OF AN ADDICT AS A YOUNG MAN by Bill Clegg 7/10
FUNNY BOY by Shyam Selvadurai 8/10
THE WAG’S DIARY by Alison Kervin 6/10
WISHIN’ AND HOPIN’ by Wally Lamb 7/10
ROOM by Emma Donoghue 9.5/10
FAITHFUL PLACE by Tana French 7/10
HOW TO BE AN AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE by Margaret Dilloway 9/10
I’D KNOW YOU ANYWHERE by Laura Lippman 8/10