A book a day, or the year of reading dangerously: 12 Nov 2008

Thanks to Lorraine for lending me Alan Bennett's Uncommon Reader, and to Somi for Albert Camus' Fall, Yasmin Crowther's Saffron Kitchen and Marilyn Manson's Long Road out of Hell.

Well, I said my tastes were eclectic!

Books so far since 10/10/08 *are books I own and can lend!

Jill Enjoys her Ponies by Ruby Ferguson; Book 327
Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton; Book 326
The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton; Book 325
The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E Nesbit; Book 324
Beyond Words: How Language Reveals the Way we Live Now by John Humphrys; Book 323
The Whole Day Through by Patrick Gale; Book 322
Scarred Hearts by Max Blecher; Book 321
The 50 Greatest Moments of Doctor Who by Andrew Rilstone; Book 320
Ultimate Guide to Sci Fi Literature by Matt Hardrahan; Book 319
The Children of Greene Knowe by Lucy M Boston; Book 318
Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson; Book 317
Stig of the Dump by Clive King; Book 316
The Jeweler's Bench Book by Charles Lewton-Brain; Book 315
Frankenstein: Dead and Alive by Dean Koontz; Book 314
Roadside Crosses by Jeffery Deaver; Book 313
Quest for a Kelpie by Frances Mary Hendry; Book 312
The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter; Book 311
Deception (Lady Grace Mysteries) by Jan Burchett; Book 310
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy by Tim Burton; Book 309
The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller; Book 308
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran; Book 307
The Body Artist by Dom DeLillo; Book 306
You're Only Old Once by Dr Seuss; Book 305
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell; Book 304
The Hills is Lonely by Lillian Beckwith; Book 303
Cockburn's A-Z of After-Dinner Entertainment by Giles Brandreth; Book 302
Special Delivery by Iselin C. Hermann; Book 301
Scandal Takes a Holiday by Lindsey Davis; Book 300
The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach; Book 299
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach; Book 298
There's no Such Place as Far Away by Richard Bach; Book 297
The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan; Book 296
Wandering by Hermann Hesse; Book 295
The Virgin and the Gypsy by D H Lawrence; Book 294
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson; Book 293
Thieves Like Us by Edward Anderson; Book 292
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy; Book 291
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain; Book 290
Seahorse in the Sky by Edmund Cooper; Book 289
Furniture: Twentieth Century Design by Penny Sparke; Book 288
The Last G.I. Bride Wore Tartan by Fred Urquhart; Book 287
The Lovers by John Connolly; Book 286
The Accusers by Lindsey Davis; Book 285
This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes; Book 284
The Road to Ruin by Siegfried Sassoon; Book 283
Cock-a-Doodle-Doo by Robert S McLeish; Book 282
Bodily Secrets by William Trevor; Book 281
Shashin: Nineteenth-Century Japanese Studio Photography; Book 280
Byron and Women Novelists by Caroline Franklin; Book 279
Hue and Cry by Shirley McKay; Book 278
When Will there be Good News by Kate Atkinson; Book 277
Change the World, 9 to 5; Book 276
The Observer Book of Scandal; Book 275
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Jay Fowler; Book 274
Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy; Book 273
Someone Else's Kids by Torey Hayden; Book 272
Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz; Book 271
500 Bracelets: An Inspiring Collection of Extraordinary Designs; Book 270
500 Pendants and Lockets; Book 269
Colquhoun and MacBryde by John Byrne; Book 268
Lisette Model; Book 267
Willy Ronis; Book 266
Tutti Frutti by John Byrne; Book 265
The Slab Boys by John Byrne; Book 264
Girl in a Pink Hat: Short Stories by Nanzie McLeod; Book 263
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult; Book 262
Old Pittenweem by Eric Eunson; Book 261
The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner; Book 260
The Shakespeare Secret by J L Carrell; Book 259
Mercy by Jodi Picoult; Book 258
Twilight Children by Torey Hayden; Book 257
Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb; Book 256
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb; Book 255
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb; Book 254
The Blue Bedroom and Other Stories by Rosamunde Pilcher; Book 253
Mister B Gone by Clive Barker; Book 252
Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King; Book 251
Elton Ware: The Pottery of Sir Edmund Elton by Malcolm Haslan; Book 250
With a Strange Device by Eric Frank Russell; Book 249
Hamlet, or the Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare; Book 248
Giotto by Camillo Semenzato; Book 247
Getting Around the Clyde: a Pictorial Guide by Jack House; Book 246
Little Houses in Fife / National Trust for Scotland; Book 245
Adam Smith: a Primer by Eamonn Butler; book 244
Among the Missing by Richard Laymon; Book 243
The King at the Front: Official Photographs in Colour; Book 242
A Passionate Man* by Joanna Trollope; Book 241
The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex by Owen Chase; Book 240
The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowieki; Book 239
Scotland's Medieval Burghs: an archaeological heritage in danger / edited by Grant G Simpson; Book 238
A Village Affair* by Joanna Trollope; Book 237
The Call of the Wild by Jack London; Book 236
Sherston's Progress by Siegfried Sassoon; Book 235
Gigi by Colette; Book 234
Amadeus by Peter Shaffer; Book 233
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann; Book 232
Hothouse by the East River by Muriel Spark; Book 231
Assassination Day by Oliver Jacks; Book 230
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard; Book 229
Byron: [the] Victoria & Albert Museum Exhibition Guide; Book 228
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro; Book 227
On Chesil Beach by Ian MacEwen; Book 226
The Devil Wears Prada* by Lauren Weisberger; Book 225
Death of a Gossip* by M C Beaton; Book 224
Vicious Vikings* by Terry Deary; Book 223
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark; Book 222
The Jupiter Myth by Lindsey Davis; Book 221
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell; Book 220
A Body in the Bath House by Lindsey Davis; Book 219
Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff; Book 218
E-Resources Technical Update by Simon Inger and Tracy Gardner; Book 217
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills; Book 216
The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency* by Alexander McCall Smith; Book 215
JonBenet* by Steve Thomas, Donald A. Davis; Book 214
Just a Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language* by David Crystal; Book 213
The Basics of Rubber Stamping* by Inkadinkado; Book 212
Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz; Book 211
Ring of Bright Water* by Gavin Maxwell; Book 210
The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd; Book 209
Garnethill by Denise Mina; Book 208
The Tenko Club by Elizabeth Noble; Book 207
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones* by Alexander McCall Smith; Book 206
The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble; Book 205
No Time to Say Goodbye* by Linwood Barclay; Book 204
Long Lost* by Harlan Coben; Book 203
William's Crowded Hours* by Richmal Crompton; Book 202
The Savvy Crafter's Guide to Success by Sandra McCall; Book 201
Ghost Heart* by R J Ellory; Book 200
The Commissar Vanishes by David King; Book 199
Julia Margaret Cameron by Joanne Lukitsh; Book 198
The Only Problem by Muriel Spark; Book 197
Cranford* by Mrs Gaskell; Book 196
Mrs Ames by E F Benson; Book 195
Paying Guests by E F Benson; Book 194
Life After God by Douglas Coupland; Book 193
The Royal Hunt for the Sun by Peter Shaffer; Book 192
The Very Fine Clock by Muriel Spark; Book 191
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison; Book 190
Ode to a Banker by Lindsey Davis; Book 189
The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson; Book 188
1066 and All That by W C Sellar and R J Yeatman; Book 187
The Sacred Art of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre; Book 186
One Virgin Too Many by Lindsey Davis; Book 185
Three Short Stories by Agatha Christie; Book 184
Sugar Rush by Julie Burchill; Book 183
Village Affairs by Miss Read; Book 182
Christmas Secret by Anne Perry; Book 181
Equus by Peter Shaffer; Book 180
What you Wear can Change your Life* by Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine; Book 179
What Not to Wear 2* by Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine; Book 178
Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson; Book 177
The Miracle at Speedy Motors* by Alexander McCall Smith; Book 176
One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night by Christopher Brookmyre; Book 175
A Big Boy Did it and Ran Away by Christopher Brookmyre; Book 174
Lady Susan* by Jane Austen; Book 173
Sanditon* by Jane Austen; Book 172
The Watsons* by Jane Austen; Book 171
Northanger Abbey* by Jane Austen; Book 170
The Alibi Man by Tami Hoag; Book 169
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles; Book 168
Animal Farm by George Orwell; Book 167
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; Book 166
Crusoe's Village* by Ian Morton; Book 165
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome; Book 164
Dirty Little Angels* by Chris Tusa; Book 163
Two for the Lions by Lindsay Davis; Book 162
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote; Book 161
Jackie: Growing Up As A Jackie Girl*; Book 160
Cut and Run by Jeff Abbott; Book 159
Something to Do* by Septima; Book 158
Pontoon by Garrison Keillor; Book 157
Men and Sheds* by Gordon Thorburn; Book 156
Dead Sky* by Tami Hoag; Book 155
Creating Papercrafts by Labeena Ishaque; Book 154
Judgement Day by Penelope Lively; Book 153
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists: a Play based on the Book by Robert Tressell by Stephen Lowe; Book 152
Return of the Bunny Suicides* by Andy Riley; Book 151
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende; Book 150
Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis; Book 149
Reading my Arse!* by Ricky Tomlinson; Book 148
The Guardian Book of English Language; Book 147
The Cave* by Kate Mosse; Book 146
The Notebook* by Nicholas Sparks; Book 145
Finding Shannon: the Inside Story* by Richard Edwards; Book 144
Widows* by Lynda La Plante; Book 143
LeNae's Scrapbooking Basics by LeNae Gerig; Book 142
Master and Man and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy; Book 141
The Brontes by Flora Masson; Book 140
Robert E. Lee by Robert Drinkwater; Book 139
Love and Mr Lewisham by H G Wells; Book 138
Augustus Carp Esq. by Himself; Book 137
Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky; Book 136
Panic* by Jeff Abbott; Book 135
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver; Book 134
Bad Medicine: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Distance Healing to Vitamin O, by Christopher Wanjek; Book 133
The Franchise Affair* by Josephine Tey; Book 132
Another Country by Julian Mitchell; Book 131
The Diary of a Nobody by George & Weedon Grossmith; Book 130
The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier; Book 129
Heavenly Date and Other Stories by Alexander McCall Smith; Book 128
Too Close to Home* by Linwood Barclay; Book 127
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson; Book 126
Mussolini: His Part in my Downfall by Spike Milligan; Book 125
Monty: His Part in my Victory by Spike Milligan; Book 124
Adolph Hitler: My Part in His Downfall* by Spike Milligan; Book 123
Mistress Masham's Repose by T H White; Book 122
Tobin: Evil Beyond Belief* by Annabelle Love; Book 121
Robert Capa: the Definitive Collection by Richard Whelan; Book 120
For Whom the Bell Tolls* by Ernest Heminway; Book 119
Heart of Spain: Robert Capa's Photographs of the Spanish Civil War; Book 118
The Skeleton in the Closet by M C Beaton; Book 117
A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve; Book 116
Time to Depart by Lindsey Davis; Book 115
The Bodies left Behind* by Jeffery Deaver; Book 114
Journey's End by R C Sherriff; Book 113
A Very Proper Fox by Jan Fearnley; Book 112
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell; Book 111
T N Foulis: the history and bibliography of an Edinburgh publishing house by Ian Elfick and Paul Harris; Book 110
Withnail and I: the screenplay by Bruce Robinson; Book 109
Short Stories by Irvine Welsh; Book 108
Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye by M C Beaton; Book 107
Odd Hours* by Dean Koontz; Book 106
Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie; Book 105
The Code of the Woosters by P G Wodehouse; Book 104
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson; Book 103
Love and Friendship by Alison Lurie; Book 102
Real People by Alison Lurie; Book 101
Last Act in Palmyra by Lindsey Davis; Book 100
Imaginary Friends by Alison Lurie; Book 99
French without Tears by Terence Rattigan; Book 98
Trumpet by Jackie Kay; Book 97
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby; Book 96
The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith; Book 95
Perfect Match* by Jodie Picoult; Book 94
The Book of Lost Things* by John Connolly; Book 93
Robert Louis Stevenson: a Radio Commentary; Book 92
How to Publicise your Book by Alison Baverstock; Book 91
Nation by Terry Pratchett; Book 90
Only Children by Alison Lurie; Book 89
Guilty as Sin by Tami Hoag; Book 88
Night Sins by Tami Hoag; Book 87
Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs; Book 86
Truth and Consequences by Alison Lurie; Book 85
Second Glance by Jodi Picoult; Book 84
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella; Book 83
Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule; Book 82
The Last Resort by Alison Lurie; Book 81
Poseidon's Gold by Lindsey Davis; Book 80
The War Between the Tates by Alison Lurie; Book 79
The Iron Hand of Mars by Lindsey Davis; Book 78
Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies and Liquor by M C Beaton; Book 77
The Reapers by John Connolly; Book 76
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre; Book 75
Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon; Book 74
The Unquiet by John Connolly; Book 73
The Hamster that Loved Puccini by Simon Hoggart; Book 72
The Cat that Could Open the Fridge by Simon Hoggart; Book 71
The Black Angel by John Connolly; Book 70
Every Dead Thing by John Connolly; Book 69
Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney; Book 68
Taking the Biscuit by Faith Addis; Book 67
The Killing Kind by John Connolly; Book 66
Dark Hollows by John Connolly; Book 65
The White Road by John Connolly; Book 64
Venus in Copper by Lindsey Davis; Book 63
Shadows in Bronze by Lindsey Davis; Book 62
Wilt by Tom Sharpe; Book 61
The Summons by John Grisham; Book 60
Lanterns Across the Snow by Susan Hill; Book 59
Picture Post Women by Juliet Gardiner; Book 58
Cross-Stitch by Diana Gabaldon; Book 57
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James; Book 56
Espedair Street by Iain Banks; Book 55
The Mist in the Mirror by Susan Hill; Book 54
Second Honeymoon by Joanna Trollope; Book 53
Other People's Children by Joanna Trollope; Book 52
Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance by M C Beaton; Book 51
Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House by M C Beaton; Book 50
Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate by M C Beaton; Book 49
The Silver Pigs by Lindsay Davis; Book 48
The Wire in the Blood by Val McDermid; Book 47
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult; Book 46
Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came by M C Beaton; Book 45
Brother and Sister by Joanna Trollope
Forget Me Not by Isabel Wolff
Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell by M C Beaton
The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan
The Saffron Kitchen by Jasmine Crowther
The Less Deceived by Philip Larkin
Without Reservations: the Travels of an Independent Woman by Alice Steinbach
The Demon Lover by Victoria Holt
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Fall by Albert Camus
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Snow falling on Cedars by David Guterson
The Boy who Loved Anne Frank by Ellen Feldman
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
Angel Falls by Nora Roberts
Boy meets Girl by Ali Smith
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam by M C Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden by M C Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham by M C Beaton
The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
Diary of a Century by Jacques Henri Lartigue
Vietnam by Larry Burrows
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death by M C Beaton
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E B White
Duma Key by Stephen King
Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist by M C Beaton
A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Case of the Late Pig by Margery Allingham
The Innocence of Father Brown by G K Chesterton
Right Ho Jeeves by P G Wodehouse
Murder in the Collective by Barbara Wilson
Trouble for Lucia by E F Benson
Gone for Good by Harlan Coben
The Innocent by Harlan Coben
Darkest Fear by Harlan Coben
Back Spin by Harlan Coben
How to be an Alien by George Mikes
Lucia's Progress by E F Benson
The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver
Mapp and Lucia by E F Benson
Miss Mapp by E F Benson
Lucia in London by E F Benson
Lucia by E F Benson

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