I read The Observer Book of Scandal, all about scandals in the news from serious ones to frivolous ones. From Bill Clinton to Oscar Wilde it was all here.
Change the World, 9 to 5 was a book about improving your working life. Some of it was kind of predictable, but I liked the page about remembering to praise people (it came with a sheet of gold star stickers).
Still reading When will there be Good News ... and wondering how it will turn out. It jumps back and forth a bit and plays with the reader's expectations.
Day 288; Book 276
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I set myself a project to read a book a day, every day, for a year! Read my posts to see how I got on.
C'est Moi
- Fifecat
- Is it possible to read a book a day, every day? I've finished my year-long project now and I would say that for me, no, it isn't possible to read a whole book EVERY single day. Real life does get in the way, or the book is just too long to complete in the evening after work. However, it looks like it is possible to read an AVERAGE of one book a day for a year, because you can catch up on your reading on weekends and holidays. So in those terms, I kept on track - and I also kept my reading choices eclectic!
Reading List
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Coming soon, from Pixar… - Harry says this little scene was the culmination of “a classic washing-up feud” at his office in London. (Kind of adorable, right? I would SO watch a movie...9 years ago
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My Shelfari Bookshelf
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
Recommended to Read
- Donna Leon series (Anna)
- Evan Delaney series by Meg Gardiner (Eddie)
- Jack Reacher series by Lee Child (Eddie)
- The Twelve Abbots of Challant by Laura Mancinelli (Elizabeth)
- Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho (Elizabeth)
- Suzanne Brockmann (Clare)
- Nights in Rodanthe (Ally)
Other books and authors I want to read
- American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
- War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
- Forgotten Voices of the Great War by Max Arthur
- The Art of Poetry: How to Read a Poem by Shira Wolosky
- David Foster Wallace
- Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
DVDs I want to watch
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Tour of Duty
- Frailty
- K19: the Widowmaker
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Literary Locations to Visit
- The Civil War Memorial, Forth Avenue, Kirkcaldy (Spanish Civil War) V
- Ayrshire and Dumfries (Burns country)
- The Bass Rock (features in R L Stevenson's Catriona)
- The Hawes Inn in South Queensferry (features in R L Stevenson's Kidnapped) V
- The Cotswolds, home of Agatha Raisin
- Maldon in Essex, real-life scene of the Anglo-Saxon poem The Battle of Maldon
- Hay-on-Wye, the book town
- Broadway (Lucia's Riseholme)
- Rye (Lucia's Tilling)