BOOKS READ 2016.

In a re-cap of all of the books read 2016, I'm delighted to bring you my previous years reading list ...

JANUARY .....

1. THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS by Elizabeth Gilbert {RG}
2. * BLOOD ROSE ANGEL by Liza Perrat {RFR}
3. THE GOVERNESS by Noorilhuda {RFR}
4. REDEMPTION SONG by Laura Wilkinson {RFR} {BC}
5. AT THE SHARP END OF LIGHTNING by N.R. Bates {BT}
6. LITTLE STARS by Jacqueline Wilson {W}

FEBRUARY .....

1. THE ADVENTURES OF AUSTIN THE CORNISH MINER: THE RESCUE OF THE DWEEBLE STONE by Karen M Hoyle {W}
2.  *A SIMPLER TALE by Laura W Eckroat {W}
3. TOOTH GOBLINS: VOLUME 1 by Ash Toroid {RFR}
4. THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir {ABC}
5. THE DOUBLE AXE by Philip Womack {RFR}
6. TREE AND LEAF, SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR, THE HOMECOMING OF BEORHTNOTH by J.R.R. Tolkien {BC}
7. THE ARCHITECT'S APPRENTICE by Colin Garrow {RFR}
8. THE PIRATE TRAIN by Nicole Plyer Fisk {RFR}
9. LAST STAND AT LITTLE CREEK by Christopher Cain {RFR}
10. APPLE TREE YARD by Louise Doughty {BCR}

MARCH ..... 

1. MARY GREEN by Melanie Kerr {RFR}
2. THE BUTTERFLY SUMMER by Harriet Evans {W}
3. * GRANDPA'S GREAT ESCAPE by David Walliams
4. BONES ARE FOREVER by Kathy Reichs
5. BONES OF THE LOST by Kathy Reichs (See Bones Are Forever for review)
6. MILIJUN by Clayton Graham {RFR}
7. LOVE'S LONG ROAD by GD Harper {RFR}
8. MORTLAKE by Colin Garrow {RFR}
9. THE CUCKOO'S CALLING by Robert Galbraith
10. SIREN by AnneMarie Neary {RFR}
11. THE MISERABLE MILL by Lemony Snicket {BC}

APRIL .....

1. THE TAXIDERMIST'S DAUGHTER by Kate Mosse {BC}
2. * THE A TO Z OF NORMAL by Helen Barbour {RFR}
3. MABEL AND THE LITTLE STAR by Lottie Thorn {RFR}
4. THE CONJURERS by David Waid {RFR}
5. KITTY RAISES HELL by Carrie Vaughn
6. KITTY'S HOUSE OF HORRORS by Carrie Vaughn (See Kitty Raises Hell for review)
7. KITTY GOES TO WAR by Carrie Vaughn {BC} (See Kitty Raises Hell for review)
8. THE BEARS FAMOUS INVASION OF SICILY by Dino Buzzati {RFR}
9. THE STORY OF A SEAGULL AND THE CAT WHO TAUGHT HER TO FLY by Luis Sepulveda {RFR}
10. * MORISTOUN by Kevin McAllion {RFR}
11. ROMAN MASK by Thomas M.D. Brooke {BC}

MAY .....

1. THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS by Vanessa Diffenbaugh {ABC}
2. FANREHHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury {BC}
3. * CRUEL REALITY: GAMES OF LIFE AND DEATH by C.J. Whitley {RFR}
4. THE COMPLETE FIRST EDITION: THE ORIGINAL FOLK & FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM by Brothers Grimm
5. THE BURIAL by Courtney Collins {RG}
6. GROWN UP by Scott Tyrrell
7. 44 SCOTLAND STREET by Alexander McCall Smith {BC} 

JUNE .....

1. HOVIS THE HEDGEHOG: BONFIRE NIGHT by Lynda Leigh-Crawford & Lawrence David
2. GAME OF THRONES by George R.R. Martin {BC}
3. LOVE POEMS by Carol Ann Duffy {WBN}
4. THE TAMING OF THE QUEEN by Philippa Gregory
5. MAURICE: A NEW BEGINNING by L.R. Spickett {RFR}
6. THE IDES OF APRIL by Lindsey Davis {BC}
7. PROOF ~ THE NOVEL by Ted D Berner {RFR}
8. AN OBJECT OF BEAUTY by Steve Martin {RG}
9. * THE KRAKOW KLUB by Philip C Elrod {RFR}
10. THE MARRIAGE BUREAU FOR RICH PEOPLE by James Clemens {BC}

JULY .....

1. SHADOWFALL by James Clemens {BC]
2. 1066 WHAT FATES IMPOSE by G.K. Holloway {RFR}
3. * NINA IS NOT OK by Shappi Khorsandi {W}
4. CONCENTR8 by William Sutcliffe {W}
5. ROOTS by Alex Haley {BC}
6. THE WICKED MR HALL: THE MEMOIRS OF THE BUTLER WHO LOVED TO KILL by Roy Archibald Hall
7. DOC MARTIN: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT by Sam North
8. THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver  {RG}

AUGUST .....

1. MRS FRY'S DIARY by Stephen Fry
2. AN AEGEAN PROPHECY by Jeffrey Siger
3. THE MAGDALENA CURSE by F.G. Cottam
4. CHATTY CAT ~ MY PURRFECT-FRIENDS by Suzan Collins {RFR}
5. THE SIX TRAIN TO WISCONSIN by Kourtney Heintz {RFR}
6. * HIGHWAY THIRTEEN TO MANHATTAN by Kourtney Heintz {RFR}
7. THE SHEPHERD'S CROWN by Terry Pratchett {BC}
8. THE SILVER LOCOMOTIVE MYSTERY by Edward Marston
9. GIFTED & TALENTED by Wendy Holden
10. THE RAPTURE MISUNDERSTOOD by Jason E Royle {RFR}
11. A QUESTION OF INTEGRITY by Susan Howatch {BC}
12. THE IMPROBABILITY OF LOVE by Hannah Rothschild {RG}

SEPTEMBER .....

1. BEAUTIFUL CREATURES by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
2. BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (Review as above)
3. BLACK RABBIT HALL by Eve Chase {RG}
4. * A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman {ABC}
5. MAGICAL STORIES by Sofia O'Hara {RFR}
6. ALISTAIR GRIM'S ODD AQUATICUM by Gregory Funaro {RFR}
7. THE GOOD EARTH by Pearl S Buck {BC}

OCTOBER .....

1. THE RAILWAY CHILDREN by E. Nesbit {RFR}
2. THIS CHARMING MAN by Marian Keyes {BC}
3. A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE: JESMOND CEMETERY by Alan Morgan 
4. * POET OF THE WRONG GENERATION: A FABLE OF STARDOM'S REWARDS by Lonnie Ostrow {RFR}
5. SUMMERS OF THE SISTERHOOD: FOREVER IN BLUE by Ann Brashares 
6. BEETLEBROW by Ben Parker {RFR}
7. IN A LAND OF PAPER GODS by Rebecca MacKenzie {RG}
8. WHISPERS THROUGH A MEGAPHONE by Rachel Elliot {W}

NOVEMBER .....

1. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN by Lionel Shriver {BC} 
2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald {RFR}
3. * ONE NIGHT IN ITALY by Lucy Diamond
4. DESERT GOD by Wilbur Smith
5. THE ASHES OF BERLIN by Luke McCallin {RFR}
6. BELL, BOOK AND MURDER by Rosemary Edghill

DECEMBER .....

1. THE CHRYSALIDS by John Wyndham
2. TROUBLE WITH LICHEN by John Wyndham(Review as above)
3. * A SONG FOR TOMORROW by Alice Peterson {W}
4. WHAT KATY DID by Susan Coolidge {RFR}
5. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE: HOW TO BREATHE YOUR WAY TO A MINDFUL LIFE by Rose Elliot {W}
6. ORPHAN TRAIN by Christina Baker Kline {RG}
7. THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS by Alan Jacobs {RFR} (Review as Every Breath You Take)
8. SONGS OF THE HUMPBACK WHALE by Jodi Picoult
9. HOUSEWIFE IN TROUBLE by Alison Penton Harper 

FAVOURITE COVERS .....

(In no particular order)

ABC: Arkansas Book Club

BC: Book Challenge

BT: Blog Tour

RFR: Received For Review

RG: Reader's Group

W: Won
WBN: World Book Night

*: Book(s) Of The Month

Please Note: Whilst always listed in the order in which they are read, on occasion my reviews may be published in a different order. TT