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I've got off to a good start so far this year!
Finished and enjoyed The Final Curtsey. I love reading autobiographies and memoires, really brings the past alive. I don't enjoy biographies nearly as much.
Now I've started Death Comes to Pemberley which I bought in December 2011. I did try to read it before but couldn't get in to it. I must be in a different frame of mind now because I have read two chapters and am enjoying it. I'm finding the style of writing convincingly Jane Austen at the mo - although no one has died yet; the style may change then judging by the reviews that I've just been reading..
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Finished and enjoyed The Final Curtsey. I love reading autobiographies and memoires, really brings the past alive. I don't enjoy biographies nearly as much.
Now I've started Death Comes to Pemberley which I bought in December 2011. I did try to read it before but couldn't get in to it. I must be in a different frame of mind now because I have read two chapters and am enjoying it. I'm finding the style of writing convincingly Jane Austen at the mo - although no one has died yet; the style may change then judging by the reviews that I've just been reading..
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I'm still doing well with this! *preens*
Finished and enjoyed Death Comes to Pemberley.
Read and also enjoyed Shiny pennies and grubby pinafores which I had bought in August 2011.
Now I'm reading another book by P D James, The Lighthouse which I bought in December 2012.
Finished and enjoyed Death Comes to Pemberley.
Read and also enjoyed Shiny pennies and grubby pinafores which I had bought in August 2011.
Now I'm reading another book by P D James, The Lighthouse which I bought in December 2012.


I started reading Invisible, but decided even though it was alright and I would enjoy it, it would probably only be a 3* so popped that in my unfinished pile.
Last night I started

My challenge is to get my books out of my TBR collection, even if it is to an unread collection. I'm not sure what to do about the books on my GR list as I'd like to put a date on them to get them out of my tbr list, but I don't want to star them low. But I don't want to delete them. I'd been putting 100 year ago dates on them so they don't show up in my yearly challenge.



I sometimes have a few reads on the go at once as my mood changes about what I want to read. If it takes too long before I fancy finishing off the read, I put it on a "not finished reading" shelf. I haven't written the book off forever but it's not my priority to go back to it yet awhile...

I have a back-burner shelf and a DNF shelf

DNF Shelf Elle?

I also have an avoid shelf - in which I put books that I know for a fact I won't like due to something said to me by a friend or in a review but still on the outside appear to be my type of book. For instance a book my friend read lately included infidelity but it looked like something I would want to read in the future so I put it on my avoid shelf to let me know NOT to read it!!
I never used to have more than one on the go but in recent months I discovered I read more when I have something on the go that I want to read rather than forcing myself to read something I'm not in the mood for.
All my books on the go are very different though.


Ok, finished The Lighthouse and really enjoyed it. Very intelligent writing (I had to use the kindle dictionary a few times) and a thoughtful story. Will look out for more P D James' now.
I wasn't feeling good yesterday and so read a book in a whole day. Don't Forget to Write which I bought in June 2011. It was well written and very interesting, about a child's experience of evacuation and war.
Something really struck me. Don't read on if you worried about spoilers...
I've wondered why it has taken so many years for child abuse scandals to come to light, and be appropriately dealt with. Well, something that happened in the author's childhood shows how awful adults were when faced with child abuse. One of the children who was evacuated to the village was sexually abused by a relative of the household that had taken her in. He also abused another couple of the girls. Eventually, with encouragement from a couple of stronger minded girls they reported this to their teacher. He was arrested, tried and found guilty. The whole village turned, not against the abuser, but ALL of the evacuated children as a result. The author came "home" to find her host throwing their belongings out of the window and smashing up her toys. All the children were taken away by bus for their own safety, and villagers were throwing rocks at the bus as they left! No wonder children weren't brave enough to speak out if this was the result. Unbelievable!
I wasn't feeling good yesterday and so read a book in a whole day. Don't Forget to Write which I bought in June 2011. It was well written and very interesting, about a child's experience of evacuation and war.
Something really struck me. Don't read on if you worried about spoilers...
I've wondered why it has taken so many years for child abuse scandals to come to light, and be appropriately dealt with. Well, something that happened in the author's childhood shows how awful adults were when faced with child abuse. One of the children who was evacuated to the village was sexually abused by a relative of the household that had taken her in. He also abused another couple of the girls. Eventually, with encouragement from a couple of stronger minded girls they reported this to their teacher. He was arrested, tried and found guilty. The whole village turned, not against the abuser, but ALL of the evacuated children as a result. The author came "home" to find her host throwing their belongings out of the window and smashing up her toys. All the children were taken away by bus for their own safety, and villagers were throwing rocks at the bus as they left! No wonder children weren't brave enough to speak out if this was the result. Unbelievable!

I watched part of Neil Morrisey on TV last week, him and his brother were caught stealing I think when he was 10, the courts decided to put both him and his brother in care, and they were split up - he didn't see his brother for 10 years, and his family weren't allowed to visit for months. They were caught for something so minor. Slightly different to abuse, but still something you can't imagine happening today (this happened in the 70's)
That is awful. Authorities used to get away with so much. I was shocked to learn about children being sent to Australia, without their parents knowledge often, right up until the 1970s!

In many cases they were children who had been taken into care and the parents had been informed that their children had died.
There was a programme on radio cornwall about it, because they were one of the last counties still continuing this practice.
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There was a programme on radio cornwall about it, because they were one of the last counties still continuing this practice.
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I've been reading a few more recent purchases lately, but have gone back to my challenge now.
I tried to read The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre by the Men and Women Who Were There which I bought in Sept 2012, but I've found it hard going. I may go back to it at some point..
I have just finished reading Dancing with the Ferryman which I loved. This has been on my kindle since January 2012! I'm now reading another book by the same author but I only downloaded that the other week so it doesn't count in my challenge.
I tried to read The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre by the Men and Women Who Were There which I bought in Sept 2012, but I've found it hard going. I may go back to it at some point..
I have just finished reading Dancing with the Ferryman which I loved. This has been on my kindle since January 2012! I'm now reading another book by the same author but I only downloaded that the other week so it doesn't count in my challenge.

I read Dancing with the Ferryman a while ago and also Chasing an Irish Dream. I have Learning to Dance Again on my TBR list.
Which one are you reading now?
I must get back to my challenge - after finishing the Amelia Peabody series I have been reading another series by Elizabeth Peters - Vicky Bliss.

I tried to read [book:The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centr..."
I bought a similar Bletchley Park book last week in a deal, its the same author but the front cover is different and the title is very slightly different. Hope I get on better!!
I'm reading Learning to Dance Again which I am enjoying very much. It's a bit more serious than Dancing with the Ferryman but I like it. I've put Chasing an Irish Dream on my wish list.
Hope you get on better with the Bletchley Park one, Desley.
Hope you get on better with the Bletchley Park one, Desley.

Just read this thread and I enjoyed Dancing with the ferryman but I didn't relise about the other two books by this author so thanks for the heads up ladies
Read a few more older books, all by Debbie Macomber.
Thursdays at Eight (bought March 2012)
Summer on Blossom Street (bought March 2012)
Hannah's List (bought July 2011)
They were all nice gentle reads which I enjoyed.
Thursdays at Eight (bought March 2012)
Summer on Blossom Street (bought March 2012)
Hannah's List (bought July 2011)
They were all nice gentle reads which I enjoyed.
No - I admired your method, but in the end I'm too lazy to sort them all out. I'm ashamed to say that I have so many on my kindle it is hard to keep track of them, even with manage my kindle, there are so many pages I would get lost. I blame this on an early freebie addiction. I wish there was an easier way to delete stuff - I search through several pages, delete something and it sends me back to the first page again...
I have a more hit and miss method, I have quite a few that I added to goodreads when I bought them, and others I've stumbled across when I've clicked them to buy again. I read what I happen to be in the mood for. Probably miss some gems that way. Must have another look at your method when I get more time (which is in short supply at the mo!)
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I have a more hit and miss method, I have quite a few that I added to goodreads when I bought them, and others I've stumbled across when I've clicked them to buy again. I read what I happen to be in the mood for. Probably miss some gems that way. Must have another look at your method when I get more time (which is in short supply at the mo!)
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Except for me, I will put loads of them into the collection as I like to have a big choice.
Read some more older books
Backpacked: A Reluctant Trip Across Central America (bought 5 May 2012)
Gypsy Spirit: What My Boat Taught Me About Love And Life (bought 26 August 2012)
Started and abandoned, Promise Me This (bought 17 April 2012)
And am now reading More Ketchup Than Salsa - Confessions of a Tenerife Barman (bought 14 August 2012)
I really enjoyed Backpacked and More Ketchup, quite enjoyed Gypsy Spirit but didn't like Promise me this so probably won't go back to it.
Backpacked: A Reluctant Trip Across Central America (bought 5 May 2012)
Gypsy Spirit: What My Boat Taught Me About Love And Life (bought 26 August 2012)
Started and abandoned, Promise Me This (bought 17 April 2012)
And am now reading More Ketchup Than Salsa - Confessions of a Tenerife Barman (bought 14 August 2012)
I really enjoyed Backpacked and More Ketchup, quite enjoyed Gypsy Spirit but didn't like Promise me this so probably won't go back to it.

Perhaps it was because I read it after That Bear Ate My Pants and compare everything to that.
I have Ketchup - I shall have to see when I bought it as I've only read good reviews of it. Ah August - well it does seem a summer read. Haha, it was the same day as you. Must have been a freebie.
Joo The Grand Inquisitor wrote: "Backpacked was OK, but I preferred her Disney book. In Backpacked she was just a miserable person.
Perhaps it was because I read it after That Bear Ate My Pants and compare everything to that.
I h..."
I haven't read the Disney book but have it on my wishlist. I have That Bear Ate My Pants in my archive - so I'll send it to my kindle to read soon. I enjoy memoirs and travel stories.
Perhaps it was because I read it after That Bear Ate My Pants and compare everything to that.
I h..."
I haven't read the Disney book but have it on my wishlist. I have That Bear Ate My Pants in my archive - so I'll send it to my kindle to read soon. I enjoy memoirs and travel stories.
Books mentioned in this topic
Gypsy Spirit: What My Boat Taught Me About Love And Life (other topics)More Ketchup Than Salsa (other topics)
Backpacked: A Reluctant Trip Across Central America (other topics)
Promise Me This (other topics)
Hannah's List (other topics)
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At the mo I am reading The Final Curtsey which I bought in December 2011. I'm enjoying this, although the style of writing isn't the best I've read, so far I am finding the subject interesting.
I also started Somewhere Towards the End which I bought in June 2012, but I haven't enjoyed it much so far. I did enjoy reading Yesterday Morning though, which was also written by Diana Athill, so I will persevere a little longer to see if I get into it when I am more in the mood.