Four Blondes, by Candace Bushnell – 2.5/5
44 Scotland Street, by Alexander McCall Smith – 4/5
Aberystwyth Mon Amour, by Malcolm Pryce – 3.5/5
The Abortionist’s Daughter, by Elisabeth Hyde – 3/5
The Accidental, by Ali Smith – 1.5 (Don’t bother. Seriously – don’t bother.)
Acid Row, by Minette Walters – 4.5/5
Along Came A Spider, by James Patterson – 2/5
American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis – 5/5 (Chilling, thrilling and very disturbing. Worth all the sleepness nights – one of the best written books I have ever read)
The Apprentice, by Tess Gerritsen – 3/5
Are You Dave Gorman? by Dave Gorman – 4.5/5
The Attack, by Yasmina Khadra – 4.5/5
The Autograph Man, by Zadie Smith – 2.5/5
Bad Moon Rising, by Sheila Quigley – 1.5/5 (I scored this generously. Alleged thriller, but the culprit was obvious from very early on. Predictable and annoying.)
Beholden, by Clare Littleford – 1.5/5
Beneath the Skin, by Nicci French – 5/5
Best Man, by Matt Dunn – 3/5
Big Stone Gap, by Adriana Trigiani – 5/5 (As scrumptious as a piece of cherry pie. First in a series, all of which I loved.)
Blindsighted, by Karin Slaughter – 4/5
Blue Murder, by Cath Staincliffe – 3/5
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, by John Boyne – 3.5/5
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, by Truman Capote – 5/5 (Yes, brilliant. A classic and deservedly so.)
Buried, by Mark Billingham – 4/5
The Burning Girl, by Mark Billingham – 3/5
The Cat Who Came In From the Cold, by Deric Longden – 4.5/5
Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris – 3/5
The Colour, by Rose Tremain – 3/5
Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy, by Dirk Benedict – 2/5
Copycat, by Gillian White – 4/5
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon – 2/5 (Everyone raved about this book. I have no idea why.)
The Damage Done, by Warren Fellows – 3.5/5
The Dark Room, by Minette Walters – 3/5
The Dead Sit Round In a Ring, by David Lawrence – 2/5
Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris – 4/5
Dead to the World, by Charlaine Harris – 3/5
A Dedicated Man, by Peter Robinson – 4/5
Deranged Marriage, by Faith Bleasdale – 2/5
The Devil’s Advocate, by Andrew Neiderman – 1/5
The Drowning People, by Richard Mason – 2/5
The Echo, by Minette Walters – 3/5
Eleven Hours, by Paullina Simons – 4/5
Ella Minnow Pea, by Mark Dunn – 4/5 (Very clever play on words. The more I think about this book, the more I like it. Highly recommended for all language lovers.)
Emma, by Jane Austen – 4/5
Enough to Make a Cat Laugh, by Deric Longden – 4.5/5
Evidence to Destroy, by Margaret Yorke – 4.5/5
The Eyes of Darkness, by Dean Koontz – 2/5
The Face, by Dean Koontz – 4/5
A Faint Cold Fear, by Karin Slaughter – 3/5
Falling Angels, by Tracy Chevalier – 5/5 (The book that made introduced me to historical fiction – a genre I had mistakenly believed I would never enjoy.)
Fearless, by Rafael Yglesias – 3/5
The Five People You Meet in Heaven, by Mitch Albom – 3/5
Fox Evil, by Minette Walters – 3.5/5
Gallows View, by Peter Robinson – 4.5/5
The Girl in Times Square, by Paullina Simons – 5/5 (Brilliant book. Fabulous characters who I really came to care about.)
Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier – 5/5
The Girl’s Guide to Hunting and Fishing, by Melissa Bank – 4/5
Gods in Alabama, by Joshilyn Jackson – 4/5
Good Girls Do Swallow, by Rachel Oakes-Ash – 4.5/5
Goodbye Dearest Holly, by Kevin Wells – 3/5
Great Apes, by Will Self – 2.5/5
Hide and Seek, by Ian Rankin – 3.5/5
The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova – 3/5
The Hours, by Michael Cunningham – 2/5
How To Be Good, by Nick Hornby – 3/5
The Hungry Years, by William Leith – 3.5/5
I’m Celibate, Get Me Out of Here, by Jo Elliott – 3/5
Ice Trap, by Kitty Sewell – 3.5/5
Join Me, by Danny Wallace – 4/5
Killing Me Softly, by Nicci French – 4/5
Kisscut, by Karin Slaughter – 3/5
Knots and Crosses, by Ian Rankin – 3/5
Land of the Living, by Nicci French – 3/5
Lazy Bones, by Mark Billingham – 4/5
Life Expectancy, by Dean Koontz – 4/5
Lifeless, by Mark Billingham – 4/5
The Little Prisoner, by Jane Elliott – 4/5 (One of the few ‘misery lit’ memoirs which I enjoyed. Compelling.)
Living Dead in Dallas, by Charlaine Harris – 3/5
Lorelei’s Secret, by Carolyn Parkhurst – 4.5/5 (Sad and lovely. Stayed with me for a long time after I finished it.)
Lost for Words, by Deric Longden – 4/5
Love Story, by Erich Segal – 3/5
The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold – 2/5
Lucky, by Alice Sebold – 3/5
Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris – 3/5
Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden – 5/5 (Fabulous. Highly recommended.)
The Memory Game, by Nicci French – 4/5
The Mermaid’s Purse, by Katy Gardner – 4/5
The Mind Game, by Hector MacDonald – 2/5
Mistress of Mellyn, by Victoria Holt – 4/5
Monday’s Child, by Louise Bagshawe – 2.5/5
Mourning Ruby, by Helen Dunmore – 2/5
My Fat Brother, by Jim Keeble – 3/5
My Lover’s Lover, by Maggie O’Farrell – 3/5
My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult – 4/5
A Necessary End, by Peter Robinson – 3/5
Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro – 3/5
Nights of Rain and Stars, by Maeve Binchy – 3/5
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith – 4/5 (The first in a series which I grew to love.)
Notes on a Scandal, by Zoe Heller – 4/5
Nothing Like the Night, by David Lawrence – 3/5
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey – 4/5
One Hit Wonderland, by Tony Hawks – 4/5
Persuasion, by Jane Austen – 5/5
A Play on Words, by Deric Longden – 4/5
Playing the Moldovan’s at Tennis, by Tony Hawks – 3/5
Raffy’s Shapes, by Tamar Hodes – 2/5
Red Leaves, by Paullina Simons – 3/5
The Red Room, by Nicci French – 3/5
The Robber Bride, by Margaret Atwood – 4/5
Round Ireland with a Fridge, by Tony Hawks – 4/5
The Safe House, by Nicci French – 3/5
Save Karyn, by Karyn Bosnak – 4/5
Scaredy Cat, by Mark Billingham – 3/5
The Sculptress, by Minette Walters – 4/5
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 – 3/5
Secret Smile, by Nicci French – 4/5
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen – 4/5
Sex and the City, by Candace Bushnell – 2/5
The Shape of Snakes, by Minette Walters – 3/5
A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian, by Monica Lewycka – 2.5/5
Sleepy Head, by Mark Billingham – 5/5 (The first and best in the Tom Thorne series. Excellent thriller.)
Slow Man, by J.M. Coetzee – 2/5
Something Beginning With, by Sarah Salway – 3/5
Still Thinking of You, by Adele Parks – 3/5
The Stones, by Philip Norman – 3/5
Stupid White Men, by Michael Moore – 3/5
The Surgeon, by Tess Gerritsen – 3/5
The Taking, by Dean Koontz – 3/5
Tears of the Giraffe, by Alexander McCall Smith – 4/5
The Tenderness of Wolves, by Stef Penney – 3/5
Things Snowball, by Rich Hall – 3/5
Thinner, by Stephen King – 3/5
The Tinder Box, by Minette Walters – 2/5
Tipping the Velvet, by Sarah Waters – 3.5/5
To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee – 5/5 (Not the first time I’ve read this, nor the last. Fantastic book – everyone should read it.)
Tooth and Nail, by Ian Rankin – 3/5
The Truth About Ruby Valentine, by Alison Bond – 3/5
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, by Maggie O’Farrell – 4/5
Vanishing Acts, by Jodi Picoult – 4/5
Veronika Decides to Die, by Paulo Coelho – 3/5
Vince and Joy, by Lisa Jewell – 4/5
Walking Ollie, by Stephen Foster – 4/5
Where There’s Smoke, by Simon Beckett – 3/5
A Widow For One Year, by John Irving – 4/5
The World According to Garp, by John Irving – 4/5
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