Saturday 11 January 2014

Books - part 2

Started 10th July (ish!)

Peter Robinson - A Necessary End (detective story)
Oliver James - Affluenza (a study of the 'Affluenza' virus, it's effects and vaccines)
Ken Follett - A Place Called Freedom (story set in 18th century England)
Sylvia Nasar - A Beautiful Mind (Biography of mathematician John Nash)
Raymond E Feist - The Kings Buccaneer (Fantasy)
Tracy Chevalier - The Lady and the Unicorn (Historical romance)
Ken Follett - The Key to Rebecca (Spy thriller)
Ken Follett - Hammer of Eden (Terrorists running amok)
J. K. Rowling - The Casual Vacancy (small town goings on)
Kylie Chan - Earth to Hell (strange heavenly Chinese goings on!)
Kylie Chan - Hell to Heaven (more of the above!)
Kylie Chan - Heaven to Wudang (having now finished the second trilogy of these I discover there are more!!!)
Jennifer Worth - Call the Midwife (memoirs of an East End midwife)
A. M. Homes - This Book Will Save Your Life (story a man finding himself)
Dani Ripper - Promise You Won't Tell (chick lit, sort of!)
Mariam Kobras - The Distant Shore (kinda chick lit where not a lot happens. It's the first of a trilogy, I won't be bothering with the rest!)
Pseudonymous Bosch - The Name Of This Book Is Secret (kids adventure book!)
Long Time Coming - Edie Claire (romance and ghosts)
Ken Follett - World Without End (sequel to Pillars of the Earth, set a couple of hundred years later)
Mary Roach - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (think the subtitle kind of covers it!)
Raymond E Feist - Shadow of a Dark Queen (more fantasy, 1st book of the Serpent War Saga)
Raymond E Feist - Rise of a Merchant Prince (2nd book of the Serpent War Saga)
Raymond E Feist - Rage of a Demon King (3rd book of the Serpent War Saga)
Raymond E Feist - Shards of a Broken Crown (4th book of the Serpent War Saga)
Raymond E Feist - Krondor the Betrayal (1st book of the Riftwar Legacy)
Raymond E Feist - Krondor the Assassins (2nd book of the Riftwar Legacy)
Raymond E Feist - Krondor Tear of the Gods (3rd book of the Riftwar Legacy)
Raymond E Feist - Honoured Enemy (1st book Legends of the Riftwar)
Raymond E Feist - Murder in LaMut (2nd book Legends of the Riftwar)
Jimmy Perry - A Stupid Boy: The Autobiography of the Creator of Dad's Army (self explanatory really!!)
Raymond E Feist - Talon of the Silver Hawk (1st book Conclave of Shadows)
Raymond E Feist - King of Foxes (2nd book Conclave of Shadows)
Raymond E Feist - Exiles Return (3rd book Conclave of Shadows)
Raymond E Feist - Jimmy the Hand (3rd book Legends of the Riftwar)
Raymond E Feist - Flight of the Nighthawks (1st book Darkwar Saga)
Raymond E Feist - Into a Dark Realm (2nd book Darkwar Saga)
Raymond E Feist - Wrath of a Mad God (3rd book Darkwar Saga)
Paige Toon - Pictures of Lily (chick lit)
Dean Crawford - Immortal (a potentially plausible story of the secret of youth)

Only got 5 Feist books left to read before it'll be time to read the very very last one...

Wednesday 8 January 2014

A year...

...yup, I've been back in the Shire a whole year - and it's been quite a year.

I've had four employers.
Spent a year without a TV or microwave.
Lived in one room.
Walked most of the Exeter Green Circle.
Had my lunch stolen by a seagull.
Shared an office with a cat.
Been to Salisbury and Reading for lunch!
Read loads (and loads and loads).
Found real friendship in unexpected places and lost friendship where I thought it was strong.
Been to several interviews (hadn't done that in years!)
Tried Android and gone back to Apple (again - you'd have thought I'd have learnt last time!)
Paid for two flats.
Realised just how lucky I was to find my landlords.
Babysat for friends.
Had an offer on the flat that fell through.
Cursed the Housing Association and Estate Agents on a regular basis.
Attended a Steampunk jewellery workshop.
Been regularly reminded why I love Exeter.
Wondered at the rising floodwaters in Maidstone from afar.
Worked in my favourite field.
Discovered the chip shop across the road is a bit rubbish but the Indian on this side is yummy.
Still not eaten the chocolate chick I was given when I left the first job in March.
Gone to work in a onesie.

I wonder what the next year has in store???