2016 Book's

Books I have read in 2016

January:

1: Pompeii by Robert Harris (recommend)

2: The diary of a young girl by Anne Frank

 3: 101 Dalmatians by Disney

4: The little mermaid by Disney

5: UP by Disney

6: Bambi by Disney

February:

1: A walk in the woods by Bill Bryson

2: Then tenderness of wolves by Stef Penney

3: The curvy girls club by Michele Gorman

 4: The Dove keepers by Alice Hoffman

5: The Hourglass Factory by Lucy Ribchester (totally recommend)

March: 

1: The thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (totally recommend)

2: Voodoo killers by Joseph Carlson

3: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (recommend)

4: City of glass by Cassandra Clare (recommend)

5: Winnie the pooh and the honey tree by Disney

6: Wall-e by Disney

7: The lion king by Disney

8: Tinker bell by Disney 

9: The Fox and the Hound by Walt Disney

10: The Adventures of Henry Dent by Cathy Smith

April:

1: The City Of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare (recommend)

2: The Urban beekeeper by Steve Benbow (recommend)

3: City of lost souls by Cassandra Clare (recommend)

4: City of heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare (recommend)

5: Catherine of Aragon by Giles Tremlett

6: The bane chronicles by Cassandra Clare (totally recommend)

7: Let the right on in by John Lindqvist

8: Long walk to freedom by Nelson Mandela

May:

1: The Haunted book by Jeremy Dyson
2: A reunion of ghosts by Judith Mitchell (recommend)
3: We still kill the old way by Nick Oldham (recommend)
4: The daylight gate by Jeanette Winterson
5: The Buddha in the attic by Julie Otsuka
6: Kasyan from the beautiful lands by Ivan Turgenev
7: Killing the dead by Marcus Sedgwick 
8: X Platoon by Steve Heaney
9: Public libraries and other stories by Ali Smith

June
1: The song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (recommend)
2: The collected works of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
3:The dictionary of mutual understanding by Jackie Copleton
4: I am Malala by Malala Y
5: The Celts by Alice Roberts
6: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (recommend)
7: Ordinary Beauty by Mary McEvoy
8: This House Is Haunted by John Boyne
9: The Book Of Lies by Mary Horlock
10: Beatrix potters gardening life by Martha McDowell
11: Red Azalea by Anchee Min (recommend)

July
1: I'm quiet happy standing by Virginia Ironside
2: Red Riding hood by Sarah Blakely - Cartwright (recommend)
3: Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
4: The Silk Factory by Judith Allnatt (recommend)
5: The Time Of My Life by Patrick Swayze
6: Me Before You by JoJo Moyles
7: The Secret by Decic Henderson
8: Not Quiet Nice by Celia Imrie

August
1: Frances: the tragic bride by Jacky Hyams
2: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (recommend)
3: We also served by Vivian Newman
4: More sawn - off tales by David Gaffney
5: Start wars: Ultimate Duels by Lindsey Kent
6: Sex Killer by Richard Jones
7: The Uninvited by Liz Jensen
8: The Secret Rooms by Catherine Bailey
9: Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliose

September
1: The woman who would be king by Kara Cooney
2: Bridge of spies by Giles Whittel
3: San Andreas by Alister Maclean (recommend)
4: In the heart of the sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
5: A death in Belmont by Sabastian Junger
6: The Dungeon by Leanne reid banks (recommend)

October
1: The reckless life of Marlon Brando by Stefan Manger
2: By the river piedra I sat down and wept by Paulo Coelho
3: The life of Lee by Lee Evans

November
I have not finished a book in November 😐

December
1: The samurai that unlocked Japan by Giles Milton
2: The snow globe by Sheila Roberts (recommend)
3: The spare room by Helen Garner

2015 Book's

All the books I read in 2015

January
1: East to the dawn - The life of Amelia Earhart ( recommend)
2: The Linguist by Mar Urban
3: If on a winters night a traveller by Italo Calvino
4: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

February
1: Mad about a boy by Helen Fielding
2: Not without my daughter by Betty Mahmoody
3: Hit Girls by Dreda Mitchell

March
1: Churchill's Angels by Ruby Jackson
2: The Exorcist by William Blatty (recommend)
3: Beyond The Bounty by Tim Parson (recommend)
4: Argo by Matt Baglio (recommend)

April
1: The Full Monty by Wendy Holden (recommend)
2: Bella Tuscany by Francis Mayers
3: The Great Fire Of London by Samuel Pepys
4: The house we grew up in by Lisa Jewell (recommend)
5: Indian. English by Jillian Haslam
6: I hate and I love by Catullus (recommend)
7: As kingfishers catch fire by Gerald Hopkins (recommend)
8: The Dhammapada by Buddha
9: It was snow in butterflies by Charles Darwin
10: Wailing Ghosts by Pu Songling
11: The Fall Of Icarus by Ovid

May
1: The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mafuos
2: The hundred foot journey by Richard Morius
3: Dawn of the dead by George Romero
4: The two of us by Sheila Hancock

June
1: Goodfellers by Nicholas Pileggi
2: The girl in Alfred Hitchcock shower by Robert Gray-smith

July
1: Circe and the Cyclops by Homer
2: Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis
3: i was told there would be cake by Sloane Crosley
4: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman (recommend)
5: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

August
1: The waiting room by F. G Cotton (recommend)
2: the boy who harnessed the wind by William Kamkwambka
3: Straws upon the surface by A.M Story (recommend)
4: Breakout by Fred Lemon
5: Daddy's little girl by Mary Higgins Clark
6: Sand in my shoes by Joan Rice
7: Just take my heart by Mary Higgins Clark
8: The case book of victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd
9: While you where dreaming by Lola Jane
10: China Bay Blues by Adhfel Aziz
11: All quiet on the western front by Erich Remarquie 

September
1: Gods of Egypt by Orland Smart Powell
2: Everyman's book of Victorian verses by Donald Thomas
3: Slow Decay by Andy Lane
4: Random acts of heroic love by Danny Sheinmann (totally recommend)

October
1: David Jason Autobiography by David Jason (recommend)
2: Roxy Music by Johnny Rogan
3: Santa Evita by Tomas Eloy Martinez
4: Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts (recommend)

 November
1: Chestnut street by Maeve binchy
2: The discovery of chocolate by James Runcie
3: touching the void by Joe Simpson

December
1: Paris for one by Jojo Moyes
2: Anthony Hopkins Biography by Quentin Falk
3: Witch Child by Celia Rees (recommend)
4: Star wars: New frontier by Peter David

Northwich Library

I use my local library quiet a lot even though we have the internet in the house.

Why?

 I just love the library being out the house, no distractions, not being hounded by my dogs for attention, I get a bit of quiet time.

 

What does your library look like? 

Mine has authors come and talk about their books,

Kids and adult reading clubs,

Free hour on the computers you can reserve books if they don't have them in the library

Northwich Library

 

 

Central Library, Liverpool

 

https://liverpool.gov.uk/libraries/find-a-library/central-library/

This library is amazing if you past the modern part and into the back you will come across the old stuff which I always thing is the best. They have a amazing collection of rare and ancient books.

This library Houses the statue of Hugh Fredrick Hornby if you know the history he donated all the collection of his book along with £10,000 to build a building to house the books when he died.

 

 

Here some more amazing pictures of the library its self.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Book: Autobiographies

This year i have read a lot of autobiographies they have all been great but they do have their faults.

1: Michael Fassbender: The Biography by Jim Melony





 This book is good easy readying and outlines the achievements in his life the learning curves he had to go threw. I read it in 2 days.

2: That's another story by Julia Walters

I was very disappointed in this book all she writes about is her endless piss ups and her kids that's all good and well but we want to see and learn how you where you where today. I read this book in 2 days, very disappointed.

3: Its been emotional by Vinnie Jones

When i first thought about reading this book i was not excited about because i didn't want to ready about football at all so i got my feller to read it first (he is a slow reader took him 2 weeks) but he came back and said it was not all about football so i took a chance on it and read it myself and he was right its a great book he doesn't hide anything and he is very honest. I read it in 2 days.

4: In the frame by Helen mirren

This ladies life in pictures is amazing but her life in words is very dull, but her boyfriend choices are good (Liam neeson) I didn't take me long to read this book i mainly looked at the great pictures.

5: Lorraine pascal: Supermodel chef by sue Blackhall

Firstly before i start this is not going to be a good. This book is the biggest loads of shit i have ever read! This lady is a great chef i have her cook book but this biography is awe full you learn nothing about her it isn't written by her and its not a warm book its like she is being talked about in the third person. I gave up after a couple of chapters not a good book.

Film: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

My personal opinion: I love this film.

 Eye watering all the way threw it. 

Touched the heart on so many levels.