Month: January 2015

Read Scotland 2015

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Read Scotland 2015Read Scotland 2015 is back again for a second year, Hosted by Peggy Ann @ Peggy Ann’s Post!

Challenge levels:

Just A Keek (a little look): 1-4 books
The Highlander: 5-8 books
The Hebridean: 9-12 books
Ben Nevis: 13-24 books
Back O’ Beyond: 25+ books

Read and review Scottish books -any genre, any form- written by a Scottish author (by birth or immigration) or about or set in Scotland.

Challenge runs January 1 to December 31, 2015

I’m going to do the “Just A Keek” level, 1-4 books to start with and maybe progress to the higher levels later.

The Books I Read in 2014

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I’ve enjoyed this year of blogging and reading ‘“ some excellent books were read. Most of my reading was fiction with just 12 non-fiction books. And of the fiction nearly half was crime fiction. The full list of the books I read is on this page. There were just a handful of books that turned out to be disappointing, but the rest were all enjoyable.

These are some of my Favourite Books of 2014 (in the order I read them – links go to my posts):

  1. Shakespeare’s Restless World by Neil MacGregor (non-fiction)
  2. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
  3. Crucible by S G MacLean
  4. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  5. The Office of the Dead by Andrew Taylor
  6. The Potter’s Hand by A N Wilson
  7. Tantalus by Jane Jazz
  8. The Dance of Love by Angela Young
  9. A Whispered Name by William Brodrick
  10. Sisters of Sinai by Janet Soskice (non-fiction)
  11. In Our Time by Melvyn Bragg (non-fiction)
  12. Blue Heaven by C J Box

These are just the tip of the iceberg, because so many of the books I read were really good (I rated lots between 4 and 5 stars on Goodreads).

My main aim for 2015 is to feel relaxed about reading, reading what I want when I want, so this year I’m not setting any target on Goodreads for the number of books I’ll read – it’s the reading that matters not how many books I’ll read!