I am an avid reader

I have always really enjoyed reading and have to admit to sometimes having more than one book on the go at any one time.  I think my limit is three or four!  

Over the last few years I have been keeping a record of the books I have read, I usually manage between 55 - 60 a year.  

So far this year (from 1 January) I have read the following books in this order: 

1  The Hanging Garden - Ian Rankin (a Rebus novel)
2  Don't Shoot! I'm Just the Avon Lady - Birdie Jaworski
3  Dead Souls - Ian Rankin (a Rebus Novel) 
4  The Light Between Oceans - M L Stedman
5  I, Alex Cross - James Patterson 
6  Maggie's Tree - Julie Walters 
7  Cross - James Patterson (an Alex Cross novel)
8  The Faithless - Martina Cole 
9  Labyrinth - Kate Moss
10 Career of Evil - Robert Galbraith 
11 While My Eyes Were Closed - Linda Green 
12 The Lies That Save Us - J L Redington 
13 Ladies Who Launch - Milly Johnson 
14 The Girl in Between - Laekan Zea Kemp
15 Gingerbread Man - Maggie Shayne 
16 A Body in the Backyard - Elizabeth Spann Craig (a Myrtle Clover Mystery)
17 Bloodbath - Stephen Leather and others 
18 The Rowan Tree - Robert W Fuller
19 Sight Unseen - Robert Goddard
20 The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton - Catherine Alliott
21 You're Coming with Me Lad - Mike Pannett
22 Not on my Patch, Lad - Mike Pannett
23 Just the Job, Lad - Mike Pannett 
24 Up Beat and Down Dale - Mike Pannett
25 My Husband Next Door - Catherine Alliott
26 Deadly Arrangements - Annie Adams 
27 Freaks - Tess Gerritsen (a Rizzoli and Isles short story)
28 Claiming Victory - Beverley Watts
29 Gardens of Delight - Erica James 
30 The Hard Way - Lee Childs (a Jack Reacher novel)
31 The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins 
32 Falling for You - Jill Mansell
33 Don't Tell - Karen Rose
34 Hammered - Belle Knudson 
35 School's Out - Jack Sheffield 
36 Silent Night - Jack Sheffield 
37 The Decision - Penny Vincenzi 

I am currently reading two books: 
The Girl You Left Behind - Jojo Moyes and 
Down Under - Bill Bryson 

When I finish these books I will put reviews of them on this blog.  My plan is to write a short review of all the future books I read. 

I am happy reading all styles of books.  I acquire a number of books through swapping them with friends.  I often end up with ones I perhaps would not have selected, but as I have them I give them a go, and am often quite surprised at how much I do enjoy them.  This is certainly a good way to try out different authors. 

I read a combination of both paper and electronic books.