Day: July 2, 2013

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Six Books, Six Months – 2013 Version

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Last year I started this little meme more on a whim than anything else, and thought why not give it another outing and so here it is for 2013.

Here are the 6 categories I chose originally. Feel free to use them;

  • Six new authors to me;
  • Six authors I have read before;
  • Six authors I am looking forward to reading more of;
  • Six books I have enjoyed the most;
  • Six books I was disappointed with;
  • Six series of books read or started

My new one for this year

  • Six authors I read last year – but not so far this year

Or perhaps chose some of these below, which many readers and bloggers used last year to join in with this meme.

  • Six Books that took me on extraordinary journeys
  • Six books that took me by the hand and led me into the past
  • Six books from the past that drew me back there
  • Six books from authors I know will never let me down
  • Six books I must mention that don’t fit nicely into any category
  • Six Books I started in the first six months of the year and was still caught up with in July
  • Six trips to Europe:
  • Six blogging events I enjoyed:
  • Six bookish things I’m looking forward to:
  • Six Espionage or Historical Novels I enjoyed
  • Six Cool Classics
  • Six Non-US/Non-British Authors
  • Six From the Non-Fiction Shelf
  • Six that didn’t live up to expectations
  • Six books that I had one or two problems with but am still glad I tried:

Join in and spread the word. It is always great to have new readers to my blog and to discover more blogs out there too!

And my 6 in 6 are as follows:

  • Six new authors to me

1. Jill Mansell

2. Lisa O’Donnell

3. Morgan McCarthy

4. Maggie Joel

5. Elizabeth Gill

6. Maeve Binchy

  • Six authors I have read before

1. Trisha Ashley

2. Niamh O’Connor

3. Katie Fforde

4. Judith Kinghorn

5. Philippa Gregory

6. Linda Gillard

  • Six books I have enjoyed the most

1. The White Queen – Philippa Gregory

2. Suzanne Collins – The Hunger Games

3. The Death of Bees – Lisa O’Donnell

4. Home Front Girls – Rosie Goodwin

5. Life after Life – Kate Atkinson

6. One Pair of Hands – Monica Dickens

  • Six books I was disappointed with

1. Sue Monk Kidd – The Secret Life of Bees

2. Adrienne McDonnell – The Doctor & the Diva

3. Alex Grecian – The Yard

4. Eleanor Prescott – Could It Be I’m Falling In Love

5. Brigid Keenan – Diplomatic Baggage

6. Paul O’Grady – Still Standing: The Savage Years

  • Six books from authors I know will never let me down

1. Good Husband Material – Trisha Ashley

2. A Sea Change – Veronica Henry

3. The Glass Guardian – Linda Gillard

4. Agatha Christie – A Caribbean Mystery

5. Katie Forde – Love Letters

6. Life after Life – Kate Atkinson

  • Six authors I read last year – but not so far this year

1. Emylia Hall

2. Simon Kernick

3. P.G. Wodehouse

4. Maria Cobbold

5. Nicky Pellegrino

6. Alexander McCall Smith