Book List 2010

Happy New Year to all my readers - I wish you all a fantastic 2011. 

My first post of the year will be my book list and includes all the books I read in the last year. This is quickly becoming a tradition for me.

The books marked with an asterisk are the ones I recommend the most.

45 - Bill Drummond
Shadow of a Dark Queen - Raymond Feist
Rise of a Merchant Prince - Raymond Feist
Rage of a Demon King - Raymond Feist
Shards of a Broken Crown - Raymond Feist
44 Scotland Street - Alexander McCall Smith
*White Oleander - Janet Fitch
*Gentlemen and Players - Joanne Harris
Coastliners - Joanne Harris
The Business - Ian Banks
The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Kate Atkinson
The Bridge - Ian Banks
Who Killed Marilyn Monroe - Liz Evans
*The Book Thief - Markus Zusak <<<< In my top ten favourite books of all time!
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje
Dear Fatty - Dawn French
The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fford
Sophia's Story - Susan McKay
Holy Cow - Sarah Macdonald
Lies of Silence - Brian Moore
Rainbows End - Cecilia Ahern
Every Light in the House Burnin' - Andrea Levy
*Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
As I walked out one Midsummer Morning - Laurie Lee
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
The Absolution Game - Paul Sayer
Man and Boy - Tony Parsons
Thanks for the Memories - Cecilia Ahern
The Autograph Men - Zadie Smith
The Crow Road - Iain Banks
*The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton
Lullabies for Little Criminals - Heather O'Niell
Always the Sun - Neil Cross
Lies of Silence - Brian Moore
*A Square of Sky - Janina David
Running for the Hills - Horatio Clare
The Dandelion Seed - Lena Kennedy
The Wise Woman - Philippa Gregory
The Stone House - Marita Conlon-McKenna
The Mesmerist - Barbara Ewing
The Last Kingdom - Bernard Cornwell

Happy New Year! WooooHooo!

Yes I know, I am but a mere 16 days late on the greets but it has taken me as long to sift through the backlog of work that accumulated whilst yours truly was rocking her jollys for the hollys in the merry old land of Blight. I have been trying to catch up on all your awesome blogs and am slowly making my way through them but I will apologise in advance if you get a Happy New Year greeting in mid March! I spent 19 days in the UK for the festivities and was very lucky to have escaped all the snow that many of my fellow brethren and sistren had, in fact, me and Mr.treehugger were very lucky to have escaped the country full stop as the evening of our flight was the last flight out of the South for a good few days. But get home we did and boy isn't it always nice to get home after being away. I was super happy to see my fur babies and the feeling was mutual. Although they had been well cared for and looked after by Uncle Wayne and Aunty Sonya, they were all deliriously happy to have us back home so as things could get back to normal. Another super happy sight that greeted me when I got home was a parcel that had been delivered whilst I'd been away. It was pretty obvious who it was from and I excitedly (but carefully) ripped open the package to behold the wondrous sight within.

This AWESOME bundle came courtesy of Michelle Cavigliano from My Zoetrope . Her blog can be found here and her Etsy store here. I was lucky enough to be the chosen commenter when, back in November, Michelle blogged about this awesome give-away. To say I was thrilled to be chosen is a serious understatement. I LOVE LOVE LOVE all Michelle's work, it thrills and delights me no end. As well as a cute card and four gorgeous little gift tags; I now have 12 awesomelly cute little pictures to hang on my wall too. The tough decision is whether I put them in frames now or wait 'til January 2011! Tough call.

GO VEGAN!