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Scribe’s Bookshelf

Welcome to my bookshelf. Below are three lists:

1. The books that I plan to read soon.
2. The book I am reading now.
3. The books I have read in the past.

Many of the listings will have a My Review link. If you follow the link, you will be taken to the post I wrote upon completion of the book. As I’m a slow reader, it makes more sense to group the books into years instead of months.

Plan to Read

None planned at present

Currently Reading

Odd One Out by Monica McInerney

Sylvie has always been the odd one out in her family. She’s about to turn 30 and she’s stuck in a major rut. Then her brother steps in with a rescue plan. Within days, she’s doing things she’s never done before and she mets a lovely man. But then her brother reveal one final challenge…

Odd One Out

Genre: Mainstream, Chick Lit

Started: 24 October 2007

Finished Reading

2007

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Harry Dresden - Wizard. Harry is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he’s the only at what he does. The police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, but where there’s black magic, there’s a black mage behind it. Magic. It can get a guy killed.

Storm Front

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Finished: 21 October 2007

No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty

You’ve always wanted to write, but…just haven’t gotten around to it. No Plot? No Problem! is the kick in the pants you’ve been waiting for. At midnight on 31st October the train departs. Fifty thousand words. Thirty days. An unforgettable ride.

No Plot? No Problem!

Genre: Non-Fiction, Writing, How-to

Finished: 7 September 2007 | My Review

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J K Rowling

Harry is waiting in Privet Drive. The Order of the Phoenix is coming to escort him safely away without Voldemort and his supporters knowing - if they can. But what will Harry do then? How can he fulfil the momentous task Professor Dumbledore has left him?

Harry Potter (Book 7)

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Finished: 12 August 2007 | My Review

Eglantine (Ghost Story) by Catherine Jinks

We moved into our new house because my brother and I wanted rooms of our own. So what happened? Bethan’s room turned out to be haunted, and we ended up having to share again! Ray tried painting over the ghostly writings on the walls, but it kept coming back, so I took matters into my own hands…

Englantine

Genre: Young Adult

Finished: 26 July 2007 | My Review

Left Behind by Tim F. LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear. Vehicles, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control. People are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes. In the midst of global chaos, Rayford Steele searches for his family, for answers, for truth.

Left Behind (Book 1)

Genre: Christain

Finished: 22 July 2007 | My Review

Illusion by Paula Volsky

For centuries the magical aristocracy of the Exalted has ruled over the land of Vonahr. But the powers are fading and this has not escaped the notice of the populace. Eliste’s, maid of honour to the queen, world is ripped apart by the mayhem of revolution and the violent mystical weapons of the past.

Illusion

Genre: Fantasy

Finished: 26 June 2007 | My Review

For One More Day by Mitch Albom

If you had the chance to go back and fix what you did wrong in life, would you take it? For One More Day will make you smile. It will make you wistful. It will make you blink back tears of nostalgia. But most of all, it will make you believe in the eternal power of a mother’s love.

One More Day

Genre: Mainstream

Finished: 26 May 2007 | My Review

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J K Rowling

The last Harry saw of Dumbledore was in a fierce one-to-one duel with Lord Voldemort. Why did the Headmaster want to see him before he returned to Hogwarts? The year has already got off to an unusual start, as the worlds of Muggle and magic start to intertwine…

Harry Potter (Book 6)

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Finished: 21 May 2007 | My Review

Charlie Bone and the Time Twister by Jenny Nimmo

Charlie Bone hoped the new term at Bloor’s Academy would hold no nasty surprises. But then Henry Yewbeam appears, twisted through time from 1916 into the present day. With malicious Yewbeam aunts on the prowl, and the Bloors out to catch him, Henry will need Charlie’s help to stay alive.

Charlie Bone and the Time Twister

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Finished: 31 March 2007 | My Review

Leaving Early: Youth Suicide by Bronwyn Donaghy

For us surviving parents, this grief is ever after. The isolation, guilt, despair and frustration that most of us feel is the legacy our children have left us. Now, too late, we understand what they must have been going through in the days and hours leading up to their death.

Leaving Early: Youth Suicide

Genre: Non-Fiction, Suicide

Finished: 3 March 2007 | My Review

When Bad Things Happen to Good People
by Harold S Kushner

Filled with compassion, this book will give you comfort and strength when tragedy threatens to take away your faith, and help you understand that God can fill the deepest needs of an anguished heart.

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Genre: Non-Fiction, Inspirational

Finished: 11 February 2007 | My Review

Midnight for Charlie Boneby Jenny Nimmo

Charlie doesn’t want to believe he can hear thoughts of people in photographs. But his horrible aunts are delighted - it means he is one of the chosen and must attend Bloor’s Academy. Once there, he finds his classmates have mystical powers too, but that’s not all…

Midnight for Charlie Bone

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Finished: 18 January 2007 | My Review

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