Books you've read this year

[Farseer]

No doubt I'm missing some but here's my not-so-thrilling list (in as much a chronological order as I could manage!) for the year so far. Given how busy I've been, I'm happy to have read one book though! Bring on 2011 when, hopefully, I can at least surrender some executive positions on volunteer committees.

The Deltora Quest books are kids books but I reread them so I could refresh myself for in-depth talks with my daughter (now that my sons are kind of beyond them!). Except for the Soldier Son series, the other Hobb books are all full rereads and not counting the 'countless' times I've delved into them for research. I wanted to reread the lot before DH came out.

Deltora Quest Series One
The Forests of Silence – Emily Rodda
The Lake of Tears – Emily Rodda
City of the Rats – Emily Rodda
The Shifting Sands – Emily Rodda
Dread Mountain – Emily Rodda
Maze of the Beast - Emily Rodda
The Valley of the Lost – Emily Rodda
Return to Del – Emily Rodda

Deltora Quest Series Two
The Cavern of the Fear – Emily Rodda
The Isle of Illusion – Emily Rodda
The Shadowlands – Emily Rodda

Deltora Quest Series Three
Dragon’s Nest – Emily Rodda
Shadowgate – Emily Rodda
Isle of the Dead – Emily Rodda
The Sister of the South – Emily Rodda

Tales of Deltora – Emily Rodda

Farseer Trilogy
Assassin’s Apprentice – Robin Hobb
Royal Assassin – Robin Hobb
Assassin’s Quest – Robin Hobb

Liveship Trader's Trilogy
Ship of Magic – Robin Hobb
The Mad Ship – Robin Hobb
Ship of Destiny – Robin Hobb

Tawny Man Trilogy
Fool’s Errand – Robin Hobb
The Golden Fool – Robin Hobb
Fool’s Fate – Robin Hobb

Rain Wild Chronicles
Dragon Keeper – Robin Hobb
Dragon Haven – Robin Hobb

Homecoming (short story) – Robin Hobb
Words Like Coins (short story) – Robin Hobb
The Water and the Blood – Nancy E Turner
How to Love - Gordon Livingston
My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
The Sea Caves - Colin Thiele
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski
Granny Dan - Danielle Steel
The Ring - Danielle Steel
The Tenth Circle – Jodi Picoult
Harvesting the Heart – Jodi Picoult
Plain Truth – Jodi Picoult
No Angel – Jay Dobyns

Solder’s Son Trilogy
Shaman’s Crossing – Robin Hobb
Forest Mage – Robin Hobb
Renegade’s Magic – Robin Hobb

The Black Magician Trilogy
The Magicians’ Guild – Trudi Canavan
The Novice – Trudi Canavan
The High Lord – Trudi Canavan

To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
The Man Who Was Starlight – Patrick McCarthy

Night Angel Trilogy
The Way of the Shadows – Brent Weeks
Shadow’s Edge – Brent Weeks
Beyond the Shadows – Brent Weeks

The Inheritance (short story) – Robin Hobb
The Triumph (short story) – Robin Hobb
Hell West and Crooked – Tom Cole