What I’ve been reading recently.

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I try to keep a mix of light, rock, sci-fi and serious reads going. Keeps things interesting. I love reading!!

277. First Person SingularHaruki Murakami
288. Captain BeefheartMike Barnes
289. Lost in a good bookJasper Fforde
290. I married a communistPhilip Roth
291. The Well of Lost PlotsJasper Fforde
293. Something RottenJasper Fforde
294. Hysterical HoosiersMark Hunter
295. Circles of a future politicianDave Volek
296. Death by WaterKenzaburo Oe
297. First Among SequelsJasper Fforde
298. One of our Thursdays in missingJasper Fforde
299. The Secret Life of Jimmy TateNikki Mountain
300. FoundationIsaac Asimov
301. Foundation and EmpireIsaac Asimov
302. Second FoundationIsaac Asimov
303. Forward The FoundationIsaac Asimov
304. Chronicles Vol 1Bob Dylan
305. John, Paul, George, Ringo and meTony Barrow
306. Behind the ShadesClinton Heylin
307. Dylan on DylanDylan interviews
308. A Freewheelin’ TimeSuze Rotolo
309. Sect Appeal – The Downliners SectTerry Gibson
310. Stalin stole my HomeworkAlexei Sayle
311. Lost in the Woods (Syd Barrett)Justin Palacios
312. Early RiserJasper Fforde
313. The Thursday Murder ClubRichard Osman
314. The Murders at Fleet HouseLucinda Riley
315. Waging Heavy PeaceNeil Young
316.The Shell CollectorAnthony Doerr
317. ShakeyJimmy McDonough
318. Neil Young – Rolling Stone FilesVarious
319. The man who died twiceRichard Osman
320. The Philosophy of Modern SongBob Dylan
321. Born to RunMichael Morpurgo
322. Neil and MeScott Young
323. Four Seasons in RomeAnthony Doerr
324. LessonsIan McEwan
325. The bullet that missedRichard Osman
326. Fairy TaleStephen King
327. The heart goes lastMargaret Atwood
328. Then PlayMick Fleetwood
329. Childhood’s EndArthur C Clarke
330. The City & the StarsArthur C Clarke
331. The Sands of MarsArthur C Clarke
332. The old Man and the SeaErnest Hemmingway
333. Waiting for the sunBarney Hoskins
334. Death of a rebelMarc Eliot
335. There but for fortune – the life of Phil OchsMichael Schumaker
336. Walk the blue fieldsClaire Keegan
337. The noise of timeJulian Barnes
338. The DictatorRobert Harris
339. Naples ‘44Norman Lewis
340. Levels of lifeJulian Barnes
341. I’m Gonna Say It NowPhil Ochs
342. MetropolisJulian Barnes
343. Flauberts’s ParrotJulian Barnes
344. Talking it OverJulian Barnes
345. The Plot against AmericaPhilip Roth

Opher Goodwin – My recent reads – Any suggestions?

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I must say I haven’t found the time to do a lot of reading. I thought that when I retired I would do a lot more. I am an avid reader and love losing myself in a good book more than just about anything else.

The main trouble is that I have been writing so much that I have had little time to fit it in.

Here is a list of the books I have read recently. You can see that I have nearly read 200 books in the five years since I retired. That is only 40 a year – less than a book a week! Not as much as I hoped.

I like a range of reads and often have a few books going at any one time to suit my moods. I like the light entertaining reads and go for Stephen King and my new discovery (courtesy of Virginie) Jasper Fforde. For books with more substance I go for Margaret Atwood, Haruki Murakami, Iain Banks, Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro and Salman Rushdie.

I like variety. The trouble is that I have read all the books by my favourite authors. So if anyone has any suggestions to make I am open – fire away.

152. The Song of the Quarkbeast Jasper Fforde
153. One of our Thursdays is missing Jasper Fforde
154. No Matter What Sally Donovan
155. The story of my heart Richard Jefferies
156. Time must have a stop Aldous Huxley
157. Immortal coils Kurt Vonnegut
158. Chavs Owen Jones
159. Revival Stephen King
160. In God I doubt John Humphrys
161. Phil Ochs Death of a rebel Marc Elliott
162. In Watermelon Sugar Richard Brautigan
163. Blues for Mr Charlie James Baldwin
164. Stone Mattress Margaret Atwood
165. The Music of Captain Beefheart Chris Wade
166. Something rotten Jasper Fforde
167. From Here to Infinity – Scientific Horizons Martin Rees
168.  Laughter and forgetting Milan Kundera
169. Saturday Night & Sunday Morning Alan Sillitoe
170. Black dogs Ian McEwan
171. This Boy Alan Johnson
172. Please Mr Postman Alan Johnson
173. If this isn’t nice what is? Kurt Vonnegut Jnr
174. Lunar Notes Zoot Horn Rollo
175. The Martian Andy Weir
176. Afterlife Colin Wilson
177. Revolution Russell Brand
178. The buried giant Kasuo Ishiguro
179. Sons and lovers D H Lawrence
180. Women Charles Bukowski
181. Collected stories Philip K Dick
182. Murder on the Marco polo Clive Leatherdale
183. The colour purple Maya Angelou
184. Reader Noam Chomski
185. Magic seeds V S Naipal
186. Notes from a small island Bill Bryson
187. Tortilla flat John Steinbeck
188. The heart goes first Margaret Atwood
189. Finding Son House Richard Shade Gardner
190. The big over easy Jasper Fforde
191. Lost in a good book Jasper Fforde
192. The Eyre affair (again) Jasper Fforde
193. The Fourth Bear Jasper Fforde
194. Sunstorm Arthur C Clarke
195. Bazaar of Bad Dreams Stephen King
196. Wind/Pinball Haruki Murakami
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