Books I read in 2014

I nearly doubled my reading in 2014, having read a grand total of 135 books.

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I 'd love to be able to say it's because I had so much free time that I was able to sit back and read. Unfortunately that isn't the case. I was ultra busy in 2014, working well into the early hours of the morning on most days. I think my body forgot how to sleep. When I went to bed I couldn't shut my brain off so I'd read to get to sleep. I also couldn't sleep for more than an hour at a time. Then I'd find myself wide awake - so I'd read.

Sad to say, but my large reading count is, rather perversely, due to how overworked I was.

2015 is going to be different. I am changing things in my life to try and get a better balance. One that will include reading solely for pleasure.

You can view my reading list here.

Books I Read in 2011

I didn't think I read many books in 2011. I know I didn't read as many as I could have, as there were many days where I read nothing (and that is not me at all). And I definitaly didn't read as many books as I would have liked. But even so, when I look back over the year I was surprised at the number of books I did read.

Hopefully my tally for 2012 will be even better...

A list of the 77 books I read in 2011:

Dad's Email Order Bride - Candy Halliday
Match Made in Court - Janice Kay Johnson
Perfect Partners? - CJ Carmichael
Until He Met Rachel - Debra Salonen
Dad's Mail Order Bride - Candy Halliday
Here Comes the Groom - Karina Bliss
A Little Texas - Liz Talley
Bad Boy - Peter Robinson
Bachelor Dad on Her Doorstep - Michelle Douglas
Bushfire Bride - Marion Lennox
My Reckless Surrender - Anna Campbell
Claiming the Courtesan - Anna Campbell
Captive of Sin - Anna Campbell
Vision in White - Nora Roberts
Bed of Roses - Nora Roberts
Freedom's Challenge - Anne McCaffrey
Freedom's Ransom - Anne McCaffrey
Christmas with Anne - LM Montgomery
Chasing the Night - Iris Johansen
Indulgence in Death - JD Robb
206 Bones - Kathy Reichs
Diamond's are a Teen's Best Friend - Allison Rushby
Fast Women - Jennifer Crusie
Expecting Miracle Twins - Barbara Hannay
The Rebel King - Melissa James
Tell Me lies - Jennifer Crusie
Shadowfae - Erica Hayes
The Man Behind the Badge - Sharon Archer
Hot Ice - Nora Roberts
One Night Before Marriage - Anne Oliver
Outback Man Seeks Wife - Margaret Way
The Prince's Forbidden Virgiin - Robyn Donald
Their Lost-and-found Family - Marion Lennox
Island Heat - Sarah Mayberry
The Single Dad's Marriage Wish - Carol Marinelli
Bride on the Children's Ward - Lucy Clark
Bedded By Blackmail - Robyn Grady
Baby Bequest - Robyn Grady
The Sheik and the Princess in Waiting - Susan Mallery
The Sheik and the Princess Bride - Susan Mallery
Da Silva's Mistress - Tina Duncan
What's a Housekeeper To Do? - Jennie Adams
Untameable Rogue - Kelly Hunter
Bargaining for Baby - Robyn Grady
My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell
Deeper Than the Dead - Tami Hoag
Sweet Revenge - Nora Roberts
Spider Bones - Kathy Reichs
One Small Miracle - Melissa James
The Cattleman, The Baby and Me - Michelle Douglas
The Marcolini Blackmail Marriage - Melanie Milbourne
Sarah's Sin - Tami Hoag
How to Trap a Parent - Joan Kilby
Secrets to the Grave - Tami Hoag
The Coffeeholic and the Cafe - Elizabeth Martin
Little Gems (Garnet) - RWA
Carnal Innocence - Nora Roberts
The Other Side of the Story - Marian Keyes
Abby and the Bachelor Cop - Marion Lennox
Misty and the Single Dad - Marion Lennox
His Vienna Christmas Bride - Jan Colley
Cinderella: Hired by the Prince - Marion Lennox
Genuine Lies - Nora Roberts
Revealed: a Prince and a Pregnancy - Kelly Hunter
Westmoreland's Way - Brenda Jackson
The Garden of the Gods - Gerald Durrell
Birds, Beasts and Other Relatives - Gerald Durrell
Storm Cycle - Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen
The Earl's Dilemma - Emily May
A Country Miss in Hanover Square - Anne Herries
Anybody Out There - Marian Keyes
To Davy Jones Below - Carola Dunn
A Bride for His Majesty's Pleasure - Penny Jordan
Soldier on Her Doorstep - Soraya Lane
Treachery in Death - JD Robb
Left to Die - Lisa Jackson
Chosen to Die - Lisa Jackson

To Be Read...

Recently I mentioned how big my TBR pile was. I thought I should take a photo of how it fills a bookcase!! Since the photo I've also filled the space on the bottom shelf.

The top two shelves are new romance books (top: category, second: single title), the third shelf mystery and Jane Austen's complete works and the bottom shelf a combination of romance single title and category (this is the shelf of books on loan).

I love having so many books on hand to read - but hate that I rarely get time to indulge. It also makes it difficult choosing the next one *grin*. Not sure what I'm going to do with all the books I'm bound to come home with from RWAus conference. I guess I'm just going to have to find more time to read.