September and October reading

I never got around to posting my reading from September, so here's a bumper 2 month post. Again, it hasn't been a hugely vintage time for reading - I've read a lot more Babysitters Club books and reacquainted myself with Jacqueline Wilson, I've continued to read a random selection of non fiction from the library. I have now read over 800 books this year... Probably the highlights of the last 2 months were discovering Wilkie Collins, the latest Shopaholic book by Sophie Kinsella and also an incredibly well written, "Little black dress" book, called The Chalet Girl by Kate Lace. It was also the month where I got into audiobooks for the first time and I enjoyed baking from The Great British Book of Baking. Although I got a copy of a book that I have been looking forward to for sometime, I have still yet to read it (Nella Last in the 1950's)

I have no specific plans for November - my TBR is down to 10 items, most of which I'm saving for Christmas, so it will be a case of what I can lay my hands on at the library. I have quite a long "wish list" at the library (a new function on the catalogue where you can make a note of books that you want to borrow), but as most of them are in high demand or at other branches, it will depend on how many spare 85p's I have...

So here's the list - my codes are C = childrens, AB = autobiography, NF = non fiction, RR = reread.

White tiger	Adiga, Arund
Claudia and the great search	Martin, Ann	C
Ways with noodles	Wagamama	NF
Mallory hates boys (and gym)	Martin, Ann	C
Truth, dare or promise	ed, Heron, Liz	AB
Storm in a teacup	Cavendish, Lucy
Claudia's friend	Martin, Ann	C
Arthur Ransome and Captain Flint's Trunk	Hardyment, Christina	NF RR
First term at Cottisford	Smith, Liz	C
Six ponies	Pullein-Thompson, Jo	C
Hand that first held mine	O'Farrell, Maggie
Haweswater	Hall, Sarah
Favourite Lakeland Recipes		NF
The doctor's children	Elder, Josep
Damaris dances	Oxenham, E.J.	C
Welcome to life	De Smith, Alice
South of the lights	Huth, Angela
Judy the guide	EBD	C
More about Maddy	Hill, Lorna	C
Still Alice	Genova, Lisa
Sophie is seven	Smith, Dick King	C
Swimming	Keegan, Nicola
Stacey and the mystery of Stoneybrook	Martin, Ann	C
A cautious approrach	Middleton, Stanley
Wedding Survival Guide	Taylor, Kate	NF
Mary Anne's Makeover	Martin, Ann	C
Dawn's family feud	Martin, Ann	C
Desert of the heart	Rule, Jane	VMC
Claudia and the perfect boy	Martin, Ann	C
healthy eating for kids	Bean, Anita	NF
Mallory Pike, no.1 fan	Martin, Ann	C
Easy to make Christmas	Good housekeeping	NF
Kristy and Mr Mum	Martin, Ann	C
10 reasons not to fall in love	Green, Linda
Singled out	Nicolson, Virginia	NF
Peter and Paul	Scarlett, Susan
School by the river	EBD	C
The way we were	Noble, Elizabeth
Summer camp	Jones, Allan Frewin	C
A married woman	Kapur, Manja
Charm of North Cornwall	Drew, Allan	NF
Jessi and the trouble maker	Martin, Ann	C
Mary Reilly	Martin, Valerie
Kristy and the nasty nappies	Martin, Ann	C
News where you are	O'Flynn, Catherine
Skate school	Woodward, Kay	C
That uncertain feeling	Amis, Kingsley
Claudia and the first thanksgiving	Martin, Ann	C
Business as usual	Jane Oliver
Up and down	Jeffers, Oliver	C
Arthur Ransome and the world of S + A	Wardale, Arthur	NF
My sister Jodie	Wilson, Jacqueline	C
Secret life of France	Wadham, Lucy	NF
Do you come here often?	Potter, Alexandra	C
Family life made easy	Saunders, Grace	NF
Woman who painted her dreams	Dewar, Islar
Parent trouble	Jones, Allan Frewin	C
CS reunion	EBD	C RR
Abby's lucky thirteen	Martin, Ann	C
Dead secret	Collins, Wilkie
Passion flower	Ure, Jean	C
Mini shopaholic	Kinsella, Sophie
Cooking for girls		C NF
Confetti confidential	McQueen, Holly
Secret life of Bletchley Park		NF
Kristy and the worst kid ever	Martin, Ann	C
A very private eye	Pym, Barbara	AB RR
The chalet girl	Lace, Kate
My animal life	Gee, Maggie	AB
On thin ice	Woodward, Kay	C
Dawn (California Diaries)	Martin, Ann	C
WI Complete Christmas	Cook, Sian	NF
Kristy and the copycat	Martin, Ann	C
Great veg challenge	Hume, Charlotte	NF
Giving up the ghost	Mantel, Hilary	AB RR
Louisa the ballerina	Geras, Adele	C
Honourable estate	Brittain, Vera	VMC
Every woman's guide to digestive health	Felaney, Jill	NF
Summer of the bear	Pollen, Bella
Stacey's crush	Martin, Ann	C
Passing on	Lively, Penelope
Mary Anne and Miss Priss	Martin, Ann	C
Whoopie pie book	Ptak, Clare	NF
Perfect proposal	Fforde, Katie
Christmas treats	Collister, Linda	NF
Cake decorating tricks	McMahon, Sue	NF
Legacy of Cain	Collins, Wilkie
Ghost light	O'Connor, Joseph
Behind the scenes at the museum of baked beans	Davies, Hunter	NF
Ice lolly	Ure, Jean	C
Ella at the wells	Hills, Lorna	C
Beach hits	Green, Rod	NF
Grey skies, green waves	Anderson, Tom	NF
Service of clouds	Hill, Susan
Jessi's horrible prank	Martin, Ann	C
Mary Anne breaks the rules	Martin, Ann	C
School dinners	Thom, Becky	NF
Starring Tracey Beaker	Wilson, Jacqueline	C
Maggie (California Diaries)	Martin, Ann	C
Light years	Gee, Maggie
Clean break	Wilson, Jacqueline	C
The haunted hotel	Collins, Wilkie
They were sisters	Whipple, Dorothy	P RR
Midnight	Wilson, Jacqueline	C
Family roundabout	Crompton, Richmal	P RR
Stacey's choice	Martin, Ann	C
Girls guide to being a boss		NF
Stacey's broken heart	Martin, Ann	C