I set myself a challenge at the beginning of 2007 to read a book a week … didn’t manage to do it but I got to 45, which isn’t bad considering I’ve spent a big chunk of this year setting up my own business and dealing with Dan’s increasingly difficult behaviour. maybe I’ll manage it this year – though I think the challenge for this year is a book by an author for every letter of the alphabet, not necessarily in order … just to get me reading a wide variety.

Anyway, here’s my top ten books that I read in 2007 (in no particular order):

The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Book Thief – Marcus Zusak
The Crimson Petal and the White – Michael Faber
Daniel Isn’t Talking – Marti Leimbach
Emotional Geology – Linda Gillard
George and Sam – Charlotte Moore
The Boy in Striped Pajamas – John Boyne
A Lifetime Burning – Linda Gillard
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – JK Rowling