Last year I’ve read 60 books! So, I’ve decided to start a new blog, called Coffee and Books.
I’m very excited about my new blog. I mentioned Why I’ve started Coffee and Books. There are a few amazing book blogs out there and, hopefully, mine would be a pretty good one too.
Because taking pictures is another thing I love doing, I’ve decided to add a cup/mug of coffee in each photograph I take of the books I’m reading. I’ve also decided to add some “props” that are related to the book. For example, in the latest review, Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella, I had a cappuccino as Becky, the main character, loves cappuccino. As with the rest of the objects in the picture… it’s a book about shopping, makeup, clothes, jewellery. When I took a picture of Sister Queens by Julia Fox, I’ve added pomegranate seeds, as it was Catherine of Aragon’s badge.
If you don’t want to miss any book review, follow me on bloglovin. I will publish a few reviews each month.
These are the books I’ve read last year, by month:
January – 3 books I loved
Alexander McQueen – blood beneath the skin by Andrew Wilson
Bread and chocolate by Philippa Gregory
Survivors. True Stories of Children in the Holocaust by Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun
February – 5 books
Survival of the Prettiest – The science of Beauty by Nancy Etcoff
The Golden Ratio – The mathematical language of beauty by Fernando Corbalan
Cancer, Chemo and Curls by Llinos Mai Thomas
Swimming Pool Sunday by Sophie Kinsella
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
March – Books I read this month
The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
The Kingmaker’s Daughter by Philippa Gregory
Fermat’s Enigma – Three centuries of mathematical challenge by Albert Violant i Holz
April – Books I read and books I didn’t read
The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
The King’s Curse by Philippa Gregory
Secrets of π. Why is it impossible to square the circle by Joaquin Navarro
Shadow of the Titanic. The extraordinary stories of those who survived by Andrew Wilson
I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
May – 7 Books in May
A Briefer History of time. The Science Classic Made More Accessible by Stephen Hawking with Leonard Mlodinow
My Rescue Dog Rescued Me. Amazing true stories of adopted canine heroes by Sharon Ward Keeble
Underground Maps and Neural Networks. The theory of graphs by Claudi Alsina
The constant princess By Philippa Gregory
Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory
Mathematicians, Spies and Hackers. Coding and cryptography by Joan Gomez
Becoming Steve Jobs. The evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by Brent Schelnder and Rick Tetzeli
June – What I’ve been reading
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory
Prisoners with Dilemmas and Dominant Strategies. Game theory by Jordi Deulofeu
July – Books, more books
Aussie Grit My Formula One Journey by Mark Webber
The Queen’s Fool by Philippa Gregory
The Virgin’s Lover by Philippa Gregory
The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory
When Straight Lines become Curves non-Euclidean geometry by Joan Gomez Urgelles
Wonder Cats. True stories of extraordinary felines by Ashley Morgan
The Forgiveness Project by Marina Cantacuzino
The book of Hygge. The Danish art of living well by Louisa Thomsen Brits
August – Currently reading
The Marshmallow Test. Understanding self-control and how to master it by Walter Mischel
Terrorist’s Creed. Fanatical violence and human need for meaning by Roger Griffin
Mortgages and Equations. Mathematics of the Economy by Lluis Artal and Josep Sales
The Little Book of Hygge. The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking
In the zone. How Champions Think and Win Big by Clyde Brolin
The Myth of Martyrdom. What Really Drives Suicide Bombers, Rampage Shooters, and Other Self-Destructive Killers by Adam Lankford
The Women of the Cousins’ War. The Duchess, The Queen and the King’s Mother by Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin & Michael Jones
Hygge. The Danish Art of Happiness by Marie Tourell Soderberg
September – The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory & Books in September
From the Abacus to the Digital Revolution. Algorithms and Computing by Vicenc Torra
None of Us Were Like This Before. American Soldiers and Torture by Joshua E.S. Phillips
Selected poems by Aphra Behn
The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory
The Missionary Position. Mother Theresa in theory and in practice by Christopher Hitchens
October – The Little Book of LYKKE & Autumnal reads
A New Way of Seeing the World. Fractal geometry by Maria Isabel Binimelis Bassa
The Intel Trinity How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World’s Most Important Company by Michael S. Malone
The Little Book of LYKKE. The Danish search for the world’s happiest people by Meik Wiking
Women in Mathematics. From Hypatia to Emmy Noether by Joaquin Navarro
November – November Books
Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins
Playing with the Senses. Art through mathematical eyes by Francisco Martin Casalderrey
The King’s Concubine by Anne O’Brien
December – December books
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Best Mates. Six Favourite Stories by Michael Morpurgo
I’ve just followed you over there on Bloglovin’, looking forward to reading all your book reviews!
Aww, that is so nice of you. Thank you xx
I am quite a fan of Philippa and I think I’ve read most of her books! I love historical fiction from that era. Good luck with our book blog! I love reading books (and read quite a lot) but I think I just don’t have the patience to review them, sadly… I do wish I could keep a better record of how I liked which book somewhere somehow though!
What a great journey and now you have a blog for your books! You should join mumsnet blogger book club! They give out books to read for review! Another great way to get book to read!
I’m really excited for you for starting this new blog! It looks really interesting – I like the name. I think it’s a great way to document what you read, of course we’re really thankful you share it out! 😀