BABBLING BOOKS

Tigerlily · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:41 am Post subject: Big Read Challenge

In conjunction with the 1001 challenge, I'm going to see how many of the Big Read Top 200 I can get through next year. Is anyone else doing this challenge or would like to?

Here's the list - I've highlighted ones I've previously read and those on my TBR. I might re-read some. I'll create a separate list of those I get through in 2008.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml

Books read to date:

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
[color=blue]5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres - read 2008
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving - half read in 2004!
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh - READ 2009
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens - READ 2007
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian - READ 2004
53. The Stand, Stephen King
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
104. Dracula, Bram Stoker
111. Jude The Obscure, Thomas Hardy
112. The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾, Sue Townsend
118. The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
132. Danny The Champion Of The World, Roald Dahl
134. George's Marvellous Medicine, Roald Dahl
136. The Color Purple, Alice Walker
138. The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
142. Behind The Scenes At The Museum, Kate Atkinson
145. James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
146. The Green Mile, Stephen King
154. Atonement, Ian McEwan
157. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey
170. Charlotte's Web, E. B. White
171. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
175. Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder
186. The Diary Of A Nobody, George and Weedon Grossmith
187. Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
199. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
200. Flowers In The Attic, Virginia Andrews

On TBR:

18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot - on TBR
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
101. Three Men In A Boat, Jerome K. Jerome
108. The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks
115. The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy
125. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
127. Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison
131. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
133. East Of Eden, John Steinbeck
164. The Shipping News, Annie Proulx
178. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
191. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera

4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell - currently reading
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
102. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
103. The Beach, Alex Garland
105. Point Blanc, Anthony Horowitz
106. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
107. Stormbreaker, Anthony Horowitz
109. The Day Of The Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
110. The Illustrated Mum, Jacqueline Wilson
113. The Cruel Sea, Nicholas Monsarrat
114. Les Misérables, Victor Hugo - partly read
116. The Dare Game, Jacqueline Wilson
117. Bad Girls, Jacqueline Wilson
119. Shogun, James Clavell
120. The Day Of The Triffids, John Wyndham
121. Lola Rose, Jacqueline Wilson
122. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
123. The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy
124. House Of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
126. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
128. The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
129. Possession, A. S. Byatt
130. The Master And Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
135. Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett
137. Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
139. Girls In Tears, Jacqueline Wilson
140. Sleepovers, Jacqueline Wilson
141. All Quiet On The Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque
143. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
144. It, Stephen King
147. Papillon, Henri Charriere
148. Men At Arms, Terry Pratchett
149. Master And Commander, Patrick O'Brian
150. Skeleton Key, Anthony Horowitz
151. Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
152. Thief Of Time, Terry Pratchett
153. The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett
155. Secrets, Jacqueline Wilson
156. The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier
158. Heart Of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
159. Kim, Rudyard Kipling
160. Cross Stitch, Diana Gabaldon
161. Moby Dick, Herman Melville
162. River God, Wilbur Smith
163. Sunset Song, Lewis Grassic Gibbon
165. The World According To Garp, John Irving - part read
166. Lorna Doone, R. D. Blackmore
167. Girls Out Late, Jacqueline Wilson
168. The Far Pavilions, M. M. Kaye
169. The Witches, Roald Dahl
172. They Used To Play On Grass, Terry Venables and Gordon Williams
173. The Old Man And The Sea, Ernest Hemingway
174. The Name Of The Rose, Umberto Eco
176. Dustbin Baby, Jacqueline Wilson
177. Fantastic Mr Fox, Roald Dahl
179. Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Richard Bach
180. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery
181. The Suitcase Kid, Jacqueline Wilson
182. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
183. The Power Of One, Bryce Courtenay
184. Silas Marner, George Eliot
185. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
188. Goosebumps, R. L. Stine
189. Heidi, Johanna Spyri
190. Sons And Lovers, D. H. Lawrence
192. Man And Boy, Tony Parsons
193. The Truth, Terry Pratchett
194. The War Of The Worlds, H. G. Wells
195. The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans
196. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
197. Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett
198. The Once And Future King, T. H. White

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Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10

eightlegs · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:47 am Post subject:

I had a bit of a go at this when it came out. WHSmith were doing a promotion on some of the books so I got some for my birthday then I think, will have a proper look and post my list soon. Can't promise to do many in 2008 though, what with the 1001!!

Tigerlily · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:43 am Post subject:

I'm sure many of those books are on the 1001 list?
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Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10

Tigerlily · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Big Read Challenge

Big Read Top 200 books I've yet to read:

4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams - I'm sure I've read this
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller - on TBR
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott - on TBR
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres - read 2008
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot - on TBR
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving - previously read, well half read!
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery - on TBR
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams - on TBR
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens - read Dec 2007
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac - on TBR
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel - on TBR
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie - previously read
101. Three Men In A Boat, Jerome K. Jerome - on TBR
102. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
103. The Beach, Alex Garland
105. Point Blanc, Anthony Horowitz
106. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
107. Stormbreaker, Anthony Horowitz
108. The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks
109. The Day Of The Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
110. The Illustrated Mum, Jacqueline Wilson
113. The Cruel Sea, Nicholas Monsarrat
114. Les Misérables, Victor Hugo - partly read
115. The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy - on TBR
116. The Dare Game, Jacqueline Wilson
117. Bad Girls, Jacqueline Wilson
119. Shogun, James Clavell
120. The Day Of The Triffids, John Wyndham
121. Lola Rose, Jacqueline Wilson
122. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
123. The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy
124. House Of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
125. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver - on TBR
126. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
127. Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison - on TBR
128. The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
129. Possession, A. S. Byatt
130. The Master And Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
131. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
133. East Of Eden, John Steinbeck - on TBR
135. Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett
137. Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
139. Girls In Tears, Jacqueline Wilson
140. Sleepovers, Jacqueline Wilson
141. All Quiet On The Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque
143. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
144. It, Stephen King
147. Papillon, Henri Charriere
148. Men At Arms, Terry Pratchett
149. Master And Commander, Patrick O'Brian
150. Skeleton Key, Anthony Horowitz
151. Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
152. Thief Of Time, Terry Pratchett
153. The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett
155. Secrets, Jacqueline Wilson
156. The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier
158. Heart Of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
159. Kim, Rudyard Kipling
160. Cross Stitch, Diana Gabaldon
161. Moby Dick, Herman Melville
162. River God, Wilbur Smith
163. Sunset Song, Lewis Grassic Gibbon
164. The Shipping News, Annie Proulx - on TBR
166. Lorna Doone, R. D. Blackmore
167. Girls Out Late, Jacqueline Wilson
168. The Far Pavilions, M. M. Kaye
169. The Witches, Roald Dahl
172. They Used To Play On Grass, Terry Venables and Gordon Williams
173. The Old Man And The Sea, Ernest Hemingway
174. The Name Of The Rose, Umberto Eco
176. Dustbin Baby, Jacqueline Wilson
177. Fantastic Mr Fox, Roald Dahl
178. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
179. Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Richard Bach
180. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery
181. The Suitcase Kid, Jacqueline Wilson
182. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
183. The Power Of One, Bryce Courtenay
184. Silas Marner, George Eliot
185. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
186. The Diary Of A Nobody, George and Weedon Grossmith - previously read
188. Goosebumps, R. L. Stine
189. Heidi, Johanna Spyri
191. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera - on TBR
192. Man And Boy, Tony Parsons
193. The Truth, Terry Pratchett
194. The War Of The Worlds, H. G. Wells
195. The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans
196. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
197. Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett
198. The Once And Future King, T. H. White
_________________
Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10

eightlegs · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject:

I've read 51, of which the following have been read in 2008:

Persuasion - Jane Austen
Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis de Bernieres
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Charlotte's Web - E B White

katey · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject:

I aim to do this at some point too, I printed the list off the otehr day to see how many I had attempted. I think it was about 50 that I have read or tried in the past.
_________________
Katey
xxx

Books 01.09- 18 (5)
Books 02.09- 12 (4)
Books 03.09- 9 (1)
Books 04.09- 3 (0)
Books 05.09- 3(0)
Books 06.09- 8(1)
Books 07.09- 9(0)
Books 08.09- 10(1)
Books 09.09- 3(1)
Books 10.09- 9(1)

Target for 2009- 100 (15)- 16(2) to go!

eightlegs · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject:

Have also read this year:

Sleepovers - Jacqueline Wilson
1984 - George Orwell
The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

(It helps having kids. I've read chunks of Stormbreaker, Point Blanc and Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz too, to my son at bedtime but Dad reads some and he reads alone too so they don't really count! Have done likewise with the first 4 Harry Potters too!)

smiler07 · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:55 pm Post subject:

I've been doing this for a while too, I think I've read about 60 of the 200 but I'll double check later and post again.

heathera · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject:

I've updated my list now:

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen - tbr
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman - previously read
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling - previously read
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell - Read 20089. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë - read 2008
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller - tbr
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë - tbr
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks - Read 2008
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier -
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens - previously read
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres - read 2008
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling - previously read
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling - previously read
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling - previously read
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien - tbr
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy - tbr
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl - previously read
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald - previously read
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell - read 2008
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens - tbr
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian - previously read
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl - previously read
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky - currently reading!
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden - previously read
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton - previously read
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl - previously read75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding - previously read
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins - tbr
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl - previously read
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith - tbr
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy - read 2008
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley - tbr
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
101. Three Men In A Boat, Jerome K. Jerome
102. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
103. The Beach, Alex Garland - previously read
104. Dracula, Bram Stoker
105. Point Blanc, Anthony Horowitz
106. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
107. Stormbreaker, Anthony Horowitz
108. The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks - read 2008
109. The Day Of The Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
110. The Illustrated Mum, Jacqueline Wilson
111. Jude The Obscure, Thomas Hardy
112. The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾, Sue Townsend - previously read
113. The Cruel Sea, Nicholas Monsarrat
114. Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
115. The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy
116. The Dare Game, Jacqueline Wilson
117. Bad Girls, Jacqueline Wilson
118. The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
119. Shogun, James Clavell
120. The Day Of The Triffids, John Wyndham
121. Lola Rose, Jacqueline Wilson
122. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
123. The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy
124. House Of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
125. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
126. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
127. Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison
128. The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
129. Possession, A. S. Byatt
130. The Master And Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
131. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood - previously read
132. Danny The Champion Of The World, Roald Dahl - previously read
133. East Of Eden, John Steinbeck
134. George's Marvellous Medicine, Roald Dahl - previously read
135. Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett
136. The Color Purple, Alice Walker
137. Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
138. The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
139. Girls In Tears, Jacqueline Wilson
140. Sleepovers, Jacqueline Wilson
141. All Quiet On The Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque - tbr
142. Behind The Scenes At The Museum, Kate Atkinson
143. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
144. It, Stephen King
145. James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl - previously read
146. The Green Mile, Stephen King
147. Papillon, Henri Charriere
148. Men At Arms, Terry Pratchett
149. Master And Commander, Patrick O'Brian
150. Skeleton Key, Anthony Horowitz
151. Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
152. Thief Of Time, Terry Pratchett
153. The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett
154. Atonement, Ian McEwan - tbr
155. Secrets, Jacqueline Wilson
156. The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier
157. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey
158. Heart Of Darkness, Joseph Conrad - read 2008
159. Kim, Rudyard Kipling
160. Cross Stitch, Diana Gabaldon
161. Moby Dick, Herman Melville
162. River God, Wilbur Smith
163. Sunset Song, Lewis Grassic Gibbon
164. The Shipping News, Annie Proulx
165. The World According To Garp, John Irving
166. Lorna Doone, R. D. Blackmore
167. Girls Out Late, Jacqueline Wilson
168. The Far Pavilions, M. M. Kaye
169. The Witches, Roald Dahl - previously read
170. Charlotte's Web, E. B. White
171. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley - tbr
172. They Used To Play On Grass, Terry Venables and Gordon Williams
173. The Old Man And The Sea, Ernest Hemingway
174. The Name Of The Rose, Umberto Eco
175. Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder
176. Dustbin Baby, Jacqueline Wilson
177. Fantastic Mr Fox, Roald Dahl - previously read
178. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
179. Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Richard Bach
180. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery
181. The Suitcase Kid, Jacqueline Wilson
182. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
183. The Power Of One, Bryce Courtenay
184. Silas Marner, George Eliot
185. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
186. The Diary Of A Nobody, George and Weedon Grossmith
187. Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
188. Goosebumps, R. L. Stine
189. Heidi, Johanna Spyri
190. Sons And Lovers, D. H. LawrenceLife of Lawrence
191. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
192. Man And Boy, Tony Parsons
193. The Truth, Terry Pratchett
194. The War Of The Worlds, H. G. Wells - tbr
195. The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans - previously read
196. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
197. Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett
198. The Once And Future King, T. H. White
199. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle - previously read
200. Flowers In The Attic, Virginia Andrews - previously read

I've read 36 of these in total.

In 2008 I read 7, and so far 1 for 2009.

Still got a few on my tbr too!
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Currently Reading:

The Moonlit Cage - Linda Holeman

1001 Book Challenge:
2009 - 4
2008 - 14
Books Available for Swapping on RISI

Tigerlily · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:38 pm Post subject:

I'm now 28% through my Big Read Top 200 challenge, having just finished Brideshead Revisited.

You can view my progress here (and whether or not I found the books worth reading):
http://www.listsofbests.com/list/38632/compare/MissMadden

It got me wondering which book I'll leave to last to read. I just know it's going to be the Terry Pratchett books. They just don't appeal to me at all!
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Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10

smiler07 · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:42 pm Post subject:

Tigerlily · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject:

Cool - do you have a link to your list?
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Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10

smiler07 · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:43 am Post subject:

Yep here it is - I've read loads of the kiddie ones so it looks like I'm doing better hee hee http://www.listsofbests.com/person/sarahdunn84
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Challenge books read in 2009: 3

katey · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:09 am Post subject:

Loving this list!!!
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Books 01.09- 18 (5)
Books 02.09- 12 (4)
Books 03.09- 9 (1)
Books 04.09- 3 (0)
Books 05.09- 3(0)
Books 06.09- 8(1)
Books 07.09- 9(0)
Books 08.09- 10(1)
Books 09.09- 3(1)
Books 10.09- 9(1)

Target for 2009- 100 (15)- 16(2) to go!

Tigerlily · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:12 am Post subject:

You've read pretty much the same as me Sarah, or I you

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Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10

eightlegs · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:25 am Post subject:

Ooh, did a bit of this years ago. Will try to do my list sometime, but it won't be soon as we've had a family bereavement and things are a bit hectic at the mo.

Do keep posting on this thread then at some point I'll see a message that will remind me to do mine!

smiler07 · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:46 am Post subject:

blueflower · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject:

Sorry to hear about your bereavement Sarah. Its always tough having to deal with the emotional feelings as well as the practical details.

Glynis, you've done it again. I just had to join the list thing and spent last night ticking off books instead of reading them!

Tigerlily · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject:

I'm also sorry to hear of your bereavement Sarah. Hope you're all ok.

Gwen, I did the same as you can no doubt tell. Spent last night going through lists. So therapeutic!
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Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10

wonderlake · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:21 pm Post subject:

Signed up to List of bests & I have read 22% of the BBC Big Read- quite an odd mix I thought !

http://www.listsofbests.com/person/nicholam1

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Current reading: The Last Temptation, Val McDermid ~ 40 @2009

1001 challenge 2009: 11

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