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smiler07
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 Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:12 am Post subject: Challenge books read in 2009 |
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Yay me, I have already read 2 so far this year! Ok, so one of them was a short story but its still one to be crossed off the list 
1. The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Purkins Gilman
and 2. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Brave New World is a definite keeper for me, I thought it was fascinating and very thought provoking.
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katey
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| Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:17 am Post subject: |
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I have not finished it yet, but am currently reading
Emma-Jane Austen.
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heathera
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I've recommenced with Crime and Punishment to be my 1st challenge book of the year.
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wonderlake
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My current read, The Woman in White; Wilkie Collins is in the 1,001.
I'm also aiming to do a TBR challenge this year- list 12 books that have been on your shelves the longest, quite a few of these (7) are in the 1,001 :
- Everything is illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer
- Steppenwolf, Herman Hesse
- Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, Robert M Pirsig
- The Story of Lucy Gault, William Trevor
- Elizabeth Costello, J M Coetzee
- Tintin & the secret of literature
- First Love, Ivan Turgenev
- Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
- The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney
- What I loved, Siri Hustvedt
- Atonement, Ian McEwan
- Red Azalea, Anchee Min
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smiler07
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| wonderlake wrote: | My current read, The Woman in White; Wilkie Collins is in the 1,001.
I'm also aiming to do a TBR challenge this year- list 12 books that have been on your shelves the longest, quite a few of these (7) are in the 1,001 :
- Everything is illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer
- Steppenwolf, Herman Hesse
- Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, Robert M Pirsig
- The Story of Lucy Gault, William Trevor
- Elizabeth Costello, J M Coetzee
- Tintin & the secret of literature
- First Love, Ivan Turgenev
- Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
- The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney
- What I loved, Siri Hustvedt
- Atonement, Ian McEwan
- Red Azalea, Anchee Min |
Oooh, this is a good idea...I shall have a look at some point this week and let you know 12 of my books have been on tbr the longest...Im sure a few of them will be 1001 reads for me too! |
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blueflower
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| Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I failed big time last year. I think I only read one or two. Must try harder. |
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wonderlake
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| smiler07 wrote: | | wonderlake wrote: | My current read, The Woman in White; Wilkie Collins is in the 1,001.
I'm also aiming to do a TBR challenge this year- list 12 books that have been on your shelves the longest, quite a few of these (7) are in the 1,001 :
- Everything is illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer
- Steppenwolf, Herman Hesse
- Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, Robert M Pirsig
- The Story of Lucy Gault, William Trevor
- Elizabeth Costello, J M Coetzee
- Tintin & the secret of literature
- First Love, Ivan Turgenev
- Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
- The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney
- What I loved, Siri Hustvedt
- Atonement, Ian McEwan
- Red Azalea, Anchee Min |
Oooh, this is a good idea...I shall have a look at some point this week and let you know 12 of my books have been on tbr the longest...Im sure a few of them will be 1001 reads for me too! |
Yes, I really like the idea of this challenge as it seems really managable- a book a month! - obv. I hope to read a lot more than 12 books this year, but it frees me up to also read as many of the monthly choices on here that I want to as well, or anything else that takes my fancy x
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katey
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I have read my second of the year- The LittlePrince. Laura, I can't remember if this was a loan or a swap so let me know!
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annecater
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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I must get my ass in gear and get a 1001 Book read soon! I did OK last year but havent read one of them yet in 2009
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Tigerlily
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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 I read a grand total of 3 1001 books in 2008 
However have made a good start for this year. Have read:
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
and am currently reading: Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre.
I loved Miss Pettigrew - such good fun and I'd love her to sort out my life for me!! I'm loving VGL - it's so good and think it'd make an excellent book of the month choice.
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jobar
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:16 am Post subject: |
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| I shall join in this year....I will make a list of challenge books. |
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heathera
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I've finished my first challenge book for this year, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was an interesting story but I found it a long and hard slog to get through it.
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heathera
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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I've finished Wild Swans - Jung Chang on our read-a-long so that takes me to number 2 for the year.
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annecater
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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I've finished my first challenge book of 2009 - Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel - a quick and quirky read.
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katey
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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Just finished my 3rd of teh year-Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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katey
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:50 am Post subject: |
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Finished my 4th-Alice in Wonderland. 
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Lauzc
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:46 am Post subject: |
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| katey wrote: | | I have read my second of the year- The LittlePrince. Laura, I can't remember if this was a loan or a swap so let me know! |
Yours to keep! xx
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katey
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5-Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
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katey
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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6.Cold Comfort Farm-Stella Gibbons
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wonderlake
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| katey wrote: | | 5-Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey |
I read Oscar and Lucinda last year, how did you like it ?
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