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eightlegs · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:56 pm Post subject:

Just finished Emma by Jane Austen which takes me to 9 so I'm on target for my one a month.

wonderlake · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:22 am Post subject:

13. The Killer Inside Me, Jim Thompson
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Current reading: The Last Temptation, Val McDermid ~ 40 @2009

1001 challenge 2009: 11

nicnic · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject:

I've lately been suffering from a bout of reader's block

So my readin has been slow. I'm back on form now though

I'm now on 12 for this year and 82 out of the 1001. My target is 16 this year.

Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Glamorama by Brett Easton Ellis
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
Timbuktu by Paul Auster
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
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Currently reading: Man in the Dark by Paul Auster

ginger987 · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject:

Just finished Atonement which takes me to 7
1) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
2) White Teeth - Zadie Smith
3) Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
4) 1984 - George Orwell
5) Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
6) Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
7) Atonement - Ian McEwan
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Currently Reading: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

wonderlake · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:28 am Post subject:

14. Half of a Yellow Sun, C N Adichie
Really great book, I can understand why it was included !
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Current reading: The Last Temptation, Val McDermid ~ 40 @2009

1001 challenge 2009: 11

Amie · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:06 am Post subject:

40 now:

Rabbit, Run - John Updike 2/5
Doctor Zhivago - Boris Pasternak 5/5
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens 3/5 (compared to other Dickens)
Kafka On The Shore - Haruki Murakami 4/5
The Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood 3/5
A Boys Own Story - Edmund White 4/5
Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert 4/5
The Hours 4/5
To The Lighthouse 2/5
Embers 1/5
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings 5/5
The Wasp Factory 3.5/5
Jude the Obscure 4/5
The Age of Innocence 2/5
The Bluest Eye 4/5
Captain Corelli's Mandolin 5/5
Sense and Sensibility 4/5
Comfort of Strangers 3/5
Far From the Madding Crowd 4/5
Crash 1/5
In Cold Blood 4/5
The Bell Jar 5/5
Shame 4/5
Uncle Tom's Cabin 5/5
White Teeth 5/5
Cancer Ward 5/5
Go Tell it on the Mountain 2/5
The Master and Margharita 4/5
Nineteen Eighty-Four 4/5
The Mayor of Casterbridge 4/5
Disgrace 5/5
Hawksmoor 2/5
The Devil and Miss Prym 4/5
The English Patient 3/5
Flaubert's Parrot 4/5
The Heather Blazing 3/5
Tipping the Velvet 1/5
The Charterhouse of Parma 3/5
The Lord of the Flies 4/5
Cloud Atlas 5/5

I actually read Cloud Atlas a few months ago thinking it was on the list but when I checked the summary page at the front it wasn't there. But it is in the book, so it's worth double checking the author page as well in case it's not in the front.
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Currently reading:
War and Peace - Leo Tolsty
Wild Swans by Jung Chan
The Golden Notebook - Doris Lessing

annecater · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject:

I read The Color Purple whilst in Spain - I think this takes me up to 8 this year so far.
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Currently reading: The Tent The Bucket and Me by Emma Kennedy and Granny The Pag by Nina Bawden

1001 Challenge Books read in 2009 - 3
1001 Challenge Books read in 2008 - 8
1001 Challenge Books read in 2007 - 13

katey · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject:

1. The Virgin Suicides- Jeffrey Eugenides
2. The Yellow Wallpaper- Charlotte Perkins Gilman

I will probably tackle Cold Comfort Farm next seeing as it is book of the month on here!
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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!

ginger987 · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:04 am Post subject:

Finished 'Enduring Love' - Ian McEwan so now on 8. Although this was good in places and the basic plot was really interesting, the pages of waffle made this hard work and I did not really enjoy it

1) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
2) White Teeth - Zadie Smith
3) Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
4) 1984 - George Orwell
5) Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
6) Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
7) Atonement - Ian McEwan
8 ) Enduring Love - Ian McEwan
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Currently Reading: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

eightlegs · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:10 pm Post subject:

I've finished Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith, nothing special IMO but light and easy. That takes me to 10 so on target for my one a month this year but would have liked to have done more!

wonderlake · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:56 am Post subject:

15. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks

Amazed by the sections on war, not too keen on the rest. Will post more thoughts on the October discussion when I have had chance to 'digest' it.
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Current reading: The Last Temptation, Val McDermid ~ 40 @2009

1001 challenge 2009: 11

ginger987 · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject:

Finished 'Northanger Abbey' last night which takes me to 9. Really enjoyed this and found it a fairly quick read, would definitley recommend it!
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Currently Reading: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

heathera · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject:

I was trying to read Crime and Punishment for my 12 of the year so far, I've got about 100 pages in and I've put it on hold for now! The story is quite interesting once I get going with it, but it's quite heavy going and other books were calling me.... I'm now starting Birdsong for our October read and my 12th challenge book of the year.

I had originally targeted myself to read one a month, so in that respect I'm still doing ok. However recently I'd hoped to get closer to 20 by the end of December. I suppose it is still possible....!
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Currently Reading:

The Moonlit Cage - Linda Holeman

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

wonderlake · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:51 am Post subject:

16. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons

I like it when the group reads are also in the 1,001 !
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Current reading: The Last Temptation, Val McDermid ~ 40 @2009

1001 challenge 2009: 11

eightlegs · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject:

nicnic · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject:

Another one read, that takes me to 13 this year so I have to fit in 3 more before the end of the year.

Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Glamorama by Brett Easton Ellis
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
Timbuktu by Paul Auster
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Aesop's Fables
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Currently reading: Man in the Dark by Paul Auster

heathera · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject:

I've now finished Birdsong, taking me to 12 for the year. I'm hoping to get another couple in before the end of the year.....

1. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
3. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis de Bernieres
4. A Kestrel For A Knave - Barry Hines
5. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
6. Animal Farm - George Orwell
7. Dead Air - Iain Banks
8. The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
9. Oranges are not the only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson
10. Never Let me Go - Kazou Ishiguro
11. The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
12. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
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Currently Reading:

The Moonlit Cage - Linda Holeman

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

nicnic · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject:

Now on 14 this year so I have to fit in 2 more before the end of the year.

Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Glamorama by Brett Easton Ellis
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
Timbuktu by Paul Auster
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Aesop's Fables
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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Currently reading: Man in the Dark by Paul Auster

wonderlake · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:27 am Post subject:

17. Watchmen, Alan Moore/ Dave Gibbons

Something a bit unusual, a graphic novel. Actually OH has been reading a lot of comics lately so it was nice to be able to share something with him. A good read, and might resolve to try and read a couple more next year.
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Current reading: The Last Temptation, Val McDermid ~ 40 @2009

1001 challenge 2009: 11

nicnic · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject:

Now on 15 this year. Will I get in one more before the year ends? Doubtful

Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Glamorama by Brett Easton Ellis
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
Timbuktu by Paul Auster
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Aesop's Fables
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Elizabeth Costello by JM Coetzee

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Currently reading: Man in the Dark by Paul Auster

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