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eightlegs
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I did read London Fields by Martin Amis and also last month read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck which I think is on the list.
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wonderlake
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6. The Accidental, Ali Smith
and started 7. City Primeval by Elmore Leonard ...
based on my current age(29) apparently need to read 17 of the 1,001 a year in order to complete the list 'before I die', so I guess I need to get my skates on !
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eightlegs
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| I have now read The Accidental by Ali Smith. |
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wonderlake
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8. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid
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katey
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12-Wuthering Heights. At last, one I enjoyed!
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katey
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13-The Old man and the Sea- Hemingway
Soooooooo not my kind of thing, but as it was short I stuck with it.
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Tigerlily
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Have read [size=24]8[/size] 1001 books this year so far:
1. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - Winifred Watson *****
2. Vernon God Little - D. B. C. Pierre *****
3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson ***
4. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh *****
5. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell *****
6. Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut ****
7. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks *****
8. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde *****
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wonderlake
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9. What I Loved, Siri Hustvedt
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eightlegs
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I'm not doing very well this year  , must try harder! |
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katey
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I have almost finished The Summer Book by Tove Jannson-my secret santa gift from last year! A cosy read, beautiful descriptions of the island they are on and it is also fairly short!
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wonderlake
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10. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow as per group read 
Just started 11. Blind Man W/a Pistol, Chester Himes
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