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mummymelly
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The only one I've read on your updated list is Mercy by JP. This was my least fave of hers and took me a while to get into it but it was still quite a good read.
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Tigerlily
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Wow a lot of books there  One that stuck out for me was A Million Little Pieces by James Frey which I read earlier this year. It's well written in an interesting style. I know it caused controversy in the publishing world, but regardless of what's been said it remains an excellent story reminiscent of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Hope you enjoy it, Treez
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annecater
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:23 pm Post subject: Re: Lovely Treez's TBR pile |
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Vinegar Hill - A Manette Ansay - on my TBR
One Good Turn - Kate Atkinson - on my TBR - I wasnt impressed by her when I heard her at an Author Talk at Waterstones recently, although the book does look good.
Mercy - Jodi Picoult - on my TBR
Ex Libris - Anne Fadiman - on my TBR
Skylight Confessions - Alice Hoffman - wonderful coming of age tale, loved it
My Latest Grievance - Elinor Lipman - on my TBR
The Time Waster Letters - Robin Cooper - laugh out loud funny
Mr Timothy - Louis Bayard - on my TBR
Zelda's Cut - Phillippa Gregory - not a PG fan, but I really enjoyed this!
The Church of Dead Girls - Stephen Dobyns - a good read
Tully - Paulinna Simons - on my TBR
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins - one of my all time favourites
Carry me Down - MJ Hyland - hated this and didnt finish it
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Attwood - read years ago and struggled with it
Restless - William Boyd - on my TBR
A Gathering Light - Jennifer Donnelly - didnt like the writing style
Air Babylon - Imogen Edwards-Jones - my least favourite Babylon book
The Pure in Heart - Susan Hill - reading this now and loving it
Ship of Brides - Jojo Moyes - on my TBR
Indelible - Karin Slaughter - loved this series
Sophie's Bakery for the Broken Hearted - Lolly Winston - excellent, loved it
A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon - on my TBR
Half a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - on my TBR
The Little House - Philippa Gregory - great story and great ending
A Faint Cold Fear - Karin Slaughter - a great series
Stuart - a life backwards - Alexander Masters - on my TBR
Narrow Dog To Carcassonne - Terry Darlington - on my TBR
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho - on my TBR
Lord of the Flies - William Golding - one of my all time favourites
Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende - on my TBR
The Pact - Jodi Picoult - my first Jodi P and got me hooked
Never Look Back - Lesley Pearse - this was a great read
A Dark Dividing - Sarah Rayne - on my TBR
The Olive Readers - Christine Aziz - on my TBR
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lovely treez
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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updated list.
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lovely treez
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Updated 22nd October - a few "acquisitions" from Lincoln and a few swaps.
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lovely treez
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Updated as it had been neglected.... 
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lovely treez
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Bumped as updated following weekend in Manchester. Oops, how did that happen?? 
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blueflower
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| I haven't read any of your updates but I haveThe Eight and a few of Maeve Binchy but have yet to read any of hers but not sure why I haven't! |
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lovely treez
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Gwen, it's been a long time since I read any Maeve Binchy either although I did enjoy some of her earlier ones many many moons ago. Funnily enough I had to fill in an online survey for Harper Collins today and had to answer questions about Binchy and what I thought of the covers of her books including Whitethorn Woods. I'll save her for comfort reading I think, which is on the menu in this dreary weather!!
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annecater
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject: Re: Lovely Treez's TBR pile |
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| lovely treez wrote: | Updated 29th January
The End of Mr Y - Scarlett Thomas - I have this on TBR and must read it soon, it's a beautiful looking book
Then We Came to the End - Joshua Ferris - on my TBR
Whitethorn Woods - Maeve Binchy - I love Maeve Binchy, this wasnt as good as some earlier stuff though
Quentins - Maeve Binchy - a very good read
Updated 22nd January
The Almost Moon - Alice Sebold - a good read, very dark in places
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen - on my TBR, but I keep looking at it and I'm not sure it's really my thing
How to Talk to a Widower - Jonathan Tropper - on my TBR
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blueflower
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| lovely treez wrote: | | Gwen, it's been a long time since I read any Maeve Binchy either although I did enjoy some of her earlier ones many many moons ago. Funnily enough I had to fill in an online survey for Harper Collins today and had to answer questions about Binchy and what I thought of the covers of her books including Whitethorn Woods. I'll save her for comfort reading I think, which is on the menu in this dreary weather!! |
Was it the survey that asked about quite a few women authors and who wrote similar books to them? I did that one and I hadn't read any of them so I had very little to say! |
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eightlegs
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I did a Harper Collins survey today that asked about Whitethorn Woods and Maeve Binchy among others. I too have read quite a few in the past, including Quentins which I enjoyed. But I've not heard much about Whitethorn Woods and wondered if it was not her best - I felt people would have mentionned it positively otherwise!
Struggled to answer the questions about which authors were like others though, mainly chick lit and whilst I'd heard of them all I hadn't read many!! |
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I had read quite a few of the Harper Collins survey books...fingers crossed that I get my free book !!
I think Maeve Binchy has gone off the boil...Whitethorn Woods wasn't her best one ,but I really loved her early stories. |
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Bumped as I've updated this for the first time in almost a year...and I've tidied and alphabetised (sp??) all my books on my shelves - just have to sort out my books read and launch them on Bookmooch which I joined today and I will have had a wonderful start to the year, book wise!! 
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Updated 23rd January 2009
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