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sarita
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So far, I have read:
Atonement Ian McEwan (gave up on it!)
Memoirs of a geisha Arthur Golden
Birdsong Sebastian Faulks
Ms Smilla's feeling for snow Peter Hoeg
The bell jar Sylvia Plath
Only 5, may read a couple more before end 2007.
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willie96
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I've read 3 so far.
804. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
451. Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
857. War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
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eightlegs
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Unless - Carol Shields
The House of Dr Dee - Peter Ackroyd
The Thirty Nine Steps - John Buchan
The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime - Mark Haddon
The Virgin in the Garden - A S Byatt
The Fingersmith - Sara Waters
The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Veronika decides to Die - Paul Coelho
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
The Sea - John Banville
On Black Hill - Bruce Chatwin - finished this last night so that's my total up to 13 now. Will try to do at least one more before the end of the year then see what I can manage next year! |
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nicnic
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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I've read 20 now:
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
Saturday by Ian McEwan
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Persuasion by Jane Austen
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Slow Man by J.M Coetzee
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Dead Air by Iain Banks
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Black Dogs by Ian McEwan
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
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sarita
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| sarita wrote: | So far, I have read:
Atonement Ian McEwan (gave up on it!)
Memoirs of a geisha Arthur Golden
Birdsong Sebastian Faulks
Ms Smilla's feeling for snow Peter Hoeg
The bell jar Sylvia Plath
Only 5, may read a couple more before end 2007. |
Have since read
Fear and Trembling Amelie Nothomb
A passage to India EM Forster (currently reading, very hard work)
I think that'll be it for 2007.
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Tigerlily
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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I've read 9 books so far:
Perfume - Patrick Suskind
Under the Skin - Michel Faber
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho
The Thirty-Nine Steps - John Buchan
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden (loved it!)
Atonement by Ian McEwan (loved it)
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
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annecater
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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This year I have read 13 from the 1001 list:
The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor
The Body Artist - Don DeLillo
Under The Skin - Michel Faber
Amsterdam - Ian McEwan
The Hours - Michael Cunningham
The Reader - Bernhard Schlink
Hideous Kinky - Esther Freud
Fear and Trembling - Amelie Nothumb
The Cement Garden - Ian McEwan
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Breakfast at Tiffanys - Truman Capote
Bonjour Tristesse - Françoise Sagan
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
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blueflower
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Only 5- 
Tipping the Velvet – Sarah Waters
Veronika Decides to Die – Paulo Coelho
Perfume – Patrick Süskind
A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee |
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Tigerlily
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You did well to read War and Peace, Willie. Did you enjoy it?
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willie96
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| Glynis wrote: | | You did well to read War and Peace, Willie. Did you enjoy it? |
Yes I did, but found it hard going at times. The fact that most of the main characters have three different names doesn't help. The font was very small and because it is such a thick book after you've read for an hour or so it doesn't look as though you've made a dent in it. Apart from that I did enjoy it.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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I'm glad you enjoyed and persevered with it 
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nicnic
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I've read 21 now:
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
Saturday by Ian McEwan
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Persuasion by Jane Austen
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Slow Man by J.M Coetzee
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Dead Air by Iain Banks
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Black Dogs by Ian McEwan
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Master by Colm Toibin
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Amie
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Not updated for a while, but I'm now on 33, might make one more before new year.
Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Surfacing - Margaret Atwood
Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho
Perfume - Patrick Suskind.
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
The Three Musketeers - Alexander Dumas
The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
Oranges are not the only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
Enduring Love - Ian McEwan
Money - Martin Amis
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K Dick
A Passage To India - E M Forster
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
The Name Of The Rose - Umberto Eco
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Through The Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
The Life of Pi - Yann Martell
Cry, the Beloved Country - Alan Paton
Watchmen - Alan Moore
Atonement - Ian McEwan
The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins
Cider With Rosie - Laurie Lee
Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey
The Colour Purple - Alice Walker
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
The Bell - Iris Murdoch
Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Robert Tressell
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eightlegs
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Well done Amie - great total for the year. I've vowed to do better next year but since I only managed 13 it shouldn't be too hard!!
Which were your favourites? |
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nicnic
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I've read 22 now:
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
Saturday by Ian McEwan
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Persuasion by Jane Austen
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Slow Man by J.M Coetzee
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Dead Air by Iain Banks
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Black Dogs by Ian McEwan
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Master by Colm Toibin
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
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sarita
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Well I read the 7 mentioned above, and 39 I'd read before. I have 15 more on my TBR so reading those will be the 2008 challenge! Don't think I'll make it in my lifetime 
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eightlegs
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| Well done Nicnic. And I can't see me making it in my lifetime. I think I must be close to 100 in total now, as I'd read quite a few before (partly because I'd had a go at the BBC Big Read 100!). I must check what I have on TBR from the 1001. |
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Tigerlily
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In 2007 I read 10 books:
Perfume - Patrick Suskind
Under the Skin - Michel Faber
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho
The Thirty-Nine Steps - John Buchan
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden (loved it!)
Atonement by Ian McEwan (loved it)
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
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2008: 4
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blueflower
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| blueflower wrote: | Only 5-
Tipping the Velvet – Sarah Waters
Veronika Decides to Die – Paulo Coelho
Perfume – Patrick Süskind
A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee |
I nearly forgot, I also read Dracula Bram Stoker
That makes six. |
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nicnic
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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Just finished my first of 2008
Atomised by Michel Houellebecq 1/5
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