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I didn't do particularly well with my book challenges last year, but I'm determined to beat the number of books I read last year which was 25 (and a half, as I'm still reading 'The Stand' by Stephen King).

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To Be Read List

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'Three Men in a Boat'- Jerome K. Jerome

'Under the Dome: A Novel'- Stephen King

'Needful Things'- Stephen King

'The Collective'- Stephen King

'Night Shift'- Stephen King

'The Tommyknockers'- Stephen King

'The Dark Tower'- Stephen King

'The Wolves of Calla'-Stephen King

'The Drawing of the Three'- Stephen King

'The Wizard and Glass'- Stephen Kimg

'Thinner'- Stephen King

'Bag of Bones'- Stephen King

'Insomnia'-Stephen King

'Salem's Lot'-Stephen King

'Christine'-Stephen King

'The Dark Half'- Stephen King

'It'- Stephen King

'The Dead Zone'- Stephen King

'Dreamcatcher'- Stephen King

'Cujo'- Stephen King

'On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft'- Stephen King

'The Gunslinger'-Stephen King

'Carrie'- Stephen King

'The Running Man'-Stephen King

 

'Wolf Hall'- Hilary Mantel

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'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' - Philip.K.Dick

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Welcome to my reading list. This is the place I will be listing the books I have read over the next 12 months.

My Rating:

* Didn't like it

** It was ok

*** Liked it

**** Loved it

***** A Must Read

January

(Started in 2012) 'The Stand' -Stephen King *****

'The Casual Vacancy' by J.K Rowling (Unfinished)

February

 

'Is it Just Me?' - Miranda Hart ****

 

'Les Miserables' - Victor Hugo (Unfinished)

 

'Wolf Hall'- Hilary Mantel (Unfinished)

March

 

'The Green Mile'- Stephen King ****

 

'The Kashmir Shawl' - Rosie Thomas ***

April

 

'Carrie' - Stephen King *****

 

'Thinner'- Stephen King **

 

'Angela's Ashes'- Frank McCourt ***

May

 

June

 

(Started in May) 'The Phantom of the Opera' by Gaston Leroux***

 

'Eat,Pray, Love'- Elizabeth Gilbert ***

 

'The Betrayal of Trust'- Susan Hill (Unfinished)

 

July

 

'Espresso Tales'- Alexander McCall Smith ****

 

'Love Over Scotland'- Alexander McCall Smith ****
 

August

 

'The World According to Bertie- Alexander McCall Smith ****

 

'The Unbearable Lightness of Scones'- Alexander McCall Smith ****

 

'The Summer of France'- Paulita Kincer ***

September

 

'The Importance of Being Seven'-Alexander McCall Smith ****

October

 

'The Dead Zone'- Stephen King ***

November

 

'Doctor Sleep'- Stephen King ****

December

 

'The Kite Runner'- Khaled Hosseini (Currently Reading)

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Not sure if any of the Moderators are looking at this but if they are, could you tell me how to delete the third and last post on this please? I tried to edit my book list to include my ratings and somehow I've ended up with separate posts thanks!

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Hi Karen, That's a lot of Stephen King books you have on your list. Although i don't read any of his stuff anymore i did enjoy his earlier books & i did like The Stand.

 

Good luck with your book challenges this year :smile:

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Not sure if any of the Moderators are looking at this but if they are, could you tell me how to delete the third and last post on this please? I tried to edit my book list to include my ratings and somehow I've ended up with separate posts thanks!

 

Hi Karen,

 

There should be a 'delete' button at the bottom of your posts (next to 'Edit', 'Quote' etc). I would delete it for you, but I'm worried that I would delete the wrong posts.

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Happy reading in 2013 Karen! I also have the stand - stephem king on my TBR pile as well. Looking forward to your thoughts on it.

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Hi Karen,

 

There should be a 'delete' button at the bottom of your posts (next to 'Edit', 'Quote' etc). I would delete it for you, but I'm worried that I would delete the wrong posts.

 

No, no delete button. Just Multiquote, quote and report buttons.....odd.....will just have to leave it looking untidy! Thanks anyway.

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I have read The Stand quite a few times, and have enjoyed it just as much every time. Hope you like it, karen :)

 

I'm really enjoying this so far. It also makes me cross with Justin Cronin, because his novel 'The Passage' so far, is very similar to 'The Stand'. I know other books influence writers, but this is just lazy writing on the part of Justin Cronin in my opinion.

 

Hi Karen, That's a lot of Stephen King books you have on your list. Although i don't read any of his stuff anymore i did enjoy his earlier books & i did like The Stand.

 

Good luck with your book challenges this year :smile:

 

Yes that is a lot of Stephen King books to get through, not sure how long it's going to take! I have been a fan of Stephen King novels since I was in my teens and thought I had read most of them, but obviously not! I'm feeling very nostalgic at the moment, so that's why I have reverted back to King's novels I think.

 

Lots of Stephen King books there, Karen! Excellent! :boogie: I love The Stand; it's probably my most read book. I really hope you enjoy it.

 

Well that's encouraging, as this is a very long book! It seems to be worth the effort so far.

 

Good luck in 2013 Karen :) hope you have your best reading year yet.

 

Thanks Poppy, the same to you :smile:

 

Hi Karen, good luck for 2013 :D

 

That's a load of Stephen King to get through.

 

Thanks Brian! I hope 2013 brings great reads to us all :smile:

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That's a great TBR list! If most of these Stephen KIng books are ones you haven't read before, you're in for a treat.

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I've read a couple of Stephen King books, enjoyed them a lot :) Happy reading in 2013!

 

Thanks!

 

That's a great TBR list! If most of these Stephen KIng books are ones you haven't read before, you're in for a treat.

 

I'm glad you said that, because there are a lot of books to get through! :smile:

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Why have you an aversion to Stephen King novels?

 

Ah that's complicated...or maybe not. I just don't really rate his style of writing . Too much extra waffle and padding. That's based on only 2 1/2 books though.

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Ah that's complicated...or maybe not. I just don't really rate his style of writing . Too much extra waffle and padding. That's based on only 2 1/2 books though.

Ah ok, I'm finding with 'The Stand' that King is able to convey a lot of information, without waffling or leaving me feeling bogged down by the story, which is the opposite to how I felt when I read 'The Passage'. I know it's probably bad of me to compare the two novels, but I feel that there are so many similarities between them, that it's hard not to.

 

May be you should give King's novels another try.

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Bit late catching up, but happy reading in 2013, Karen! :smile2:

 

Thanks! Happy Reading to you too :smile:

 

So we are nearing the end of the first reading week of 2013 and I'm still reading enjoying 'The Stand' by Stephen King. So much so that I think this would look fantastic as a film. I know that this book has been turned into mini series, but a film production of this wuld look epic. Although come a film company afford to do this book justice I wonder.....

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'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' Book Challenge' (Carried over from 2012)

 

Details/Rules:

 

1.The goal is to read the classic books and the classic novels to see how they all tie together.

 

2. What counts: books, eBooks, audio books

 

3.Crossovers from other reading challenges count.

 

The books are (in no specific order):

 

Dracula- Bram Stoker

 

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea- Jules Verne- ***

 

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde- Robert Louis Stevenson *

 

The Invisible Man- H.G Wells

 

The First Men in the Moon- H.G Wells

 

Any Fu Manchu novel

 

Any Sherlock Holmes novel

 

Any Allan Quatermain novel

 

Any James Bond novel

 

and

 

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen graphic novel to tie it all together

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