Renniemist
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Squire Throwleigh
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Hello March. I hope you enjoy it here.
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I really enjoyed Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides and I have heard good reports about this book, but it has been on my shelf for over a year now. I must read it soon.
So many good books and too little time! Enjoy it when you read it Andrea:)
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Hello Megan. I hope you enjoy it here.
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Most are recommendations from members here Laura. I just wish I could read faster.
Are you enjoying the Life of Pi?
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Blurb on Cover
Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily
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A few (well, very many, actually) years ago I read a few Dennis Wheatley books including 'The Devil Rides Out' and 'The Haunting of Toby Jugg' and I recall being too terrified to move from my chair!
I remember reading those. Very scary!
'The Shining' is another that scared me.
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Digging to America by Anne Tyler
Blurb from the Cover
Friday August 15th, 1997. Two Tiny Korean babies are delivered to two very different Baltimore families. Every year, on the anniversary of
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Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
Blurb from the book
The extraordinary story moves between parallel universes. Beginning in Oxford, it takes Lyra and her animal-daemon Pantalaimon on a dangerous rescue mission to the ice kingdoms of the far North, where she begins to learn about the mysterious particles they call dust
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Read it, read it! I can't think about intensive farming without thinking about this book. It's absolutely brilliant - and not just about farming - that's just one of the many aspects of it.
I will put it near the top Judy. Thanks.
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Oct
48 The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe 7/10
Sep
47 The Gathering by Anne Enright 6/10
46 The Valley of the Dolls by Jaqueline Susann 7/10
45 The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant 7/10
44 The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndam 9/10
Aug
43 Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith 7/10
42 The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia HIghsmith 7/10
41 Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross 6/10
40 The Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson 7/10
39 Sputnik Caledonia by Andrew Crumey 7/10
July
38 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseine 8/10
36 The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd 7/10
35 The Painted Veil by Somerset Maugham 9/10
34 Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver 7/10
33 No Other Life by Brian Moore 7/10
June
32 Red Dust by Gillian Slovo 8/10
31 The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry 7/10
30 Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier 7/10
29 The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (audio)8/10
28 This Much I Know is True by Wally Lamb 7/10
27 Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 7/10
26 A Very Scotch Affair by Robin Jenkins 8/10
May
25 The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber 8/10
April
24 Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Graphic Novel) (7/10)
23 Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald (7/10)
22 No! I Don't Want to Join a Bookclub by virginia Ironside (6/10)
March
21 The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (7/10)
20 Saturday by Ian McEwan (7/10)
19 Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd (10/10)
18 A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (audio)7/10
17 The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides (6/10)
16 The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson 10/10
February
15 Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively (10/10)
14 Lost in the Forest by Sue Miller (7/10)
13 Scribbling the Cat by Alexander Fuller(5/10)
12 The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald (9/10)
11 What a Carve Up by Jonathan Coe 9/10
10 Down Under by Bill Bryson 7/10
9 Sharpe’s Prey by Bernard Cornwell 7/10
January
8 The Book of Dave by Will Self 8/10
7 Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 7/10
6 Peripheral Vision by Patricia Ferguson 8/10
5 History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr(audio)8/10
4 Squire Throwleigh's Heir by Michael Jecks 6/10
3 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See 7/10
2 Digging to America by Anne Tyler 7/10
1 Northern Lights by Philip Pullman 7/10
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The following are a list of books that are on my shelves that I hope to read during 2008
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
East Wind West Wind by Pearl S Buck
Northanger Abbey by Jan Austen
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
The Child in Time by Ian McEwan
Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd
What a Carve Up by Jonathan Coe
Half a yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
The Talented Mr Ripley
The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fford
Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini
It would be good to read them all but I suspect that the list will change and many may remain till next year as I also intend visiting the local library.
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Top Three Books
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Iving
Atonement by Ian McEwan
TheSea by John Banville
Worst Book
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar. I just did not like the characters
Best Author New to me
Ian McEwan
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:welcomeboard:Hello Carly!
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Hello Magdalen.
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Hello Skysky!
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Hello Fallen-Petals.
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Hello and welcome Lizzie.
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Hello Bagel Queen and welcome.
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Hello Bright Eyes!
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My favourite reads 2007
1. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
2. Atonement by Ian McEwan
3. The Sea by John Banville
4. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O
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The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Blurb from cover
How does a man addicted to routine
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Sharpe
Gyre's Reading Adventure from Jan 2008 - June 2008
in Past Book Logs
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Congratulations Gyre! This book defeated me.
I have not read your spoiler as I may try again someday.
Well done you!