lexiepiper
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Thanks guys, hope you both have great years too!
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Yeah I was exactly the same, I'd love to go back and read the books I loved as a kid though, it'd be interesting to see how much I still like them
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What a bargain! I've still got my original books from when I read them 30 years ago, just need to find them on the shelves (I think they're upstairs somewhere
)Oh that's cool, I wish I still had my original Enid Blyton books, I'm not sure where they disappeared too but now they've changed them and that makes me sad!
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Nice range of books you've got to look forward to, Kelly. I've been thinking of having a Roald Dahl re-reading session at some point - we stayed at a cottage a few years ago that had a nice collection of some of his children's books as well as some fiction, and I must admit, I plundered it with glee while I was there!
Happy reading in 2011!
Thank you, you too!
I can't remember the last time I read some Roald Dahl, so when I saw the big boxed collection for only £15 I had to get it! I'm hoping to get quite a few read this year, especially Matilda, I'm really looking forward to that one -
Hey Kelly best of luck with your 2011 reading, I hope you find some crackers. Let me know what you think of Blood, Sweat And Tea because I've got that waiting on my Kindle ready to be read. Looks like you have some great reads waiting in your to-be-read pile. I spot Killing Floor in there by Lee Child; I finished it yesterday and it was a pretty good read.
Thanks Ben, best to you with your reading too
I'm about half way through Blood, Sweat And Tea, and so far I'm really enjoying it, it's certainly interesting to read about the life as a paramedic, I don't think I could do it that's for sure! I'm glad you enjoyed Killing Floor, I'm hoping to get around and read that whole series this year -
Well I'm starting off the new year with two books, Kiss Of Life by Daniel Waters, and also Blood, Sweat And Tea by Tom Reynolds which I'm reading on my shiny new Kindle
I hope everyone has a great year with their reading, and here's to no wandering mojos! 
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It says in your Amazon 'Manage Your Kindle' page, right at the top
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Reserved just in case
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Around The World Challenge ~
You can check out the books I've read and the ones I intend to read on my blog page here.
In 2009 I read 15 countries ~ Australia, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malawi, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, UK, USA.
In 2010 I read 5 countries ~ Channel Islands, India, Norway, Poland, Russia.
Books read in 2011 ~ 0
Books waiting to be read ~ 13
Ghana - Michael Cordy - The Venus Conspiracy
Nigeria - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half Of A Yellow Sun
Argentina - Ernesto 'Che' Guevara - The Motorcycle Diaries
Cuba - Leonardo Padura - Havana Black
Afghanistan - Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns
Albania - Ismail Kadare - Chronical In Stone
Austria - Eva Ibbotson - The Dragonfly Pool
Belgium - Anita Shreve - Resistance
Brazil - Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist
Lithuania - Thomas Harris - Hannibal Rising
Rwanda - Imaculee Ilibigiza - Left to Tell
Spain - Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Angel's Game
Ukraine - Marina Lewycka - A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian
Vatican City - Dan Brown - Angels And Demons
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Books aquired in 2011 ~
Sebastian Fitzek - Splinter (ebook)
S.L. Grey - The Mall (ebook)
Stephen Jones - The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 20 (ebook)
Daniel Hahn - The Ultimate Teen Book Guide
Stephen King - Everything's Eventual (swapped)
Daniel Waters - Passing Strange (bookring)
Layton Green - The Summoner (review)
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My TBR pile (as of Jan 1st 2011) ~
Douglas Adams - The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
Douglas Adams - The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe
Douglas Adams - Life, The Universe And Everything
Douglas Adams - So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
Douglas Adams - Mostly Harmless
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half Of A Yellow Sun
Cecelia Ahern - If You Could See Me Now
Cecelia Ahern - The Book Of Tomorrow
Lyn Andrews - Ellan Vannin
Virginia Andrews - Flowers In The Attic/Petals On The Wind
Beryl Bainbridge - An Awfully Big Adventure
Melissa Bank - The Girl's Guide To Hunting And Fishing
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room
Peter Barham - The Invisible Girl
Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Raised By Wolves
Brunonia Barry - The Lace Reader
Nicola Barry - Mother's Ruin
James Becker - The First Apostle
Steve Berry - The Amber Room
Steve Berry - The Third Secret
Mark Billingham - Buried
Mark Billingham - The Burning Girl
Maeve Binchy - Night Of Rain And Stars
Malorie Blackman - Noughts And Crosses
Enid Blyton - The Magic Faraway Tree
Enid Blyton - Hollow Tree House
S.J. Bolton - Sacrifice
Cupcake Brown - A Piece Of Cake
Dan Brown - Angels And Demons
Bill Bryson - A Short History Of Nearly Everything
Chelsea Cain - Heartsick/Sweetheart
Rachel Caine - Ghost Town
Alan Carr - Look Who It Is!
Amelia Carr - Dance With Wings
J.L. Carrell - The Shakespeare Secret
Stephen L. Carter - Palace Council
Diane Chamberlain - The Bay At Midnight
Lee Child - Killing Floor
Lee Child - Tripwire
Lee Child - The Visitor
Lee Child - Echo Burning
Lee Child - Without Fail
Lee Child - Persuader
Lee Child - The Enemy
Lee Child - One Shot
Lee Child - The Hard Way
Lee Child - Bad Luck And Trouble
John Christopher - The Death Of Grass
Harlan Coben - Promise Me
Harlan Coben - Fade Away/Back Spin
Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist
Jenny Colgan - Working Wonders
John Connolly - The Book Of Lost Things
Michael Connelly - Nine Dragons
Michael Cordy - The Lucifer Code
Michael Cordy - The Venus Conspiracy
Patricia Cornwell - All That Remains
Patricia Cornwell - Cause Of Death
Patricia Cornwell - From Potter's Field
Patricia Cornwell - Point Of Origin
Patricia Cornwell - Scarpetta
Patricia Cornwell - The Scarpetta Factor
Patricia Cornwell - Unnatural Exposure
Justin Cronin - The Passage
Richie Tankersley Cusick – April Fools/Sinclair Smith – The Waitress/R.L. Stine – The Snowman
Roald Dahl - Fantastic Mr Fox
Roald Dahl - The Witches
Roald Dahl - The Twits
Roald Dahl - James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl - The BFG
Roald Dahl - The Magic Finger
Roald Dahl - The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
Roald Dahl - Esio Trot
Roald Dahl - Boy Tales & Childhood
Roald Dahl - Matilda
Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Roald Dahl - Danny the Champion of the World
Roald Dahl - George's Marvellous Medicine
Roald Dahl - Going Solo
Iimani David - Anathema Rhodes: Dreams
Jeffrey Deaver - The Bone Collector
Jeffrey Deaver - The Coffin Dancer
Jeremy De Quidt - The Toymaker
Kishwar Desai - Witness The Night
Miranda Dickinson - Fairytale Of New York
Emma Donoghue - Room
Arthur Conan Doyle - The Case-Book Of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes
David Ebershoff - The 19th Wife
Kim Edwards - The Memory Keepers Daughter
Jon Evans - The Blood Price
John Fenton - Please Don't Make Me Go
Helen Fielding - Olivia Joules And The Overactive Imagination
Katie Flynn - A Mistletoe Kiss
Stephen Fry - The Book Of General Ignorance
Stephen Fry - The Book Of Animal Ignorance
Stephen Fry - QI Advanced Banter
Lisa Gardner - Alone
Lisa Gardner - The Neighbour
Alex Garland - The Tesseract
Tess Gerritsen - Whistleblower
Cathy Glass - The Saddest Girl In The World
Ben Goldacre - Bad Science
Arthur Golden - Memoirs Of A Geisha
Candy Gourlay - Tall Story
Mira Grant - Feed
Claudia Gray - Evernight
Claudia Gray - Hourglass
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara - The Motorcycle Diaries
Joanne Harris - Chocolat
Thomas Harris - Hannibal Rising
Thomas Harris - Red Dragon / Silence Of The Lambs
Thomas Harris - Hannibal
Torey Hayden - Just Another Kid
Torey Hayden - Overheard In A Dream
Jonathan Hayes - Precious Blood
Judi Hendricks - Isabel's Daughter
David Hewson - The Seventh Sacrament
Jilliane Hoffman - Pretty Little Things
Wendy Holden - Simply Divine
Wendy Holden - Pastures Nouveaux
Debby Holt - Annie May's Black Book
Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splended Suns
Eva Ibbotson - The Dragonfly Pool
Immaculee Ilibagiza - Left To Tell
P.D. James - The Children Of Men
Tove Jansson - Moominsummer Madness
Shaun Jeffrey - The Kult
Lisa Jewell - 31 Dream Street
Paul Johnston - The Blood Tree
Ismail Kadare - Chronicle In Stone
Stacia Kane - Unholy Ghosts
Mitchell James Kaplan - By Fire, By Water
Alex Kava - A Perfect Evil
Faye Kellerman - The Burnt House
Jonathan Kellerman - A Cold Heart
Jonathan Kellerman - The Conspiracy Club
Kathleen Kent - The Heretic's Daughter
Simon Kernick - Relentless
Simon Kernick - Severed
Marian Keyes - Anybody Out There?
Stephen King - The Green Mile
Stephen King - Dreamcatcher
Stephen King - Cell
Sophie Kinsella - Remember Me?
Dorothy Koomson - My Best Friend's Girl
Dorothy Koomson - Marshmallows For Breakfast
Dean Koontz - Breathless
Dean Koontz - Brother Odd
Dean Koontz - Cold Fire
Dean Koontz - Dark Rivers Of The Heart
Dean Koontz - Demon Seed
Dean Koontz - Dragon Tears
Dean Koontz - Forever Odd
Dean Koontz - House Of Thunder
Dean Koontz - Odd Hours
Dean Koontz - Odd Thomas
Dean Koontz - Relentless
Dean Koontz - The Bad Place
Dean Koontz - The Face
Dean Koontz - Watchers
Derek Landy - Skulduggery Pleasant
Derek Landy - Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing With Fire
Derek Landy - Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones
Lori Lansens - The Girls
Stephen Leather - Cold Kill
Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird
Marina Lewycka - A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian
John Ajvide Lindqvist - Let The Right One In
Matt Lowe - The Family Friend
Chris Manby - Getting Personal
Chris Manby - Girl Meets Ape
Chris Manby - Marrying For Money
Jill Mansell - Nadia Knows Best
Jill Mansell - Making Your Mind Up
Jill Mansell - Solo
Michael Marshall - The Intruders
Michael Marshall - The Straw Men
P.D. Martin - Body Count
Graham Masterton - Flesh & Blood
Ian McEwan - Atonement
Cody McFadyen - Shadow Man
Ewan McGregor & Charlie Boorman - Long Way Down
Anna McPartlin - Pack Up The Moon
Stephenie Meyer - The Host
Richard Montanari - Broken Angels
Richard Montanari - The Rosary Girls
Richard Montanari - The Skin Gods
Richard Montanari - Play Dead
Kate Mosse - Labyrinth
Jojo Moyes - The Peacock Emporium
Adam L G Nevill - Banquet For The Damned
Adam Nevill - Apartment 16
David Nicholls - One Day
Alyson Noel - Shadowland
Sheila O'Flanagan - Destinations
Paul O'Grady - At My Mother's Knee...
Sharon Osbourne - Extreme: My Autobiography
Leonardo Padura - Havana Black
P.J. Parrish - Dark Of The Moon
P.J. Parrish - A Thousand Bones
Katherine Paterson - Bridge To Terabithia
James Patterson - Along Came A Spider
James Patterson - Kiss The Girls
James Patterson - Jack And Jill
Dave Pelzer - Help Yourself
Jodi Picoult - Nineteen Minutes
Jodi Picoult - Salem Falls
Jodi Picoult - Handle With Care
Jodi Picoult - Songs Of The Humpback Whale
Nicholas Pileggi - Goodfellas
Terry Pratchett - Good Omens
Richard Preston - The Hot Zone
Ian Rankin - A Question Of Blood
Kathy Reichs - Deadly Decisions
Kathy Reichs - Death Du Jour
Kathy Reichs - Deja Dead
Kathy Reichs - Monday Mourning
Tom Reynolds - I Hate Myself And Want To Die
Eva Rice - The Lost Art Of Keeping Secrets
Ann Rinaldi - A Break With Charity
Rick Riordan - The Lightning Thief
Karen Rose - Don't Tell
Karen Rose - I Can See You
Karen Rose - Nothing To Fear
Karen Rose - Count To Ten
Jonathan Ross - Why Do I Say These Things?
Eva Schloss - Eva's Story
New Scientist - Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?
New Scientist - Does Anything Eat Wasps?
New Scientist - Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?
Claire Seeber - Bad Friends
Åsne Seierstad - The Bookseller Of Kabul
Darren Shan - Cirque Du Freak/The Vampire's Assistant/Tunnels Of Blood
Anita Shreve - A Wedding In December
Anita Shreve – All He Ever Wanted
Anita Shreve – Eden Close
Anita Shreve – Resistance
Anita Shreve – Sea Glass
Anita Shreve – Strange Fits Of Passion
Anita Shreve – The Pilot’s Wife
Anita Shreve – The Weight Of Water
Anita Shreve – Where or When
Lionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About Kevin
James Siegel - Detour / Derailed
Karin Slaughter - Triptych
Karin Slaughter - Fractured
L.J. Smith - Night World: Secret Vampire/Daughters Of Darkness/Enchantress
L.J. Smith - Night World: Dark Angel/The Chosen/Soulmate
L.J. Smith - Night World: Huntress/Black Dawn/Witchlight
Koji Suzuki - Ring
Rosie Thomas - Iris And Ruby
Scarlett Thomas - PopCo
Newton Thornburg - Cutter And Bone
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit
Jessica Verday - The Hollow
Rachel Vincent - Stray
Rachel Vincent - Rogue
Rachel Vincent - Pride
Rachel Vincent - Prey
Rachel Vincent - Shift
John Vornholt et al - Buffy The Vampire Slayer omnibus 1
John Vornholt et al - Buffy The Vampire Slayer omnibus 2
Danny Wallace - Join Me
Rachel Ward - Numbers
Rachel Ward - Numbers 2: The Chaos
Lee Weeks - Kiss & Die
Lauren Weisberger - The Devil Wears Prada
Lauren Weisberger - Chasing Harry Winston
Suzanne Weyn - Distant Waves
Anne Williams - Infamous Scandals
Tim Winton - Cloudstreet
Deborah Wright - Under My Spell
Nick Yapp - True Crime
Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Angel's Game
276 Books TBR as of Jan 1st
272 Books TBR currently
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Books Read ~
January
1. Daniel Waters - Kiss Of Life 3/5
2. Ally Condie - Matched 4/5
3. Rachel Ward - Numbers 3.5/5
4. Rachel Ward - Numbers 2: The Chaos 3.5/5
5. James Dashner - The Scorch Trials 4/5
6. Teresa Medeiros - Goodnight Tweetheart 5/5
7. Alyson Noel - Radiance 4/5
8. Sebastian Fitzek - Splinter 3/5
February
9. Becca Fitzpatrick - Crescendo 3/5
10. Emma Donoghue - Room 5/5
11. Kimberly Derting - Desires Of The Dead 4/5
March
12. Robin Benway - The Extraordinary Secrets Of April, May & June 3/5
13. Beth Revis - Across The Universe 4/5
14. Cameron Stracher - The Water Wars 3/5
15. Justin Cronin - The Passage (Currently Reading)
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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Books read in 2007 (78)
Books read in 2008 (53)
Books read in 2009 (127)
Books read in 2010 (113)
With things being a bit rocky in real life at the moment, I'm not going to set any goals for this year, instead I just hope to at least hit 100 books, which I think should be doable. I'm also hoping to make a bit of a dent in my tbr book pile and try not to buy as many as I did last year. If I manage that, I'll be a happy girl
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Wall-E.
Don't judge me.
Me too
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Of course we wont delete Genevieve! This whole thread is for discussion and you don't have to have the same opinion as everyone else. I do agree with what you said though, he is young and naive and is lured by someone that was great at manipulation.
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Identity
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The Wolfman is just starting
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It's Complicated, I actually rather enjoyed it
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I've barely read anything for weeks, it sucks! So I'm going to try and read Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane in the hopes it kicks my mojo up the bum
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8 people voted for this book, so I'm really surprised that more people aren't taking part
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Great answers so far! Is anyone else joining in with this months read?
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It is assumed that you have read the book before reading posts in this thread, as the discussion might give away crucial points, and the continuous use of spoiler tags might hinder fluent reading of posts.
Synopsis from Amazon
In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe--probably the best-loved of the Narnia Chronicles--four children are sent to live in a rambling, old house, and in an empty, forgotten room they find an old wardrobe which leads them into the magical land of Narnia, a place doomed to perpetual Darkness unless the children unite with Aslan the lion against the evil White Witch to restore joy and light to the land.
Some basic questions to consider:
1. Who was your favourite character and why?
2. Was there a particular part you enjoyed/disliked more than the rest?
3. Was this the first book you've read in this genre/by this author, has it encouraged you to read more?
4. Were there any parts/ideas you struggled with?
5. Overall, was reading the book an enjoyable experience?
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Toffee Apple Cider, yum!
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Sheesh, I rarely pay £10 for a hardback, let alone for an ebook!
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