chaliepud Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 (edited) You have won a 2 week holiday to your dream destination, for you only, and you will only have yourself for company when you get there. The only condition is that you must leave immediately and may only take 3 books from your TBR pile/mountain (ok a strange story just cos I am interested to see what you would all pick.... So look at your pile and make an instant decision, 1 minute max, and lets see what you come up with... (I'm sure Kylie and a few others may need a few extra minutes to get their library ladders out) I'll start - The Novel In The Viola - Natasha Solomons Afterwards - Rosamund Lupton Uglies - Scott Westerfield That only took 30 seconds!! (Yes I was sad enough to time myself) EDIT - Just seen that was by 200th post so off to crack open a bottle of champers! Edited July 11, 2011 by chaliepud Quote
Ben Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 Strictly from TBR.. three random, quick picks; a decent mix I feel. Crime and Punishment. - Dostoyevsky. The Fry Chronicles. - Stephen Fry. Hell Gate. - Linda Fairstein. I'd cheat and take my Kindle though. Quote
Kell Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 Alexandre Dumas – The Count of Monte Cristo Michel Faber – The Crimson Petal and the White Leo Tolstoy – Anna Karenina Coz they're all quite chunky and would take me a bit longer to read. Gotta make sure I don't run out of reading material! Quote
chaliepud Posted July 11, 2011 Author Posted July 11, 2011 Maybe part of the competition prize should be, for every book you finish you get a new one of your choosing....... Quote
LittleW Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 (edited) Biochemie I don't have to read it, but very interresting and very long Careless in Red Elizabeth George World without End Ken Follet Also very long, I have to fill two weeks.... Or choose a destination where I could do so much that I won't read a word... Edited July 11, 2011 by LittleW Quote
Chrissy Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 I just walked over to me TBR shelves and randomly grabbed 3 books. They are; 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' by Lionel Shriver 'Middlesex' by Jeffrey Eugenides 'Blacklands' by Belinda Bauer Not possible the jolliest of holiday reads, but my Kindle might also fall into my luggage, so I'd get by. P.S. Chesilbeach would have to be given a larger number ~ did you notice the number of books she read on her last holiday? Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 It'd have to be the next three I'm (currently) planning to read: Hyperion by Dan Simmons The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick Catalina's Riddle by Steven Saylor Quote
Tai_Mai_Shu Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 John Hart - The Last Child Seth Grahame-Smith - Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter Karl Marlantes - Matterhorn Quote
Inver Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 (edited) I am going on holiday on Thursday and have just taken 3 books from the TBR shelf to pack The Spare Room ~ Helen Garner Return to the Olive Farm ~ Carol Drinkwater Notes from an Exhibition ~ Patrick Gale Hoping I will get heaps of time to read when away....that is what holidays are for isn't it? I did take a wee bit longer than a minute though at the time maybe 5! Edited July 12, 2011 by Inver Quote
chesilbeach Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 You have won a 2 week holiday to your dream destination, for you only, and you will only have yourself for company when you get there. The only condition is that you must leave immediately and may only take 3 books from your TBR pile/mountain (ok a strange story just cos I am interested to see what you would all pick.... So look at your pile and make an instant decision, 1 minute max, and lets see what you come up with... (I'm sure Kylie and a few others may need a few extra minutes to get their library ladders out) So I read the start of this thread and I jokingly think to myself chaliepud has obviously made a simple mistake, I'm thinking she either meant 3 books for a two day holiday, or it was a two week holiday and we could choose 30 books from our TBR pile ... and then I see this : P.S. Chesilbeach would have to be given a larger number ~ did you notice the number of books she read on her last holiday? Outrageous! No-one else is supposed to notice how self indulgent my holidays are and that I read so many books in a week! Anyway ... back on topic, and if I had to pick just three books off my TBR for a holiday (obviously the holiday would need to be near a bookshop or have internet connectivity for my Kindle so I could get more while away ), then it would have to be: Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd (trusted author whose books I've enjoyed before) Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons: Travels in Sicily on a Vespa by Matthew Fort (always have to read at least one travel book while away) Wild Mary by Patrick Marnham (a book I think will take me a while to read, so a long holiday might be just the ticket!) Quote
Chris2 Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 The Arabian Nights The Casebook of Solar Pons The World Atlas of Treasure (you didn't say it had to be fiction!) Quote
nursenblack Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 (edited) Stardust by Neil Gaiman Persuasion by Jane Austen The Girl With Glass Feet by Ali Shaw Edited July 14, 2011 by nursenblack Quote
bethany725 Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 Memoirs of a Geisha -Arthur Golden Snowman -Jo Nesbo The Wierd Sisters -Eleanor Brown What a fun question! Quote
Lucybird Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 Ok here goes In the Kitchen- Monica Ali Dracula- Bram Stocker Dr Strange and Mr Norrel- Susanna Clarke Quote
chaliepud Posted July 14, 2011 Author Posted July 14, 2011 Some great books being listed here, my wish list just got a bit longer!!! Quote
bobblybear Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 I would take the three chunkiest I own: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke I Know This Much Is True - Wally Lamb London - Edward Rutherford Quote
poppyshake Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 (edited) Something chunky and fun .. The 13 1⁄2 Lives of Captain Bluebear - Walter Moers Something to mull over ... Faulks on Fiction - Sebastian Faulks Something that's been on the shelf too long - Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis de Bernières Edited July 15, 2011 by poppyshake Quote
lauraloves Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 I would take, The Tenth Circle - Jodi Picoult Northanger Abbey - Jane Austin Dead Until Dark - Charlene Harris Quote
willoyd Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Assuming weight is no object (we're off cycling for three weeks in 10 days time - thank goodness for the Kindle!): A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel (fiction) The Pursuit of Glory by Tim Blanning (non-fiction) The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf (classic) Quote
oceansoul Posted July 19, 2011 Posted July 19, 2011 david attenborough life on air robert mccammon they thirst chris carter the executioner Quote
frankie Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Such a great idea for a thread, I saw this thread ages ago but didn't have time to really think about it and have been waiting to really get to it! The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien - a chunky book that I've been meaning to read for ages! House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - it was standing right there at the near by bookcase and was staring at me, demandingly! The Importance of Being Eve Langley by Joy L. Thwaite - ditto! Quote
SueK Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 OK ..... would have to be: The Crimson Petal and the White - Faber Dr Zhivago - Pasternak Slaves of Solitude - Hamilton additionally, I hope I would be able to take the Kindle which has upwards of 50 books on it Quote
Kylie Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Something chunky and fun .. The 13 1⁄2 Lives of Captain Bluebear - Walter Moers Oh my yes! That would be such perfect reading for, well, any time really! This is a great question but I need to be near my books so I can randomly choose three (at work at the moment). Quote
Weave Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 I'm off on a mini break in 3 weeks, I would take ~ Child Thief by Brom Sister by Rosamund Lupton A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness Quote
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