Fifty book challenge 2009 - Page 2

Rowsbette · 23rd January 2009, 7:00am

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1. Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
2. Angela Carter - The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History

3. Angela Carter - Heroes and Villains
4. Angela Carter - Shadow Dance

princessoPUNK · 23rd January 2009, 7:13am

1. Diary of a Wife - Anias Nin
2. Scoop - Evelyn Waugh
3. Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination - Helen Fielding
4. The Weight of Water - Anita Shreve

I'm on placment for the next 7 weeks, so I don't expect to add much to this in that time!

Are we supposed to include re-reads?

Rowsbette · 23rd January 2009, 9:24am

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Are we supposed to include re-reads?

I hope so, three of the four I've read so far have been re-reads!

*blaine* · 23rd January 2009, 10:35am

I have until April to read as many books as possible, then after that unless im over halfway ive no chance

ok
1) Quite ugly one morning- Christopher brookmyre
2) one fine day in the middle of the night- Christopher brookmyre
3) all fun and games until someone loses an eye- Christopher brookmyre (see a pattern)
4) A Tale etched in blood and hard black pencil Christopher Brookmyre
5) A big boy did it and ran away- Christopher Brookmyre
6) attack of the unsinakble rubber ducks- Christopher brookmyre

the.definitive · 23rd January 2009, 1:29pm

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1)Mr Vertigo - Paul Auster. Bit of a lazy re-read, but then it's been a while since I read it. One of my favourite easy reads.

2. An Utterly Impartial History of Britain (or 2000 years of upper class idiots in charge) - John O'Farrell. Bought for me as a Christmas present after I totally appalled my other half with my complete ignorance of British history. It was a great read for someone like me, although he really should have called it "An Utterly Impartial History of England"

princessoPUNK · 23rd January 2009, 5:28pm

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I hope so, three of the four I've read so far have been re-reads!

Haha, Iwas just checking, as well as the four i've listed, I've re-read a couple. I though it should count, but a tiny bit of me felt i would be cheating.

1. Diary of a Wife - Anias Nin
2. Scoop - Evelyn Waugh
3. Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination - Helen Fielding
4. The Weight of Water - Anita Shreve
5. A Wedding in December- Anita Shreve
6. The Unconsoled - Kazuo Ishiguro
7. Love, Etc. - Julian Barnes

Fiona_B · 26th January 2009, 10:28pm

1. piercing - ryu murakami
2. cross country - james patterson

Mwezzi · 26th January 2009, 10:32pm

My reading has really fallen over the past year or so, used to be a massive bookworm and was at Waterstone's or the library every Saturday afternoon. Does it count for this to finish a book that you've only half read, or do you have to get a new book and read it cover to cover in order for it to count? Assuming the latter, but I've got a pile of unfinished tomes here...

Flump · 26th January 2009, 10:53pm

1. All The Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy
2. The Crossing - Cormac McCarthy

Rowsbette · 26th January 2009, 11:09pm

1. Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
2. Angela Carter - The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History
3. Angela Carter - Heroes and Villains
4. Angela Carter - Shadow Dance

5. Ford Madox Ford - The Good Soldier

It's been less than a year since I last read it, but it's something I'll possibly use in my exams. As well as being amazing.

CHUCK LIDELOL · 26th January 2009, 11:25pm

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Yes and after exam tomorrow, aye, ok. Want to finish Self first, though its a bit wordy. Unnecessarily wordy.

the curious case of... ah fuck, can't remember it now.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night Time - Mark Haddon

ElegantlyRotten · 27th January 2009, 11:28pm

1. The Distance Between Us - Maggie O'Farrell
2. Anybody out There? - Marion Keyes
3. My Friend Leonard - James Frey

Rowsbette · 28th January 2009, 12:09am

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6. The Unconsoled - Kazuo Ishiguro

That's been lurking around my bookshelves for ages, crying out to be read. Any good? I remember swatching Amazon for feedback and the reviews were pretty mixed.

supernothing · 28th January 2009, 5:29pm

1. Cormac McCarthy - The Blood Meridian (finished it this year), it's the only McCarthy book i've read and it's amazing. Total bleak image of the romantic "western" idea, with no likeable characters but one of the best in any book i've read, The Judge.
2. Ryzard Kapuscinski - The Soccer War, amazing reportage from Poland's only international correspondant from the 70s to late 80s, the man was witness to a lot of wars and revolutions.
3. Ryzard kapuscinski - My African Life (i think). Similar stuff but all based in africa and quite repetitive
3. JM G Le Clezio - Terra Amata, amazing, if hard going, novel from the nobel prize winner. Snippets from the life of one boy growing up, but full of existensial-pseudo-mystical-scientific asides. Definately worth is, Le Clezio's language and style is amazing.
4. Roberto Bolano - The Savage Detectives, not quite finished yet but almost there, definately the best latin american novel i have ever read.

Fiona_B · 29th January 2009, 6:36pm

1. piercing - ryu murakami
2. cross country - james patterson
3. in the miso soup - ryu murakami