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27th February 2009, 4:00pm
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#76 | | Y'wid tho...
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| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
Right i read loads but oddly enough i seem to have missed the whole Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (yes I know!) efforts. Picked up Good Omens the other day and loved it! Left it in work tho so il finish it tomoro. Just wondering if anyone could recommend me some other titles by these two please?
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2nd March 2009, 12:38am
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#77 | | Jessop Jessop Jessop
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: clydebank
Posts: 4,733
| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
1. piercing - ryu murakami
2. cross country - james patterson
3. in the miso soup - ryu murakami
4. darkly dreaming dexter - jeff lindsay
5. dearly devoted dexter - jeff lindsay
6. dexter in the dark - jeff lindsay
7. the unbearable lightness of being - milan kundera
8. the catcher in the rye - j.d. salinger
9. american psycho - bret easton ellis
10. after dark - haruki murakami
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2nd March 2009, 8:24am
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#78 | | cromulent
Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the icy heights
Posts: 5,870
| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
Read more than this but late in coming into this thread. Here goes anyway.
1. The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl- Belle Du Jour
2. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie- Muriel Spark | |
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4th March 2009, 9:56pm
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#79 | | Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Paisley
Posts: 804
| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
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Originally Posted by princessoPUNK  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
8. Vienna - Eva Menasse
9. The Family Way - Tony Parsons
10. A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy - Charlotte Grieg
11. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
12. The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve
13. New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
14. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer | 15. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer | |
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4th March 2009, 11:35pm
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#80 | | Jessop Jessop Jessop
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: clydebank
Posts: 4,733
| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
1. piercing - ryu murakami
2. cross country - james patterson
3. in the miso soup - ryu murakami
4. darkly dreaming dexter - jeff lindsay
5. dearly devoted dexter - jeff lindsay
6. dexter in the dark - jeff lindsay
7. the unbearable lightness of being - milan kundera
8. the catcher in the rye - j.d. salinger
9. american psycho - bret easton ellis
10. after dark - haruki murakami
11. dexter by design - jeff lindsay
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5th March 2009, 12:03am
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#81 | | I'm a mighty pirate.
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| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
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Originally Posted by wee scary burd Right i read loads but oddly enough i seem to have missed the whole Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (yes I know!) efforts. Picked up Good Omens the other day and loved it! Left it in work tho so il finish it tomoro. Just wondering if anyone could recommend me some other titles by these two please? | Never really read Pratchett, but here's Gaiman's in order of greatness:
American Gods
Neverwhere
The Graveyard Book
Coraline
Stardust
Anansi Boys
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10th March 2009, 11:38pm
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#82 | | Jessop Jessop Jessop
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: clydebank
Posts: 4,733
| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
1. piercing - ryu murakami
2. cross country - james patterson
3. in the miso soup - ryu murakami
4. darkly dreaming dexter - jeff lindsay
5. dearly devoted dexter - jeff lindsay
6. dexter in the dark - jeff lindsay
7. the unbearable lightness of being - milan kundera
8. the catcher in the rye - j.d. salinger
9. american psycho - bret easton ellis
10. after dark - haruki murakami
11. dexter by design - jeff lindsay
12. three and out - tom henry
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10th March 2009, 11:42pm
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#83 | | Registered User Editor
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Glasgow
Posts: 9,137
| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
1. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
2. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
3. A Snowball in Hell - Chris Brookmyre (can't believe it took me so long to get round to this!)
4. Portrait of a Killer - Patricia Cornwell
5. The Liar - Stephen Fry
Going slowly here as I have few pennies for books. Gonna have to rejoin Glasgow Libraries. | |
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11th March 2009, 12:04am
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#84 | | cromulent
Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the icy heights
Posts: 5,870
| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
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Originally Posted by sylvianorth Read more than this but late in coming into this thread. Here goes anyway.
1. The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl- Belle Du Jour
2. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie- Muriel Spark | 3. The Cutting Room- Louise Welsh
4. Watchmen- Alan Moore | |
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11th March 2009, 11:53pm
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#85 | | Jessop Jessop Jessop
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: clydebank
Posts: 4,733
| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
1. piercing - ryu murakami
2. cross country - james patterson
3. in the miso soup - ryu murakami
4. darkly dreaming dexter - jeff lindsay
5. dearly devoted dexter - jeff lindsay
6. dexter in the dark - jeff lindsay
7. the unbearable lightness of being - milan kundera
8. the catcher in the rye - j.d. salinger
9. american psycho - bret easton ellis
10. after dark - haruki murakami
11. dexter by design - jeff lindsay
12. three and out - tom henry
13. coraline - neil gaiman
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14th March 2009, 5:23pm
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#86 | | Registered User
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Posts: 696
| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
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Originally Posted by PrincessGarnet 1. A Scanner Darkly - Philip K Dick
I wish I hadn't seen the film before I read this.
2. The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki Murakami | 3. The Bell Jar - Silvia Plath
very good, although at times too good | |
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14th March 2009, 8:26pm
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#87 | | 50ft Queenie
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fascination Street
Posts: 8,876
| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
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
6. Sarah Gamble - The Fiction of Angela Carter
7. Angela Carter - Several Perceptions
8. D. M. Thomas - The White Hotel
9. John Berger - Ways of Seeing
10. William Leith - The Hungry Years: Confessions of a Food Addict
11. Hanif Kureishi - My Beautiful Laundrette & The Rainbow Sign | |
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15th March 2009, 12:13pm
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#88 | | we hope that you choke
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Dennistoun
Posts: 3,294
| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
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Originally Posted by the.definitive 4. On Beauty - Zadie Smith. I liked it much better than White Teeth, found it so easy to get into.
. | 5. Change of Heart - Jodie Picoult. Easily one of the worst books I've ever read. Loaned to me by a woman in work, so I kinda had to read it to be polite - although I'm more than a little insulted that she said she'd read it and immediately thought of me.
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15th March 2009, 3:14pm
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#89 | | cromulent
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| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
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Originally Posted by the.definitive 5. Change of Heart - Jodie Picoult. Easily one of the worst books I've ever read. Loaned to me by a woman in work, so I kinda had to read it to be polite - although I'm more than a little insulted that she said she'd read it and immediately thought of me. | I asked my dad for some book recommendations and he suggested Sophie Kinsella, 'Remember Me?' I was pure  Quote:
Originally Posted by sylvianorth 3. The Cutting Room- Louise Welsh
4. Watchmen- Alan Moore | 5. Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince- J.K Rowling
Started Ewan Morisson 'Swung' and 'Billy' by Pamela Stevenson also.
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16th March 2009, 2:05am
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#90 | | the quintessential outlaw
Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: rollin' deep
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| Re: Fifty book challenge 2009
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Originally Posted by PrincessGarnet 3. The Bell Jar - Silvia Plath
very good, although at times too good | What do you mean?
9. Jean Claude Izzo - A Sun For The Dying
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