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Old 17th January 2006, 1:20am   #166
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4. Iain Banks - The Wasp Factory

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Old 17th January 2006, 10:04am   #167
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God I'm really slow on this. Although I believe exams are an acceptable excuse.
That's my logic too.
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Old 17th January 2006, 10:15am   #168
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Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
1. Q&A Cosmic Conundrums and Everyday Mysteries or Science - Robert Matthews
2. A short history of nearly everythiing - Bill Bryson
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Old 17th January 2006, 10:39am   #169
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Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
Not counting graphic novels, or books I've read before.

1. A Short History Of The World - HG Wells
2. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
3. Day Of The Triffids - John Wyndham
4. The Conquest of New Spain - Bernal Diaz
5. Souls in The Great Machine - Sean McMullen
6. The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana - Umberto Eco
7. The Histories - Herodotus
8. Titus Alone - Mervyn Peak
9. Bad Wisdom - Bill Drummond & Mark Manning
10. Canal Dreams - Iain Banks
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Old 17th January 2006, 1:04pm   #170
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4. John Wyndham - The Chrysalids
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Old 17th January 2006, 1:28pm   #171
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same here, unless we are allowed to add text books too the list lol
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Old 17th January 2006, 1:29pm   #172
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Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
Can I join in? I'll never b able to do it but it'll encourage me to actually FINISH books. I'm the worst for startin 2 books at once and finishing neither of them! So...

1.The World According to Clarkson
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same here, unless we are allowed to add text books too the list lol
Did you read the first post?

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Old 17th January 2006, 2:39pm   #174
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1. Jeffrey Eugenides - The Virgin Suicides
2. Christopher Brookmyre - The Sacred Art Of Stealing
3.Christopher Brookmyre - Be My Enemy
4. Christopher Brookmyre - Country Of The Blind
5. Camilla Morton - How To Walk In High Heels
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James Baldwin: Go tell it on the mountain's stopped me in my tracks. Anyone read it? Worth finishing?
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Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
1. Ben Elton - Gridlock
2. Ben Elton - This Other Eden
3. Eoin Golfer - The Supernaturalists
4. Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting
5. Mill - On Liberty

Halfway through about 4 or 5, im awful for just forgetting about books.
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3. The Last Command - Timothy Zahn
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aye it was quite good, not really what I expected it to be but I liked it and I'm not really all that sure what I expected it to be in the first place lol
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Old 18th January 2006, 2:55am   #179
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in that case.....

2. Exploring Corporate strategy by Richard Whittington (no joke thats actually his name!)
3. Operations Management by Larry Ritzman
4. Much Ado about Nothing- Shakespeare

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4. Fables Book 1. Neil, why am I only reading this now?
5. Quite Ugly One Morning - Brookmyre
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