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4th January 2006, 10:54pm
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#46 | | Bring the heid o' charlie Editor
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Staley Road
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| Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
1. Mark Timlin - Dead flowers | 
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4th January 2006, 11:25pm
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#47 | | Do The Hustle
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: No Fixed Abode
Posts: 7,406
| Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
2 down, 48 to go....
1. Darkest Fear - Harlan Coben
2. The Alchemist - Paulo Coehlo | |
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4th January 2006, 11:30pm
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#48 | | Guest | Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
1. The Cider House Rules - John Irving. | |
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4th January 2006, 11:41pm
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#49 | | Wide as the Clyde
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: round the back
Posts: 7,768
| Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
1. Tommy's Tale by Alan Cummings
2. The Acid House by Irvine Welsh
3. A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away, by Christopher Brookmyre.
i have read two of them before, im going to use this to try and get out of the habit of re-reading the same books. obv hasnt worked yet though. | |
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4th January 2006, 11:52pm
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#50 | | Highlight Of The Night!
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Red Room
Posts: 7,343
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Originally Posted by Quiz Bhoy  I'm up for this! Will show me up for reading dodgy fantasy novels and mibbe actually push me into reading the biographies/historical etc books that I have accumulated over the years...... | Mind you revealed you were going to write a fantasy novel back in the day.
I still haven't stopped laughing . I still kinda wish you would though. | |
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4th January 2006, 11:54pm
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#51 | | Wide as the Clyde
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: round the back
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| Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
keep yer fantasiesto the twistedforum. | |
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5th January 2006, 12:11am
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#52 | | Forever Waiting.
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Glasgow
Posts: 4,145
| Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
1. smoke and mirrors - neil gaiman.
(book of short stories, some of them are excellent) | |
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5th January 2006, 12:18am
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#53 | | Shaming the Devil
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Avenue Q
Posts: 8,605
| Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
The Cthulhu story in Smoke & Mirrors is great, so's the one with King Arthur
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5th January 2006, 12:20am
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#54 | | Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 11,692
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I think I may have done this already, no kidding 
I'll try and read 50 books I've never read before... | |
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5th January 2006, 12:28am
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#55 | | Pillowpants Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Granny Land
Posts: 16,544
| Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
I think an excursion to Byres Road the morra and the Oxfam Bookshop are in store | |
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5th January 2006, 12:53am
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#56 | | Shaming the Devil
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Avenue Q
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Originally Posted by Pantgirl I think an excursion to Byres Road the morra and the Oxfam Bookshop are in store | I used to work in there on Thursdays. I got a copy of Kill Your Boyfriend for 50p and sold it for £16 on ebay. shhhhhh!
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5th January 2006, 8:40am
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#57 | | 50ft Queenie
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fascination Street
Posts: 8,467
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1. Kate Atkinson - Case Histories | |
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5th January 2006, 8:55am
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#58 | | Lady Of War
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hamelldaeme
Posts: 20,901
| Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
1 - Stephen King - Rose Madder
2 - Patricia Cornwell - Predator
3 - The broons and Our Wullie - 70 Years Young
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5th January 2006, 9:03am
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#59 | | Good times
Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Bohemia.
Posts: 29,712
| Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
1. Tony Benn - Dare to be a Daniel
2. The Belgrade Circle - The Politics of Human Rights
3. Joel Bakan - The Corporation (that's a re-read, does that count?)
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5th January 2006, 8:02pm
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#60 | | ......
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,416
| Re: The Fifty Book Challenge
1. No Mean City - A. McArthur, H.Kingsley Long
2. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown Quote: |
Originally Posted by Mrs.Evil 2 down, 48 to go....
1. Darkest Fear - Harlan Coben
2. The Alchemist - Paulo Coehlo | No Mean City and The Alchemist are on at the Citizens Theatre this year  | |
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