25/50 Book Challenge 2016

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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#221  Postby The Hanging Monkey » Jul 21, 2016 3:29 pm

1. Donnie Brasco - Joseph D. Pistone
2. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - William L. Shirer
3. The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
4. Arthur and George - Julian Barnes
5. The Willow Wand - Derek Birley
6. The Gathering Storm - Winston Churchill
7. The Safeguard of the Sea - N.A.M Rodgers
8. The Rediscovery of Man - Cordwainer Smith
9. Wool - Hugh Howey
10. The Testament of Gideon Mack - James Robertson
11. Ammonite - Nicola Griffith
12. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest - Stieg Larsson
13. Beware of the Dog - Brian Moore
14. Off Road Running - Sarah Rowell
15. We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
16. Running High - Hugh Symonds
17. Dark Benediction - Walter Miller
18. Mountaincraft and Leadership - Eric Langmuir
19. The Sea and Summer - George Turner
20. Walking Home - Simon Armitage
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#222  Postby Blip » Jul 22, 2016 5:05 pm

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2. Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton
3. The Far Cry by Emma Smith
4. Gardens of the Imagination edited by Sophie Biriotti
5. Grimm Tales by Philip Pullman
6. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
7. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
8. Cure for a Crooked Smile by Chris Kinsey (re-read)
9. Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
10. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
11. A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
12. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
13. The Places That Scare You by Pema Chödrön
14. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
15. Erewhon by Samuel Butler
16. At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
17. The Rose of Tibet by Lionel Davidson
18. The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall
19. The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie
20. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
21. River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
22. Water by Bapsi Sidhwa
23. Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
24. Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh
25. The Black Mirror by Raymond Tallis
26. Previous Convictions by A.A. Gill
27. What is not yours is not yours by Helen Oyeyemi
28. The Death of an Owl by Paul Torday with Piers Torday
29. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
30. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
31. The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
32. The Vegetarian by Han Kang translated by Deborah Smith
33. The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
34. The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
35. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
36. Max and the Cats by Moacyr Scliar translated by Eloah F. Giacomelli
37. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
38. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (oh, this is good too)
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#223  Postby Blip » Jul 26, 2016 6:40 am

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2. Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton
3. The Far Cry by Emma Smith
4. Gardens of the Imagination edited by Sophie Biriotti
5. Grimm Tales by Philip Pullman
6. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
7. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
8. Cure for a Crooked Smile by Chris Kinsey (re-read)
9. Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
10. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
11. A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
12. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
13. The Places That Scare You by Pema Chödrön
14. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
15. Erewhon by Samuel Butler
16. At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
17. The Rose of Tibet by Lionel Davidson
18. The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall
19. The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie
20. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
21. River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
22. Water by Bapsi Sidhwa
23. Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
24. Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh
25. The Black Mirror by Raymond Tallis
26. Previous Convictions by A.A. Gill
27. What is not yours is not yours by Helen Oyeyemi
28. The Death of an Owl by Paul Torday with Piers Torday
29. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
30. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
31. The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
32. The Vegetarian by Han Kang translated by Deborah Smith
33. The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
34. The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
35. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
36. Max and the Cats by Moacyr Scliar translated by Eloah F. Giacomelli
37. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
38. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
39. The American Future by Simon Schama
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#224  Postby NamelessFaceless » Jul 26, 2016 2:41 pm

Audiobooks in Italics

1. An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser
2. The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale - Joseph Conrad
3. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
4. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces - Radley Balko
5. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
6. To Have and Have Not - Ernest Hemingway
7. Rasputin and the Jews - Delin Colon
8. James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
9. What is Free Trade? - Frederic Bastiat
10. Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler
11. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Roald Dahl
12. Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
13. The New Libertarianism: Anarcho-Capitalism - J. Michael Oliver
14. We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
15. The Sweet Hereafter - Russell Banks
16. Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal - Harold Schecter
17. The Rainbow - D. H. Lawrence
18. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith
19. An Outline of Occult Science - Rudolf Steiner (this is the biggest collection of woo I've ever seen in one place)
20. The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation - Harold Schecter
21. Mistakes of Moses - Robert Green Ingersoll
22. The Rise and Fall of Nixon: A Scandalous Legacy - Calvin Murphy
23. Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
24. That's a Great Question: What to Say When Your Faith is Challenged - Glenn Pearson
25. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief - Lawrence Wright
26. Without a Doubt - Marcia Clark
27. The Prettiest One - James Hankins
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#225  Postby Blip » Jul 30, 2016 5:49 am

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2. Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton
3. The Far Cry by Emma Smith
4. Gardens of the Imagination edited by Sophie Biriotti
5. Grimm Tales by Philip Pullman
6. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
7. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
8. Cure for a Crooked Smile by Chris Kinsey (re-read)
9. Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
10. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
11. A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
12. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
13. The Places That Scare You by Pema Chödrön
14. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
15. Erewhon by Samuel Butler
16. At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
17. The Rose of Tibet by Lionel Davidson
18. The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall
19. The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie
20. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
21. River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
22. Water by Bapsi Sidhwa
23. Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
24. Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh
25. The Black Mirror by Raymond Tallis
26. Previous Convictions by A.A. Gill
27. What is not yours is not yours by Helen Oyeyemi
28. The Death of an Owl by Paul Torday with Piers Torday
29. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
30. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
31. The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
32. The Vegetarian by Han Kang translated by Deborah Smith
33. The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
34. The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
35. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
36. Max and the Cats by Moacyr Scliar translated by Eloah F. Giacomelli
37. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
38. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
39. The American Future by Simon Schama
40. How to be a Tudor by Ruth Goodman
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#226  Postby Blip » Jul 30, 2016 6:19 pm

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2. Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton
3. The Far Cry by Emma Smith
4. Gardens of the Imagination edited by Sophie Biriotti
5. Grimm Tales by Philip Pullman
6. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
7. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
8. Cure for a Crooked Smile by Chris Kinsey (re-read)
9. Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
10. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
11. A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
12. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
13. The Places That Scare You by Pema Chödrön
14. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
15. Erewhon by Samuel Butler
16. At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
17. The Rose of Tibet by Lionel Davidson
18. The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall
19. The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie
20. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
21. River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
22. Water by Bapsi Sidhwa
23. Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
24. Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh
25. The Black Mirror by Raymond Tallis
26. Previous Convictions by A.A. Gill
27. What is not yours is not yours by Helen Oyeyemi
28. The Death of an Owl by Paul Torday with Piers Torday
29. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
30. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
31. The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
32. The Vegetarian by Han Kang translated by Deborah Smith
33. The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
34. The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
35. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
36. Max and the Cats by Moacyr Scliar translated by Eloah F. Giacomelli
37. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
38. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
39. The American Future by Simon Schama
40. How to be a Tudor by Ruth Goodman
41. A Shining Thing in Timeless Space by Lindsay Anthony (our own Evolving!)*

*No, I didn't read it in an afternoon: I'd read most of it previously and Evolving sent me the final part earlier this week. Please read this novel as soon as she makes it available: it's truly excellent. :cheers:
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#227  Postby Evolving » Jul 31, 2016 6:35 pm

Very gratifying to read, Blip; thank you.

The idea is indeed to make this novel available on my website, but not quite yet. I've asked the Writers' Workshop for its thoughts, as I did last year with Free Fall; I found their reviewer's comments very thoughtful and helpful, and hope for something similar this time. After that, and assuming I don't feel that I need to rewrite the whole thing, I'll put what's become of it up on the website and will be grateful, as ever, for any feedback.
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#228  Postby NamelessFaceless » Aug 02, 2016 4:45 pm

Audiobooks in Italics

1. An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser
2. The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale - Joseph Conrad
3. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
4. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces - Radley Balko
5. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
6. To Have and Have Not - Ernest Hemingway
7. Rasputin and the Jews - Delin Colon
8. James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
9. What is Free Trade? - Frederic Bastiat
10. Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler
11. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Roald Dahl
12. Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
13. The New Libertarianism: Anarcho-Capitalism - J. Michael Oliver
14. We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
15. The Sweet Hereafter - Russell Banks
16. Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal - Harold Schecter
17. The Rainbow - D. H. Lawrence
18. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith
19. An Outline of Occult Science - Rudolf Steiner (this is the biggest collection of woo I've ever seen in one place)
20. The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation - Harold Schecter
21. Mistakes of Moses - Robert Green Ingersoll
22. The Rise and Fall of Nixon: A Scandalous Legacy - Calvin Murphy
23. Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
24. That's a Great Question: What to Say When Your Faith is Challenged - Glenn Pearson
25. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief - Lawrence Wright
26. Without a Doubt - Marcia Clark
27. The Prettiest One - James Hankins
28. In Defense of Women - H.L. Mencken
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#229  Postby crazyfitter » Aug 03, 2016 6:46 pm

1. The History of England vol1 Foundation - Peter Ackroyd
2. Dead Man's Ransom - Ellis Peters
3. The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayers. Thanks for the recommendation Evolving I really enjoyed it.
4. The Stranger - Albert Camus
5. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams.Read this several times in the past and it just seemed a bit flat this time.
6. Assassins Apprentice - Robin Hobbs
7. Royal Assassin - Robin Hobbs
8. The Racketeer - John Grisham Reread
9. Ghostwritten - David Mitchell
10. Children of Dust - Ali Eteraz
11. Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
12. Slabscape:Reset - S. Spencer Baker
13. Slabscape:Dammit - S. Spencer Baker
14. Spies of Warsaw - Alan Furst
15. Istanbul Passage - Joseph Kanon
16. Back on Murder - J. Mark Bertrand
17. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
18. The Power of the Dog - Don Winslow
19. The Cartel - Don Winslow
20. Savages - Don Winslow
21. The Winter of Frankie Machine - Don Winslow
22. The Slaughter Man - Tony Parsons
23. Arrival - Ryk Brown
24. Murder House - James Patterson & David Ellis
25. The Girl in the Spiders Web - David Lagercrantz
26. California Fire & Life - Don Winslow
27. Rogue Lawyer - John Grisham
28. The Travelers - Chris Pavone
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#230  Postby NamelessFaceless » Aug 04, 2016 2:28 pm

Audiobooks in Italics

1. An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser
2. The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale - Joseph Conrad
3. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
4. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces - Radley Balko
5. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
6. To Have and Have Not - Ernest Hemingway
7. Rasputin and the Jews - Delin Colon
8. James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
9. What is Free Trade? - Frederic Bastiat
10. Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler
11. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Roald Dahl
12. Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
13. The New Libertarianism: Anarcho-Capitalism - J. Michael Oliver
14. We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
15. The Sweet Hereafter - Russell Banks
16. Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal - Harold Schecter
17. The Rainbow - D. H. Lawrence
18. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith
19. An Outline of Occult Science - Rudolf Steiner (this is the biggest collection of woo I've ever seen in one place)
20. The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation - Harold Schecter
21. Mistakes of Moses - Robert Green Ingersoll
22. The Rise and Fall of Nixon: A Scandalous Legacy - Calvin Murphy
23. Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
24. That's a Great Question: What to Say When Your Faith is Challenged - Glenn Pearson
25. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief - Lawrence Wright
26. Without a Doubt - Marcia Clark
27. The Prettiest One - James Hankins
28. In Defense of Women - H.L. Mencken
29. Failure of Justice: A Brutal Murder, An Obsessed Cop, Six Wrongful Convictions - John Ferak
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#231  Postby VazScep » Aug 04, 2016 5:57 pm

1. Assassin's Apprentice --- Robin Hobb
2. That's Not How You Wash a Squirrel -- David Thorne
3. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch --- Philip K Dick
4. TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information --- Erik Davis
5. Ubik --- Philip K Dick
6. Altered Carbon --- Richard K. Morgan
7. Broken Angels --- Richard K. Morgan
8. Futuristic guns and fancy suits --- David Wong
9. Consider Phlebas --- Iain M Banks
10. Singularity Sky --- Charles Stross
11. Dungeon Hacks --- David L Craddock
12. The Unnoticables --- Robert Brockway
13. Europe: In or Out --- David Charter
14. The Penultimate Truth --- Philip K Dick
15. The Big Short --- Michael Lewis
16. Ravenspur: Rise of the Tudors (Wars of the Roses Book 4) --- Conn Iggulden.
17. The Three Body Problem --- Cixin Liu
18. The Dark Forest --- Cixin Liu
19. Eating Animals --- Jonathan Safran Foer
20. The Nightmare Stacks --- Charles Stross
21. Quantum Computing since Democritus --- Scott Aaronson
22. Game Programming Patterns --- Robert Nystrom
23. Dark Matter --- Michelle Parver
24. Nod --- Adrian Barnes
25. In the Dust of this Planet --- Eugene Thacker

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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#232  Postby UncertainSloth » Aug 06, 2016 10:18 am

10. Image

studied this in my teens (the above is the cover of the version i studied - vacuous twat) and hated it with a passion...found very few redeeming features with it....been a bone of contention/running joke between me and fallible ever since....she encouraged me to read it again to see if my opinion had changed....it has not...

i can see why others might like it but, like minted peas and creamy fish pie, it will never be for me...
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#233  Postby Blip » Aug 07, 2016 8:00 pm

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2. Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton
3. The Far Cry by Emma Smith
4. Gardens of the Imagination edited by Sophie Biriotti
5. Grimm Tales by Philip Pullman
6. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
7. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
8. Cure for a Crooked Smile by Chris Kinsey (re-read)
9. Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
10. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
11. A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
12. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
13. The Places That Scare You by Pema Chödrön
14. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
15. Erewhon by Samuel Butler
16. At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
17. The Rose of Tibet by Lionel Davidson
18. The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall
19. The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie
20. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
21. River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
22. Water by Bapsi Sidhwa
23. Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
24. Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh
25. The Black Mirror by Raymond Tallis
26. Previous Convictions by A.A. Gill
27. What is not yours is not yours by Helen Oyeyemi
28. The Death of an Owl by Paul Torday with Piers Torday
29. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
30. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
31. The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
32. The Vegetarian by Han Kang translated by Deborah Smith
33. The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
34. The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
35. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
36. Max and the Cats by Moacyr Scliar translated by Eloah F. Giacomelli
37. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
38. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
39. The American Future by Simon Schama
40. How to be a Tudor by Ruth Goodman
41. A Shining Thing in Timeless Space by Lindsay Anthony
42. The Many by Wyl Menmuir
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#234  Postby crazyfitter » Aug 08, 2016 6:43 pm

1. The History of England vol1 Foundation - Peter Ackroyd
2. Dead Man's Ransom - Ellis Peters
3. The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayers. Thanks for the recommendation Evolving I really enjoyed it.
4. The Stranger - Albert Camus
5. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams.Read this several times in the past and it just seemed a bit flat this time.
6. Assassins Apprentice - Robin Hobbs
7. Royal Assassin - Robin Hobbs
8. The Racketeer - John Grisham Reread
9. Ghostwritten - David Mitchell
10. Children of Dust - Ali Eteraz
11. Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
12. Slabscape:Reset - S. Spencer Baker
13. Slabscape:Dammit - S. Spencer Baker
14. Spies of Warsaw - Alan Furst
15. Istanbul Passage - Joseph Kanon
16. Back on Murder - J. Mark Bertrand
17. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
18. The Power of the Dog - Don Winslow
19. The Cartel - Don Winslow
20. Savages - Don Winslow
21. The Winter of Frankie Machine - Don Winslow
22. The Slaughter Man - Tony Parsons
23. Arrival - Ryk Brown
24. Murder House - James Patterson & David Ellis
25. The Girl in the Spiders Web - David Lagercrantz
26. California Fire & Life - Don Winslow
27. Rogue Lawyer - John Grisham
28. The Travelers - Chris Pavone
29. A Dying Breed - Peter Hanington
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#235  Postby Spinozasgalt » Aug 10, 2016 1:47 am

1. Open Secrets - Alice Munro
2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling
3. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes - Edith Hamilton
4. Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction - Julia Annas
5. Film and Female Consciousness: Irigaray, Cinema and Thinking Women - Lucy Bolton
6. The Unicorn - Iris Murdoch
7. The Lives of Animals - J. M. Coetzee
8. Philosophy & Animal Life - Stanley Cavell, Cora Diamond, John McDowell, Ian Hacking, & Cary Wolfe
9. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks - E. Lockhart
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#236  Postby UncertainSloth » Aug 11, 2016 9:07 am

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late to the party on this one, i know, but quite excellent - reminds me of so many kids i've taught....better than gatsby, anyway....;)
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#237  Postby Blip » Aug 11, 2016 4:17 pm

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2. Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton
3. The Far Cry by Emma Smith
4. Gardens of the Imagination edited by Sophie Biriotti
5. Grimm Tales by Philip Pullman
6. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
7. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
8. Cure for a Crooked Smile by Chris Kinsey (re-read)
9. Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
10. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
11. A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
12. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
13. The Places That Scare You by Pema Chödrön
14. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
15. Erewhon by Samuel Butler
16. At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
17. The Rose of Tibet by Lionel Davidson
18. The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall
19. The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie
20. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
21. River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
22. Water by Bapsi Sidhwa
23. Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
24. Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh
25. The Black Mirror by Raymond Tallis
26. Previous Convictions by A.A. Gill
27. What is not yours is not yours by Helen Oyeyemi
28. The Death of an Owl by Paul Torday with Piers Torday
29. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
30. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
31. The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
32. The Vegetarian by Han Kang translated by Deborah Smith
33. The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
34. The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
35. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
36. Max and the Cats by Moacyr Scliar translated by Eloah F. Giacomelli
37. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
38. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
39. The American Future by Simon Schama
40. How to be a Tudor by Ruth Goodman
41. A Shining Thing in Timeless Space by Lindsay Anthony
42. The Many by Wyl Menmuir
43. My Ántonia by Willa Cather (re-read)
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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#238  Postby Fallible » Aug 11, 2016 4:23 pm

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late to the party on this one, i know, but quite excellent - reminds me of so many kids i've taught....better than gatsby, anyway....;)


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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#239  Postby UncertainSloth » Aug 11, 2016 7:45 pm

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Re: 25/50 Book Challenge 2016

#240  Postby Fallible » Aug 11, 2016 7:48 pm

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She revelled in adventure and imagination.
She never listened to no hater, liar,
Breaking boundaries and chasing fire.
Oh, my my! Oh my, she flies!
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