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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#21  Postby NamelessFaceless » Jan 17, 2015 6:12 pm

Audiobooks in italics

1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
2. Call of the Wild - Jack London
3. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
4. The Bank Holiday Murders: The True Story of the Original Whitechapel Murders - Tom Wescott
5. Concerning Children - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
6. The Lodger - Marie Belloc-Lowndes
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#22  Postby catbasket » Jan 19, 2015 10:26 am

1. Outrage - Arnaldur Indriðason
2. Fallen into the Pit - Ellis Peters [a pen name of Edith Pargeter]
3. Death and the Joyful Woman - Ellis Peters
4. Black Skies - Arnaldur Indriðason
5. Strange Shores - Arnaldur Indriðason

6. Flight of a Witch - Ellis Peters
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#23  Postby crazyfitter » Jan 21, 2015 7:47 pm

1. Hull Zero Three - Greg Bear
2. The Overlook - Michael Connelly
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#24  Postby catbasket » Jan 23, 2015 10:41 am

1. Outrage - Arnaldur Indriðason
2. Fallen into the Pit - Ellis Peters [a pen name of Edith Pargeter]
3. Death and the Joyful Woman - Ellis Peters
4. Black Skies - Arnaldur Indriðason
5. Strange Shores - Arnaldur Indriðason
6. Flight of a Witch - Ellis Peters

7. A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs - Ellis Peters
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#25  Postby catbasket » Jan 29, 2015 9:36 pm

1. Outrage - Arnaldur Indriðason
2. Fallen into the Pit - Ellis Peters [a pen name of Edith Pargeter]
3. Death and the Joyful Woman - Ellis Peters
4. Black Skies - Arnaldur Indriðason
5. Strange Shores - Arnaldur Indriðason
6. Flight of a Witch - Ellis Peters
7. A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs - Ellis Peters

8. The Piper on the Mountain - Ellis Peters
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#26  Postby Sciwoman » Jan 30, 2015 5:32 am

1. Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
2. The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Potzsch
3. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
4. Death Warmed Over by Kevin J. Anderson
5. Murder Past Due by Miranda James
6. Inherit the Stars by James P. Hogan
7. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
8. Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason
9. Classified as Murder by Miranda James
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#27  Postby NamelessFaceless » Jan 31, 2015 7:32 pm

Audiobooks in italics

1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
2. Call of the Wild - Jack London
3. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
4. The Bank Holiday Murders: The True Story of the Original Whitechapel Murders - Tom Wescott
5. Concerning Children - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
6. The Lodger - Marie Belloc-Lowndes
7. Anatomy of a Murder - Robert Traver
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#28  Postby crazyfitter » Feb 01, 2015 10:51 am

1. Hull Zero Three - Greg Bear
2. The Overlook - Michael Connelly
3. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow - Peter Hoeg
The slap in the face that is offered by anti-rationalist, pseudo-scientists and anti-intellectuals that infest much of public discourse is a sad coda to what has been achieved these centuries past by the scientific method - don’t get me started
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#29  Postby catbasket » Feb 02, 2015 11:01 am

1. Outrage - Arnaldur Indriðason
2. Fallen into the Pit - Ellis Peters [a pen name of Edith Pargeter]
3. Death and the Joyful Woman - Ellis Peters
4. Black Skies - Arnaldur Indriðason
5. Strange Shores - Arnaldur Indriðason
6. Flight of a Witch - Ellis Peters
7. A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs - Ellis Peters
8. The Piper on the Mountain - Ellis Peters

9. Spring Tide - Cilla & Rolf Börjlind
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#30  Postby Fallible » Feb 02, 2015 12:42 pm

1. The Talisman - Stephen King and Peter Straub.
2. The Spirit Clearing - M.R Tufo. KINDLE BOOK.
3. Abbot's Keep - Benedict Ashforth.
4. Revival - Stephen King.
5. The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen. KINDLE BOOK.
6. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow - Peter Høeg. Re-read
She battled through in every kind of tribulation,
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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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#31  Postby Fallible » Feb 02, 2015 12:43 pm

crazyfitter wrote:3. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow - Peter Hoeg


Heh! :cheers:
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She revelled in adventure and imagination.
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#32  Postby NamelessFaceless » Feb 08, 2015 8:15 pm

Audiobooks in italics

1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
2. Call of the Wild - Jack London
3. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
4. The Bank Holiday Murders: The True Story of the Original Whitechapel Murders - Tom Wescott
5. Concerning Children - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
6. The Lodger - Marie Belloc-Lowndes
7. Anatomy of a Murder - Robert Traver
8. Sexual Psychopaths: British Serial Killers - David Malocco
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#33  Postby Anontheist » Feb 09, 2015 3:59 am

1. The Guns of Tanith (re-read) - Dan Abnett
2. The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
3. The Wise Man's Fear - Partick Rothfuss

WiP

Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow - Daniel Kahneman (slows down after the first 90-100 pages)
The Better Angels of Our Nature - Steven Pinker (interesting, but a little episodic)
Blood: A Southern Fantasy - Michael Moorcock (been meaning to read Moorcock for 15 years, finally getting around to it)
The Greatest Show on Earth - Richard Dawkins (good, but a little disjointed and polemic)
Darwin's Dangerous Idea - Daniel Dennett (two thirds of the way through, but slowing down)

Bought, but yet to start:

The Black Company series - Glen Cook:
The Black Company
Shadows Linger
The White Rose
Inversions - Iain M Banks
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#34  Postby Jerome Da Gnome » Feb 10, 2015 3:38 am

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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#35  Postby NamelessFaceless » Feb 10, 2015 3:27 pm

Audiobooks in italics

1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
2. Call of the Wild - Jack London
3. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
4. The Bank Holiday Murders: The True Story of the Original Whitechapel Murders - Tom Wescott
5. Concerning Children - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
6. The Lodger - Marie Belloc-Lowndes
7. Anatomy of a Murder - Robert Traver
8. Sexual Psychopaths: British Serial Killers - David Malocco
9. The Naval War of 1812 or The History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain to Which is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans - Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#36  Postby crazyfitter » Feb 10, 2015 10:23 pm

Fallible wrote:
crazyfitter wrote:3. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow - Peter Hoeg


Heh! :cheers:


And cheers to you too Fallible, a good read. I've got off to a poor start this year due to other commitments but should get up to normal pace soon.
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#37  Postby crazyfitter » Feb 10, 2015 10:28 pm

1. Hull Zero Three - Greg Bear
2. The Overlook - Michael Connelly
3. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow - Peter Hoeg
4. A Morbid Taste for Bones - Ellis Peters
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#38  Postby catbasket » Feb 12, 2015 7:15 pm

1. Outrage - Arnaldur Indriðason
2. Fallen into the Pit - Ellis Peters [a pen name of Edith Pargeter]
3. Death and the Joyful Woman - Ellis Peters
4. Black Skies - Arnaldur Indriðason
5. Strange Shores - Arnaldur Indriðason
6. Flight of a Witch - Ellis Peters
7. A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs - Ellis Peters
8. The Piper on the Mountain - Ellis Peters
9. Spring Tide - Cilla & Rolf Börjlind

10. Black is the Colour of My True Love's Heart - Ellis Peters
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#39  Postby NamelessFaceless » Feb 17, 2015 12:59 am

Audiobooks in italics

1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
2. Call of the Wild - Jack London
3. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
4. The Bank Holiday Murders: The True Story of the Original Whitechapel Murders - Tom Wescott
5. Concerning Children - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
6. The Lodger - Marie Belloc-Lowndes
7. Anatomy of a Murder - Robert Traver
8. Sexual Psychopaths: British Serial Killers - David Malocco
9. The Naval War of 1812 or The History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain to Which is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans - Theodore Roosevelt
10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#40  Postby Fallible » Feb 17, 2015 6:26 am

1. The Talisman - Stephen King and Peter Straub.
2. The Spirit Clearing - M.R Tufo. KINDLE BOOK.
3. Abbot's Keep - Benedict Ashforth.
4. Revival - Stephen King.
5. The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen. KINDLE BOOK.
6. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow - Peter Høeg. Re-read
7. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell.
She battled through in every kind of tribulation,
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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