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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#201  Postby NamelessFaceless » Dec 01, 2015 5:00 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
10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
11. Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life - Louis Zamperini and David Rensin
12. House of Skin - Kiana Davenport
13. Cannibal Nights - Kiana Davenport
14. Opium Dreams - Kiana Davenport
15. The Cubans: The History of Cuba in One Lesson - Carlos Alberto Montaner
16. How the Bible Became Holy - Michael L. Satlow
17. Cuba: Its Past, Present, and Future - Arthur D. Hall
18. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
19. The Old Wives' Tale - Arnold Bennett
20. Who Wrote the Bible - Richard Elliott Friedman
21. History of Cuba Volume I - Willis Fletcher Johnson
22. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
23. Christopher Columbus - Mildred Stapley Byne
24. The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed - Bart Ehrman
25. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
26. An American Fraud: One Lawyer's Case Against Mormonism - Kay Burningham
27. The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
28. Pale glint of the Sun - Lindsay Anthony
29. History of Cuba Volume II - Willis Fletcher Johnson
30. Under the Banner of Heaven - Jon Krakauer
31. Famous Crimes the World Forgot: Ten Vintage True Crime Stories Rescued from Obscurity - Jason Lucky Morrow
32. Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad
33. Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan
34. History of Cuba Volume III - Willis Fletcher Johnson
35. Wife No. 19, the Story of a Life in Bondage, Being a Complete Expose of Mormonism - Ann-Elizabeth Young
36. And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
37. The DC Dead Girls Club - Jason Lucky Morrow
38. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
39. History of Cuba Volume IV - Willis Fletcher Johnson
40. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce (re-read)
41. Dubliners - James Joyce (re-read)
42. History of Cuba Volume V - Willis Fletcher Johnson
43. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
44. The Canadian Brothers, or the Prophecy Fulfilled: A Tale of the Late American War - Volume I - John Richardson
45. Ulysses - James Joyce (re-read)
46. The Canadian Brothers, or the Prophecy Fulfilled: A Tale of the Late American War - Volume II - John Richardson
47. Women in Love - D.H. Lawrence
48. The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford
49. The Hidden Legacy of World War II - Carol Schultz Vento
50. Surviving Intimate Terrorism - Hedda Nussbaum
51. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
52. The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas
53. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
54. Lady Chatterley's Lover - D.H. Lawrence
55. Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
56. Yellow Crocus - Laila Ibrahim
57. Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer
58. Fair Game - Bernard DuClos
59. My Antonia - Willa Cather
60. Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero - Henryk Sienkiewicz
61. A Room With A View - E.M. Forster
62. Justice Delayed: The Catherine Janet Walsh Story - Steve Hallock
63. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
64. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
65. The Wars of the Jews: or the History of the Destruction of Jerusalem - Flavius Josephus
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#202  Postby NamelessFaceless » Dec 03, 2015 10:29 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
10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
11. Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life - Louis Zamperini and David Rensin
12. House of Skin - Kiana Davenport
13. Cannibal Nights - Kiana Davenport
14. Opium Dreams - Kiana Davenport
15. The Cubans: The History of Cuba in One Lesson - Carlos Alberto Montaner
16. How the Bible Became Holy - Michael L. Satlow
17. Cuba: Its Past, Present, and Future - Arthur D. Hall
18. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
19. The Old Wives' Tale - Arnold Bennett
20. Who Wrote the Bible - Richard Elliott Friedman
21. History of Cuba Volume I - Willis Fletcher Johnson
22. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
23. Christopher Columbus - Mildred Stapley Byne
24. The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed - Bart Ehrman
25. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
26. An American Fraud: One Lawyer's Case Against Mormonism - Kay Burningham
27. The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
28. Pale glint of the Sun - Lindsay Anthony
29. History of Cuba Volume II - Willis Fletcher Johnson
30. Under the Banner of Heaven - Jon Krakauer
31. Famous Crimes the World Forgot: Ten Vintage True Crime Stories Rescued from Obscurity - Jason Lucky Morrow
32. Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad
33. Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan
34. History of Cuba Volume III - Willis Fletcher Johnson
35. Wife No. 19, the Story of a Life in Bondage, Being a Complete Expose of Mormonism - Ann-Elizabeth Young
36. And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
37. The DC Dead Girls Club - Jason Lucky Morrow
38. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
39. History of Cuba Volume IV - Willis Fletcher Johnson
40. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce (re-read)
41. Dubliners - James Joyce (re-read)
42. History of Cuba Volume V - Willis Fletcher Johnson
43. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
44. The Canadian Brothers, or the Prophecy Fulfilled: A Tale of the Late American War - Volume I - John Richardson
45. Ulysses - James Joyce (re-read)
46. The Canadian Brothers, or the Prophecy Fulfilled: A Tale of the Late American War - Volume II - John Richardson
47. Women in Love - D.H. Lawrence
48. The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford
49. The Hidden Legacy of World War II - Carol Schultz Vento
50. Surviving Intimate Terrorism - Hedda Nussbaum
51. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
52. The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas
53. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
54. Lady Chatterley's Lover - D.H. Lawrence
55. Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
56. Yellow Crocus - Laila Ibrahim
57. Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer
58. Fair Game - Bernard DuClos
59. My Antonia - Willa Cather
60. Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero - Henryk Sienkiewicz
61. A Room With A View - E.M. Forster
62. Justice Delayed: The Catherine Janet Walsh Story - Steve Hallock
63. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
64. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
65. The Wars of the Jews: or the History of the Destruction of Jerusalem - Flavius Josephus
66. Positive Discipline for Teenagers - Jane Nelson and Lynn Lott
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#203  Postby catbasket » Dec 03, 2015 11:57 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
11. A Bridge to the Stars - Henning Mankell
12. Shadows in the Twilight - Henning Mankell
13. The Grass-Widow's Tale - Ellis Peters
14. The House of Green Turf - Ellis Peters
15. Mourning Raga - Ellis Peters
16. Red Hot Chilli Grower - Kay Maguire
17. The Knocker on Death's Door - Ellis Peters
18. Death to the Landlords! - Ellis Peters
19. City of Gold and Shadows - Ellis Peters
20. The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse - Robert Rankin
21. The Toyminator - Robert Rankin
22. The Invincible - Stanislaw Lem
23. The Dark Light Years - Brian Aldiss
24. Helliconia Spring - Brian Aldiss
25. The Martian - Andy Weir
26. Helliconia Summer - Brian Aldiss
27. Helliconia Winter - Brian Aldiss
28. The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien [Brian O'Nolan]
29. The Hard Life - Flann O'Brien
30. The Good, the Bad and the Smug - Tom Holt
31. Non-Stop [aka Starship] - Brian Aldiss
32. Cryptozoic - Brian Aldiss
33. Between Planets - Robert A. Heinlein
34. Double Star - Robert A. Heinlein
35. Podkayne of Mars - Robert A. Heinlein
36. Orphans of the Sky - Robert A. Heinlein
37. Farmer in the Sky - Robert A. Heinlein
38. The Last Dragonslayer - Jasper Fforde
39. Song of the Quarkbeast - Jasper Fforde
40. The Eye of Zoltar - Jasper Fforde
41. Red Planet - Robert A. Heinlein
42. Tunnel in the Sky - Robert A. Heinlein
43. Glory Road - Robert A. Heinlein
44. Have Space Suit - Will Travel - Robert A. Heinlein
45. Space Cadet - Robert A. Heinlein
46. Starman Jones - Robert A.Heinlein
47. Rocket Ship Galileo - Robert A. Heinlein
48. The Rolling Stones - Robert A. Heinlein
49. The Menace from Earth - Robert A. Heinlein
50. Variable Star - Robert A. Heinlein & Spider Robinson
51. The Star Beast - Robert A. Heinlein
52. Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A. Heinlein

53. Time for the Stars - Robert A. Heinlein
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#204  Postby Fallible » Dec 05, 2015 12:34 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
7. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell.
8. An English Ghost Story - Kim Newman.
9. I am the Messenger - Markus Zusak.
10. Diary of the Fall - Michel Laub.
11. The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton.
12. Ayoade on Ayoade - Richard Ayoade. KINDLE BOOK.
13. Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel.
14. The Shock of the Fall - Nathan Filer.
15. Elizabeth is Missing - Emma Fealey.
16. This House is Haunted - John Boyne.
17. Her Harriet Lane.
18. Pines (The Wayward Pines Trilogy, Book 1) - Blake Crouch. KINDLE BOOK.
19. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Claire North.
20. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen. KINDLE BOOK.
21. Mr Mercedes - Stephen King.
22. I Let You Go - Clare Mackintosh.
23. The Necromancer's House - Christopher Buelhman.
24. The Easy Way to Stop Gambling - Allen Carr.
25. The Paying Guests - Sarah Waters.
26. Retired Racing Greyhounds for Dummies - Lee Livingood. KINDLE BOOK.
27. Savage Magic - Lloyd Shepherd.
28. Rubbernecker - Belinda Bauer.
29. The Lie - C. L. Taylor.
30. The Crooked House - Christobel Kent.
31. Ship Breaker - Paulo Bacigalupi.
32. The Drowned Cities - Paulo Bacigalupi.
33. I'm OK - You're OK - T.A. Harris. See rant here - http://www.rationalskepticism.org/fun-games/the-rant-thread-t10489-29020.html#p2294609
34. The Invisible Library - Genevieve Cogman.
35. Night After Night - Phil Rickman.
36. Wine of Angels - Phil Rickman. KINDLE BOOK.
37. The Well - Catherine Chanter.
38. The Martian - Andy Weir.
39. Capital - John Lanchester. KINDLE BOOK.
40. The Dance of Fear - Harriet Lerner. See earlier rant.
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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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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#205  Postby crazyfitter » Dec 05, 2015 11:01 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
5. One Corpse Too Many - Ellis Peters
6. The Missing and the Dead - Stuart MacBride
7. The Second Ship - Richard Phillips
8. Warship - Joshua Dalzelle
9. Nemesis - Jo Nesbo reread
10. A Song of Shadows - John Connolly
11. The Bubble Gum Thief - Jeff Miller
12. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. The Reality Dysfunction - Peter F. Hamilton
14. The Case of the Missing Servant - Tarquin Hall
15. Old Mans War - John Scalzi
16. Abbot's Keep - Benedict Ashforth
17. Hour of Need - Melinda Leigh
18. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
19. The Establishment...And how they get away with it - Owen Jones
20. Forgiving Ararat - Gita Nazareth
21. The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing - Tarquin Hall
22. The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken - Tarquin Hall
23. The Case of the Love Commandos - Tarquin Hall
24. Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder - Shamini Flint
25. Inspector Singh Investigates: A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul - Shamini Flint
26. Inspector Singh Investigates: The Singapore School of Villany - Shamini Flint
27. The Perfect Murder - H.R.F. Keating
28. The Soul Catcher - Alex Karva
29. Night Soldiers - Alan Furst
30. The Polish Officer - Alan Furst
31. The World at Night - Alan Furst
32. Unwanted - Kristina Ohlsson
33. The Illustrated Theory of Everything - Stephen W. Hawking. Except its on Kindle and not illustrated. Taken me 6 months to read it on and off. I will read it again...................eventually.
34. The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
35. Midnight Sun - Joe Nesbo
36. Leaving Berlin - Joseph Kanon
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

#206  Postby crazyfitter » Dec 13, 2015 8:45 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
5. One Corpse Too Many - Ellis Peters
6. The Missing and the Dead - Stuart MacBride
7. The Second Ship - Richard Phillips
8. Warship - Joshua Dalzelle
9. Nemesis - Jo Nesbo reread
10. A Song of Shadows - John Connolly
11. The Bubble Gum Thief - Jeff Miller
12. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. The Reality Dysfunction - Peter F. Hamilton
14. The Case of the Missing Servant - Tarquin Hall
15. Old Mans War - John Scalzi
16. Abbot's Keep - Benedict Ashforth
17. Hour of Need - Melinda Leigh
18. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
19. The Establishment...And how they get away with it - Owen Jones
20. Forgiving Ararat - Gita Nazareth
21. The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing - Tarquin Hall
22. The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken - Tarquin Hall
23. The Case of the Love Commandos - Tarquin Hall
24. Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder - Shamini Flint
25. Inspector Singh Investigates: A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul - Shamini Flint
26. Inspector Singh Investigates: The Singapore School of Villany - Shamini Flint
27. The Perfect Murder - H.R.F. Keating
28. The Soul Catcher - Alex Karva
29. Night Soldiers - Alan Furst
30. The Polish Officer - Alan Furst
31. The World at Night - Alan Furst
32. Unwanted - Kristina Ohlsson
33. The Illustrated Theory of Everything - Stephen W. Hawking. Except its on Kindle and not illustrated. Taken me 6 months to read it on and off. I will read it again...................eventually.
34. The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
35. Midnight Sun - Joe Nesbo
36. Leaving Berlin - Joseph Kanon
37. In Zanadu - William Dalrymple
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

#207  Postby NamelessFaceless » Dec 13, 2015 9:05 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
10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
11. Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life - Louis Zamperini and David Rensin
12. House of Skin - Kiana Davenport
13. Cannibal Nights - Kiana Davenport
14. Opium Dreams - Kiana Davenport
15. The Cubans: The History of Cuba in One Lesson - Carlos Alberto Montaner
16. How the Bible Became Holy - Michael L. Satlow
17. Cuba: Its Past, Present, and Future - Arthur D. Hall
18. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
19. The Old Wives' Tale - Arnold Bennett
20. Who Wrote the Bible - Richard Elliott Friedman
21. History of Cuba Volume I - Willis Fletcher Johnson
22. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
23. Christopher Columbus - Mildred Stapley Byne
24. The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed - Bart Ehrman
25. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
26. An American Fraud: One Lawyer's Case Against Mormonism - Kay Burningham
27. The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
28. Pale glint of the Sun - Lindsay Anthony
29. History of Cuba Volume II - Willis Fletcher Johnson
30. Under the Banner of Heaven - Jon Krakauer
31. Famous Crimes the World Forgot: Ten Vintage True Crime Stories Rescued from Obscurity - Jason Lucky Morrow
32. Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad
33. Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan
34. History of Cuba Volume III - Willis Fletcher Johnson
35. Wife No. 19, the Story of a Life in Bondage, Being a Complete Expose of Mormonism - Ann-Elizabeth Young
36. And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
37. The DC Dead Girls Club - Jason Lucky Morrow
38. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
39. History of Cuba Volume IV - Willis Fletcher Johnson
40. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce (re-read)
41. Dubliners - James Joyce (re-read)
42. History of Cuba Volume V - Willis Fletcher Johnson
43. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
44. The Canadian Brothers, or the Prophecy Fulfilled: A Tale of the Late American War - Volume I - John Richardson
45. Ulysses - James Joyce (re-read)
46. The Canadian Brothers, or the Prophecy Fulfilled: A Tale of the Late American War - Volume II - John Richardson
47. Women in Love - D.H. Lawrence
48. The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford
49. The Hidden Legacy of World War II - Carol Schultz Vento
50. Surviving Intimate Terrorism - Hedda Nussbaum
51. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
52. The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas
53. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
54. Lady Chatterley's Lover - D.H. Lawrence
55. Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
56. Yellow Crocus - Laila Ibrahim
57. Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer
58. Fair Game - Bernard DuClos
59. My Antonia - Willa Cather
60. Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero - Henryk Sienkiewicz
61. A Room With A View - E.M. Forster
62. Justice Delayed: The Catherine Janet Walsh Story - Steve Hallock
63. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
64. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
65. The Wars of the Jews: or the History of the Destruction of Jerusalem - Flavius Josephus
66. Positive Discipline for Teenagers - Jane Nelson and Lynn Lott
67. Hugh Glass - Bruce Bradley and Charles Lee Todd
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#208  Postby crazyfitter » Dec 16, 2015 5:15 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
5. One Corpse Too Many - Ellis Peters
6. The Missing and the Dead - Stuart MacBride
7. The Second Ship - Richard Phillips
8. Warship - Joshua Dalzelle
9. Nemesis - Jo Nesbo reread
10. A Song of Shadows - John Connolly
11. The Bubble Gum Thief - Jeff Miller
12. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. The Reality Dysfunction - Peter F. Hamilton
14. The Case of the Missing Servant - Tarquin Hall
15. Old Mans War - John Scalzi
16. Abbot's Keep - Benedict Ashforth
17. Hour of Need - Melinda Leigh
18. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
19. The Establishment...And how they get away with it - Owen Jones
20. Forgiving Ararat - Gita Nazareth
21. The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing - Tarquin Hall
22. The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken - Tarquin Hall
23. The Case of the Love Commandos - Tarquin Hall
24. Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder - Shamini Flint
25. Inspector Singh Investigates: A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul - Shamini Flint
26. Inspector Singh Investigates: The Singapore School of Villany - Shamini Flint
27. The Perfect Murder - H.R.F. Keating
28. The Soul Catcher - Alex Karva
29. Night Soldiers - Alan Furst
30. The Polish Officer - Alan Furst
31. The World at Night - Alan Furst
32. Unwanted - Kristina Ohlsson
33. The Illustrated Theory of Everything - Stephen W. Hawking. Except its on Kindle and not illustrated. Taken me 6 months to read it on and off. I will read it again...................eventually.
34. The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
35. Midnight Sun - Joe Nesbo
36. Leaving Berlin - Joseph Kanon
37. In Zanadu - William Dalrymple
38. The Sea Detective - Mark Douglas-Home
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

#209  Postby Fallible » Dec 16, 2015 6:38 pm

I'm not gonna do it! :waah:
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

#210  Postby Fallible » Dec 20, 2015 12:40 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
7. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell.
8. An English Ghost Story - Kim Newman.
9. I am the Messenger - Markus Zusak.
10. Diary of the Fall - Michel Laub.
11. The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton.
12. Ayoade on Ayoade - Richard Ayoade. KINDLE BOOK.
13. Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel.
14. The Shock of the Fall - Nathan Filer.
15. Elizabeth is Missing - Emma Fealey.
16. This House is Haunted - John Boyne.
17. Her Harriet Lane.
18. Pines (The Wayward Pines Trilogy, Book 1) - Blake Crouch. KINDLE BOOK.
19. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Claire North.
20. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen. KINDLE BOOK.
21. Mr Mercedes - Stephen King.
22. I Let You Go - Clare Mackintosh.
23. The Necromancer's House - Christopher Buelhman.
24. The Easy Way to Stop Gambling - Allen Carr.
25. The Paying Guests - Sarah Waters.
26. Retired Racing Greyhounds for Dummies - Lee Livingood. KINDLE BOOK.
27. Savage Magic - Lloyd Shepherd.
28. Rubbernecker - Belinda Bauer.
29. The Lie - C. L. Taylor.
30. The Crooked House - Christobel Kent.
31. Ship Breaker - Paulo Bacigalupi.
32. The Drowned Cities - Paulo Bacigalupi.
33. I'm OK - You're OK - T.A. Harris. See rant here - http://www.rationalskepticism.org/fun-games/the-rant-thread-t10489-29020.html#p2294609
34. The Invisible Library - Genevieve Cogman.
35. Night After Night - Phil Rickman.
36. Wine of Angels - Phil Rickman. KINDLE BOOK.
37. The Well - Catherine Chanter.
38. The Martian - Andy Weir.
39. Capital - John Lanchester. KINDLE BOOK.
40. The Dance of Fear - Harriet Lerner. See earlier rant.
41. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams - Stephen King.
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She never listened to no hater, liar,
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#211  Postby UncertainSloth » Dec 20, 2015 1:06 pm

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#212  Postby Fallible » Dec 20, 2015 1:58 pm

I've basically got 2 weeks to read 9 books. I average about one a week under normal conditions.
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#213  Postby crazyfitter » Dec 22, 2015 11:12 am

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
5. One Corpse Too Many - Ellis Peters
6. The Missing and the Dead - Stuart MacBride
7. The Second Ship - Richard Phillips
8. Warship - Joshua Dalzelle
9. Nemesis - Jo Nesbo reread
10. A Song of Shadows - John Connolly
11. The Bubble Gum Thief - Jeff Miller
12. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. The Reality Dysfunction - Peter F. Hamilton
14. The Case of the Missing Servant - Tarquin Hall
15. Old Mans War - John Scalzi
16. Abbot's Keep - Benedict Ashforth
17. Hour of Need - Melinda Leigh
18. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
19. The Establishment...And how they get away with it - Owen Jones
20. Forgiving Ararat - Gita Nazareth
21. The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing - Tarquin Hall
22. The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken - Tarquin Hall
23. The Case of the Love Commandos - Tarquin Hall
24. Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder - Shamini Flint
25. Inspector Singh Investigates: A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul - Shamini Flint
26. Inspector Singh Investigates: The Singapore School of Villany - Shamini Flint
27. The Perfect Murder - H.R.F. Keating
28. The Soul Catcher - Alex Karva
29. Night Soldiers - Alan Furst
30. The Polish Officer - Alan Furst
31. The World at Night - Alan Furst
32. Unwanted - Kristina Ohlsson
33. The Illustrated Theory of Everything - Stephen W. Hawking. Except its on Kindle and not illustrated. Taken me 6 months to read it on and off. I will read it again...................eventually.
34. The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
35. Midnight Sun - Joe Nesbo
36. Leaving Berlin - Joseph Kanon
37. In Zanadu - William Dalrymple
38. The Sea Detective - Mark Douglas-Home
39. The Stars my Destination - Alfred Bester A re-read from a long time ago.
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#214  Postby crazyfitter » Dec 22, 2015 11:14 am

Fallible wrote:I'm not gonna do it! :waah:


Nor me but I'm not bothered, it gave me a discipline and I enjoyed the challenge and for the first time I'm able to look back on a years reading and enjoy the memory.

:clap: NamelessFaceless :clap: Well done.

I'll probably read one more before the new year but merry xmas everyone.
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#215  Postby crazyfitter » Dec 27, 2015 9:38 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
5. One Corpse Too Many - Ellis Peters
6. The Missing and the Dead - Stuart MacBride
7. The Second Ship - Richard Phillips
8. Warship - Joshua Dalzelle
9. Nemesis - Jo Nesbo reread
10. A Song of Shadows - John Connolly
11. The Bubble Gum Thief - Jeff Miller
12. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. The Reality Dysfunction - Peter F. Hamilton
14. The Case of the Missing Servant - Tarquin Hall
15. Old Mans War - John Scalzi
16. Abbot's Keep - Benedict Ashforth
17. Hour of Need - Melinda Leigh
18. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
19. The Establishment...And how they get away with it - Owen Jones
20. Forgiving Ararat - Gita Nazareth
21. The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing - Tarquin Hall
22. The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken - Tarquin Hall
23. The Case of the Love Commandos - Tarquin Hall
24. Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder - Shamini Flint
25. Inspector Singh Investigates: A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul - Shamini Flint
26. Inspector Singh Investigates: The Singapore School of Villany - Shamini Flint
27. The Perfect Murder - H.R.F. Keating
28. The Soul Catcher - Alex Karva
29. Night Soldiers - Alan Furst
30. The Polish Officer - Alan Furst
31. The World at Night - Alan Furst
32. Unwanted - Kristina Ohlsson
33. The Illustrated Theory of Everything - Stephen W. Hawking. Except its on Kindle and not illustrated. Taken me 6 months to read it on and off. I will read it again...................eventually.
34. The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
35. Midnight Sun - Joe Nesbo
36. Leaving Berlin - Joseph Kanon
37. In Zanadu - William Dalrymple
38. The Sea Detective - Mark Douglas-Home
39. The Stars my Destination - Alfred Bester A re-read from a long time ago.
40. Without Fail - Lee Child. Re-read.
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#216  Postby Fallible » Dec 27, 2015 10:42 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
7. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell.
8. An English Ghost Story - Kim Newman.
9. I am the Messenger - Markus Zusak.
10. Diary of the Fall - Michel Laub.
11. The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton.
12. Ayoade on Ayoade - Richard Ayoade. KINDLE BOOK.
13. Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel.
14. The Shock of the Fall - Nathan Filer.
15. Elizabeth is Missing - Emma Fealey.
16. This House is Haunted - John Boyne.
17. Her Harriet Lane.
18. Pines (The Wayward Pines Trilogy, Book 1) - Blake Crouch. KINDLE BOOK.
19. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Claire North.
20. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen. KINDLE BOOK.
21. Mr Mercedes - Stephen King.
22. I Let You Go - Clare Mackintosh.
23. The Necromancer's House - Christopher Buelhman.
24. The Easy Way to Stop Gambling - Allen Carr.
25. The Paying Guests - Sarah Waters.
26. Retired Racing Greyhounds for Dummies - Lee Livingood. KINDLE BOOK.
27. Savage Magic - Lloyd Shepherd.
28. Rubbernecker - Belinda Bauer.
29. The Lie - C. L. Taylor.
30. The Crooked House - Christobel Kent.
31. Ship Breaker - Paulo Bacigalupi.
32. The Drowned Cities - Paulo Bacigalupi.
33. I'm OK - You're OK - T.A. Harris. See rant here - http://www.rationalskepticism.org/fun-games/the-rant-thread-t10489-29020.html#p2294609
34. The Invisible Library - Genevieve Cogman.
35. Night After Night - Phil Rickman.
36. Wine of Angels - Phil Rickman. KINDLE BOOK.
37. The Well - Catherine Chanter.
38. The Martian - Andy Weir.
39. Capital - John Lanchester. KINDLE BOOK.
40. The Dance of Fear - Harriet Lerner. See earlier rant.
41. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams - Stephen King.
42. The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School - Kim Newman.
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

#217  Postby Fallible » Dec 28, 2015 2:44 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
7. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell.
8. An English Ghost Story - Kim Newman.
9. I am the Messenger - Markus Zusak.
10. Diary of the Fall - Michel Laub.
11. The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton.
12. Ayoade on Ayoade - Richard Ayoade. KINDLE BOOK.
13. Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel.
14. The Shock of the Fall - Nathan Filer.
15. Elizabeth is Missing - Emma Fealey.
16. This House is Haunted - John Boyne.
17. Her Harriet Lane.
18. Pines (The Wayward Pines Trilogy, Book 1) - Blake Crouch. KINDLE BOOK.
19. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Claire North.
20. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen. KINDLE BOOK.
21. Mr Mercedes - Stephen King.
22. I Let You Go - Clare Mackintosh.
23. The Necromancer's House - Christopher Buelhman.
24. The Easy Way to Stop Gambling - Allen Carr.
25. The Paying Guests - Sarah Waters.
26. Retired Racing Greyhounds for Dummies - Lee Livingood. KINDLE BOOK.
27. Savage Magic - Lloyd Shepherd.
28. Rubbernecker - Belinda Bauer.
29. The Lie - C. L. Taylor.
30. The Crooked House - Christobel Kent.
31. Ship Breaker - Paulo Bacigalupi.
32. The Drowned Cities - Paulo Bacigalupi.
33. I'm OK - You're OK - T.A. Harris. See rant here - http://www.rationalskepticism.org/fun-games/the-rant-thread-t10489-29020.html#p2294609
34. The Invisible Library - Genevieve Cogman.
35. Night After Night - Phil Rickman.
36. Wine of Angels - Phil Rickman. KINDLE BOOK.
37. The Well - Catherine Chanter.
38. The Martian - Andy Weir.
39. Capital - John Lanchester. KINDLE BOOK.
40. The Dance of Fear - Harriet Lerner. See earlier rant.
41. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams - Stephen King.
42. The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School - Kim Newman.
43. The Midnight Palace - Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
44. The House of Susan Lulham - Phil Rickman.
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

#218  Postby NamelessFaceless » Dec 28, 2015 3:45 pm

Fallible wrote:I'm not gonna do it! :waah:


:hugs: Never give up!
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#219  Postby NamelessFaceless » Dec 28, 2015 3:46 pm

crazyfitter wrote:
Fallible wrote:I'm not gonna do it! :waah:


Nor me but I'm not bothered, it gave me a discipline and I enjoyed the challenge and for the first time I'm able to look back on a years reading and enjoy the memory.

:clap: NamelessFaceless :clap: Well done.

I'll probably read one more before the new year but merry xmas everyone.


Thanks! :cheers:

I couldn't have done it without my Kindle Text-to-Speech function.
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2015

#220  Postby Fallible » Dec 28, 2015 3:53 pm

NamelessFaceless wrote:
Fallible wrote:I'm not gonna do it! :waah:


:hugs: Never give up!


I'm on my 45th book, going for short ones at this stage. All well over 50 pages, but short for me. Novellas and some Young Adult and such. :lol:
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