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Help me make a list of books that I might like to receive for christams....

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 20:14

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DoesntChristmasDragOn · 19/12/2004 20:15

What sort of books?

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WideWebWitch · 19/12/2004 20:16

Oh I had such a hard time in Borders not buying tons for myself! What do you like though?

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WideWebWitch · 19/12/2004 20:17

I bought this, The Timewaster letters but don't know who to give it to so may have it myself and

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WideWebWitch · 19/12/2004 20:18

and I want the latest Tom Wolfe

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 20:19

Oh i like most things!
Reading 'lighter' books at the moment but ready for something a little more involved.....
A new borders shop has just opened about 10 mins from us and I live there at the oment!

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spacedonkey · 19/12/2004 20:21

ooh i want the timewaster letters!

these are the books on my wish list:

Beloved by Toni Morrison;
Mr Wakefield's Crusade by Bernice Rubens;
Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger by Nigel Slater;
Law of the Playground: A Puerile and Disturbing Dictionary of Playground Insults and Games
Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend;
This Diary Will Change Your Life 2005 by Benrik;
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke;
Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down by Nicey, Wifey;
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez;
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins;
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski, et al;
The Deadly Percheron by John Franklin Bardin;
If This Is a Man / The Truce by Primo Levi;

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 20:22

love at the time of cholera is a goregusly written book - read it

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WideWebWitch · 19/12/2004 20:22

I liked The Bitch in the house and have bought BIL The Bastard on the couch for Christmas. If you like reading about food, I loved Kitchen Confidential . Hmm, light novels? Let me think.

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 20:23

light or heavy is fine!
used to be an avid reader which kind of disappeared with ds and in the last 6 months, i have being trying to make more time..

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JanH · 19/12/2004 20:23

How about

The Guardian Stylebook
Never hit a jellyfish with a spade
Apes of Wrath
Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas
The cat that could open the fridge

all of which are on my list for me!

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candycane · 19/12/2004 20:24

Well I know some of the books that I'd like; maybe some of them might inspire you! Nigella's "Feast", the new Philip Pullman (can't remember what it's called, something about a scarecrow I think), anything by Isabel Allende but especially "City Of Beasts" and its followup; Michael Palin's "Himalaya"; a history of chocolate and a history of votes for women; a biog of Jane Austen (yes, another one); do you like the sound of any of these? I'll do some more thinking later!! happy reading!

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spacedonkey · 19/12/2004 20:24

ooh yes Kitchen Confidential is great
do you like Nigella? I wouldn't mind a copy of Feast (but when I was pg cookery books made me cry for some weird reason)

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WideWebWitch · 19/12/2004 20:25

My sister is getting (don't click this link sister if you read this) this, amongst other things and my mum is getting Frenchwomen don't get fat

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Demented · 19/12/2004 20:25

I've got this on my wish list at Amazon (waiting for it to come out in paperback ), don't know if it's any good though.

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spacedonkey · 19/12/2004 20:26

on the classics front Diary of a Nobody is bloody hilarious

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WideWebWitch · 19/12/2004 20:27

I think I'm getting this, Janh, looks up your street!

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 20:29

VVV - i like the look of that!!

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 20:29

www even

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WideWebWitch · 19/12/2004 20:29

Things can only get better is v funny imo

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JanH · 19/12/2004 20:30

www, I have just added that to my amazon list! (I already have "between you and i"...)

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WideWebWitch · 19/12/2004 20:34

I liked The Great Food Gamble, also by John Humphrys but you won't eat salmon ever again unless it's organic. I don't seem to be very interested in fiction atm, don't know why, I used to be. I'm reading Married atm and enjoying it so far.

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JanH · 19/12/2004 20:34

pops, have you read any/many Bill Brysons? Notes from a Small Island , Neither Here nor There and Notes from a Big Country are all falling-off-your-chair funny (not always but YKWIM!)

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WideWebWitch · 19/12/2004 20:35

Oh, I loved Notes from a small island, great stuff!

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spacedonkey · 19/12/2004 20:35

if you haven't read Moab is my Washpot by Stephen Fry, that is an excellent read

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WideWebWitch · 19/12/2004 20:37

I enjoyed The Smoking Diaries by Simon Gray too. Anything by Ben Elton is usually enjoyable and minorly thought provoking.