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50 Book Challenge 2013 -The Sequel!

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CardiffUniversityNetballTeam · 16/06/2013 11:05

Morning all,

As the old thread here is nearly full, I have created a shiny new one for your delight and delectation.

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I'm Cardiff and I've nearly finished book 16, so I'm very behind as to be in track we should be approaching 25 by now. Where is everyone else up to?

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mumslife · 06/07/2013 22:41

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WednesdayNext · 06/07/2013 21:51

Had to give up the Occupy Wall Street book because it was unreadable.

Replacement book 25 is "The Memory of a Salt Shaker" by Bernard M. Cox.

MrsCosmopilite · 06/07/2013 09:50

Still got
32. How to do Everything and be Happy (Peter Jones) & 34. The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story(Catherine Fletcher) on the go. Had to rejig yet again as another book I have out is reserved. So I'm also now reading 35.A Plague on Both Your Houses AND 36. An Unholy Alliance - both by Susanna Gregory. 816 pages in total, and it's due back at the library on Wednesday!

juneybean · 05/07/2013 21:59
  1. The Wedding Girl by Sophie Kinsella/Madeleine Wickham
BOF · 05/07/2013 19:28

I've just finished 46. Reconstructing Amelia. Brilliant first novel about mean girls at a private school, and their role in the death of a student. Utterly compelling.

DuchessofMalfi · 05/07/2013 17:59

This is the link to our Goodreads book group Wednesday and anyone else who might be interested :)

WednesdayNext · 05/07/2013 13:06

I'm on goodreads Duchess but I don't think I'm in any groups. How will I find it?

Scarletohello · 05/07/2013 08:06

I couldn't finish Alone in Berlin, it was too depressing...

Just finished Big Brother by Lionel Schriver, fascinating read!

DuchessofMalfi · 05/07/2013 07:52

I'm starting Kevin today. It should be an interesting read.

schooldidi · 05/07/2013 06:45

I'm reading the war of the worlds next too. Yes I am on your goodreads group. Then I'll read we have to talk about Kevin. I'm nearly finished the colour purple.

DuchessofMalfi · 05/07/2013 06:23

Wednesday - are you on our Goodreads group? It's our classics group read for July Smile

WednesdayNext · 04/07/2013 22:27

Duchess War of the Worlds is on my list of books to read!

WednesdayNext · 04/07/2013 22:26

Book 25 will be a non-fiction one: R. Shay "The Rise and Fall of Occupy Wall Street. Something different.

BOF · 04/07/2013 21:34
  1. The Detective's Daughter, by Lesley Thomson (I think). Really excellent- well-drawn characters and a properly chilling atmosphere. Long though.
DuchessofMalfi · 04/07/2013 21:26

Book 61 - The War of The Worlds by H G Wells. Really good. Gripping Smile

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Galaxymum · 03/07/2013 23:40

32 Time's Legacy by Barbara Erskine
33 Whispers In the Sand by Barbara Erskine
34 Inferno by Dan Brown

I'm so glad I discovered Barbara Erskine this year - I feel a little bereft after reading 3 in a row. Then going through the manic Inferno I need a breather and a real change of pace. Looking through reviews and my books to read on the shelves at the moment!

juneybean · 03/07/2013 22:38
  1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
PerksOfBeingNorthern · 03/07/2013 18:08
  1. Kate Morton - The Forgotten Garden. Didn't realise it was that long but enjoyed it eventually! and near the end of
  2. Giselle Green - Little Miracles. Supposed to be like Jodi Picoult/Dorothy Koomson, not as good IMO but interesting storyline of woman whose child who goes missing in Spain. She is convinced he is alive but rest of the family think he has drowned. Wondering if tissues will be needed by end Grin
NicknameTaken · 03/07/2013 10:13
  1. The Rise and Fall of a Domestic Diva, by Sarah May. Not as fluffy as the marketing suggests. Ostensibly about angst over the little darlings getting into the right school, but with a backdrop of PND, infidelity, early dementia, an attempted suicide and the fear of crime.

Struggled a bit to keep the characters straight and it was all a bit one-note, but there's something pleasing about a glimpse of darkness behind cheery middle class facades.

novelsituation · 03/07/2013 06:36

Yes Cote, I thought Helen was a brilliant character. Some really haunting incidents that will stay with me for a long time.

InLoveWithDavidTennant · 02/07/2013 20:38

  1. summer on blossom street - debbie macomber, is done

  2. hannah's list - debbie macomber has now been started Smile

BOF · 02/07/2013 15:32
  1. Blink Of An Eye, by Cath Staincliffe. I didn't like this- far too much irrelevant and extraneous description.
NicknameTaken · 02/07/2013 09:38

novel, ooh, jealous of you going to Edinburgh! (Not to mention six weeks off.....)

I always found Banks' sf to be pretty impenetrable, although there are some good set pieces (unfortunately one torture scene has lingered with me horribly).

CoteDAzur · 02/07/2013 08:32
  1. The Unpleasant Profession Of Jonathan Hoag - Robert Heinlein
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