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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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WideWebWitch · 19/12/2004 20:38

Popsy, are you thinking 'I wish www would shut the f* up'?! I am off to watch a film now, don't worry!

albosmum · 19/12/2004 20:38

John Irving - a prayer for owen Meany - vg

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 20:40

albosmum - that is my fave all time book
ww - i really appreicate it!!!!!!thanks!

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spacedonkey · 19/12/2004 20:40

i love these book threads

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 20:41

me too!!!

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 20:45

has anyone ever thought of having a 'book swap'?
i ahev shelves of books and will probably only read a few of them again....

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spacedonkey · 19/12/2004 20:45

If you haven't read it already The Remains of the Day is my all time favourite book

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 20:46

i havent - but i think it might be on a shelf somewhere....perhaps

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spacedonkey · 19/12/2004 20:47

I think there was a book swap a while back

I'd certainly be up for some swapping

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 20:48

I mihgt trawl through the shelves and see what i have - i do know that i have two copies of -enduring ove- = one which i am in the middle of reading and one that is not going to be read....

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Demented · 19/12/2004 20:49

I'd be up for a swap too, I've only got a couple of books hanging around just now as I tend to move them on quickly after reading them.

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 20:50

cool......go off and look at your book cases....
are we bothered about the condition of the books?
shall we say if it isnt in 'near new' condition....

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Demented · 19/12/2004 20:50

Funnily enough Enduring Love is one that I have to offer too!

spacedonkey · 19/12/2004 20:52

I want to read enduring love, so I'll post a list on here later when I've trawled the shelves.

Demented · 19/12/2004 20:55

OK, didn't take me long I've got:-

Enduring Love by Ian McEwan, I bought it secondhand, it has been read a few times but is clean and in reasonable condition.

The Tesseract by Alex Garland, bought secondhand too, read a few times but in clean and reasonable condition.

Lucky by Alice Sebold (am reading this at the moment so will need a few days to finish it), secondhand as well, edges of the pages slightly yellowed but it feels like I am the first person to actually read it, clean and good condition.

spacedonkey · 19/12/2004 20:56

well off the top of my head I've got Foucault's Pendulum for a start!

spacedonkey · 19/12/2004 20:59

also got :

Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis (amusing tale about professional scrabble players)

Love Is Where It Falls by Simon Callow (signed!)

will go and check shelves downstairs for more

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 21:00

Have just looked on one of my shelevs (and knacked my back in)
So far, we have
The church of the dead girls - stepehn dobbins
The Innocent - Ian McEwan
Snw falling on cedars - david cutterson
Fall on your knees - ann-marie Macdonald
Welcome to the world baby girl - fanny flagg
enduring love - Ian McEwan
The ginger man - JP DOnleavey
Visible worlds - marilyn bowering
eleven days - doald harstead
Last orders - graeme swift
A change of climate - hilary mantel
Four letters of love - niall williams
All that really matters - Campbell armstrong
black earth city - charlotte hobson
reconnaissance - kapka kassbova

Then i knacked my back.....

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cranberryjampot · 19/12/2004 21:00

100 things to do before you die

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 21:01

most of those are in nearly new or new (and never read!) condition....
if you want more info about plot etc - just ask!

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 21:01

they are all around 4 years old......lots more to come

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spacedonkey · 19/12/2004 21:14

Here are a few more of mine up for swapsies:

Close Range - Annie Proulx
Bad Blood - Lorna Sage
Man & Wife - Tony Parsons
When We Were Orphans - Kazuo Ishiguro
Lucky Man - Michael J Fox autobiog
Touching the Void - Joe Simpson
American Scream : The Bill Hicks Story - Cynthia True
Downsize This! - Michael Moore
TV Nation - Michael Moore

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 21:25

i have a few of those to spacey!

I might like to swap for touching the void...

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popsycal · 19/12/2004 21:26

spacey 0 you might like fall at your knees....just guessing!

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Demented · 19/12/2004 21:26

Gone a bit cross-eyed looking all these up on Amazon!

Spacedonkey, I would be interested in Touching the Void, I realise I don't have much to offer in the way of a swap but would be happy to send you a cheque/Paypal/Nochex.