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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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minsmum · 15/09/2013 22:11
  1. The girl who kicked the Hornets nest - Stieg Larsson. Really enjoyed the 3 books. Such a pity he died so young
DuchessofMalfi · 16/09/2013 06:43

I'm just about to start reading that minsmumSmile

MrsMaryCooper · 16/09/2013 08:44
  1. The Juliette Society - Sasha Grey. Smutty pish.
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minsmum · 16/09/2013 21:53

I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did Duchess.

  1. Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts. A quick enjoyable read, I couldn't settle into anything else after finishing my previous book. I suppose its the literary equivalent of a palette cleanser.
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CardiffUniversityNetballTeam · 16/09/2013 22:33
  1. The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato

Really poor. 400 pages of trite and cliched nonsense. Really annoyed I spent so long reading it actually.

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AnonYonimousBird · 19/09/2013 16:01
  1. The Shadow of the Wind (Oh yes!!!!!)
  2. Tenant of Wildfell Hall
  3. In Cold Blood
  4. The Testatment of Mary - fantastic.
CoteDAzur · 20/09/2013 14:01
  1. Anna bloody Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

Brilliant but neverending book that talks about absolutely everything worth talking about.

It took me an entire month to read Shock I think I'll follow it with several short/fun books.

DuchessofMalfi · 20/09/2013 18:12

Book 81 - The Child In Time by Ian McEwan. Didn't like it very much.

Still battling on with The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. Not enjoying it very much. Struggling to remember who everyone is, and am losing the battle at the moment :(

Foosyerdoos · 21/09/2013 00:02

I'm a bit late to the book party, but I would like to join in. So far this year I have read -
1 The Making of Modern Britain - Andrew Marr

  1. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
  2. Back Story - David Mitchell
  3. The Box Lady and Other Pesticles - Richard Herring
  4. A Casual Vacancy - JK Rowling
  5. The Year of the Flood - Margaret Attwood
  6. Oryx and Crake - Margaret Attwood
  7. Red Shirts - John Scalzi

I have a lot of catching up to do but I am on hols in a couple of weeks so will hopefully do it a bit more reading then.

MrsMaryCooper · 21/09/2013 08:52
  1. The Shining Girls - Lauren Beukes. Very disappointing. It got such rave reviews but I had to force myself to finish it.
MegBusset · 21/09/2013 14:47
  1. Farthest North - Fridtjof Nansen

This took a few weeks because it's a long read and also because due to work and school hols I've had precious little time to myself. It's very good though if you're a polar exploration fan, and a really interesting counterpoint to the Scott expedition (very different personalities and - mostly by luck - different outcome).

WednesdayNext · 21/09/2013 21:39

Book 46 was Alice Hoffman "At Risk", fabulous but also very sad story.

Book 47 was Lizzy Ford "Mind Cafe" which was alright, but quite short.

Next on my list is "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

acsec · 21/09/2013 22:49
  1. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
JennySense · 21/09/2013 23:52

21 - Confessions of a New York Taxi Driver (The Confessions Series) - Eugene Salomon - need to finish
22 - Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
23 - Apple Tree Yard - Louise Doughty
24 - The Silent Wife

Foosyerdoos · 22/09/2013 16:51
  1. The Clothes on their Backs - Linda Grant
BOF · 23/09/2013 21:27

  1. Heft, by Liz Moore

  2. The Summer We All Ran Away, by Cassandra Parkin (recommend this, she's an MNer)

  3. Last Exit To Brooklyn, by Hubert Selby Jr

  4. Garnethill, by Denise Mina. Really fantastic, but I felt like I'd gone past caring who the killer was by the end.

  5. The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M Cain

  6. The Blackhouse, by Peter May- halfway through, really enjoying it.

CircassianLeyla · 23/09/2013 22:26

  1. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
    Whilst reading it I found it a slog but by the time I finished I actually got quite into it. Not much happens but it is a bleak insight into interwar Britain but I found the bits about a shell shocked ex soldier compelling.

  2. The Sun Catchers by Steve Cole
    Five year old bedtime story, although it is a novel. Not much to say except "meh" and five year old agreed.

Currently reading Around the World in Eighty Days ... Another bedtime story and to be honest even when they have fallen asleep I carry on. It is a reread for me but I had forgotten how great it is and it has made me think about rereading more stuff from my teenage years.

CircassianLeyla · 23/09/2013 22:31

Côte - I would like to congratulate you on Anna Karenina. One month is a pretty good time considering the length. Did you finish it in time for book club though?

CoteDAzur · 23/09/2013 22:38

Thanks Smile I finished it exactly two hours before the book club meeting and was the only one to have finished it, except the ones who had read it many years ago.

tumbletumble · 24/09/2013 06:41
  1. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
  2. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
  3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

All three set in America, the first in the late 19th / early 20th century, the second in the early 20th century and the third in the 1960s. I enjoyed them all, especially The Help - fantastic book.

AnonYonimousBird · 24/09/2013 11:50

BOF - How was Heft? I've just borrowed from the library.

I loved Blackhouse too.

BOF · 24/09/2013 12:15

I had a couple of issues with it, tbh, but it's hard to go into without being spoilerish. It is beautifully written though, and well worth reading.

minsmum · 24/09/2013 14:26

54 The Return of Rafe Mackade - Nora Roberts
55 The Pride of Jared Mackade - Nora Roberts
56 The Heart of Devin Mackade - Nora Roberts

juneybean · 25/09/2013 11:26
  1. The White Queen by Philippa Gregory