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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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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?

DuchessofMalfi · 05/07/2013 17:59

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

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.

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

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.

mumslife · 06/07/2013 22:41

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tumbletumble · 07/07/2013 08:53
  1. Between a Mother and Her Child by Elizabeth Noble.

I'm halfway there!

tumbletumble · 07/07/2013 09:21

I found We Need to Talk About Kevin absolutely gripping. I know some people hate it though.

WednesdayNext · 07/07/2013 14:58

Finished the Salt Shaker book. It was very short. Okay but nothing special: raised some interesting ideas but none were fully developed or explored which was disappointing.

Started Book 26: "A Game of Tables" by Belinda Vasquez Garcia. Some kind of spoof Game of Thrones book. Okay do so far, but a light read.

WednesdayNext · 07/07/2013 14:59

I loved Kevin. Hard going at first but it wasn't long before I was totally gripped!

mixedmamameansbusiness · 07/07/2013 16:40

I thought I would try having only one book on the go but Adam Bede by George Eliot is proving a bit if a slog frankly and I keep falling asleep.

No. 27 Adam Bede (probably until Christmas)
No. 28 The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West. Only short so hopefully will be a quick one.

mixedmamameansbusiness · 07/07/2013 21:36

I got my numbering wrong.

Just finished no. 28 which was The Return of the Soldier. It is about she'll shock amongst other things. I didn't like it very much, but it is a set text for uni and only 80 pages.

WednesdayNext · 07/07/2013 23:02

Finished Book 26. It was also short, and nothing special.

Book 27 is a proper book and not a kindle one for a change!! "The Vanishing Act" by Mette Jakobsen

DuchessofMalfi · 08/07/2013 07:57

Book 62 - Mr Galliano's Circus by Enid Blyton. One I've been reading to my daughter. It took a while to get going, but we liked it and will read the other two books in the series.

gailforce1 · 08/07/2013 08:26
  1. Old Age and How to Survive It by Edward Enfield. Witty collection of essays of what to expect and how to survive our dotage!
NicknameTaken · 08/07/2013 09:43

  1. Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym (another re-read)

  2. Rubicon, Tom Holland. I found this a bit more of an effort than the other two books of his that I've read, Persian Fire and In the Shadow of the Sword. Hard to keep all the names straight. I've got his other book, Millenium, all lined up but need a break first.

Currently reading Sorry! The English and their Manners. The early history part isn't that compelling - there's only so much I want to read about Renaissance guides to courtly etiquette. I'm more interested in, say, the Victorians to today. Will see if it gets better.

InLoveWithDavidTennant · 08/07/2013 13:54

  1. hannahs list - debbie macomber is done. did not enjoy this book. its the first of hers i have read that has had a lead male character and i dont think it came across well at all. i had to constantly remind myself he was male as he was just like all the female characters in the other books i have read. there was one character in the book that was way more intersting. i wanted to read more about her instead Confused

  2. a turn in the road - debbie macomber. the last one i have in the series (i think there is 1 or 2 more)... will be happy to read something different after this i think

BOF · 09/07/2013 23:14
  1. Harold Frye. Hated it.
  2. As If, by Blake Morrison- grim reading and a bit pretentious in its language.

I'm looking forward to 49 and 50 though- I've got a couple of thrillers lined up.

WednesdayNext · 09/07/2013 23:37

Finished Book 27 : "The Vanishing Act". I'm not sure what to make of it. It was a pleasant read, but I can't say I agree with the view that it will leave you changed forever. I am obviously missing something...

Book 28 will be another off my shelf rather than kindle. Rachel Cusk "Saving Agnes". This one has been on my 'to read' shelf for a good couple of years now!

InLoveWithDavidTennant · 10/07/2013 09:37
  1. a turn in the road - debbie macomber. absolutely loved this one. it features characters that were from one of the previous books and i very much enjoyed catching up with them. there were quite a few laugh out loud moments.

i think more authers should continue a story a few years later. there are some books that just suddenly stop and i think "nooooo! i want to read more!!!!" Grin

  1. her fearful symmetry - audrey niffenegger. i have heard good and bad things about this one... so it'll be interesting to see what side i end up on Smile
mixedmamameansbusiness · 10/07/2013 10:20

I have read Her Fearful Symmetry. I liked it. I find her books ok but I don't look for all the how is that possible angles.

WednesdayNext · 10/07/2013 10:46

I also enjoyed "Her Fearful Symmetry". You have to be prepared to accept some unusual ideas, but nothing more out of the ordinary than other fantasy novels I've read. It's a sort of modern gothic fairy tale. I hope you enjoy it!

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NicknameTaken · 10/07/2013 11:29
  1. Who moved my Blackberry? Lucy Kellman

First read this years ago, but picked it up on a whim at the library and enjoyed it again. I've been exposed to a lot more corporate speak since the last time I read it, so got more of the jokes. Still funny.

  1. Sorry! The English and their Manners, Henry Hitchings

Bit of a disappointment. There are better books that cover similar ground.

  1. Confessions of a Male Nurse, Michael Alexander

I was visiting a relative in hospital recently and admired the nurses hugely. Reading this as a corrective to my starry-eyed impulse to dash off and re-train as a healthcare provider.