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Re: 2013 Book Challenge

#16 Unread post by weezypops » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:40 am

Finished Michael Marshall - We Are Here and have also read The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness.

Now reading Stephen King - The Long Walk

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Re: 2013 Book Challenge

#17 Unread post by Jeanette » Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:55 pm

I'm starting this challenge a bit late in the year but at the rate I'm reading at the moment, I might just manage it.

Never Let Me Go.........Kazuo Ishiguro.
The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year.......Sue Townsend.
One Hundred Names............Cecelia Ahern.
Small Island..............Andrea Levy.
The Long Song..........Andrea Levy.
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#18 Unread post by weezypops » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:20 pm

Oh I haven't updated for a while! I've read:

Nick Hornby: Long Way Down
Nick Hornby: How to be Good
Nick Hornby: Slam
Jonas Jonasson: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Sue Townsend: The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year
R.J. Palacio: Wonder
Sophie Hannah: Little Face
Lauren Oliver: Delirium
Lauren Oliver: Pandemonium
JoJo Moyes: Me Before You
Ben Elton: This Other Eden
Ben Elton: High Society
Michael Marshall - We Are Here
Stephen King - The Long Walk
Stephen King - Roadwork
Stephen King - The Running Man
PD James - City of Men
Gill Hornby - The Hive
Margaret Atwood - The Year of the Flood
Lois Lowry - The Giver

and currently reading The Ghosts Of Sleath by James Herbert

so I'm on book 21!
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#19 Unread post by Jeanette » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:42 pm

Next one about to be read, The Colour Purple..........Alice Walker.
I've ordered 3 more Andre Levy books from Amazon and another Cecelia Ahern one.
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#20 Unread post by weezypops » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:43 pm

OOh, The Colour Purple is brilliant!
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#21 Unread post by Jeanette » Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:08 pm

Never Let Me Go.........Kazuo Ishiguro.
The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year.......Sue Townsend.
One Hundred Names............Cecelia Ahern.
Small Island..............Andrea Levy.
The Long Song..........Andrea Levy.
The Colour Purple..........Alice Walker.

Currently reading
Every Light in the House Burnin.........Andrea Levy.
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#22 Unread post by weezypops » Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:09 pm

What did you think of The COlour Purple?
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Re: 2013 Book Challenge

#23 Unread post by Jeanette » Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:14 pm

Loved it.
I think I could believe in that sort of 'God'.
Took a while to understand the language and at times had to check back on who was related to who but thoroughly enjoyed it. One of those books where you finish it, close the book, then read all the extra bits on the back and inside covers and hold it closed for a bit while you think.
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#24 Unread post by weezypops » Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:27 pm

Yeah, I was the same - bit of a slog at first but finished it and just thought 'wow'.
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Re: 2013 Book Challenge

#25 Unread post by Jeanette » Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:24 pm

Never Let Me Go.........Kazuo Ishiguro.
The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year.......Sue Townsend.
One Hundred Names............Cecelia Ahern.
Small Island..............Andrea Levy.
The Long Song..........Andrea Levy.
The Colour Purple..........Alice Walker.
Every Light in the House Burnin..........Andrea Levy

Now reading
Never Far From Nowhere..........Andrea Levy.
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#26 Unread post by Jeanette » Sat Oct 12, 2013 8:59 pm

Never Let Me Go.........Kazuo Ishiguro.
The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year.......Sue Townsend.
One Hundred Names............Cecelia Ahern.
Small Island..............Andrea Levy.
The Long Song..........Andrea Levy.
The Colour Purple..........Alice Walker.
Every Light in the House Burnin..........Andrea Levy
Never Far From Nowhere............Andrea Levy

Now reading
Fruit of the Lemon.............Andrea Levy.

Six books in one month. Making up for lost time I think. :D
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Re: 2013 Book Challenge

#27 Unread post by Jeanette » Fri Oct 18, 2013 7:11 pm

Never Let Me Go.........Kazuo Ishiguro.
The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year.......Sue Townsend.
One Hundred Names............Cecelia Ahern.
Small Island..............Andrea Levy.
The Long Song..........Andrea Levy.
The Colour Purple..........Alice Walker.
Every Light in the House Burnin..........Andrea Levy
Never Far From Nowhere............Andrea Levy.
Fruit of the Lemon.............Andrea Levy.

Now reading
The Help.........Kathryn Stockett.
I've started this one twice and given up but I think I'll do it this time.
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Re: 2013 Book Challenge

#28 Unread post by Jeanette » Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:09 pm

Never Let Me Go.........Kazuo Ishiguro.
The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year.......Sue Townsend.
One Hundred Names............Cecelia Ahern.
Small Island..............Andrea Levy.
The Long Song..........Andrea Levy.
The Colour Purple..........Alice Walker.
Every Light in the House Burnin..........Andrea Levy
Never Far From Nowhere............Andrea Levy.
Fruit of the Lemon.............Andrea Levy.
The Help.........Kathryn Stockett.

Now reading
The Lonely Londoners.............Sam Selvon.
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Re: 2013 Book Challenge

#29 Unread post by Jeanette » Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:21 pm

Never Let Me Go.........Kazuo Ishiguro.
The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year.......Sue Townsend.
One Hundred Names............Cecelia Ahern.
Small Island..............Andrea Levy.
The Long Song..........Andrea Levy.
The Colour Purple..........Alice Walker.
Every Light in the House Burnin..........Andrea Levy
Never Far From Nowhere............Andrea Levy.
Fruit of the Lemon.............Andrea Levy.
The Help.........Kathryn Stockett.
The Lonely Londoners.............Sam Selvon.

Now reading
Precious..................Precious Williams.
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Re: 2013 Book Challenge

#30 Unread post by weezypops » Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:22 pm

I've read The Ghosts Of Sleath by James Herbert, Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry and something else... hmm. Will look up what it was!
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