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2013 Book Challenge

#1 Unread post by weezypops » Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:38 pm

Anyone up for it this year? I'm not expecting to get through much so am setting myself a target of 20 books. I've been on a bit of a Nick Hornby thing at the moment and so far this year have read:

Nick Hornby: Long Way Down
Nick Hornby: How to be Good
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#2 Unread post by lea-marie » Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:44 pm

I'm always up for this... Given that I have a busy year ahead, I'll set myself a 20 book challenge too!

Books read in 2013:

- Under Fishbone Clouds : Sam Meekings
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower : Stephen Chbosky
- I Heart London : Lindsey Kelk
- Alone : Robert J Crane
- The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove : Lauren Kate

I am now reading - The Night Circus : Erin Morgenstern
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Re: 2013 Book Challenge

#3 Unread post by KerryFisher » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:26 pm

Hi there

I see you are doing the book challenge...and that Nick Hornby is among your favourites. I think you would enjoy my new book,
The Class Ceiling, which has just come out on Amazon Kindle, the story of a cleaner who receives an unexpected inheritance and finds herself plunged into a world where no woman can contemplate a week without Pilates and pedicures and no child can survive without organic apricots and Kumon maths. It's an irreverent and often naughty take on school gate snobbery with a bit of romance thrown in. You can read some sample pages here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Class-Ceili ... B00ANUAN72

Hope you enjoy! Or check out my take on life at my blog: http://kerryfisherauthor.blogspot.co.uk

Good luck with the reading challenge!
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#4 Unread post by weezypops » Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:02 am

Meant to add, I've started another Nick Hornby - Slam.
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#5 Unread post by LouiseFisher » Sun Jan 20, 2013 6:41 pm

I'd love to however, I always start and never finish!


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#6 Unread post by weezypops » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:26 am

Have finished Nick Hornby - Slam and now reading The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - Jonas Jonasson
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#7 Unread post by weezypops » Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:58 pm

Forgot to update - finished The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - Jonas Jonasson (which was really good!) and have now nearly finished The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year - Sue Townsend which I'm enjoying.
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#8 Unread post by lea-marie » Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:53 am

I want to read both of those Louise... Will have to get them on my Kindle!
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#9 Unread post by weezypops » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:13 pm

Finished The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year which was good though I found the ending a bit disappointing. Have since read Wonder by R.J. Palacio which I discovered after reading is actually aimed at a YA audience but I thought was excellent. It was quite simple but really well written so I would recommend it to all ages. I'm now reading Little Face by Sophie Hannah
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#10 Unread post by Jeanette » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:39 pm

IKWYM about the ending. Disappointing.
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#11 Unread post by weezypops » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:47 pm

Yeah, it was really good until then - I felt the characters were strong, the story really different, then it just kind of petered out like she didn't know what to do with the main character and I thought the ending was totally out of character etc. Seeing as how it would end was kind of crucial it was a bit rubbish
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#12 Unread post by lea-marie » Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:54 pm

Have updated my list as forgot to! haha

Now reading 'The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrave' by Lauren Kate... It's a bit of trash reading, but perfect for my baby brain at the moment lol
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#13 Unread post by weezypops » Thu Mar 21, 2013 5:13 pm

Have been forgetting to update:

Read so far:
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

and adding:
Lauren Oliver: Delirium
Lauren Oliver: Pandemonium
JoJo Moyes: Me Before You
Ben Elton: This Other Eden

and about to start Lauren Oliver: Requiem

which brings me to 11/20!
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#14 Unread post by lea-marie » Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:31 pm

Blimey Louise!

I've just updated mine and now reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
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#15 Unread post by weezypops » Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:39 pm

Ooh, I need to add:

Lauren Oliver: Requiem
Ben Elton: High Society

and finished last night:
Michael Marshall - We Are Here

not sure what I'll read next! 14/20!
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