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camis wrote:

Sunlightbub wrote:Is everyone too horrified to comment on mine?

You've got some good books on that list! (I loved Bel Canto!) There are a few there I have read and didn't like but I won't say which as I wouldn't want to put you off them!

I'm intrigued now - go on whisper! ( well done on finishing your assignment btw xx)

Yes Sunny added a list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Babe I am feeling to sick right now but i am definitely going to check it out. Love it. Good job!!!

Sunlightbub wrote:Not as bad as my 425 Trying really hard to shift them at the mo though...

OMG I am the worst person on this thread by a mile
I am going to retire to a small room filled with books until I am 100...Now you all know when I say don't worry about books you owe me, why I say it and that I mean it

ETA Quite a lot are audios though and i get through them quicker

Oh, I have improved - I think I'm on about 350 now!

Received in 2008 -- 54 (when unsure of actual arrival, placed in this list)

1. 84 Charing Cross Road/The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff (Biographies & Memoirs)
2. A French Country Murder (HC) by Peter Steiner (Mystery & Thrillers)
3. All That Matters by Wayson Choy (History)
4. Bel Canto (P.S.) by Ann Patchett (Literature & Fiction)
5. Breathtaker, The (Today Show Book Club #19) by Alice Blanchard (Literature & Fiction)
6. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Sam Brown (History)
7. Cane River by Lalita Tademy (Literature & Fiction)
8. Chasing the Devil's Tail: A Mystery of Storyville, New Orleans by David Fulmer (Mystery & Thrillers)
9. Chasing the Jaguar (Martika Galvez Mystery) by Michele Dominguez Greene category Teens
10. Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell (Literature & Fiction) [partially read]
11. Confessions of Max Tivoli, The by Andrew Sean Greer (Literature & Fiction)
12. Conquistador: A Novel of Alternate History by S. M. Stirling (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
13. Cry The Beloved Country by Alan Paton (Literature & Fiction)
14. Darwin's Children by Greg Bear (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
15. Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee (Literature & Fiction)
16. Dressing Station, The : A Surgeon's Chronicle of War and Medicine by Jonathan Kaplan (Biographies & Memoirs) [partially read]
17. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Literature & Fiction)
18. Gai-Jin by James Clavell (Literature & Fiction)
19. Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike (Literature & Fiction)
20. Ginger Tree, The by Oswald Wynd (Literature & Fiction)
21. Girl at the Lion D'Or, The by Sebastian Faulks (Literature & Fiction)
22. Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Literature & Fiction)
23. Housekeeping vs. the Dirt by Nick Hornby (Non-Fiction)
24. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Literature & Fiction)
25. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy (Literature & Fiction)
26. Kim (Oxford World's Classics) by Rudyard Kipling (Literature & Fiction) [partially read]
27. Last Station, The: A Novel of Tolstoy's Final Year by Jay Parini (Literature & Fiction)
28. Light of Other Days,The by Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
29. Mermaids Singing, The by Val McDermid (Mystery & Thrillers)
30. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (Non-Fiction)
31. Murder in the Queen's Armes (A Gideon Oliver Mystery) by Aaron Elkins (Mystery & Thrillers)
32. Music of the Spheres,The by Elizabeth Redfern (Literature & Fiction) [partially read]
33. Nathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles Milton (History)
34. Nothing But Blue Skies by Tom Holt (Humor) [partially read]
35. Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff (Literature & Fiction)
36. Other Log of Phileas Fogg, The by Philip Jose Farmer (Science Fiction & Fantasy)[reading]
37. Poison in the Pen by Patricia Wentworth (Mystery & Thrillers)
38. Prisoner of Mao: 2 by Bao Ruo-Wang, Rudolph Chelminski (Non-Fiction)
39. Remember Me: A Lively Tour of the New American Way of Death by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen (Non-Fiction)
40. Return of Tarzan, The (Townsend Library Edition) by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
41. Salzburg Connection,The by Helen MacInnes (Mystery & Thrillers) [partially read]
42. Saving the World (Shannon Ravenel Books) by Julia Alvarez (Literature & Fiction)
43. Scarlet Empress, The by Susan Grant (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
44. Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi,The by Jacqueline Park (Literature & Fiction)
45. Shanghai Baby by Zhou Wei Hui (Literature & Fiction)
46. She Came Back by Patricia Wentworth (Mystery & Thrillers)
47. Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett (Literature & Fiction)
48. Shylock's Daughter: A Novel of Love in Venice by Erica Jong (Literature & Fiction)
49. Sky Burial by Xinran Xue (Literature & Fiction)
50. Smoke Jumper, The by Nicholas Evans (Literature & Fiction)
51. Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord (Literature & Fiction)
52. Terra Incognita: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie (Mystery & Thrillers)
53. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller (Literature & Fiction)
54. Wood Wife, The (Fairy Tales) by Terri Windling (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Received in 2009 -- 20

1. A Connecticut Fashionista In King Arthur's Court by Marianne Mancusi (Romance)
2. Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors (Literature & Fiction) [partially read]
3. Binding Chair, The by Kathryn Harrison (Literature & Fiction)
4. Book of Laughter and Forgetting, The by Milan Kundera (Literature & Fiction)
5. Captain Alatriste (Adventures of Capt Alatriste 1) by Arturo Perez-Reverte (History) [partially read]
6. Emancipator's Wife, The (A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln) by Barbara Hambly (Literature & Fiction)
7. Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin (Travel)
8. Forest Lover, The by Susan Vreeland (Literature & Fiction)
9. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg (Literature & Fiction)
10. Good Women of China, The: Hidden Voices by Xinran Xue (Biographies & Memoirs)
11. Journal of Mrs Pepys, The by Sara George (Literature & Fiction) [partially read]
12. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (Literature & Fiction)
13. March by Geraldine Brooks (Literature & Fiction)
14. No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The (Book 1) by Alexander McCall Smith (Mystery & Thrillers)
15. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Literature & Fiction)
16. Peony in Love: A Novel by Lisa See (Literature & Fiction) [partially read]
17. Pirate's Daughter, The by Margaret Cezair-Thompson (Literature & Fiction) [Bookring - now reading]
18. Purity of Blood, The (Adventures of Capt Alatriste 2) by Arturo Perez-Reverte (History)
19. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Literature & Fiction)
20. Waiting by Ha Jin (Literature & Fiction)

Um.. ok. Not as bad as I was thinking. Interesting exercise though. =)

1. The Photograph http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5691066
2. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5968113 Chill Out Josey!
3. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5660391 My Mother's Wedding Dress
4. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5575169 Heart of the Dragon
5. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5185734 Swapping Lives
6. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6485410 Wild & Hexy
7. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6242938 Ghosts Among Us
8. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5999621 Size 14 Is Not Fat Either
9. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4585660 Tart Tales
10. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6938954 Sex & The Single Ghost
11. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6863923 The Bad Girl
12. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6761219 Little Children
13. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6703844 The Accidental Demon Slayer
14. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6003650 True Blue
15. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6045138 Leaving LA
16. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5851656 My Secret Lover
17. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4631555 Hex and the Single Girl
18. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5727567 Exit to Eden

Sunlightbub wrote:Is everyone too horrified to comment on mine?

I swear mine is worse!

Sunlightbub wrote:

camis wrote:

Sunlightbub wrote:Is everyone too horrified to comment on mine?

You've got some good books on that list! (I loved Bel Canto!) There are a few there I have read and didn't like but I won't say which as I wouldn't want to put you off them!

I'm intrigued now - go on whisper! ( well done on finishing your assignment btw xx)

I really didn't like The Girl's Guide To Hunting and Fishing - thought it was a waste of time! Didn't enjoy Sexing The Cherry either.And gaveup onMiss Garnet's Angel after a couple ofchapters - but I know others who raved about it!


BUT - I relly enjoyed...
Bel Canto
The Little Lady & The Prince
Second Chance
Little Face
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons

There are also a lot on your Mount TBR that arealso on mine!

camis wrote:

Sunlightbub wrote:

camis wrote:

Sunlightbub wrote:Is everyone too horrified to comment on mine?

You've got some good books on that list! (I loved Bel Canto!) There are a few there I have read and didn't like but I won't say which as I wouldn't want to put you off them!

I'm intrigued now - go on whisper! ( well done on finishing your assignment btw xx)

I really didn't like The Girl's Guide To Hunting and Fishing - thought it was a waste of time! Didn't enjoy Sexing The Cherry either.And gaveup onMiss Garnet's Angel after a couple ofchapters - but I know others who raved about it!


BUT - I relly enjoyed...
Bel Canto
The Little Lady & The Prince
Second Chance
Little Face
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons

There are also a lot on your Mount TBR that arealso on mine!

I guessed The Girls Guide!! Bel Canto is the one I'm really looking forward to, and I owe Second Chance to Jordanne so that'll be up soon. I'd like to shift all of the 2005 non-series by the end of the year!

I loved Bel Canto and Angry Housewives as well. Those are both two books that I would love to read again for the first time! There was something magical about both of them! Lucky you to get to experience those!