50 Book Challenge
So I read about this community on the LJ title page. It seems like a pretty cool resolution for someone who loves reading but generally spends their free time drooling onto their own stomach watching re-runs of Poirot and eating mushy peas.
Will rate them from 5 stars (awesome) to 1 star (abysmal). If anyone has any suggestions, then please let me know.
1. The Dirty Bits - For Girls - India Knight (ed) ****
2. The Weight of Numbers - Simon Ings ***
3. Amo, Amas, Amat... and all that - Harry Mount ***
4. Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom ****
5. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka - sod this star bollocks
6. Wait until Spring, Bandini - John Fante
7. Night Watch - Sarah Waters
8. The Accidental - Ali Smith
9. The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
10. The Good German - Joseph Kanon
11. Notes on a Scandal - Zoe Heller
12. Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North - Stuart Maconie
13. Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
14. Yoga for People who Can't be Bothered to do it - Geoff Dyer
15. Panic - Jeff Abbott
16. Corksucker - Dan Fante
17. Freakonomics - Steven D Levitt/Stephen J Dubner
18. Dirty Havana Trilogy - Pedro Juan Gutierrez
19. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
20. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
21. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
22. Swung - Ewan Morrison
23. School's Out - Christophe Dufossé
24. Vocational Girl - Rosa Mundi
25. The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
26. Pulp - Charles Bukowski
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Will rate them from 5 stars (awesome) to 1 star (abysmal). If anyone has any suggestions, then please let me know.
1. The Dirty Bits - For Girls - India Knight (ed) ****
2. The Weight of Numbers - Simon Ings ***
3. Amo, Amas, Amat... and all that - Harry Mount ***
4. Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom ****
5. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka - sod this star bollocks
6. Wait until Spring, Bandini - John Fante
7. Night Watch - Sarah Waters
8. The Accidental - Ali Smith
9. The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
10. The Good German - Joseph Kanon
11. Notes on a Scandal - Zoe Heller
12. Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North - Stuart Maconie
13. Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
14. Yoga for People who Can't be Bothered to do it - Geoff Dyer
15. Panic - Jeff Abbott
16. Corksucker - Dan Fante
17. Freakonomics - Steven D Levitt/Stephen J Dubner
18. Dirty Havana Trilogy - Pedro Juan Gutierrez
19. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
20. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
21. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
22. Swung - Ewan Morrison
23. School's Out - Christophe Dufossé
24. Vocational Girl - Rosa Mundi
25. The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
26. Pulp - Charles Bukowski
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