Books
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Well Kerryn and I were in the "new" Angus and Robertson in Hurstville yesterday, and we were looking at the Top 100. We are both "readers" and are going to do some book swaps, is anyone interested in joining in? I have a heap of books I am happy to lend out. Please note that I am NOT INTERESTED IN FANTASY!!! If there is a book you like which has an animal or inanimate object which can speak, I don't want to know about it!! This swap is primarily for:
* classics
* literary fiction
* contemporary authors
I will also make a second list of:
* biographies
* environmental/science non fiction
* political books
which I also like, in case anyone is interested in them!
I've bolded what I've read and italicised what I own - so you can swap.
1-50 (next 50 tomorrow)
1. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
2. Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
3. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
4. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
5. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden
6. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown
7. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
8. My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult
9. Tomorrow, When the War Began, John Marsden
10. Magician, Raymond E Feist
11. The Bronze Horseman, Paullina Simons
12. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K Rowling
13. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
14. Bridget Jones' Diary, Helen Fielding
15. Cloudstreet, Tim Winton
16. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.k Rowling
17. The Power of One, Bryce Courtenay
18. April Fool's Day, Bryce Courtenay
19. Tully, Paullina Simons
20. Across the Nightingale Floor, Lian Hearn This is a FANTASTIC series
21. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
22. The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
23. Ice Station, Matthew Reilly
24. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
25. Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom
26. Perfume, Patrick Suskind
27. The Bible
28. The Bride Stripped Bare, Anon This is terrible and written in the 2nd person ... AWFUL
29. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix, J.K Rowling
30. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K Rowling
31. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S Lewis
32. Cross Stitch, Diana Gabaldon
33. Looking for Alibrandi, Melina Marchetta
34. Mao's Last Dancer, Li Cunxin
35. Secret History, Donna Tartt
36. Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks Probably my favourite book ever.
37. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
38. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
39. Jessica, Bryce Courtenay
40. The Notebook, Nicolas Sparks
41. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D Salinger
42. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
43. One for the Money, Janet Evanovich
44. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
45. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
46. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
47. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Helen Fielding I read the first one and believe me, I wouldn't put myself through the torture of the sequel.
48. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
49. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
50. Life of Pi, Yann Martel
I might write a bit about some of these later. There are a lot I haven't read. Many I don't want to - Bryce Courtenay doesn't do it for me so I won't be reading any of them. Quite a few of these are probably lying around the house. I am about to start Jared Diamond - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive; but when I finish it I will get into fiction, maybe start with Pride & Prejudice then see the movie. I've seen other versions of it before but never read the book. Time to start reading classics!
So ... anyone else inspiried to do a lot of reading? I am going to make my own Top 15/Top 20 sometime, it will look pretty different to that Top 100 I think!
What are you guys all reading?
Well Kerryn and I were in the "new" Angus and Robertson in Hurstville yesterday, and we were looking at the Top 100. We are both "readers" and are going to do some book swaps, is anyone interested in joining in? I have a heap of books I am happy to lend out. Please note that I am NOT INTERESTED IN FANTASY!!! If there is a book you like which has an animal or inanimate object which can speak, I don't want to know about it!! This swap is primarily for:
* classics
* literary fiction
* contemporary authors
I will also make a second list of:
* biographies
* environmental/science non fiction
* political books
which I also like, in case anyone is interested in them!
I've bolded what I've read and italicised what I own - so you can swap.
1-50 (next 50 tomorrow)
1. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
2. Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
3. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
4. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
5. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden
6. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown
7. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
8. My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult
9. Tomorrow, When the War Began, John Marsden
10. Magician, Raymond E Feist
11. The Bronze Horseman, Paullina Simons
12. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K Rowling
13. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
14. Bridget Jones' Diary, Helen Fielding
15. Cloudstreet, Tim Winton
16. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.k Rowling
17. The Power of One, Bryce Courtenay
18. April Fool's Day, Bryce Courtenay
19. Tully, Paullina Simons
20. Across the Nightingale Floor, Lian Hearn This is a FANTASTIC series
21. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
22. The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
23. Ice Station, Matthew Reilly
24. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
25. Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom
26. Perfume, Patrick Suskind
27. The Bible
28. The Bride Stripped Bare, Anon This is terrible and written in the 2nd person ... AWFUL
29. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix, J.K Rowling
30. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K Rowling
31. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S Lewis
32. Cross Stitch, Diana Gabaldon
33. Looking for Alibrandi, Melina Marchetta
34. Mao's Last Dancer, Li Cunxin
35. Secret History, Donna Tartt
36. Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks Probably my favourite book ever.
37. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
38. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
39. Jessica, Bryce Courtenay
40. The Notebook, Nicolas Sparks
41. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D Salinger
42. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
43. One for the Money, Janet Evanovich
44. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
45. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
46. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
47. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Helen Fielding I read the first one and believe me, I wouldn't put myself through the torture of the sequel.
48. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
49. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
50. Life of Pi, Yann Martel
I might write a bit about some of these later. There are a lot I haven't read. Many I don't want to - Bryce Courtenay doesn't do it for me so I won't be reading any of them. Quite a few of these are probably lying around the house. I am about to start Jared Diamond - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive; but when I finish it I will get into fiction, maybe start with Pride & Prejudice then see the movie. I've seen other versions of it before but never read the book. Time to start reading classics!
So ... anyone else inspiried to do a lot of reading? I am going to make my own Top 15/Top 20 sometime, it will look pretty different to that Top 100 I think!
What are you guys all reading?