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bubblesdream · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject:

whosrose wrote:

bubblesdream wrote:

Big white fan outside .. they'll have to take me in my DRESSING GOWN!!!!! Very Happy

Oooooooooh lucky you Bubbles! Wink

Sorry rose I mean VAN

Thanks for explaining DG

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1. A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon
2. The Island - Victoria Hislop
3. Somebody Else's Kids - Torey Hayden
4. Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
5. Sarahs Key - Tatiania de Rosnay
6. Affinity - Sarah Waters
7. Blood Ties - Sam Hayes
8. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
9. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
10. Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters
11. The Kabul Beauty School - Deborah Rodriguez
12. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg
13. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark
14. The American Boy - Andrew Taylor
15. Mr Pip - Lloyd Jones
16. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
17. The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
18. The Uncoupling - Cauvery Madhavan
19. Random Acts of Heroic Love - Danny Scheinmann

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Shirazee · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject:

34. My Best Friend's Girl - Dorothy Koomson

A brilliant read, sad in parts, real roller coaster, excellent read with a happy ending, won't say anything further about that as there are two guys involved Razz

Shirazee · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject:

35. Angel - Katie Price

dancingqueen · Moderator Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 45300

1. A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon
2. The Island - Victoria Hislop
3. Somebody Else's Kids - Torey Hayden
4. Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
5. Sarahs Key - Tatiania de Rosnay
6. Affinity - Sarah Waters
7. Blood Ties - Sam Hayes
8. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
9. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
10. Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters
11. The Kabul Beauty School - Deborah Rodriguez
12. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg
13. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark
14. The American Boy - Andrew Taylor
15. Mr Pip - Lloyd Jones
16. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
17. The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
18. The Uncoupling - Cauvery Madhavan
19. Random Acts of Heroic Love - Danny Scheinmann
20. East of the Sun - Julia Gregson

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Shirazee · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject:

36. Jenny Tomlin - Sweetie

From the author of Silent Sisters and Behind Closed Doors comes a fiction debut based on a true story

Synopsis
It is the summer of 1976, the hottest summer on record. In the heart of London's bustling East End lies a tight-knit community of families. They lead a very traditional way of life, the men are down the pub, the women are gossiping at the toddler group in the working women's club and the children stay out late in the long summer evenings, playing in the park and roaming the streets carefree.In the sweltering heat, Grace Ballantyne leaves her son Adam playing in his toy car in the garden. When she returns, she finds the door to the car open and her four-year-old son is nowhere in sight. As Grace frantically searches, panic creeps in and so the nightmare begins. A series of horrific assaults on young children spreads through the neighbourhood, each one more brutal; there is only so much this close community can take. As they cling to one another for hope and survival, the men beat up the school caretaker who they believe to be the perpetrator of this twisted abuse. But have they got the right man? Finally, it is the women who take control. In a battle to protect their families - and seek revenge - they make sure the attacker gets his just desserts.

Definitely not for the faint-hearted, due to graphic descriptions of the attacks on young children but an excellent book none the less, very well written with some very believable characters, highly recommended as long as you can stomach the detail thumbsup

Shirazee · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject:

37. Light on Snow - Anita Shreve

whosrose · Competition Guru Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 11104

1. A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon
2. Behind the Pine Curtain - Gerri Hill
3. Somebody Else's Kids - Torey Hayden
4. P.S. I Love You x Cecelia Ahern
5. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon
6. One Summer Night - Gerri Hill
7. The Boy in Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne
8. Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters
9. Girl on the Platform - Josephine Cox - Quick Read
10. If I am missing or dead - Janine Latus
11. The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler
12. The Night Watch - Sarah Waters
13. The Ninth Life of Louis Drax - Liz Jenson
14. Priceless - Charlie Daniels
15. Affinity - Sarah Waters
16. Lorelei's Secret - Carolyn Parkhurst
17. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Maina Lewycka
18. Remember Me - Lesley Pearse
19. Before I Die - Jenny Downham
20. Daniel Isn't Talking - Marti Leimbach

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Shirazee · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject:

Rose you are a credit to this TA reading challenge - for someone who 'isn't a reader' to have read 20 books in 6 months is absolutely fantastic clap

you should be extremely proud of yourself, I know I am SO proud of you hug

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5. Life on the refrigerator door -Alice Kuipers
6. A thousand splendid suns -Khalid hosseini
7. The memory keepers daughter -Kim Edwards
8. Overheard in a dream - Torey Hayden
9.The Island - Ian Hislop
10 The boy in the striped pyjamas (again) -John Boyne
11.PS I love you - cecilian ahern
12. a brothers journey - Richard Pelzer
13. A place called here - Cecilia Ahern
14. If you could see me now - Cecilia Ahern

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whosrose · Competition Guru Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 11104

Shirazee

....I can't believe what I've been missing out on all these years...

1. A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon
2. Behind the Pine Curtain - Gerri Hill
3. Somebody Else's Kids - Torey Hayden
4. P.S. I Love You x Cecelia Ahern
5. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon
6. One Summer Night - Gerri Hill
7. The Boy in Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne
8. Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters
9. Girl on the Platform - Josephine Cox - Quick Read
10. If I am missing or dead - Janine Latus
11. The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler
12. The Night Watch - Sarah Waters
13. The Ninth Life of Louis Drax - Liz Jenson
14. Priceless - Charlie Daniels
15. Affinity - Sarah Waters
16. Lorelei's Secret - Carolyn Parkhurst
17. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Maina Lewycka
18. Remember Me - Lesley Pearse
19. Before I Die - Jenny Downham
20. Daniel Isn't Talking - Marti Leimbach
21. Marley and Me - John Grogan Crying or Very sad

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trueblue · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject:

1) The tenth circle -Jodie Piccoult
2) A spot of Bother - Mark Haddon
3) Tears at bedtime - Tom Wilson
4) Don't tell mummy - Toni Maguire
5) When Daddy comes home - Toni Maguire
6) A brother's Journey - Richard Pelzer
7) Somebody else's kids - Tory Hayden
8) (Re-read) Ghost Girl - Torey Hayden
9) Ps I Love - Cecilia Ahearn
10) Blood Ties: Sam Hayes
11) The abduction - Mark Gimenez
12) Notes from an exhibition - Patrick Gale
13) Sarahs Key - Tatiania de Rosnay
14) The time traveler's wife - Audrey Niffenegger
15) The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
16) Vanished Karen Robards

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trueblue · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject:

bubblesdream wrote:

True I have read 7 or 8 of your list must read same type of books Shocked

Ladies of good taste Wink

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whosrose · Competition Guru Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 11104

1. A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon
2. Behind the Pine Curtain - Gerri Hill
3. Somebody Else's Kids - Torey Hayden
4. P.S. I Love You x Cecelia Ahern
5. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon
6. One Summer Night - Gerri Hill
7. The Boy in Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne
8. Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters
9. Girl on the Platform - Josephine Cox - Quick Read
10. If I am missing or dead - Janine Latus
11. The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler
12. The Night Watch - Sarah Waters
13. The Ninth Life of Louis Drax - Liz Jenson
14. Priceless - Charlie Daniels
15. Affinity - Sarah Waters
16. Lorelei's Secret - Carolyn Parkhurst
17. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Maina Lewycka
18. Remember Me - Lesley Pearse
19. Before I Die - Jenny Downham
20. Daniel Isn't Talking - Marti Leimbach
21. Marley and Me - John Grogan
22. Losing You - Nicci French (As it says on the cover....You live through every nail-biting minute)
Nina Landry has given up city life for the isolated community of Sandling Island, lying off the bleak east coast of England. At night the wind howls. Sometimes they are cut off by the incoming tide. For Nina though it is home. It is safe. But when Nina's teenage daughter Charlie fails to return from a sleepover on the day they're due to go on holiday, the island becomes a different place altogether - a place of secrets and suspicions where no one - friends, neighbours or the police - believes Nina's instinctive fear that her daughter is in terrible danger. Alone, she undergoes a frantic search for Charlie. And as day turns to night, she begins to doubt not just whether they'll leave the island for their holiday - but whether they will ever leave it again. (courtesy of Amazon)

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Shirazee · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject:

now that sounds like a good story rose thumbsup