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Alix's List
Friday, December 7, 2007

It was quite daunting making this list but now it is done I feel very organised and excited. I love this challenge it is such a great idea. I'm sure I can read a book a week!

Non-fiction

1. A short history of nearly everything - Bill Bryson
2. Painting as a Pastime - Winston Churchill
3. Agatha Christie: The biography - Laura Thompson
4. Edith Wharton - Hermione Lee
5. Mad, bad and dangerous to know - Ranulph Fiennes
6. Nellas Last war - Richard Boarch and Suzie Fleming
7. I nevr knew that about England - Christopher Winn
8. War time scrapbook From Blitz to Victory 1939-1945 - Robert Opie

Escapism

1. Mr Darcy's Diary - Maya Slater
2. Rachel's Holiday - Marion Keyes
3. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
4. P.s I love you - Ceceila Ahern
5. A kingdom of Dreams - Judith McNaught
6. The uncommon Reader - Alan Bennet
7. Inkheart - Corneila Funke
8. Falling for you - Jill Mansell

Book Club

1. The Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls
   
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8. TBA

Historical Fiction

1. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
2. A thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
3. Suite Francasie - Irene Nemirovsky
4. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons CROSS READ
   
5. The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford CROSS READ
   
6. Persuasion - Jane Austen
7. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
8. Winter in Madrid - C J Sansom

Re -Reads

1. Northern Lights - Philip Pullman
2. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
3. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
4. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
   
5. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
6. The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford
7. Hideous Kinky - Ester Freud
8. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald

Classics

1. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald CROSS READ
   
2. Barometer Rising - Hugh MacLennan
3. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen CROSS READ
   
4. The Turn of the Screw - Henry James CROSS READ
   
5. The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson CROSS READ
   
6. Washington Square - Henry James
7. Pursuasion - Jane Austen CROSS READ
   
8. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen CROSS READ
   

Catch My eye

1. The careful use of compliments - Alexander McCall Smith
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Mystery

1. The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
2. The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
3. The Dante Club - Matthew Pearl
4. The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
5. Sweet Cyprus - Agatha Christe
6. Endless Night - Agatha Christie
7. Passenger to Frankfurt - Agatha Christie
8. One for the Money - Janet Evanovich - Completed
   

Posted by Alix at 12/07/2007 05:11:00 PM 4 comments  

Labels: alix, Book Clubs, catch my eye, Classics, Escapism, Historical fiction, Mystery, Non-fiction, re-reads

Julie's Categories
Sunday, October 14, 2007

This is such a great idea as it has really focussed my mind but it has taken me ages to finally decide. I am wondering if I am going to like my reading dictated like this so far in advance. I am also doing a lot of cross linking to other challenges which has been very interesting as I have listed and swapped and wrote more lists!!

These will be my categories

Newbery Project
1 The Giver Lois Lowry
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Book Around The World
1 War and Peace Leo Tolstoy read
2 Snow Orhan Pamuk read
3 A Thread of Grace MaryDoria Russell reading
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Women and War
1 The Children's House at Belsen Hetty Verolme
2 Four Letters to the Witnesses of My Childhood Helena Ganor
3 Surviving with Wolves: The Most Extraordinary Story of World War II Misha Defonseca read
4 I Have Lived A Thousand Years Livia Bitton-Jackson read
5 A life in secrets : the story of Vera Atkins and the lost agents of SOE Sarah Helm
6 I will Plant You a Lilac Tree Laura Hillman
7 A Time to Speak Helen Lewis
8 If I Should Die Before I Wake Han Nolan

Book Awards
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Richard and Judy
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'Catch My Eye'
1 When The Emperor Was Divine Julie Otsuka read
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Spiritual
1 Pilgrim Road A Benedictine Journey Through Lent Albert Holtz reading
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Wendy’s 100 Most Influential Novels by Women Writers
1 Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Thurston read
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Posted by Juliette at 10/14/2007 02:38:00 PM 1 comments  

Labels: Around the World, Award Winners, catch my eye, influential novels by women, Julie, newbery, richard and judy, spiritual, women and war