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Post by rosemary3 on Mar 23, 2016 16:23:28 GMT
For anyone who remembers their list or wants to start a new one! Mine are: House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski finished 4/4/16The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis Julie, or the New Heloise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie |
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Post by pennylane on Mar 23, 2016 16:49:51 GMT
For anyone who remembers their list or wants to start a new one! Mine are: House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski (currently reading) How are you getting on with this??? |
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Post by rosemary3 on Mar 24, 2016 9:33:39 GMT
Oh yes, I remember you were reading this too! How did you do? I've made it to half way. I'm not sure I'm enjoying it exactly, but it's interesting. I have it for 3 weeks from the library before the next person wants it, so I'm on target - still two weeks left. There are some easy bits where there are only a few words on the page, which helps  It reminds me of the Blair Witch Project, which came out about the same time. It seems to add another layer of fiction onto something similar to that. |
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Post by janetandjohn on Mar 24, 2016 9:50:19 GMT
I have no idea what I put up for the BFG challenge in the other place. Even though I relisted my entire TBR this last week nothing popped into my memory. So as I only ever give myself 3 (what with the big challenge every year, and my own Mrs Mac' challenge) it's not hard to find 3 large ones. Mrs Engels - Gavin McCreaThe Light between Oceans - M L SteadmanAll Their Minds in Tandem - David SangerSo...... sometime this year  Save |
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Post by littlereader on Mar 24, 2016 10:35:20 GMT
Ooh I forgot all about this one even though my list is saved on the same document as all the other challenges! Will copy it in later.
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Post by eightlegs on Mar 24, 2016 14:55:50 GMT
I think mine were: The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt and I am Pilgrim - Terry Hayes read
There may have been a third, I'm not sure. But since I've started neither of these and the year is nearly a quarter of the way through I think I'll stick at 2 now |
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Post by pennylane on Mar 24, 2016 17:30:22 GMT
Oh yes, I remember you were reading this too! How did you do? I've made it to half way. I'm not sure I'm enjoying it exactly, but it's interesting. I have it for 3 weeks from the library before the next person wants it, so I'm on target - still two weeks left. There are some easy bits where there are only a few words on the page, which helps It reminds me of the Blair Witch Project, which came out about the same time. It seems to add another layer of fiction onto something similar to that. No I haven't started yet but I managed to find a relatively cheap copy on Ebay as my library didn't appear to have one (though have since had a conversation with a lovely lady there who says "I love a challenge" and has offered to find me anything I want no matter where from,  I can get books from other authorities all over South Wales for no charge). Anyway I want to start it soon and may list it as one of my BFG's too as I'm not sure I remember my list. I just wanted to know how you were finding it as it has mixed reviews and does look like a true challenge! lol |
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Agatha Christie Whodunnit
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Post by wyres on Mar 29, 2016 21:34:05 GMT
At over 500 pages my current read fits the bill, so my BFG read is Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn.
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Post by pennyt on Mar 30, 2016 10:14:09 GMT
So far this year I've read three of my BFG challenge books:
A Breath of Snow and Ashes - Diana Gabaldon
The Book of Strange New Things - Michel Faber
The Cure of Souls - Phil Rickman
And I have these 9 to go...
Phil Rickman - The Lamp of the Wicked
Diana Gabaldon - An Echo in the Bone
Barbara Erskine - Lady of Hay
Amitav Ghosh - River of Smoke
Howard Zinn - A People's History of the United States
Ken Follett - Edge of Eternity
Justin Cronin - The Passage
Larry McMurtry - Lonesome Dove
Deborah Harkness - A Discovery of Witches
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Batley Townswoman's Guild presents the Battle of Pearl Harbour
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Post by peppercricket on Mar 30, 2016 10:45:23 GMT
Mine was the last book in the Game of Thrones series, split into two parts.
A Dance with Dragons - Dreams & Dust
A Dance with Dragons - After the Feast
The amount I've challenged myself to read this year, I'll do well to get these done... I might have to carry them over for a third year!
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Post by littlereader on Mar 30, 2016 14:05:48 GMT
1 Testament of Youth - Vera Brittain
2 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
3 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
4 The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
5 Wolf Among Wolves - Hans Fallada
6 Human Traces - Sebastian Faulks
7 The Stand - Stephen King
8 Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
9 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
10 In God's House - Ray Mouton
11 Guilt - Jussi Adler-Olsen read
12 The Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer read
13 Seven Types of Ambiguity - Elliot Perlman
14 The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
15 Heartstone - C.J. Sansom read
16 East of Eden - John Steinbeck
17 A God in Ruins - Kate Atkinson read
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Post by elliej84 on Mar 30, 2016 19:02:18 GMT
I didn't originally set myself any BFG books, but as I need to read one for the 40 book challenge anyway I am going to read The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood.
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Post by aileen11 on Mar 31, 2016 11:44:42 GMT
Jan - Mar update:
1 Covenant, Dean Crawford (February)
2 The Warrior's Princess, Barbara Erskine (March) |
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Post by rosemary3 on Apr 4, 2016 14:53:52 GMT
I finished House of Leaves. It gets 5 stars for originality and I'm glad I read it but I don't imagine I'll read it again. It got easier after the half way point, and the letters in the appendix were illuminating. It's the kind of book you might be tempted to reread from a different perspective after knowing the ending... but my copy's going back to the library!
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Post by pennylane on Apr 4, 2016 19:24:36 GMT
I finished House of Leaves. It gets 5 stars for originality and I'm glad I read it but I don't imagine I'll read it again. It got easier after the half way point, and the letters in the appendix were illuminating. It's the kind of book you might be tempted to reread from a different perspective after knowing the ending... but my copy's going back to the library! Sounds good, I will list is as one of my BFG's this year too. |
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I can get books from other authorities all over South Wales for no charge). 
