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Caroley 11 yrs ago | 2 replies
80. Out of Africa - Karen Blixen http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8519972 Making my total from the combined list so far - 400. I'm quite pleased to have managed it after all. It's so helpful to have this threa…

Caroley 11 yrs ago
Good luck getting the last one read. What did you think of The Talk of the Town? I read it when it first came out and really enjoyed it.
I really enjoyed it too. It wasn't what I was expecting…

Caroley 11 yrs ago | 2 replies
76. Home and the world - Rabindra Nath Tagore (Kindle) Short and very enjoyable. A free download. 77. The life of Lazarillo of Tormes - Anonymous (Kindle) Another free one, also short, and also quite enjoyable. 78. T…

Caroley 11 yrs ago
Lots of short stories and novellas from the list? 400 is an excellent amount x
I do seem to have a couple of shorter ones on my Kindle, now that I look. I may just try for that nice round numb…


Caroley 11 yrs ago | 2 replies
I'm two books away from hitting the 300 mark (combined list), how is everyone else doing?
It's great to get near a landmark, isn't it. I'm currently getting quite excited as I'm just five book…

Caroley 11 yrs ago | 3 replies
I'll go for twenty-five as I really want to tackle some of the thicker books and if I set a higher target, I'll just avoid the chunky ones in order to reach it. I do want to try and complete The Big Read in 2013 as I …

Caroley 11 yrs ago
74. Waiting for the barbarians - J.M. Coetzee This is the second Coetzee that I've tried. I liked it enough to finish it, but I don't think I'll bother with any more of his. I really wanted to like his books as he has s…

Caroley 11 yrs ago
73. Keep the aspidistra flying - George Orwell I rather liked this one. Gordon is a poet who tries to avoid getting a Good Job so he can concentrate on his writing and maybe live off it. I did occasionally want to give …

Caroley 11 yrs ago
72. Nemesis - Philip Roth I really enjoyed this. Roth is one of the authors that I've discovered through the list and I'm enjoying reading all of his books that are on there. This one was set in Newark and followed a ma…

Caroley 11 yrs ago
71. There but for the - Ali Smith I thought I'd try this one from the latest list as I quite enjoyed The Accidental. I rather liked this one too. I loved all the wordplay and punning. I liked the overall style of writin…

Caroley 11 yrs ago | 1 replies
Do you give up on 1001 books or do you force yourself to read on?
Until recently I hadn't found one that I didn't want to finish. There were a few that I found slow going, but I'm terminally n…

Caroley 11 yrs ago
70. Memento Mori - Muriel Spark Another short-ish one. Quite amusing and a quick read.

Caroley 11 yrs ago
69. Coming up for air - George Orwell I loved the way this was written. The best way I can think to describe it is chatty. It's as if the narrator is just telling you about his week over a pint, for most of the book. It…

Caroley 11 yrs ago
62. Beloved – Toni Morrison Liked this one. 63. The safety net – Heinrich Boll Really liked this. Not as good as Katerina Blum, but still excellent. 64. Franny and Zooey – J. D. Salinger Short but really rather good…

Caroley 11 yrs ago
I read I'm not scared a couple of years ago and enjoyed it too. I read one of the author's other books afterwards, not from the list, just because I'd enjoyed that one so much.

Caroley 11 yrs ago | 1 replies
I've taken out: The End of the Affair - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10402748/ Oranges are not the only fruit - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10355301/ Oscar and Lucinda - http://www.bookcrossing.com/jour…

Caroley 11 yrs ago
That's not a bad list of additions. I rather like some of those authors and I've read the Barnes as I suspected that would be on the list. I'd love to know what's been removed though. I'm going to resist buying the l…

Caroley 11 yrs ago | 2 replies
Got it thanks. I'll take a good look at it later today.

Caroley 11 yrs ago
61. I, Robot - Isaac Asimov A fairly short read consisting of a series of short stories that follow on from each other. So much better than the film

Caroley 11 yrs ago
I've been hoping you'd do another round soon :)

Caroley 11 yrs ago | 2 replies
60. The elegance of the hedgehog - Muriel Barbery Written from the POV of two people, the concierge and a young girl. An interesting and fairly quick read. I really enjoyed it.

Caroley 11 yrs ago
(all library books so no links) 57. The book of illusions - Paul Auster Loved this one, and sadly I've now read all of Auster's books on the list. 58. White noise - Don DeLillo Liked this one. Quite an amusing book w…

Caroley 11 yrs ago
I was thinking this would be close enough to I've got you under my skin, a fairly well known song. But on putting it into Google, I found that UNDER THE SKIN is a song by Lindsey Buckingham so I have my first exact match…

Caroley 11 yrs ago
55. Under the skin by Michael Faber (library book) The blurb on the back cover makes this sound like a murder/mystery/thriller. It's actually rather more and as the tagline on the front says, it's Utterly Compulsive. So…

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