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On the Road
The Devil's Feather
DECEIT
Cry of the Kalahari
Pushed Down from the Wings
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder,Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary
The Pleasure of my Company
Dance with Me
The Lady and the Unicorn
Summer Sisters
An Old Fashioned Arrangement (Transita)
The Debutante Divorcee
Jacarandahs and Verandahs
The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People
Lake of dead languages
The Household Guide to Dying
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Extended Profile
I enjoy a broad mix of books: non-fiction, reference books, anthologies, humour, certain books about business, society and different cultures. I also enjoy fiction, thrillers, and classics.
My username leabharbhawig /Lauweɾˠvaːig/ is my corruption of leabharbhách, an Irish Gaelic word for book-lover or bibliophile.
My username leabharbhawig /Lauweɾˠvaːig/ is my corruption of leabharbhách, an Irish Gaelic word for book-lover or bibliophile.
Pages Read Challenge 2009
Aim: 15,000 pages
January:
The Lady and the Unicorn, Tracy Chevalier: 256 pages
Dance with Me, Luanne Rice: 339 => 595 pages
The Pleasure of my Company, Steve Martin: 163 => 578 pages
The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga: 321 => 899 pages
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (tr: R. Keeland): 533 => 1432 pages
The Girl who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson (tr: R. Keeland): 569 => 2001 pages
February
How to Read a Novel, John Sutherland: 282 => 2283 pages
The Tales of Beedle The Bard, J.K. Rowling: 109 => 2392 pages
Dealing with Difficult Situations, Roberta Cava: 298 => 2690 pages
Cry of the Kalahari, Mark and Delia Owens: 334 => 3024 pages (UPDATED 03.Feb.09)
PLUS some short stories printed out from the internet (page # unknown)
March
A Closer Look at Ariel: A Memory of Sylvia Plath, Nancy Hunter Steiner: 83 => 3107 pages
April
East of Eden, John Steinbeck: 601 => 3708 pages
We Need to Talk About Kevin: Lionel Shriver: 468 => 4176 pages
On Writing Well, William Zinsser: 303 => 4479 pages
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro: 282 => 4761 pages
The Irish Signorina, Julia O'Faolain: 187 => 4948 pages
May
The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory: 529 => 5477 pages
The Post-Birthday World, Lionel Shriver: 517 => 5994 pages
Unless, Carol Shields: 231 => 6225 pages
Escape from Cubicle Nation, Pamela Slim: 331 => 6556 pages
June
August is a Wicked Month, Edna O'Brien: 169 => 6725 pages
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy (tr: R. Pevear, L. Volokhonsky): 838 => 7563 pages
The 4-Hour Work Week, Timothy Ferriss: 298 => 7861
July
The Road to Jerusalem (Knight Templar Series), Jan Guillou, Anna Paterson (trans): 314 => 8175 pgs
The Knight Templar (Knight Templar Series), Jan Guillou, Anna Paterson (trans): 314 => 8489 pgs
August
Beloved, Toni Morrison: 324 => 8813
The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas: 483 => 9296
January:
The Lady and the Unicorn, Tracy Chevalier: 256 pages
Dance with Me, Luanne Rice: 339 => 595 pages
The Pleasure of my Company, Steve Martin: 163 => 578 pages
The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga: 321 => 899 pages
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (tr: R. Keeland): 533 => 1432 pages
The Girl who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson (tr: R. Keeland): 569 => 2001 pages
February
How to Read a Novel, John Sutherland: 282 => 2283 pages
The Tales of Beedle The Bard, J.K. Rowling: 109 => 2392 pages
Dealing with Difficult Situations, Roberta Cava: 298 => 2690 pages
Cry of the Kalahari, Mark and Delia Owens: 334 => 3024 pages (UPDATED 03.Feb.09)
PLUS some short stories printed out from the internet (page # unknown)
March
A Closer Look at Ariel: A Memory of Sylvia Plath, Nancy Hunter Steiner: 83 => 3107 pages
April
East of Eden, John Steinbeck: 601 => 3708 pages
We Need to Talk About Kevin: Lionel Shriver: 468 => 4176 pages
On Writing Well, William Zinsser: 303 => 4479 pages
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro: 282 => 4761 pages
The Irish Signorina, Julia O'Faolain: 187 => 4948 pages
May
The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory: 529 => 5477 pages
The Post-Birthday World, Lionel Shriver: 517 => 5994 pages
Unless, Carol Shields: 231 => 6225 pages
Escape from Cubicle Nation, Pamela Slim: 331 => 6556 pages
June
August is a Wicked Month, Edna O'Brien: 169 => 6725 pages
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy (tr: R. Pevear, L. Volokhonsky): 838 => 7563 pages
The 4-Hour Work Week, Timothy Ferriss: 298 => 7861
July
The Road to Jerusalem (Knight Templar Series), Jan Guillou, Anna Paterson (trans): 314 => 8175 pgs
The Knight Templar (Knight Templar Series), Jan Guillou, Anna Paterson (trans): 314 => 8489 pgs
August
Beloved, Toni Morrison: 324 => 8813
The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas: 483 => 9296