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leabharbhawigh

From Brisbane, Queensland Australia
Joined Thursday, September 11, 2008
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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.

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

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