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babydoll857
11 yrs ago
...got moving on the Christie books again reading The Moving Finger & Sparkling Cyanide around Christmas time. Both very very enjoyable. The Moving Finger is a particular favourite - loved the brother and sister characte…
babydoll857
11 yrs ago
it was promised to a nonBCer and my brother and is going out the end of the week. I've been borrowing many of the books from my library also.That's ok I wasn't fishing for a RABCK don't wo…
babydoll857
11 yrs ago
On my last business trip. The set up was very similar to one of her earlier stories.You have caught me up and overtaken me. I am currently struggling to get hold of a copy of Moving Finger…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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CLOSED to new entries intl wishlist / surprise RABCK, celebrating
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Pick me! Pick me!
babydoll857
11 yrs ago
I would like to be entered into your RABCK prize draw please.
1. I am on rabck.com
2. My wishlist is up to date
3. I live in the UK
Thank you x
babydoll857
11 yrs ago
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Ha ha not sure Anne of Green Gables and the Bronte sisters fit this bill! There is some absolutely fantastic teen fiction being written at the moment. Try:
The Enemy - Charlie Higson
Blood Red Road - Moira Young
Cin…
babydoll857
11 yrs ago
It is certainly one of the easiest reads I've ever read, if not the greatest. I have not read the Twilight series, and have only seen one Twilight movie, so can't really comment on the comparison. Have to…
babydoll857
11 yrs ago
I am hearing a lot about these books. For those of you that have read one or more, would you want to swap a book or borrow them out? I'd like to read them but I live in a smaller town and I cannot find the bo…
babydoll857
11 yrs ago
The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley and in a similar vein the more recent Love Always by Harriet Evans are both set in Cornwall. Don't be put off by the frankly awful cover of Love Always as it's not really all that chick l…
babydoll857
11 yrs ago
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Well the chronological list that I got from somewhere some years ago and decided was a good one to go by, put this collection of short stories in the early 1940s although as a collection it wasn't released til 1991. Howe…
babydoll857
11 yrs ago
....you've just slogged through some worthy tome of fiction that the boring one in the bookclub picked this month. Fast, interesting and a good romance - it does what it says on the tin. Bravo Ms James for cornering the …
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
Just an update to say that I am still working my way in an anal fashion (!) through the chronological order of publication list of Christie's works with my 3 star rating system. Didn't cover much ground last year as I si…
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
Well this was tougher than I thought it was going to be. My main issue was picking books that I thought I wanted to read from each continent and then finding out I really hated them, i.e. Things Fall Apart, Q&A, and feel…
Book Talk
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Reading suggestions: Dystopian and post-apocalyptic novels
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If any of you PA fiction fans are in London...
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
I recommend http://www.meetup.com/post-apocalypticbookclub/#upcoming
Or if you're not in London have a look at their archive for books they've read and discussed since it began if you want some reading ideas in this ge…
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
With the year now drawing to a close I'm going to make it my personal challenge to complete Africa by the end of this year, then I'll be about halfway through the challenge! It will probably take me all of next year to c…
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
Am torn at the moment whether to count 1984 as India seeing as Orwell was born there. Feels like cheating as it's such a British book - any thoughts?I wouldn't count it as India, f…
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - best book I've read in a very long time. The sequels are also fantastic and the film is in production right now!
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
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I am fed up of listing my reads so will just update by saying I have just read a beautiful book by a Sri Lanka born author: Reef by Romesh Gunesekera. Beautiful and I would never have picked it to read if I wasn't doing …
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
The goodreads group has multiple message boards related to the challenge, so people are posting their lists, arranging reading groups, talking about the politics of what country to list a book under (say for …
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
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I have a theory that part of the appeal of steampunk is that it makes it feasible (in-story) to have a lone scientist create fantastic machines and creatures without help, in his basement. Unlike what mo…
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
Read the Orange Prizewinner 'The Tiger's Wife'! I was very surprised at the shall we say slightly supernatural aspect of this novel.I nearly bought that book yesterday when I was at…
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
As a huge fan (see my profile pic) I have to say that Emma is a right royal pain in the arse who ends up with - whoops nearly did a spoiler there sorry. Even the TV adaptation of Emma is rubbish so whatever you do don't…
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
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I haven't logged on to BC for a while so was thrilled to find I had 21 replies to my Steampunk lit. appeal! I have just read Steamed by Kate MacAlister which was hilarious bilge, but would love to read something better a…
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
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I know that nobody needs recommendations or ideas for Europe for the challenge but I'm going to recommend one anyway. Read the Orange Prizewinner 'The Tiger's Wife'! I was very surprised at the shall we say slightly supe…
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
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I have just discovered the wild and wonderful world of steampunk!
Am starting to collect some costume and would love to read some steampunk fiction. I have done some research and borrowed some books from the library,…
babydoll857
12 yrs ago
given above to read something else before starting the second book. That's what I did when I finished reading the first one (which I kind of enjoyed for the writing and the world of it but do agree with you about the pac…
