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nicolaann 
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Posted: 23 December 2009 at 11:11pm |
Inspired by the kids book list thread.......
Thought it might be fun to start a book list for adult books too. I love to read, but find that books are so expensive I will only buy one if it has been recommended to me.
So here goes....
This charming Man - Marian Keyes. Just read it and LOVED it. Lots of LOL bits. Great girly read!! 
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Posted: 23 December 2009 at 11:13pm |
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hmm.. Anything by Terry Pratchett? lol. He's my fav author and I reccomend anything written by him!
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Posted: 24 December 2009 at 7:51am |
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I LOVE Julie Garwood's historical novels, they are all romance novels set in England or Scotland
Also The Wilderness Series by Sara Donati is wonderful, I am currently waiting for the 6th and final book to be published in January
I have bought quite a few books off TM as it is so much cheaper. I like to buy books as I often re-read them
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Posted: 24 December 2009 at 10:41am |
 MissAngel wrote:
hmm.. Anything by Terry Pratchett? lol. He's my fav author and I reccomend anything written by him! |
Miss Angel - did you see that 'The Colour of Magic' and 'The Hogsfather' are on TV over Christmas?
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Posted: 24 December 2009 at 7:10pm |
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My all time favourite is A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. Once I got into it I absolutely loved it!
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Posted: 24 December 2009 at 8:22pm |
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crosstitch series by diana gabaldon love love love it
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Posted: 24 December 2009 at 9:01pm |
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I read an awesome book the other week, I was hooked, and now have to go back and read the pre-quel to it. lol.
They are by an Aussie writer called Melanie La'Brooy. Very witty and funny and kinda crazy (like, so maybe that's why I relate to them)
So the first in the series is:
Lovestruck
and the one i read was called :
The babymoon.
Can't say anything about Lovestruck, as I haven't read it but The babymoon is crackers, I couldn't put it down.
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Posted: 24 December 2009 at 11:30pm |
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To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
An absolute classic and must-read.
And strangely, the other book that I love to read over and over is Diary of a Fat Man by Paul Jeffreys. An account of how Paul lost over 60kgs in a year. Even though he got to take a year off work to do his diet and exercise program, it's still quite inspirational.
Quite like Marian Keys but can only read her books every so often because they're so similar, I keep getting confused.
Oooh, and forgot to add The Bronze Horseman / Bridge to Holy Cross / A Summer Garden by Paullina Simons. LOVE THEM!
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Posted: 25 December 2009 at 4:05pm |
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I have a few favourites
The Time Travelers Wife
The Bronze Horseman series
by Paullina Simons
The Sookie Stackhouse series (True Blood)
by Charlaine Harris
I read so much so its hard for me to keep track of authors, but those are the books that i LOVE
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Posted: 25 December 2009 at 8:59pm |
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The Red Tent - Anita Diamant
Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
The Time Travellers Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Child 44 - Tom Rob Smith
Anything by Neil Gaiman and Bryce Courtenay
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Posted: 25 December 2009 at 11:13pm |
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ooh... so hard to pick!!
I love so many authors - paullina, simmons, diana gabaldon, marian keyes, nora roberts, bernard cornwall.... yada yada!
some books i love though are:
divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood
playing beatie bow
labyrinth by kate mosse
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Posted: 25 December 2009 at 11:54pm |
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Anything by Dean Koontz (Have alot of his books)
Flowers in the Attic series - Virginia Andrews
Forbidden Love - Norma Khouri (I think thats how you spell her last name)
Sophies Journey - Can't member who wrote it, but about a girl at a kindy/preschool type school in Aus (NSW or VIC i think) and a car drove in through the wall and trapped her under it and it caught on fire and she had burns to a fatal percentage of her body, but lived...
My Sisters Keeper and Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult.
might have to give your ones a try!
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Posted: 26 December 2009 at 7:06pm |
I like most of James Patterson, Lee Child & Nora Roberts books.
I liked My Sister's Keeper & Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult too
I haven't read any new ones of late, so will watch this thread in interest, to get some ideas of what to get from the library next 
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Posted: 26 December 2009 at 10:08pm |
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I'm in a book club so get to read books that I probably wouldn't have chosen for myself. My favourite read this year was Mr Pip.
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Posted: 26 December 2009 at 10:13pm |
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My favourite is 'The Diviners' by Margaret Laurence.
I also like most of Margaret Atwood's stuff and I love To Kill a Mockingbird.
Not really into chick lit but I did like The Lovely Bones - except the weird ending and also My Sister's Keeper.
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Posted: 27 December 2009 at 2:06am |
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Favorite book of all time , To kill a Mockingbird .
And Atticus Finch is my favorite character of all time ,then Dumble dore .
I loved Mr Pip, brilliant book
this year, books i've read that I enjoyed
" Brightest star in the sky " Marian Keyes
" The Forgotten Garden " by an author whos name I forgot
and some Lesley Pearce ones
over all
Emily of Newmoon , LM Montgomery
Harry Potter series
Discworld series
Martina Cole
Marian Keyes
My sisters keeper (thats the only Jodi Picoult one i really like,the rest all start becoming similar, all with court cases etc , so ...gloomy )
The Lovely bones ( and can't wait to see the movie )
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Posted: 29 December 2009 at 5:27pm |
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A book of Tomorrow - Cecelia Ahern...the characters will stay in your head for a long time. So beautifully written
Mercy Thompson Series - Patricia Briggs
Anita Baker Vampire Series - Laurell K Hamilton
Succubus Series - Richelle Mead
Thorn Queen Series - Richelle Mead
Vampire Academy Series - Richelle Mead
Vampire Diaries - LJ Smith
Anything by Fiona Walker, Lee Childs, Martina Cole, Patricia Cornwall
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