Favourite book list - FOR US!!!
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Topic: Favourite book list - FOR US!!!
Posted By: nicolaann
Subject: Favourite book list - FOR US!!!
Date Posted: 23 December 2009 at 11:11pm
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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!! 
------------- Nicky, Mum to Alex (5) & Sophie (3) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date 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! ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date 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 ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 24 December 2009 at 10:41am
Miss Angel - did you see that 'The Colour of Magic' and 'The Hogsfather' are on TV over Christmas? -------------   
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MissAngel wrote:Posted By: HuntersMama
Date 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! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kathamill
Date Posted: 24 December 2009 at 8:22pm
| crosstitch series by diana gabaldon love love love it |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date 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. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: MrsH
Date 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! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date 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 By: AzzaNZ
Date 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 ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: gypsynita
Date 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 ------------- Anita Mum to Cian (Aug 08), Josh (Jun 10) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 25 December 2009 at 11:54pm
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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.
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Posted By: RBsMama
Date Posted: 26 December 2009 at 7:06pm
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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 By: jaz
Date 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. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date 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 By: caitlynsmygirl
Date 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 By: .Mel
Date 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 ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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