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[Teri-K]

N: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

A classic I've read and enjoyed several times over the years. The BBC TV version is quite good, too. (Richard Armitage. yum)

[Susan]

O: Our Father — another great Bernice Rubens novel.

I would have read this back in the 80s, when I was going through my Bernice Rubens phase.

[Ruth]

P: Peter Pan Loved this as a child.

[Danielle]

Q: A Quiet Flame by Philip Kerr. This book was the first I read by Philip Kerr.

[Teri-K]

R: The Road Not Taken and Other Poems by Robert Frost

I love poetry, and Frost has been one of my favorites since I was a young girl.

[Susan]

S: Spring Sonata by Bernice Rubens — another one from my Bernice Rubens phase.

[Tweedledum]

T. Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban

[Lorraine]

U: Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes (quite different from the movie!!)

[Teri-K]

V: Village School by Miss Read
First of a favorite series of mine.

[Susan]

W: Waiting for Childhood by Sumner Locke Elliott — like all of his books, it's a great read.

[LauraT]

Teri-k wrote: "V: Village School by Miss Read
First of a favorite series of mine."

I love it as well!!! And I've discovered it in here!

[Susan]

Skipping over X...

Y: Yesterday in the Back Lane — another one from my Bernice Rubens phase.

[Tweedledum]

Z: A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell

[Susan]

A: About Tilly Beamis — another great novel from Sumner Locke Elliott.

[Nefeli]

The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas

[Susan]

C: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood

[LauraT]

C: Il Conte di Montecristo by the same author!!!

[Susan]

Snap!

D: Down Among The Women by Fay Weldon

[LauraT]

E: Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

[Tweedledum]

F : Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers I read this as a teenager when it was first published way back in 1972 .

[Danielle]

The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne. Read this last year and really loved it.

[Lorraine]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Have read this about three times and also listened to the audio book. A great ending for the series.

[Teri-K]

I: The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
One of the best of the Jeeves & Wooster series, which never fail to make me smile.

[Ann]

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

[Lorraine]

K: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

I read this book when it was still new, and it was making the rounds in my department.

[Ann]

Love Will Make You Drink and Gamble, Stay Out Late at Night by Shelly Lowenkopf, my literature teacher at Adult Ed.

[Teri-K]

M: The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

I've been rereading these. :)

[Lorraine]

N: Nemesis by Agatha ChristieNemesis. A sort of sequel to A Caribbean Mystery.

[Ann]

The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty

[Tweedledum]

P.
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

[Leslie]

Q -- Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett, the second book in the Lymond series

[Teri-K]

R: The Raphael Affair by Iain Pears

First in the Jonathan Argyll Art Mystery series. I first read this about 15 years ago and have reread it a couple of times.

[LauraT]

S: Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
Of the series of Thursday Next. I like them all

[Leslie]

T: The Teeth of the Tiger by Tom Clancy; I like the Jack Ryan books (which I have read more than once) but haven't tried any of Clancy's other books. I would why not...

And I should try to use this one in the animal thread!

[LauraT]

U: Una storia semplice by Leonardo Sciascia

[Danielle]

V:Vets Might Fly by James Herriot

I like the books by James Herriot; they are fun to read

[Ann]

Wise Blood by Flannery O'Conner

[Susan]

Skipping X...

Y: A Young Doctor's Notebook by Mikhail Bulgakov. I read this great collection of short stories earlier this year.

[Ann]

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler

[Leslie]

A: The Awakening and Selected Stories by Kate Chopin, currently reading

[Susan]

Ann wrote: "Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler"
I've just added this one to my TBR — thanks!

B: Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney. I read this back when everyone was reading it.

[Ann]

You're welcome, Susan. I thought it was a pretty good read.

[Susan]

C: Careful, He Might Hear You by Sumner Locke Elliott. I read this after the film was released — a wonderful novel!

[Ann]

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller, one of my favorite memoirs

[Susan]

E: Expressway: Twenty-Nine Australian Writers Respond to Helen Daniel's Invitation: Stories Based on Jeffrey Smart's Painting "Cahill Expressway" — a great collection of Australian short stories.

[Michael]

F: Faithful Place

[Teri-K]

G: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Not my usual fare, but really good.

[Ann]

He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope, not one of my favorite Trollopes

[Katie]

I: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

[Teri-K]

J: The Jackal's Head by Elizabeth Peters

Not one of Peter's best, but an interesting precursor of her Amelia Peabody books.