Alphabet of Books You've Read Showing 351-400 of 1,771

[Tweedledum]

O
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
Extraordinary book in a class of it's own and the film was very faithful to the book with one of my fav actors Ralph Fiennes playing the very eccentric Oscar.

[Leslie]

P: Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett, 4th book in the Lymond series

[Nicole]

Skipping Q

R

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink This one disappointed me. I really disliked it.

[Leslie]

S: Something Fresh by P.G. Wodehouse - Blandings is just as funny as Bertie :)

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T: Truth Serum by Bernard Cooper

[Kristen]

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Fantastic book!

[Tweedledum]

Kristen wrote: "The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Fantastic book!"

I agree.

[Tweedledum]

V
The Virgin in the Ice by Ellis Peters
Second book in the Cadfael cannon by the brilliant author Ellis Peters.

[Leslie]

W: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Hahaha -- I was struggling to think of a W title when I suddenly realized that I just finished one!

Tweedledum wrote: "V
The Virgin in the Ice by Ellis Peters
Second book in the Cadfael cannon by the brilliant author Ellis Peters."

I have recently been rewatching the Cadfael TV series with Derek Jacobi - also very good. Jacobi is excellent as Brother Cadfael!

[Tweedledum]

Leslie wrote: "W: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Hahaha -- I was struggling to think of a W title when I suddenly realized that I just finished one!

Tweedledum wrote: "V
The Virg..."</i>

You've finished [book:War and Peace! Well done! I hope you are celebrating!

[Tweedledum]

Oh no ! I've just got around to checking this thread and it's X again!

[Leslie]

Tweedledum wrote: "Oh no ! I've just got around to checking this thread and it's X again!"

Feel free to skip X and go onto Y, if you want...

and thanks for the congratulations; I celebrated by checking out too many books from the library (once again defeating my attempt to read books from my own shelves)! :D

[Tweedledum]

X
The Xenophobe's Guide to the Aussies, Revised Ken Hunt

[LauraT]

Y: In the Year of Jubilee by George R. Gissing - read last year; strange book ...

[Leslie]

Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm - satire of Oxford

[[deleted user]]

A: The Affairs of Others by Amy Grace Loyd

[Tweedledum]

B
Borrobil by William Croft Dickinson

[Bionic Jean]

You are a dab hand at coming up with books I thought I'd forgotten long ago, Tweedledum!! Another to add to my "read" list, thank you! I remember thinking that one was odd because the two children had the same names as me and my brother!

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C

The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010--Lucille Clifton

[Leslie]

D: Death of an Expert Witness by P.D. James (I have a lot of books that start with "Death"!)

[Kristen]

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

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F

Fall of Giants by Ken Follett.

[Leslie]

G: The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett- great historical fiction, which we are reading and discussing here if anyone wants to join us

[Tweedledum]

Jean wrote: "You are a dab hand at coming up with books I thought I'd forgotten long ago, Tweedledum!! Another to add to my "read" list, thank you! I remember thinking that one was odd because the two children ..."

Well I only acquired a copy of Borrobil very recently but really enjoyed it.

[Anastasia]

H: Harold and Maude by Colin Higgins (very cute)

[Nicole]

I: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Meh. 2 star read for me.

[Leslie]

J: Jade Island by Elizabeth Lowell - pretty good thriller/romance

[Nicole]

K: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

[Leslie]

L: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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M: Mr. Bridge/Mrs. Bridge by Evan S. Connell

[Leslie]

N: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick; currently reading

[Anastasia]

O: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

[Leslie]

P: The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories by P.G. Wodehouse; currently reading

[LauraT]

Q: Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz just after having seen the film; as a teen ager, when my grandmopther still hoped to get me into the catholic church ...

[Leslie]

R: The Red Box by Rex Stout

[Anastasia]

S: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

[LauraT]

T: The Tin Drum by Günter Grass. Great novel ...

[Leslie]

U: Uncatalogued by Julie Kaewert, fun mystery set in the world of rare and antique books

[Sigourney]

V: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

[Leslie]

W: Winds of Evil by Arthur W. Upfield, Australian mystery set in the outback

[Tweedledum]

X
Here I am again and it's X again!
The Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch

[Leslie]

Y: Young Miles by Lois McMaster Bujold (but I haven't read it yet)

Tweedledum wrote: "X
Here I am again and it's X again!
The Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch"

That's because you actually have X titles to add!

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Z: Zorro by Isabel Allende

[Anastasia]

A: American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

[Leslie]

B: Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper - one of my favorite authors but this isn't one I particularly liked

[LauraT]

C Camere separate by Pier Vittorio Tondelli - read this month; liked so and so

[Roberto]

D: Desperation by Stephen King

[Katie]

E: Exile and the Kingdom by Albert Camus

[Eliza]

F: The Final Solution by Michael Chabon

[Tracey]

The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald.
Brilliant book.