Gail's Randomised Reading List 2022

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Gail's Randomised Reading List

✔ 1. The First Garden Anne Herbert
✔ 2. The Atrocity Exhibition J G Ballard
3. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha Christie
✔ 4. Conversations in Sicily Elio Vittorini (WL)
✔ 5. The Triple Mirror of the Self Zulfikar Ghose
✔ 6. The Master of Petersbury J M Coetzee
✔ 7. The Museum of Unconditional Surrender Dubravka Ugresic (WL)
8. The Unconsoled Kazou Ishiguro
✔ 9. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Kurt Vonnegut (WL)
✔ 10. Thursbitch Alan Garner
11. Your Face Tomorrow Javier Marias (WL)
✔ 12. The Hamlet William Faulkner
13. Cat and Mouse Gunter Grass
✔ 14. The Vice-Consul Marguerite Duras
✔ 15. The Ravishing of Lol V. Stein Marguerite Duras
✔ 16. Pierre and Jean Guy de Maupassant
✔ 17. Nervous Conditions Tsitsi Dangarembga
✔ 18. The Honorary Consul Graham Greene
19. If This is a Man Primo Levi
✔ 20. Far From the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy
✔ 21. The Wars Timothy Findley
✔ 22. The Storm of Steel Ernst Junger (WL)
23. Absalom, Absalom! William Faulkner
24. The Cathedral Oles Honchar
25. The Power and the Glory Graham Greene
✔ 26. All Souls Javier Marias
27. Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne
28. Casino Royale Ian Fleming
29. The Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan
✔ 30. Transit Anna Seghers (WL)
31. The Roots of Heaven Gary Romain
31. The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

[Gail]

Thank you Book.
I have read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and would like to swap it out. Here is the link:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Happy New Year to you and your beautiful "new" eyes.

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Gail wrote: "Thank you Book.
I have read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and would like to swap it out. Here is the link:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"

Done :)

[Gail]

I have read The First Garden and posted a review under 1001 Reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Gail]

I have read Conversations in Sicily which is a wishlist book. I have written a short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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Nope the book I gave you replaced The First Garden I have only seen your message today and have given you a new WL book now :)

[Gail]

Oh sorry. Thank you for the new book

[Gail]

I have finished The Master of Petersburg and have posted a review under 1001 Reviews.

[Gail]

I have finished The Museum of Unconditional Surrender and posted a short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Gail]

I finished The Triple Mirror of the Self and posted a review.

[Gail]

I finished God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater and posted a short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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[Gail]

You have been very good to me this year dear randomizer, but now you are back to your old tricks….Your Face Tomorrow is 1242 pages long and comes in three volumes….
Yikes

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Gail wrote: "You have been very good to me this year dear randomizer, but now you are back to your old tricks….Your Face Tomorrow is 1242 pages long and comes in three volumes….
Yikes"

LOL well luck can't last forever sorry

[Gail]

I have read Thursbitch and posted a review.

[Gail]

I have read The Atrocity Exhibition and posted a review

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Gail wrote: "I have read The Atrocity Exhibition and posted a review"

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[Gail]

Thank you Book. I would like to swap the new book Cat and Mouse as I read it for a past BOTM. Here is the review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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Gail wrote: "Thank you Book. I would like to swap the new book Cat and Mouse as I read it for a past BOTM. Here is the review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Done

[Gail]

I have finished reading The Vice-Consul and have written a short review.

[Gail]

I have finished reading The Hamlet and have written a short review.

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Gail wrote: "I have finished reading The Hamlet and have written a short review."

New books added....the randomiser really wants you reading Marguerite Duras

[Gail]

Thank you Book. I am in a Duras kind of mood so that is okay with me.

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Gail wrote: "Thank you Book. I am in a Duras kind of mood so that is okay with me."

Thank goodness for that if it was an author you hated I would feel bad

[Gail]

I have read The Ravishing of Lol Stein and posted a short review.

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Gail wrote: "I have read The Ravishing of Lol Stein and posted a short review."

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[Gail]

I have read Nervous Conditions and posted a short review.

[Gail]

I have read Pierre and Jean and have posted a short review.

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[Gail]

Thank you Book. I have read If This is a Man and given it a review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
May I have another please?

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New book added suspect you might have also read this...

[Gail]

No, I have not read this. One of the reasons I joined the group is because I had never read any of the classics. Slowly catching up.
Thank you

[Gail]

I have read The Honorary Consul and have posted a short review.

[Gail]

I have read Far From the Madding Crowd and have posted a short review.

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New books added you ended up with another WL book

[Gail]

Thank you Book. The WL book is in my library, it is the other one that will be more difficult to find...

[Gail]

I have finished reading The Wars and have posted a short review.

[Gail]

Thank you Book but I have read Absalom, Absalom! And here is the review:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

My condolences on the passing of your Queen. A friend of mine said that no matter what you felt about the royalty, you had to credit Queen Elizabeth II with an extraordinary amount of grace and grit. I thought that was an interesting combo: “grace and grit”.

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Gail wrote: "Thank you Book but I have read Absalom, Absalom! And here is the review:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

My condolences on the passing of your Queen. A friend of min..."

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She certainly was one of a kind her motto was Never complain, never explain.

[Gail]

I have finished The Storm of Steel: Original 1929 Translation and have posted a short review.

[Gail]

I have read The Power and the Glory and here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... If I could have another please. Thank you Book.

[Gail]

I have read All Souls and posted a short review.
Thank you Book

[Gail]

Thank you Book but I have read this one. Here is the review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Another please...

[Gail]

Sorry to be difficult but I just read Casino Royale as my TBR book last month. Try again please.
Thank you

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You can go off people you know ;) Just kidding

[Gail]

Okay, how about three times a charm? I have read Pilgrim's Progress and here is the review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Thank you Book

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Fingers crossed for this one...

[Gail]

YES! I have not read that one. Thank you

[Gail]

I have read Transit by Anna Seghers (Transit) and published a short review.
As it is the end of the year, I probably don't need you to give me another book as I am unlikely to read it but just in case the old randomizer turns up something very short and sweet I guess you should give it a go.

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New book added not sure if it meets the criteria LOL