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message 102: by Lorraine (last edited Aug 04, 2011 10:08AM) (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales - The Brothers Grimm

A book that has been made into a movie which came out in 2011.


message 103: by Judy (new)

Judy (judygreeneyes) | 411 comments Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, March 2011 (not the first and maybe not the last film on this book!)

A book in which the story takes place in a fantasy world you wouldn't mind visiting...


message 104: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - I could have a pet dodo.

A book you couldn't finish.


message 105: by rebecca j (new)

rebecca j (technophobe) | 6029 comments David Copperfield

a book that gives you nightmares


message 106: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) Bag of Bones - Stephen King

A book which you didn't think you'd like, but ending up loving.


message 107: by rebecca j (new)

rebecca j (technophobe) | 6029 comments The Hobbit - My 7th grade english teacher forced me to read it, and I've loved it ever since.

A book you read about a real-life experience.


message 108: by Judy (new)

Judy (judygreeneyes) | 411 comments Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

A book that gave you a whole new perspective on something...


message 109: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by
Jon Krakauer
I had never read anything about climbing before, but I read this book, then The Climb, then Krakauer's other climbing books.

A book originally written in a foreign language.


message 110: by Judy (last edited Aug 08, 2011 09:30PM) (new)

Judy (judygreeneyes) | 411 comments Blindness by José Saramago (wonderful story originally in Portuguese)

A book in which a male author aptly portrays the way a woman thinks


message 111: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (first in the Thursday Next series)

A book set in a high school.


message 112: by Danna (new)

Danna I am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1) by Pittacus Lore

A book with tribes, ancient culture...


message 113: by MissJessie (new)

MissJessie | 1286 comments From Samaria to Samarkand - The 10 Lost Tribes of Israel
by David Law



A book about the early days of Australia.


message 114: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding by Robert Hughes

A book about a famous gunslinger of the Wild West


message 115: by rebecca j (new)

rebecca j (technophobe) | 6029 comments Wild Bill Hickock - Richard O'Connor

a book about the seasons


message 116: by Danna (new)

Danna it has the elements of seasons :0
A Song of Ice and Fire 4-Book Boxed Set by George R.R. Martin

a book with a main character named Susy, Susan, Suzanne or Suze.


message 117: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) Lady Susan by Jane Austen

A book where horses play a significant role in the plot.


message 118: by Debbie5757 (new)

Debbie5757 | 578 comments Secretariat (the movie with Diane Ladd was great)
by William Nack

A mystery book that was so exciting you hated to see it end


message 119: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) An Unsuitable Job For A Woman by P.D. James - some real shocks in this one!

A book where the lead character is a senior.


message 120: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) I was thinking of a book like Winter Solstice. How about:

A book where the lead character is a child?


message 121: by Yuliya (new)

Yuliya (yuliyalovestoread) | 1685 comments The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time byMark Haddon
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Sarah's Key byTatiana de Rosnay
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.....

A book about triangle in love


message 122: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

A book set in Scotland


message 123: by Gabriella (new)

Gabriella (stardust_126) | 429 comments please, daddy, no by Stuart Howarth

a book that has to do with the death of one of the main characters


message 124: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

A book about surviving in the wilderness.


message 125: by Cassie (new)

Cassie (CassieWinters) Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

A book featuring an angel as a main character


message 126: by Rory M. (new)

Rory M. How about a fallen angel?

Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice

A fiction book with the setting of Limberlost forest...


message 127: by Gabriella (new)

Gabriella (stardust_126) | 429 comments A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter

a book that has to do with a major even in history (up until the 1970s)


message 128: by Candycloud (new)

Candycloud | 876 comments Major even or major event?


message 129: by Gabriella (new)

Gabriella (stardust_126) | 429 comments major event


message 130: by Candycloud (new)

Candycloud | 876 comments Okay, then: War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (based on ww2 or ww1)

A sad animal book, but isn't depressing.


message 131: by Gabriella (new)

Gabriella (stardust_126) | 429 comments A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin

a book that that is set during pioneer times


message 132: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) Jubal Sackett by Louis L'Amour

A favourite book from your childhood.


message 133: by Gabriella (new)

Gabriella (stardust_126) | 429 comments The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis

a book that has to do with a cowboy.


message 134: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (a really good book)

A book set in Africa.


message 135: by Gabriella (new)

Gabriella (stardust_126) | 429 comments The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

a book that has to do with the American civil war


message 136: by Terri (new)

Terri | 43 comments My Name is Mary Sutter

A book about The Great Depression that made it more "real" to you.


message 137: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

A book you read because you saw the movie.


message 138: by Candycloud (new)

Candycloud | 876 comments The Railway Children by E. Nesbit

A book you remember reading when you were really young


message 139: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) The Poky Little Puppy

A book that made you cry.


message 140: by Candycloud (new)

Candycloud | 876 comments A Year without Autumn by Liz Kessler (Wonderful. Beautiful.)

A book that made you cry and laugh.


message 141: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler (a great book)

A book you've read more than 5 times.


message 142: by Candycloud (new)

Candycloud | 876 comments The Raspberry Rules by Karen McCombie

a book you will never read again


message 143: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) Cujo by Stephen King

A book set in Australia.


message 144: by tiasreads (new)

tiasreads The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
by Robert Hughes

A book that is tied to a happy childhood memory.


message 145: by Gabriella (new)

Gabriella (stardust_126) | 429 comments a handful of time- kit pearson

a book that changes settings between the present and the past


message 146: by Yuliya (new)

Yuliya (yuliyalovestoread) | 1685 comments The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff it's about mormons families today and back to history of first apperance of mormons

book about traveling between times


message 147: by Michael (new)

Michael (book_nerd1991) Eat, Pray, Love, it is similar to that.

book about going back in time.


message 148: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine (saanichlori) Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine

A detective story set in Scotland.


message 149: by Gabriella (new)

Gabriella (stardust_126) | 429 comments The Dead Won't Sleep

a book that has to do with a major entertainment figure that is dead


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