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2012*** This year I will read ***2012
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01-01-2012 8:08
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janetandjohn
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2012*** This year I will read ***2012
A fatty, a thinny, a golden oldy, a "meant to read" - any kind of book you like can be your challenge for 2012. Start your engines then! Some hangovers from 2011, which is quite acceptable, some of us have way too many books to handle - but please do re-list, I notice that some of you are carrying forward last year's challenge to 2012. Its entirely up to you to add yourself to the thread. I'll do all the rest, but you have to do something else except read!
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Janetandjohn
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The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak + The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers by Thomas Mullen
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Pennyt
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The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 12 Agatha Christies
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One withdrawn and 12 x
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Tolly18
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20 Scobie Malone books by John Cleary and and X Dornford Yates!
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43 x
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Deefer
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Bleak House - Charles Dickens
Moghull - Alan Savage
Stonehenge - Bernard Cornwell
Crowning Glory - Bernard Cornwell
The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory
Shield of Thunder - David Gemmell
Lord of The Silver Bow - David Gemmell
Fall of Kings - David and Stella Gemmell
The Religion - Tim Willocks
Remind Me Again Why I Need a Man - Claudia Carroll
The Last Sinhala Lions - Colin de Silva
World Without End - Ken Follett
Anthony and Cleopatra - Colleen McCullough
The Lost Throne - Chris Kusneski
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6 x
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Suzann2
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An absolute scandal by Penny Vincenzi + Raven Black, White nights, Red bones & Blue lightning Anne Cleeves
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3 x
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Alison44
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Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, & The Amber Spyglass – Phillip Pullman + Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
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4 x
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Jobar
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A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens and Bleak House
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2 x
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Nutty_mum_33
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22 of the Alex Delaware series
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withdrawn
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Vickyc
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The Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela + Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling
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1 x and one withdrawn
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hippystick
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Titus Groan - Mervyn Peake
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withdrawn
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Rosemary3
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No Name by Wilkie Collins + Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
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2 x
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sazzymch
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Game Of Thrones by George RR Martin + Live & Let Die and Moonraker by Ian Fleming
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3 x
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natsplatt
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A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth + 12 Piers Anthony Xanth series one a month starting with A Spell for Chameleon
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12 x
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Princess3290
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Caroll+ another 11 classics listed on page 6
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wyres
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The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster, Never Look Back by Lesley Pearse, The Life of Pi by Yann Martel + all 7 Harry Potter books
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2
8 withdrawn
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Eightlegs
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
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1 x
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Scarlet21
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The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot, Villette - Charlotte Bronte , The Go-Between - L.P Hartley, Portrait of the Artist - James Joyce, Tender is the Night - F.Scott Fitzgerald, Candide – Voltaire, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, The Well-Beloved - Thomas Hardy, The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde,Portrait of a Lady - Henry James, Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens + The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
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12 x
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Emzbez1
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28 different books by favourite authors, listed on page two of this thread
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22 x
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josette
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Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
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Littlereader
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Peter James series of novels featuring Roy Grace
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withdrawn
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Theresa22
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The da vinci code, Angels&Demons and The Lost symbol – Dan Brown + Twilight,New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn - Stephanie Meyer
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1 x
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Jessieloo22
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The Chronicals of Narnia books 3-7 by C S Lewis + Discworld Series (Books 4 -10) by Terry Pratchett
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Frangipani
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Any R J Ellory book
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withdrawn
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Froglady
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Any two Charles Dickens
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withdrawn
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Scoots
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Mansfield Park - Jane Austen+ 12 Non-Fiction
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13 x
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Belletinker
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War and Peace by Tolstoy
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withdrawn
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Sam1978
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A Place of Secrets, The Glass Painter's Daughter, A Gathering Storm - Rachel Hore + Rebecca by Daphne De Maurier
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4 x
YAY Sam!
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Aileen11
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Chaireas and Kallirhoe by Chariton, Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe, Absolum, Absolum by William Faulkner
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3 x Magnificent effort, Aileen!
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Mcapindale
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10 Inspector Banks novels by Peter Robinson (see list page 4)
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Pattigee
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The Crimson Petal and the White - Michael Faber and The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens
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1 and one withdrawn
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Kat2011
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Anna Travis series by Lynda La Plante (see list page 5)
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withdrawn
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Scottishreader
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The Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
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peppercricket
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The Blind Man of Seville by Robert Wilson, Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss,
Wilful Behaviour by Donna Leon and Perfect match by Jodi Picoult
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2 x
2 withdrawn
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seanat
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One of Charles Dickens, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
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2 x and 1 withdrawn
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Julie73
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Finishing Anna Karenina, Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
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2 x
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Alison10
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2 x Charles Dickens
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Alisondavina
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The Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella
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6 x well done Alison!
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Dramioneforever
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The Morganville Vampires series – Rachel Caine
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3 x
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Shanzi
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Post Mortem by Patricia Cornwell, Knots and crosses by Ian Rankin and An absolute scandal by Penny Vincenzi
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1 x one withdrawn
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Orlando
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The crimson petal and the white by Michael Faber
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nailed
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Mort – Terry Prachett; A Tiny Bit Marvelous – Dawn French; How to be a Woman, the Psychopath Test, Dark Matter, My colourful life – Ginger Macain; When God was a Rabbit; Before I go to Sleep – S J Watson; Farm Boy – Michael Morporgo and Horseplay – Jo Carnagie.
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hippystick
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1 each of books by the following authors: George Eliot, Anthony Trollope and Emile Zola.
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x3
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Mrs Mac of janetandjohn  http://www.mac-adventureswithbooks.blogspot.com/ IMG]
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janetandjohn
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Re: 2012*** This year I will read ***2012
I've chosen 2 this year. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak is there because although it's ready to read, other volumes continually take its place because I am saving it for a treat (saving it for a treat, what nonsense! everyone tells me its fab!), and The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers by Thomas Mullen a big book with small print which I have wanted to read for ages. Here's hoping and good luck everyone else!
Mrs Mac of janetandjohn http://www.mac-adventureswithbooks.blogspot.com/ IMG]
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pennyt
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Re: 2012*** This year I will read ***2012
I've gone for two challenges this year - The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, one of those classics that are so familiar from films etc but that I'm ashamed to say I've never read.
And because I seem to have built up almost a complete collection of Agatha Christies many of which I've either never read or can't remember reading, I aim to get through an Agatha a month, some of them in audiobook form. I got a collection of Agatha CDs in Christmas 2010 and so far have listened to just two of them!
These are the 12 I will be reading:
Death Comes as the End
Problems at Pollensa Bay and Other stories
The Man in the Brown Suit
The Harlequin Tea Set and other stories
Murder is Easy
While the Light Lasts and other stories
Murder on the Links
The Unexpected Guest
The 4.50 from Paddington
Ordeal by Innocence
Passenger to Frankfurt
Three Blind Mice & Other Stories
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tolly18
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Re: 2012*** This year I will read ***2012
Another series for me this year. Jon Cleary's Scobie Malone books about a detective in Sydney, Australia. There are 20 of them and I read the first two years ago and have been collecting the rest since then. I shall start at the beginning and go on to the end, as you do! I got the last one on ebay from Australia not so long ago.
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Second challenge - Dornford Yates
MySwaps My TBR Now reading: The Botticelli Angel by Harry Cauley
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deefer
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Re: 2012*** This year I will read ***2012
I really need to get my older books read so this year I aim to read the following:
Bleak House - Charles Dickens
Moghull - Alan Savage
Stonehenge - Bernard Cornwell
Crowning Glory - Bernard Cornwell
The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory
Shield of Thunder - David Gemmell
Lord of The Silver Bow - David Gemmell
Fall of Kings - David and Stella Gemmell
The Religion - Tim Willocks
Remind Me Again Why I Need a Man - Claudia Carroll
The Last Sinhala Lions - Colin de Silva
World Without End - Ken Follett
Anthony and Cleopatra - Colleen McCullough
The Lost Throne - Chris Kusneski
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suzann2
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Re: 2012*** This year I will read ***2012
I plan to read a real fatty - An absolute scandal by Penny vincenzi. 9/10
I also want to read Ann Cleeves Shetland Quartet:-
Raven Black
White nights
Red bones &
Blue lightning
Sitting somewhere happily reading!
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alison44
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Re: 2012*** This year I will read ***2012
Mine are the Philip Pullman trilogy Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, & The Amber Spyglass. I also want to have another go at Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert, hopefully in a different translation from the one I've given up on twice in the past.
http://alisoninwriterland.blogspot.co.uk/
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jobar
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Re: 2012*** This year I will read ***2012
As 2012 is the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Dickens, I plan to read as many as I can starting with A Tale of Two Cities.
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nutty_mum_303
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Re: 2012*** This year I will read ***2012
My plan will be to read the rest of the Alex Delaware series - starting with Time Bomb - Jonathan Kellerman
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janetandjohn
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Re: 2012*** This year I will read ***2012
 nutty_mum_303:My plan will be to read the rest of the Alex Delaware series
How many, and the titles please?
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vickyc
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Re: 2012*** This year I will read ***2012
I am carrying over my 2011 challenge book - The Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela. And also, because I've never read any of the books, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling.
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hippystick
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Re: 2012*** This year I will read ***2012
I'd like to make a start on the Gormenghast books, not sure I can manage all 3 so I'll start with Titus Groan - Mervyn Peake.
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rosemary3
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Re: 2012*** This year I will read ***2012
I'm going to pick two that are not in any of my other challenges:
No Name by Wilkie Collins
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
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sazzymch
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Re: 2012*** This year I will read ***2012
For definite I WILL read Game Of Thrones by George RR Martin - and will read it before the spring as I want it read before season 2 starts on the TV!
I read the first James Bond this year and really enjoyed it so will also be reading Live & Let Die and Moonraker by Ian Fleming.
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