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Last post 09-01-2008 9:13 by tolly18. 31 replies.
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  • 08-06-2008 16:35 Post ID: 387,914 

    • sparkymarky
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    august nominations

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    whenever you're ready gals n guys-nominate your fave read from the month of august for a chance for it to go into decembers shortlist for best risi read 2008..

    Please check the updated list in December 2008 Shortlist thread - any books already on the list aren't eligible for another poll this year.

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    reading: ROMA BY STEVEN SAYLOR, A FICTIONAL HISTORY OF ROME

  • 08-06-2008 16:55 Post ID: 387,926  In reply to

    • irishmist
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    doubt any will top this one for me this month

    sinead moriarty - whose life is it anyway

  • 08-07-2008 8:44 Post ID: 388,244  In reply to

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    I've already given this one 10/10 in my journal so.....

    The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

  • 08-07-2008 19:19 Post ID: 388,605  In reply to

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    I'll go with Goodnight, Beautiful by Dorothy Koomson - I think it was her best yet! Big Smile

    Oooo better reply to your message on FB sparkly! Wink

    Currently Reading: Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
    "True friends stab you in the front..." - Oscar Wilde Big Smile
  • 08-08-2008 22:18 Post ID: 389,329  In reply to

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    Hold Tight- Harlan Coben for me this month


  • 08-08-2008 22:23 Post ID: 389,332  In reply to

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    No time for goodbye - Linwood Barclay.  Just finished this book and it was excellent...

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    Currently reading:- Second Glance - Jodi Picoult
  • 08-09-2008 8:21 Post ID: 389,438  In reply to

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    Never let me go -  Kazuo Ishiguro

    Mrs Mac of janetandjohn

    I'm reading Time Stops for No Mouse, a Hermux Tantamoq adventure by Michael Hoeye
  • 08-10-2008 18:30 Post ID: 390,040  In reply to

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    Its a toss-up between two or three very good books I've read recently....but its going to have to be......The Archivist's Story, by Trevor Holland which I gobbled up in a day!

    My Wish List My TBR Currently reading: Special Topics in Calamity Physics, by Marisha Pessl
  • 08-12-2008 16:29 Post ID: 391,231  In reply to

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    Engleby by Sebastian Faulks. One of those rare books that you know you will read time and time again.

  • 08-12-2008 16:57 Post ID: 391,244  In reply to

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    Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer - the best book I've read so far this year.





  • 08-12-2008 17:37 Post ID: 391,274  In reply to

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    lovelytreez:

    Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer - the best book I've read so far this year.

    It's great, isn't it! I'll second that although I read it last month!

    Sarita

    Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

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  • 08-12-2008 21:37 Post ID: 391,531  In reply to

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    I'll go for Victoria Hislop's The Return - most enjoyable read!

    Reading: Love Falls - Esther Freud

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  • 08-13-2008 8:57 Post ID: 391,733  In reply to

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    Dead Simple by Peter James.... 

    Currently reading Red by Erica Spindler and for book group this month Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • 08-17-2008 19:01 Post ID: 394,789  In reply to

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    The Road Home by Rose Tremain, finished it this afternoon and I loved it, didn't want it to end Big Smile

  • 08-19-2008 12:44 Post ID: 396,103  In reply to

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    Sophie Hannah's 'The Point of Rescue'

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