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message 1: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments My first year doing this but I love to read, just need to find the time!


message 2: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments My books read so far:

1/ Wonders of the Solar System
Brian Cox


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Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 2/ The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe


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Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 3/ The Salem Witch Society
K N Shields


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Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 4/ The Man in the High Castle
Philip K Dick


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Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 5/ In the Night Room
Peter Straub


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Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 6/ The Dreadful Fate of Jonathan York: A Yarn for the Strange at Heart
Kory Merritt


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Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 7/ The Colour of Magic (discworld # 1)
Terry Pratchett


message 9: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 8/ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Time
Mark Haddon


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Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 9/ The Light Fantastic (discworld # 2)
Terry Pratchett


message 11: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 10/ Equal Rites (discworld # 3)
Terry Pratchett


message 12: by Winter, Group Reads (new)

Winter (winter9) | 4998 comments Good luck with your challenge Claire :)


message 13: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments Thank you Winter, I'm looking forward to it!


message 14: by Winter, Group Reads (new)

Winter (winter9) | 4998 comments Claire wrote: "Thank you Winter, I'm looking forward to it! "

It's a lot of fun, I hope you enjoy it :)


message 15: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Good luck, Claire! You're doing great already.


message 16: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 11/ The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry

M M Pattison Muir


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Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 12/ Mort
Terry Pratchett


message 18: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 13/ Sourcery
Terry Pratchett


message 19: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments I need to get back to reading Terry Pratchett. Sourcery was the last one I finished too. Which is your favorite Discworld so far?


message 20: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments Hi Cassandra, it's got to be Mort! I just loved that book and I like the character Death.
I working through them in numerical order.


message 21: by Cassandra (last edited Apr 05, 2016 03:09PM) (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments I love Mort! I also enjoyed Equal Rites. I'm reading them in order too.


message 22: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments I'm just waiting for my next 2 books to arrive. As I do like to read actual physical books and not use an e-reader. I have one and use it every now and then.


message 23: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Me too! I don't mind using my e-reader, but given the choice I will go for the paper book.


message 24: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 14/ The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams


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Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 15/ The restaurant at the end of the universe #2
Douglas Adams


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Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 16/ Life, The Universe and Everything
Douglas Adams


message 27: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments I've slowed right down, now I've gone back to work!


message 28: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 17/ So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
Douglas Adams


message 29: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 18/ Mostly Harmless
Douglas Adams


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Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 19/ A wonderful (after) Life
Ray Daley


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Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 20/ How to Disappear Completely
David Bowick
A nice easy read, basically a love story with complications. Not bad for an free e-read. 3 stars


message 32: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 21/ The Wolf In The Attic by Paul Kearney
I really loved this book, highly recommend


message 33: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 22/ Northern Lights (His Dark Materials #1)
Philip Pullman
5*


message 34: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 23/ The Jolly Corner: A Picaresque Novel
Quentin Canterel
3* - The text contains some good descriptive passages and had a so so story line. Not my taste in writing style but maybe for others.


message 35: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 24/ A Turn of Curses
Melanie Nilles
5* - A nice short fantasy novella


message 36: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments On my 25th book. This one is a bit of a doorstop but I'm really enjoying it!


message 37: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 25/ The 13 1/2 lives of Captain Bluebear
Walter Moers
Really enjoyed this book, highly recommend it.....5*


message 38: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 26/ The Subtle Knife
Philip Pullman
4*


message 39: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 27/ Love, Nina
Nina Stibble
5* - Really enjoyed this book.


message 40: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 28/ Zoo 2
James Patterson
5* - A great mini read. These books are such a great idea to continue on from the original novel.


message 41: by Claire (last edited Jun 12, 2016 06:33AM) (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 29/ Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
5*


message 42: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 30/ Dead (ish)
Naomi Kramer
Its a funny quick read.This is a very short story, with other short stories that continue on. 5*


message 43: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 31/ Dead(ish) Omnibus: Books 1-5
Naomi Kramer
These are very witty short stories! Well worth a read.
4*


message 44: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments I've finished my 30 books. Perhaps I should have made my goal posts a little bigger...:-)


message 45: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 32/ Counting Sheep
Paul Martin
5*
Really suprised that I enjoyed this book. It was very interesting and got me talking to colleges at work about the subjects covered. It totally opens your eyes to why sleep is important and how we in society today don't rate sleeping enough.
'Just about everything you could possibly wish to know about sleep, lack of sleep, dreams, sleepwalking, nightmares, snoring, napping and sudden death syndrome....marvellous.' SUNDAY TIMES


message 46: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 33/ Eden - The Eighth Day
Sally Mitchell


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Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 34/ The Amber Spyglass
Philip Pullman
5 *
Really enjoyed this book but it ends on a sad note.


message 48: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 35/ The Noah's Ark Quest
Boyd Morrison
5*


message 49: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 36/ The Looking Glass Wars
Frank Beddor


message 50: by Claire (new)

Claire (grumpybear) | 112 comments 37/ Wicked
Gregory Maguire
5*
As we have heard Dorothy's side of the story, it's now time to hear Elphaba's ' The Wicked Witch of the West'.
I really enjoyed reading this book. It has a few eye opening bits that hint on certain things at the Philosophy Club, then you need your imagination to complete the picture! Some may find it a little dark in places but that makes all the more a better story.


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