It's Monday ....

Hosted by Sheila here: http://bookjourney.net/ or track the #IMWAYR hashtag on twitter, to add to your TBR :-)

I hit a mini-wall for the first time this year a couple of weekends ago. I looked around and went "huh", because for the first time I didn't know what I wanted to read next.

So, of course, I went to the library. I picked up a few graphic novels, and some sundry other books.

I read Hawkeye Vol 1: My Life as a Weapon, and absolutely loved it.  This is the Hawkeye that should be in EVERYTHING Avengers - damaged, introspective, impulsive ... did I mention damaged?

Other than that, I started Hurry Up and Wait by Isabel Ashdown. I'm only a few pages in because I started it today, but it's promising so far.

Yesterday, I asked spawn to go and get me a book from my room, figuring he couldn't do worse than I have been lately in choosing reading material. He came back with Prince Lestat by Anne Rice because he thought the writing on the cover looked 'cool'.

Good enough.

What are you reading?

Readathon hour one meme

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
Reading/cheering from Middle Earth
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
Probably Keeper of the Keys by Janny Wurts
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
Crispy M&Ms
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I started gaming recently and am now 100 per cent totally obsessed with Dragon Age Origins. I've never played any kind of computer game before and now I'm already trying to decide what to play next.
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? I'll try and actually read more - lol If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to? Chatting! I mean. Reading. Obviously. And cheering. Go #teamfrodo!

Readathon end of event meme

Once again, fashionably late!

1. Which hour was most daunting for you? Uhm, waiting for it to start, I think, given that it starts at 1am my time - lol.
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? I was reading Agatha Christie, which are short, punchy detective novels, so those would be good.
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? Nope :-)
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? Social media engagement. It's hard to strike that balance, but it's also fun to go hang out on twitter and find like-minded souls.
5. How many books did you read? 2/3 of one book.
6. What were the names of the books you read? Elephants Can Remember which I STILL  haven't finished.
7. Which book did you enjoy most? N/A
8. Which did you enjoy least? N/A
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders? Have fun!!! There's always boatloads of readers so don't get bogged down. Follow the excellent spreadsheet, stay positive and have fun! 
10.  How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Very. What role would you be likely to take next time? Little bit of both, like this year :-)

Lastly, a massive, massive shout out to Andi and Heather who keep the readathon going every year - it's a huge job and it seems to keep growing. You rock your socks, ladies. :-)

Readathon - introductory meme

I'm cheering rather than reading, but won't be doing any actual cheering until tomorrow morning my time, as I live in the future.

(Yes. The future IS so bright you'll need to wear shades.)

Anyway, on to the readathon introductory meme:


1) What fine part of the world are you reading (cheering) from today? New Zealand :-)
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? No stack, but I'm hoping to get around all the blogs on #teambutler :-)
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Mid-afternoon cup of tea tomorrow.
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I'm 42 years old, I think I've taken part in one way or another in every single readathon and uh ...... I like cats.
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? Same as always - have fun! :D

It's Monday

Meme hosted here: http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/

I finished my first book for 2014 yesterday - World War Z by Max Brooks which I liked a lot.

Next up, I'm tackling The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton.

What are you reading? :-)

Readathon - final meme

It's over until next year!

End of Event Meme:

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?

Um. Sigh. Probably between 2am-3am my time, when I had to argue myself into bed - lol.

2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?

Uhm ... nothing specific. Short novels; YA; and short stories?

3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?

Nope :-)

4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?

Pretty much everything from what I could see in my sort of manic dipping in and out.

5. How many books did you read?!

See below ;)

6. What were the names of the books you read?

Uh ... one short story (Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King); 45 pages of The Passage by Justin Cronin and about 80 or so pages of Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare.

7. Which book did you enjoy most?

Hrm. Not having finished one ... at the moment I'm really liking Clockwork Angel. :)

8. Which did you enjoy least?

Uhm ... Lol, I don't think I read enough to compare ...

9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?

I was a cheerleader, and I got around most blogs in my "section" about twice, but I had a slightly hectic weekend. The cheerleaders were super-organised and it was a lot of fun :-) My advice? Have fun!

10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again?

Very, very likely.

What role would you be likely to take next time?

I shall be a fail!reader and a fail!cheerleader again! *\O/*

Readathon - mid-event meme

1. What are you reading right now?

Nothing right now, off to my mum's. But will be reading a bit of Clockwork Angel at work, and a bit more of The Passage after work

2. How many books have you read so far?

One short story and 45 pages of The Passage - lol

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?

D: I'll be working D:

4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day?

No. I should have asked for the day off work

5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?

Yes. Family. Work. Stuff. Sigh.

6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?

How many readers there are!

7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?

Nope. Loving it!

8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year?

Take the day off work - lol

9. Are you getting tired yet?

I'm almost always tired - lol

10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered?

Have fun!!!!

Readathon wrap-up

I feel slightly fraudulent doing this one, because I haven't finished Catching Fire, and I piked on the cheerleading. But. Here goes:

1. Which hour was most daunting for you? Uh. The ones when Patrick was up - lol
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? I started Catching Fire, and I would have finished it today if not for acts of toddler. So that and The Hunger Games would make good readathon reads
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? Nope!
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? Everything :)
5. How many books did you read? Er ... I finished one that I started before the readathon and I started another one. So ... one and a bit?
6. What were the names of the books you read? Howl's Moving Castle, and Catching Fire
7. Which book did you enjoy most? Hmm ... I liked them both
8. Which did you enjoy least? See above :)
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders? Enthusiasm! And don't be afraid to ask for help to get motivated if you feel your cheer lagging (like mine did)
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? Very likely. Probably both again. I failed, but I'm an optimist.

Readathon - the last hour!

Final meme:

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?

Um ... About 4-5pm this afternoon. I was trying to read while Patrick was napping, but kept drifting off!

2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?

Oh gosh ... oh! The Knife of Never Letting Go! :D And Mr Roald Dahl's short stories :)

3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?

Nope. You guys blow my mind with your mad skillz

4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?

Everything. Cheerleader teams. Everything. Team Lost Generation FTW!!

5. How many books did you read?

Erm ... I finished one, started another, and read about three short stories

6. What were the names of the books you read?

I finished The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness, started Regeneration by Pat Barker and read three Tales of the Unexpected short stories by Roald Dahl

7. Which book did you enjoy most?

The Ask and the Answer

8. Which did you enjoy least?

Didn't read enough else to compare

9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?

Sign up early; get on a team (if they have them) and have fun!

10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again?

VERY LIKELY

11. What role would you be likely to take next time?

Reading/cheering, but being better organised

Readathon mini-challenge

A fun mini-challenge here: http://danasscraptherapy.blogspot.com/2009/10/mini-challenge.html

Four of my favourite books are:

- The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien

- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

- The Graveyard Book by Neil Freaking Gaiman

- Un Lun Dun by China Mieville

Readathon mini-challenge

This hour's mini-challenge is here:

http://infantbibliophile.blogspot.com/2009/10/24-hour-read-thon-mini-challenge.html

Five favourite childhood books off the top of my head:

1) The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone

2) The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham

3) A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

4) The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien

5) The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper

Readathon

Mid-Event Survey:

1. What are you reading right now?

Regeneration by Pat Barker

2. How many books have you read so far?

Er ... I finished The Ask and the Answer, and started Regeneration.

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?

Oh, gosh ... I don't know!

4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day?

No. Just working around family, like always :)

5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?

Lots. Two-year-old. Reading on the backburner for now.

6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
How MANY of us there are!

7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?

Nope. Organisers doing a great job, like always :D

8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year?

Hmmm ... not sure. Ask me next year ;)

9. Are you getting tired yet?

Yes.

10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered?

Just have fun!!!

Readathon meme

Here we go ...

http://24hourreadathon.com/2009/10/24/hour-1-2/

Where are you reading from today?
Uh ... the dining room table. Which sounds odd, but the laptop, the TV and the cats are nearby. Other than that, bed, and the couch :D

3 facts about me …
Is there anything you good people don't know?

- Uhm ... my middle name is Jane

- Sunday is my favourite day of the week

- My local rugby team - the Stags - WON THE RANFURLY SHIELD this week, which won't mean anything to any of you, but means something to me, even though I don't really follow sport. I just wanted to say that. Again. It's a big deal :)

How many books do you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours?

Eleven

Do you have any goals for the read-a-thon (i.e. number of books, number of pages, number of hours, or number of comments on blogs)?

Getting as much reading done as I can :)

If you’re a veteran read-a-thoner, Any advice for people doing this for the first time?

Have fun!!! And be a cheerleader. Cheerleaders are awesome. Team Lost Generation FTW!!!!

Meme-tastic

The Guardian newspaper has just run a series of 1000 books you must read, divided into subjects. The lists begin here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/1000novels

Below are the 124 science fiction/fantasy books and I blatantly stole the meme from Carl at http://www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com/?p=1070

Play along, if you feel so inclined :)

Bold the ones you've read and I'm going to throw caution to the wind and italicise the ones I want to read :)

1. Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
2. Brian W Aldiss: Non-Stop (1958)
3. Isaac Asimov: Foundation (1951)
4. Margaret Atwood: The Blind Assassin (2000)
5. Paul Auster: In the Country of Last Things (1987)
6. Iain Banks: The Wasp Factory (1984)
7. Iain M Banks: Consider Phlebas (1987)
8. Clive Barker: Weaveworld (1987)
9. Nicola Barker: Darkmans (2007)
10. Stephen Baxter: The Time Ships (1995)
11. Greg Bear: Darwin’s Radio (1999)
12. Alfred Bester: The Stars My Destination (1956)
13. Poppy Z Brite: Lost Souls (1992)
14. Algis Budrys: Rogue Moon (1960)
15. Mikhail Bulgakov: The Master and Margarita (1966)
16. Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The Coming Race (1871)
17. Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange (1960)
18. Anthony Burgess: The End of the World News (1982)
19. Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Princess of Mars (1912)
20. William Burroughs: Naked Lunch (1959)
21. Octavia Butler: Kindred (1979)
22. Samuel Butler: Erewhon (1872)
23. Italo Calvino: The Baron in the Trees (1957)
24. Ramsey Campbell: The Influence (1988)
25. Lewis Carroll: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
26. Lewis Carroll: Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871)
27. Angela Carter: Nights at the Circus (1984)
28. Michael Chabon: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (2000)
29. Arthur C Clarke: Childhood’s End (1953)
30. GK Chesterton: The Man Who Was Thursday (1908)
31. Susanna Clarke: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (2004)
32. Michael G Coney: Hello Summer, Goodbye (1975)
33. Douglas Coupland: Girlfriend in a Coma (1998)
34. Mark Danielewski: House of Leaves (2000)
35. Marie Darrieussecq: Pig Tales (1996)
36. Samuel R Delaney: The Einstein Intersection (1967)
37. Philip K Dick: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
38. Philip K Dick: The Man in the High Castle (1962)
39. Umberto Eco: Foucault’s Pendulum (1988)
40. Michel Faber: Under the Skin (2000)
41. John Fowles: The Magus (1966)
42. Neil Gaiman: American Gods (2001)
43. Alan Garner: Red Shift (1973)
44. William Gibson: Neuromancer (1984)
45. Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Herland (1915)
46. William Golding: Lord of the Flies (1954)
47. Joe Haldeman: The Forever War (1974)
48. M John Harrison: Light (2002)
49. Robert A Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)
50. Frank Herbert: Dune (1965)
51. Hermann Hesse: The Glass Bead Game (1943)
52. Russell Hoban: Riddley Walker (1980)
53. James Hogg: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824)
54. Michel Houellebecq: Atomised (1998)
55. Aldous Huxley: Brave New World (1932)
56. Kazuo Ishiguro: The Unconsoled (1995)
57. Shirley Jackson: The Haunting of Hill House (1959)
58. Henry James: The Turn of the Screw (1898)
59. PD James: The Children of Men (1992)
60. Richard Jefferies: After London; Or, Wild England (1885)
61. Gwyneth Jones: Bold as Love (2001)
62. Franz Kafka: The Trial (1925)
63. Daniel Keyes: Flowers for Algernon (1966)
64. Stephen King: The Shining (1977)
65. Marghanita Laski: The Victorian Chaise-longue (1953)
66. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Uncle Silas (1864)
67. Stanislaw Lem: Solaris (1961)
68. Doris Lessing: Memoirs of a Survivor (1974)
69. David Lindsay: A Voyage to Arcturus (1920)
70. Ken MacLeod: The Night Sessions (2008)
71. Hilary Mantel: Beyond Black (2005)
72. Michael Marshall Smith: Only Forward (1994)
73. Richard Matheson: I Am Legend (1954)
74. Charles Maturin: Melmoth the Wanderer (1820)
75. Patrick McCabe: The Butcher Boy (1992)
76. Cormac McCarthy: The Road (2006)
77. Jed Mercurio: Ascent (2007)
78. China Miéville: The Scar (2002)
79. Andrew Miller: Ingenious Pain (1997)
80. Walter M Miller Jr: A Canticle for Leibowitz (1960)
81. David Mitchell: Cloud Atlas (2004)
82. Michael Moorcock: Mother London (1988)
83. William Morris: News From Nowhere (1890)
84. Toni Morrison: Beloved (1987)
85. Haruki Murakami: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (1995)
86. Vladimir Nabokov: Ada or Ardor (1969)
87. Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveler’s Wife (2003)
88. Larry Niven: Ringworld (1970)
89. Jeff Noon: Vurt (1993)
90. Flann O’Brien: The Third Policeman (1967)
91. Ben Okri: The Famished Road (1991)
92. Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club (1996)
93. Thomas Love Peacock: Nightmare Abbey (1818)
94. Mervyn Peake: Titus Groan (1946)
95. John Cowper Powys: A Glastonbury Romance (1932)
96. Christopher Priest: The Prestige (1995)
97. François Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532-34)
98. Ann Radcliffe: The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)
99. Alastair Reynolds: Revelation Space (2000)
100. Kim Stanley Robinson: The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)
101. JK Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997)
102. Salman Rushdie: The Satanic Verses (1988)
103. Antoine de Sainte-Exupéry: The Little Prince (1943)
104. José Saramago: Blindness (1995)
105. Will Self: How the Dead Live (2000)
106. Mary Shelley: Frankenstein (1818)
107. Dan Simmons: Hyperion (1989)
108. Olaf Stapledon: Star Maker (1937)
109. Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash (1992)
110. Robert Louis Stevenson: The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
111. Bram Stoker: Dracula (1897)
112. Rupert Thomson: The Insult (1996)
113. Mark Twain: A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur’s Court (1889)
114. Kurt Vonnegut: Sirens of Titan (1959)
115. Robert Walser: Institute Benjamenta (1909)
116. Sylvia Townsend Warner: Lolly Willowes (1926)
117. Sarah Waters: Affinity (1999)
118. HG Wells: The Time Machine (1895)
119. HG Wells: The War of the Worlds (1898)
120. TH White: The Sword in the Stone (1938)
121. Gene Wolfe: The Book of the New Sun (1980-83)
122. John Wyndham: Day of the Triffids (1951)
123. John Wyndham: The Midwich Cuckoos (1957)
124. Yevgeny Zamyatin: We (1924)

Six things meme

I've been tagged for this meme by Rachel at http://americanbibliophile.com/ The idea is to write 6 random book-related things about myself and then tag six more people. But I'm going to throw it open to the floor: if you're reading my blog and you like the meme, feel free to pinch it. :)

1) I can't close a book on a page, or a chapter, ending in a 13. I always have to read past it.

2) My secret vice is true crime books. Every so often I go through a stage. Although, come to think of it, I haven't this year.

3) I've just realised that Neil Gaiman is my favourite author. After 30-something years of reading.

4) I originally started my blog last year to keep track of my own classics challenge (read 1 classics novel a month for 2008) and it's kind of ... expanded (in a good way).

5) Apart from my husband and son, the two truly great joys of my life are books and cats.
6) Our cat Scout, is named after Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird. I haven't read it since I was about 15, but I loved that book.

Meme - What's on Page 123?

I've been tagged by http://paula-greatstories.blogspot.com/



1. Pick up the nearest book.

2. Open to page 123

3. Find the fifth sentence.

4. Post the next three sentences.

5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.

Okay, the nearest book is American Gods by Neil Gaiman
On page 123 ....
The fifth sentence is ... "... You got my card?"
And the next three sentences:
"Yes sir.
"You hang on to it," said Andy Haddock.

Tag five people ... h'm ... I have a feeling I came to this a little bit late, so anyone who reads; feel free to pinch it and pass it on. :)

Meme

Pinched from http://breathlessmind.blogspot.com/

1. One book that changed your life? Okay. Don't laugh. Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway by Susan Jeffers. I read it just before I was about to make my first truly big shift and I was paralysed with fear. The message of the book resonated: you're going to be afraid. That's okay. It really helped me do what I needed to. Oh! And The Lord of the Rings. Opened up a whole genre to me.

2. One book you have read more than once?The Lord of the Rings.

3. One book you would want on a desert island? "How to Build a Boat Using Everyday Desert Island Items"

4. One book that made you laugh? Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

5. One book that made you cry? Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz. Yes, really. And The Horse Whisperererer

6. One book you wish had been written? How to Make a Million Dollars Even Though You're Crap With Money.

7. One book you wish had never had been written? Hmmmmmmm ... too close to censorship.

8. One book you are currently reading? Love in the Time of Cholera. I"m trying to smack the taste of the movie out of my mouth.

9. One book you have been meaning to read? Oh, gosh. Um ............. um ............ Not a specific book, but something by John Steinbeck. Anything. I've never read any of his books.

Meme

Stole this meme from http://whizgidget.blogspot.com/
Look at the list of (100) books below. Bold the ones you’ve read. Italicize the ones you want to read. Leave blank the ones that you aren’tinterested in. (Movies don’t count.)

1.The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (Orwell)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. Bible
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
86. Watership Down(Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)