BBGirl55's 75 books

Hi this will be my list!

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Jan
1.Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
2.The ASBO Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Asbosen
3.Third Year at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton
4.A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.
Feb
5.Road to the Civil War by Brian Michael Bendis
6.Civil War by Mark Milar
7.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
8.Candyfloss by Jacqueline Wilson
9.Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone by J.K Rowling
10.Hunting Unicorns by Bella Pollen
11.Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
12.Just in Case by Meg Rosoff
Mar
13. Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
14.Astonishing X-Men Vol. 3:Torn by Joss Whedon
15.Wicked by Gregory Maguie.
16.The Between Boyfriends Book by Cindy Chupack
17.Operation Red Jericho by Joshua Mowll
Apr
18.The Playground Mafia by Sarah Tucker
19.What I Was by Meg Rosoff
20.Nextwave: Agents Of H.A.T.E Volume 1 by Warren Ellis
21.Nextwave: Agents Of H.A.T.E Volume 2 by Warren Ellis
22.Guards, Guards: A Discworld Graphic Novel by Terry Pratchett
23.Operation Typhoon Shore by Joshua Mowll
May
24.The Umbrella Academy Vol.1: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way
25.Crooked Pieces by Sarah Grazbrook
26.Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff
27.Angus, thongs and fullfrontal snogging by Louise Rennison
28.A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
Jun
29.Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets by J.K.Rowling
30.Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
31.Dead Famous by Ben Elton
32.Vampyre By John William Polidori's
33.The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
34.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban by J.K. Rowling
35.Avengers Initiative by Dan Slott
36.Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
37.The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Jul
38.TV Cream Toys by Steve Berry
39.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
40.Runaways:Escape to New York by Brian K. Vaughan
41.The Babysitters Club:Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M Martin
42.The Babysitters Club:Claudia and The Phantom Phone Callsby Ann M Martin
43.The Babysitters Club: Mary Ann Saves the Day By Ann M Martin
44.The Babysitters Club: Dawn and the Impossible Three by Ann M Martin
45.The Babysitters Club: Kristy's Big Day by Ann M Martin
AUG
46.Fables: Animal Farm by Bill Wilingham
47.The Mermaid and the Drunks by Ben Richards
48.The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
49.Suburban Glamour by Jamie McKelvie
50.The Boy With The Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathas Malzteu
51.Claudia and Mean Janine by Ann M. Martin
52.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K.Rowling
SEP
53.Fables: Storybook Love by Bill Willingham
54.Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
55.The London Eye Mystery Siobhan Dowd
OCT
56.The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
57.Blood Red Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick
58.Diary of a Wimpy Kid By Jeff Kinney
59.Fables:March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham
60.The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
61.The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
62.The Dark Horse by Marcus Sedgwick
Nov
63.Fables:The Mean Seasons by Bill Willingham
64.Fables:Homelands by Bill Willingham
65.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by Jk. Rowling
66.The Umbrella Academy Vol.2:Dallasby Gerard Way
67.Penguin Popular Poetry: Victorian Poetry selected by Paul Driver
68.Carol Ann Duffy: Selected Poems by Carol Ann Duffy
69.The Horrific Sufferings of the mind-reading monster Hercules Barefoot His wonderful love and his terrible Hatred By Carl-Johan Vallgren
70.Operation Storm City by Joshua Mowll
Dec
71.The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
72. Fables: Arabian Nights (and days) by Bill Willingham
73. Chew Volume 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman
74.Doctor Who: The Time Traveller's Almanac by Steve Tribe

Hi, BBGirl55 and welcome to the group!

Welcome to the group!

Looking forward to what's coming down the line :)

Ok first book

Tales of Beedle the Bard- J.K. Rowling

I'm a big fan of Fairytales I have very fond memories of The Princess and the Frog and Little Red Riding Hood growing up, so this was perfect for me. Fairytales for Wizards another way JK has fleshed out her Harry Potter world and the links with the 5th story The Tale of Three Brothers linking with Harry Potter 7 just made me smile. The fact that JK added Dumbledore's notes was inspierd and they made me giggle and smile and gave me a warm fuzzy feeling!

This is a must read for all Harry Potter and Fairytale fans alike! two thums up!

Thanks for your review! My sister received a copy of Beedle the Bard for Christmas, and I was a little unsure of whether it was worth borrowing from her or not. I'll give it a read!

Ok second book, I'm known for reading more then one book at a time so they will come out back to back.


The ASBO Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Asbosen

Like my last this made me smile Fairytales given a modren twist, Heroes clad in burrberry and trackies, Frog princes that mutter the words 'init', Rapunz-L a platinum selling record artist with supper long golden hair extentions, Sleeping-Beuaty a party girl addicted to fairy dust that can't wake up before 12 noon and Seven dwarfs as posible fathers of Snow Whites baby!

I like this alot this is defently tales for the adults, made me Laugh and smile. THis is a must read if you like working class humur defently a book for the doll line!

>7 BBGirl55:: BBGirl55, if you put your books in square brackets to make touchstones, we can just click on the titles to learn more about the book.

ok number 3

Third Year at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton

The Malory Towers books were the only Enid Blyton books that I did not read when I was younger so when I saw the boxset for £5 I thought why not! The First and Second I read before the new year and I enjoyed them nice and easy to read help me forget about very long days at work, this one was the same nice and simple just made me smile.

Worth reading if you refuse to grow up!

That set was a real find - lucky you!

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And thanks for your reviews BBGirl! ASBO Fairy Tales goes on the list!

#10: I have never read any of Enid Blyton's books to my knowledge, and since I certainly refuse to grow up, I am obviously going to have to find some!

>14 alcottacre: there are many for ou to read have fun

>13 LisaMorr: happy to Help

OK booK 4

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.

This was a re-read but it's been awile since I read it so thought I would.

A comedy of errors, two Young couples lost in a wood, lost amoung the fairies and the fairies play tricks on them.

This is by far (in my opinion) The Bard's Funniest play and is a good point to start if you are new to Shakespeare.

Ok I have had a thing for fairy stories so far this year I promise to read some proper books now!

Next Up: A Clockwork Orange

>12 BBGirl55:: BBGirl55
How do I link this tread on my profile page?

in the 75 Books Challenge group there is a thread Basic HTML, there is explained how to make a link in a post, that will work on your profile too.
Anita

BBGirl55

A Clockwork Orange was one of my best reads in 2008, looking forward to hear your views on the book.

>16 FAMeulstee: FAMeulstee thank you!

>17 PiyushC: I will let you know!

Loved A Clockwork Orange as well; read it quite a long time ago, but it stays with you, my little droogie....

It's Not so bad at th moment I need to finish it to see how I feel! I started Sons and Lover's last night this looks good!

Ok still reading A Clockwork Orange keep having to put it down... and got a little side tracked by pay day and a trip to the book shop....

Book 5

Road to the Civil War by Brian Michael Bendis.

Graphic novel: part of the Marvel Civil War avent, the govement in America put in a bill for all super hereos to list they're true Identitys and as you can imagan alot of the hereos have a problem with this.

I've liked comics for years and this was fun, good guys fighting each other after the avents of House of M that turnned the marvel world upside down the civil war is doing the same friends becoming Enimes.

**** very good, for all comic book fans!

Book 6

Civil War by Mark Milar

Same as number 5!

****

Ok Book 7

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

I enjoyed this book, I was thrown by the Language for a while but once I got in to it it knd of flowed like a poem, a vivid, startaling and very desterbing poem!

Must read for all literery fans

****1/2

BBGirl

Glad you enjoyed it, its definitely a great read and as you said, a must read for all literary fans, some people might get put off by the excessive violence in the book though.

I liked your poem analogy for A Clockwork Orange!

I read A clockwork orange at English course at high school. Still don't get why, because for a non-native English speaker of 16 years old, it's quite a task. But I really enjoyed once I got into the language. And seeing the movie also helped. Maybe I should read it again, the language will be less of a problem now.

>24 LisaMorr: thank you

Book 8

Candyfloss by Jacqueline Wilson

nice easy read after the last, as always in Wilson's it's a story about a child and her family! This time her name is Floss, she lives in her broken family: Her Mum remarred to Steve (a rich bisseness man) and Half Brother Tiger she spends week days with, then at weekends at her Dad's cafe. The book starts with Floss's Mum anoucing that they would be moving to Australia for 6 months, Floss has to decied if she wants to go with her Mum or Stay with her Dad!

Very nice story and as alway you know that with Wilson your in safe hands, a completly enjoyble read!

****

been very busy this month lots of work and my writers blook vanished so I have been writing my stories. I've read one new book and a couple of re-reads!

9.Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone by J.K Rowling

a re-read, the first in the set of books makes me smile alway makes laugh and I still gasp at all the apropate ponts. Worth reading just to find out the name of the three-headded dog!

I have much praise for the books and the first is a very good start and its easy to see why it gripped its younger readers!

****

10.Hunting Unicorns by Bella Pollen

a wonderful romantic story told from the perspective of two people! Maggie and Daniel! The Story starts with Daniel death and he goes on to talk about the people he left behind, mostly His younger Brother Rory and a new news reporter in his life named Maggie.

This is not your typical romance story in an old fashioned sence it is a moden love story of two people both smart, witty and flawed!

I recomed this for you romantics out there!

****1/2


11Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Re-read love this play just love it!

*****

HI BB! Thanks for visiting my thread! It looks like you are settling into LT nicely .

Some nice reads here :)

kath

I've added The ASBO Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Asbosen. This sounds like a fun book.

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12Just in Case by Meg Rosoff

a wonderful book about a boys decovery of himself, first love, self doubt and sibling love.

I read Rosoff's debut How I live Now for readers group last year and it was my best read of the year (next to Deathly Hollows) so when it was sugested that we read her second book I was very happy to oblige. Not as good as her first book but most curtainly worth the read!

****1/2

How I live now sounds like a good book. I'll hope to read it in 2009.

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#32: I am adding both Rosoff books to the Continent. Thanks for the recommendations.

13. Almost Moon by Alice Sebold

Yet another book for readers group and I had high hopes for this book what with Sebolds The Lovely Bones being one of my best reads of all time! I'm a little disaponted, though the premise of the story was encapsulating and integing the story bored me and left me with no emotion towards the charecters.

not my best read this year it is still well writen and for that not a comple flop!

***


14. Astonishing X-Men Vol. 3: Torn by Joss Whedon

Another Graphic Novel, writen by Buffy's creator so is witty, charming and very hard hittling, the stroy contiues from the first two volumes, with the x-men having isues with dead sudent, aliens and a trator in the group!

I enjoyed this like I do with most of Whedon's work, I Laughed and cryed on cue almost perfect!

****1/2

I have looked at Almost Moon quite a few times.. I really liked Lovely Bones...
That one just never pulled me in~

It will be on my I have to think about it pile :)

It was on my think about it pile! only started reading it cause book club are! lol

I agree with your assessment of Almost Moon I read this book last year and felt that I wasted my time.

I was very disappointed.

point noted Whispy

#39: I have it home from the library now, but with the comments listed here, I think I will just take it right back and not even bother cracking the covers :)

I think Im mad I gaveup bying books for lent!

15.Wicked by Gregory Maguie.

This was a beautiful book just magical! I'm looking forward to seeing the stage show now!

****1/2

16. The Between Boyfriends Book by Cindy Chupack

Not to bad a book most defenly amusing, vey lgiht and fluffy a sometimes saracastic! A little funny very toung in cheek.

***1/2

BBgirl55

I saw the broadway play Wicked twice and it is even better (and somewhat different) from the book.

>43 Whisper1: thank you for telling me!

Where do you live in England? Anywhere near London?

http://www.wickedthemusical.co.uk/ticketsandvenue.asp

I'm 45 minuets from london wicked is in the theatre starlight express was at just out side victoria station, I know it well!

17. Operation Red Jericho by Joshua Mowll

Very good read, very often with adventure books they are only aimed at boy so the male lead is well fleshed out and female lead an after thought; alway screaming or needing to be rescued: not in this book.

Doug and Becca MacKenzie are both very well rounded characters, smart, witty and alway up to mischif, on board they're uncals ship they get caught in an swashbuckling adventure.

Well writen, the pitures and diagrams and Appendices give the book more deepth. The story twisted and turned made you laugh, yell and my case scream.

must be read!

*****

It sounds good, BB :)

#47: Sounds like one I need to look for! Thanks for the recommendation.

>47 BBGirl55:: BBGirl55
I have Operation Red Jericho waiting on the shelf, guess I should read it soon ;-)

18. The Playground Mafia by Sarah Tucker

This is what I call yummy Mummy-lit, light easy read, funny, touching and sarcasic.

***1/2

19. What I Was by Meg Rosoff

Yet another wonderful book by Rosoff, full of imagery and breath-taking views. Rosoff really gets in to her Charcters Heads dispelling their every thought, feeling, lust, fear and Joy.

Just read it

****3/4

I bought Rosoff's How I Live Now recently. I hope I enjoy it as much as you did What I Was.

Hi all! how is everyone? afew ore books to add to my list!

20.Nextwave: Agents Of H.A.T.E Volume 1: This Is What They Want by Warren Ellis.

Sorry another Graphic Novel been very busy work for the last wee very litle time to read so this was a Fast read.

Nextwave: A suerhero team, that are just slightly disfuctinal rebeling aganst their creater H.A.T.E who are now backing the bad guy S.I.L.EN.T. The team of 5 A radio active old advenger, a human hateing Robot, the storng almost always drunk Captain, the mouhy and rude Britsh Girl and the Dumb Blond withan hell of alot of fire poer make for and intresing team add in a dragon and emimes made form brocilli and ou have quite and oraganal story.

full of Adult humor but ery funny!

***1/4

21.Nextwave: Agents Of H.A.T.E. Volume 2 - I Kick Your Face by Warren Ellis

Same as above

***1/2

Hopefully this next week will slow up for you at work!

heres to Hope!

oo I haven't heard of that Warren Ellis series, will have to check it out (if you like him I recommend his book Crooked Little Vein). Thanks for the review.

Thank you for the recommendation clfisha! will add it to the list.

22.Guards, Guards: A Discworld Graphic Novel by Terry Pratchett

sorry another Graphic Novel found it in the library and it just had to be read.

what can I say about the book... Its Pratchett its brilliant just has to be read. the artwork was good too.

****

23.Operation Typhoon Shore by Joshua Mowll

The follow on from Operation Red Jericho just as good, continues this intreging sarga.

*****

ok a couple more.

24.The Umbrella Academy Vol.1: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way

Sorry another Graphic Novel! Pure brilliance! the first thing I said was "That was writen by a rock star!" grity and very old style comic. Very stylised charecters, fuding very special siblings reunite for their adopted fathers funrual that is all but one. full of sass and talking monkeys.

please read!

*****

25.Crooked Pieces by Sarah Grazbrook

a beautiful, moving and poinient book set during the suffrajet movment, a Young Girl Maggie who is swept up in "The Curse" you follow her life in achiving the "Votes for Women" and her love and family.

:) *****+

#59: Looks like another couple of very good reads I will be adding to Continent TBR. Thanks for the recommendations!

26.Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff

Pure Brilliace, lot of twists and turns, funny and sarastic.

i do not have enough stars for this

*****+++++

Bad Monkeys was indeed very good!

Have you read Set This House in Order by Ruff? I liked Bad Monkeys by I liked Set This House in Order better.

#63 Bad Monkeys i the first Ruff ook I have read! going to add set this house in order to my list!

I loved Bad Monkeys and I have Set This House In Order in my TBR. I have high hopes for that although I have heard it said it is in a different style.

27. Angus, thongs and fullfrontal snogging by Louise Rennison.

This was funny but I would have liked it more if I was younger, very Adrian Mole if he was a 14 year old girl.

***

28.A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie

as always very good, well writen first time I've read this one. The only problem I worked out who did the killing quite early, but it was a nice easy read!

****

I always hate it when I figure out 'whodunnit' too soon!
That used to happen to me after I'd read too many Agatha Christie books in a row - I think I got too used to her style and needed to space out the reads a bit more.

I would add Bad Monkeys to the tbr pile, but it is already there. I'll have to move it up a few notches. I like your description.

68# the sme happens to me all the time, I've grown up waching detective shows my mother has ingraned it in me e can usualy work out whodunnit 10 minuets in!

Love, love, love, LOVE the Georgia Nicholson series. I re-read them whenever I feel like crap... funny thing is, my husband has read them all and finds them hilarious too. Too bad the film they did last year was terrible :(

29. Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secretsby J.K.Rowling

re-read my least favorie of the set still a good read, worth reading just too find out why Ron Hates Spiders!

30. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

I have put off reading this book because of all the hype, but my sister trust it under my nose and told me to read it. I have to admit it is a very good book, a chilling beautiful romance, though not the best book I've read this year.

Why People conpeare this to Harry Potter is behond me! They Our nothing alike!

very well writen, charming and just the right amout of naughty!

****1/2

I loved The Potter Books...!

Me too! I need to plan some time to re-read them.

I'm spreading the potter books across the year!

31. Dead Famous by Ben Elton

very funny and intrging, typical big brother set up, like back when it was good! One contastant is killed and suspicion falls on the remaing house mates!

****

32. Vampyre By John William Polidori's

very short story but just had to inclued it. beautiful!

****

#75: Since you enjoyed Dead Famous, I recommend 24/7 by Jim Brown. It's along the same lines. I put Dead Famous on the Planet, BTW. Thanks for the recommendation.

While I don't post every time I visit your thread, I stop by often.
I am one of the very few who has not read the Harry Potter books.

I have them on the book shelf. My husband loved them when he read them and was very effusive regarding the creativity.

Dead Famous sounds like an interesting book.

76# thank you for the suggestion adding it to my list!

77# dead Famous was very good one for the TBR list!

ok over half way now.

33.The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

very good took a while to get in to but after a while it grew on you!

***1/2

Ok busy 4 days! 2 more Graphic Novels and 1 re-read and a new book!

34. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban by J.K. Rowling

the re-read and my Fave potter, this being the first potter book I read it holds a very special place in my heart! I can not say anoth good things about this book it just has to be read!

*****

35. Avengers Initiative by Dan Slott

just ok!

**

36. Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham

Graphic Novel: sorry yet more fairy tales but very good. Fairytales have been Exiled to New York City after there where atacks in the Homelands but that is all history the more pressing Question is Who Klled Rose Red?

Very funny and Very Adult

*****+

37. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

This was for readers group! belive in or not I have ever read this book saw the film, have done the heel tap thing but not read the book, it was quite charming and endiring.

***

38.TV Cream Toys by Steve Berry

First Non-Fiction of the year, made me smile and laugh and remember the good old days, before these years of work, wedding reggrsties and far to many late nights. The book took me right back to my childhood, sunday mornings sat in front of the TV, evenings before eastenders playing board games with the family(connect 4, battle Ships or more offen then not MouseTrap) argumens with siblings and friends about who had the better toys, granted this still happens; the family games (Scrabble, Scrabble, Cludo and more Scrabble) and the toy but its more who has the best Phone, car or Job.

This book was a delight, funny, heart warming, and I can remember most of the toys in the book, quite remarkable considring I was born it the later of the cream years (Cream Years 1960-1990) if you wish to recindle childhood memorys read this book!

*****

TV Cream Toys sounds like something I would like. I hope my local library has this one.

I enjoyed your review.

Hey BB.. thanks for your offer of help with the creep at our school :)
You are a pal!

The book.. still haven't read much.. but it is good so far.. it is building up for something....

39. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

all I have to say it is Harry Potter It is good!! read!

****

40. Runaways:Escape to New York by Brian K. Vaughan

Graphic novel again! This was the group of hereos that got me back in to comics last year, they are witty, geek cool and sarcastic. tag line for the books "What whould happen if you found out tat you parents where Supervillans"

*****

having to put the books I've read in parts as there are alot of them, currently sitting typing from a list, what with lack of internet time (thanks to my darling brother), much book reading, very late spring cleaning and the odd trip to work I've only time to note what books I have read. the next 5 books are all re-reads and found juring the "spring clean"

41.The Babysitters Club: Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M Martin

***

42.The Babysitters Club: Claudia and The Phantom Phone Calls by Ann M Martin

****

43.The Babysitters Club: Mary Ann Saves the Day By Ann M Martin

***

44.The Babysitters Club: Dawn and the Impossible Three by Ann M Martin

***

45. The Babysitters Club: Kristy's Big Day by Ann M Martin

****

books 1,2,4,5 and 6 of this series (I have no idea where book 3 is) sit reliving my childhood or at least my pre teens. I devoued these books when I was younger.

The books start out with four friends starting the babysiters club, from this many life changing events happen, boyfriends(sort of), wedings, New friends.

easy to read and just fun.

this is the start of my August books!

46.Fables: Animal Farm by Bill Wilingham

Graphic Novel second in the Fables serise, The New york Fables are having trouble at The Farm, the no human fables are ready to revolt against Snow White and the human Fables.

very good!

*****

47.The Mermaid and the Drunks by Ben Richards

This story was slow to start but once it did it was intriging story.

****

You are moving right along! Almost up to 50 books!

48.The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

still trying to procces this book, I know in was very good but I don't have a why!

Will get back to you all

****

I'm interested in your comments regarding your recent read. I checked this book out of my library but had to return it before I read it.

The Glass Castle: A Memoir was a book for readers group and it was very good, Walls has a charm in her writing and she seams to look back fonndly on her time spent with her exttremly boheinum parents even thoughh they where dirt poor most of the time or costantly moving.

just read this please

I will check the book out again.

Thanks for your comments.

49. Suburban Glamour by Jamie McKelvie

graphic novel again, not best but the art work was very good! kind of winey teen!

***

50. The Boy With The Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathas Malzteu

On the coldest day on earth Jack is born with a frozen heart, a witch uses a cukoo clock to bring him back to life. adult fariytale very good!

****

51.Claudia and Mean Janine by Ann M. Martin

So bogged down with problems at home this was a nice easy read!

***

Ok has been a while!!!

52. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K.Rowling

re-read harry potter good!

53. Fables: Storybook Love by Bill Willingham

very good!

*****

54. Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

took very long time to read, this book is very dirty!

***

55. The London Eye Mystery Siobhan Dowd

Very good, nice easy read!

***1/2

56. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

re-read always makes me smile!

*****

#93: The London Eye Mystery looks good. I will look for that one. Thanks for the recommendation.

57. Blood Red Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick

this is the type of book I would not pick up on my own, I don't really read books based on history but this was picked for readers group and I thought I'ed give it ago. it was very good, I surprised myself.

****

58. Diary of a Wimpy Kid By Jeff Kinney

very fast easy read very very funny!

****

59. Fables:March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham

Is Redriding-hood evil and whats with the 100's of grown-up Pinocio dolls.

as good as the the last.

*****

#95: Re book 57 - I love it when I have the pleasant surprise of liking a book that I would not think I would have liked, don't you? That happened to me last year with World War Z, a book I would never have picked up on my own without the encouragement of the group here on LT and I ended up loving it. You just never know.

Blood Red Snow White sounds great! I've added it to my list.

60.The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

very very good book stunned me just read it!

*****

argh, those blasted Fables books: I've been trying to get them on Bookmooch for ages. In my experience so far though, it's almost impossible to get any graphic novels without paying the full price. They don't even have them in used bookshops. People seem to be more attached to them than books and never give them away or something. I don't know what it is.

#98: The sequel to Hunger Games is out, in case you did not know - Catching Fire. Book 3 in the trilogy is due out next year.

61. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

I still prefur Stardust, but very good book all the same.

****

62. The Dark Horse by Marcus Sedgwick

Just Good

***

63.Fables:The Mean Seasons by Bill Willingham

good as the last! Snow Whites babies are born

*****

64. Fables:Homelands by Bill Willingham

same as above, boy blue gose back to the fables troubled homelands.

*****

65. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by Jk. Rowling

re-read good

Ok nine books left, last harry potter book will be 75.... I hope!

You are in the home stretch now! Congratulations.

66.The Umbrella Academy Vol.2:Dallasby Gerard Way

as good as the first

*****

67.Penguin Popular Poetry: Victorian Poetry selected by Paul Driver

full of classics very moving, and some I had not heard of before.

****

68.Carol Ann Duffy: Selected Poems by Carol Ann Duffy

I find her poetry very truful and funny always a joy!

****

69.The Horrific Sufferings of the mind-reading monster Hercules Barefoot His wonderful love and his terrible Hatred By Carl-Johan Vallgren

The longest titled book I have read this year! This was very moving and very well-writen book. had me in tears.

****

#105: The Vallgren book looks interesting. I will have to give that one a shot. Thanks for the recommendation.

70.Operation Storm City by Joshua Mowll

end of the trilogy, ties up all the ends of the story as good as the last two.

*****

The horrific sufferings... etc is quite a mouthful isn't it? A book that has people in tears is bound to be good though, right? Adding it to the wishlist!

71.The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler

Funny at times nicely writen, meddium read just ok.

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I hope your next read is better for you. You are getting awfully close to 75!

72. Fables: Arabian Nights (and days) by Bill Willingham

I did not enjoy this one as much as the last few, the lack of my two favorite fabes Snow and Biggy Wolf, it was still well written just not as good as the last ones.

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my 2010 thread http://www.librarything.com/topic/79214

73. Chew Volume 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman

inreging, violent and grusum!

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74.Doctor Who: The Time Traveller's Almanac by Steve Tribe

I've had this for just about a year, got it for christmas the only book I got last year. I've reading alittle bit now and again since last christmas not sure what book catogy it falls in too, no-fiction or tv show guide. Maybe you guys can help me decide. It was very good full of fact, about the whoverse.

made me smile!

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75Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. k. Rowling

re-read! potter good! snape good! kiss! please read!

can't belive I've finished, cutting it close!

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Congrats!

that took me all year! mst do better in 2010

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