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    Quote Originally Posted by feverishparade View Post
    3. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (currently reading)
    I LOVED that book!!! Are you enjoying it?

    2008 Book List
    2009 Book List
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    2011 Book List

    1. Snuff ~ Terry Pratchett
    2. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time ~ Mark Haddon (reread)
    3. Mary Poppins ~ P L Travers (reread)
    4. The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher - or - The Murder At The Road Hill House ~ Kate Summerscale
    5. The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase ~ Joan Aiken (reread)
    6. IQ84 ~ Haruki Murakami currently reading

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    1-5 rating as usual.
    1. Black House - SK (5)
    2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
    3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
    4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
    5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
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    2012 Book List

    1. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins
    2. CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins
    3. MOCKINGJAY, by Suzanne Collins

    4. THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern
    5. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, by Mark Haddon
    6. BEATRICE & VIRGIL, by Yann Martel

    7. ROADWORK, by Richard Bachman
    8. BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey

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    01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
    02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
    03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
    04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
    05. All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
    06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
    07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
    08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Vol. 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
    09. The Third Reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-2/4
    10. The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem - 2/4-2/18
    11. Consider the Lobster - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-

    For School
    01. To Teach - William Ayers
    02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope - Finished
    03. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Finished
    04. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney
    05. Inside Teaching - Mary M. Kennedy
    06. Kidwatching - Owocki and Goodman


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    I've never done this before. Let's see what comes of it.

    2012 Books
    The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
    The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
    World War Z
    The Family by Mario Puzo
    The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
    The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
    Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
    Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
    Dragonflight by Anne Mahaffey
    People love frozen yogurt. I don't know what to tell you.

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    2011 Book List

    2012 Book List

    1. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
    2. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
    3. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
    4. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
    5. Eldest - Christopher Paolini

    *edit* The obsessive compulsive part of me likes that my book titles go in descending order from longest to shortest at the moment.
    I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.

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    2012 Books
    The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
    The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
    World War Z
    The Family by Mario Puzo
    The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
    The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
    Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
    Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
    Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
    Storm Front by Jim Butcher
    People love frozen yogurt. I don't know what to tell you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Erin View Post
    2011 Book List

    2012 Book List

    1. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
    2. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
    3. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
    4. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
    5. Eldest - Christopher Paolini

    *edit* The obsessive compulsive part of me likes that my book titles go in descending order from longest to shortest at the moment.
    also recommended:

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    bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.

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    When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)

    bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    2011.

    1. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
    2. Star Wars : Shadows of the Empire - Steve Perry
    3. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (currently reading)
    4. ???

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    3. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (currently reading)
    I LOVED that book!!! Are you enjoying it?
    It was a fun read! Not perfect by any means, but very entertaining.

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    1-5 rating as usual.
    1. Black House - SK (5)
    2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
    3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
    4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
    5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
    6. Horns - Joe Hill (5)
    Sloth Love Chunk

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    2010
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    1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
    2. The Rise of the Governor by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga
    3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
    4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
    5. The Borrowers by Mary Norton
    6. Books of Blood v.1 by Clive Barker

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    2012 Completed:
    11/22/63 by SK
    The Sister Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
    Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
    A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
    Blockade Billy by SK
    The Gunslinger by SK
    The Drawing of the Three by SK
    The Wastelands by SK
    Wizard and Glass by SK
    World War Z by Max Brooks

    In Progress:
    Wolves of the Calla by SK

    Upcoming:
    Song of Susannah by SK
    The Dark Tower by SK
    The Wind Through the Keyhole by SK
    Dr. Sleep by SK
    The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
    The Alchemist by Paulo Cohelo

    The list will keep on growing no doubt about it.

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    2012 Books
    1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
    2. The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
    3. World War Z
    4. The Family by Mario Puzo
    5. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
    6. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
    7. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
    8. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
    9. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
    10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
    11. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
    12. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
    People love frozen yogurt. I don't know what to tell you.

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    1-5 rating as usual.
    1. Black House - SK (5)
    2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
    3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
    4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
    5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
    6. Horns - Joe Hill (5)
    7. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (5)
    Sloth Love Chunk

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    2011 List

    2012 List:

    1. Legion - William Peter Blatty
    2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
    3. How I Got This Way - Regis Philbin
    4. The Lorax - Dr. Seuss
    A NEW GAME BEGINS

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    2008 Book List
    2009 Book List
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    2011 Book List

    1. Snuff ~ Terry Pratchett
    2. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time ~ Mark Haddon (reread)
    3. Mary Poppins ~ P L Travers (reread)
    4. The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher - or - The Murder At The Road Hill House ~ Kate Summerscale
    5. The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase ~ Joan Aiken (reread)
    6. IQ84 ~ Haruki Murakami currently reading
    7. Explosive Eighteen ~ Janet Evanovich
    8. The Fry Chronicles ~ Stephen Fry

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    2011.

    1. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
    2. Star Wars : Shadows of the Empire - Steve Perry
    3. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
    4. The Giver - Lois Lowry (currently reading)

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    How are you liking The Giver? Annabeth wants me to read it, I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
    People love frozen yogurt. I don't know what to tell you.

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    2011 Book List

    2012 Book List

    1. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
    2. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
    3. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
    4. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
    5. Eldest - Christopher Paolini

    *edit* The obsessive compulsive part of me likes that my book titles go in descending order from longest to shortest at the moment.
    also recommended:

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    2009
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    01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
    02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
    03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
    04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
    05. All The King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
    06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
    07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
    08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
    09. The Third Reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-2/4
    10. The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem - 2/4-2/18
    11. Consider the Lobster - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-3/7
    12. People Who Eat Darkness - Richard Lloyd Parry - 3/7-

    For School
    01. To Teach - William Ayers
    02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope - Finished
    03. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Finished
    04. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney - Finished
    05. Inside Teaching - Mary M. Kennedy
    06. Kidwatching - Owocki and Goodman - Finished
    07. Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck - Finished
    08. Hey, Wait… - Jason - Finished
    09. The Left Bank Gang - Jason - Finished


    So it goes.

    "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. "
    - Oscar Wilde

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    Quote Originally Posted by onlylivingboyinny View Post
    Does anyone here have a goodreads.com account? If so, we should amass usernames to easily share our reviews of King & other author's works.
    i do. http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2514208

    you should start a goodreads group for us

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    2012 Book List

    1. Damned - Chuck Palahniuk (read)
    2. Miss Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs (read)
    3. Blue - Lou Aronica (read)
    4. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin (Read)
    5. Song Yet Sung- James McBride (Read)
    6. Dark Taste of Rapture - Gena Showalter (Read)
    7. Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner - Diana Gabaldon (Read)
    8. The Wolf Gift - Anne Rice - (read)
    9. Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones (read)
    10. A Perfect Blood - Kim Harrison (read)
    11. Lover Reborn - JR Ward (read)
    12. A Dance with Dragons - GRRM (read)
    13. Sacrificial Magic - Stacia Kane (read)

    Reading:
    1. Sacré Bleu - Christopher Moore

    To Read:
    1. Wind Through the Keyhole - SK
    Last edited by Patrick; 08-16-2012 at 07:09 PM. Reason: just being helpful :D

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    2012 List:

    1. The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
    2. Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman
    3. The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan (re-reading)
    4. Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (reading short stories)
    5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
    6. Wedge's Gambit - Michael A. Stackpole
    7. Black House - Stephen King, Peter Straub (currently reading)

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