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Favorite authorsSarah Duncan, Rod Glenn, Simon Hall, Marshall Karp, Thomas Ott, Neil White (Shared favorites)

About meEnglish and Drama teacher in an SEBD Secondary School. Just so you know, the photograph is from August 2008 taken in Slovakia.

About my libraryEver expanding!

I joined a wonderful online reading group in June 2006 - you all know who you are!! - and since then I've discovered more and more books plus sites such as this. It is through them that I now catalogue books and keep a record of what I've read. So although there are many books out there that I've read and no longer have, I haven't catalogued them.

I've set up tags to show authors until I've read every one I already own by them. Eek! Might take me a long time lol!

My Top Ten from 2011
Fiction
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell
Now You See Me by SJ Bolton
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Before I Go To Sleep by SJ Watson
Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy
Whistling for the Elephants by Sandi Toksvig
Boy A by Jonathan Trigell
Life Class by Pat Barker
The Best a Man Can Get: A Novel by John O'Farrell
Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Poetry
Love Poems by Carol Ann Duffy
The World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy

Non-Fiction
Essential Guide to Lesson Planning by Leila Walker
Taking Children Seriously: Applications of Counselling and Therapy in Education by Steve Decker
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison
Performance Coaching Toolkit by Will Thomas
Baby X: Britain's Child Abusers Brought to Justice by Harry Keeble and Kris Hollington
I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson

The last book I've given 5/5 to ...

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Hi Sam,
My 2012 challenge to you is A Prayer for Owen meany - One of my favourites.

Cheryl

posted by crispychez at 2:13 pm (EST) on Nov 15, 2011

Cheers Sam, looking forward to it!

posted by louiseog at 4:42 pm (EST) on Oct 13, 2011

Hope I do a better job with this than Don Quixote (which I've still yet to read, but still intend to!). You do pick 'em! Thanks Sam.

posted by Willoyd at 1:05 pm (EST) on Oct 12, 2011

Thanks Sam.

posted by madeleinescott at 4:52 am (EST) on Oct 12, 2011

Hi Sam

I'd like to challenge you to A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.

Beth x

posted by BethanyG at 11:41 am (EST) on Oct 11, 2011

Hi Sam.
I'd like to challenge you with 'The Birth of Venus'. Sarah Dunant is one of my favourite writers in any genre - hope you enjoy it too.

Will

posted by Willoyd at 3:33 pm (EST) on Oct 10, 2011

Hi Sam

I'd like to challenge you to read "The Interpretation of Murder" by Jed Rubenfeld.

Madeleinex

posted by madeleinescott at 7:51 am (EST) on Oct 10, 2011

Hi Sam, I can't believe you haven't yet read it, so I'm going to challenge you to read Chocolat by Joanne Harris. I loved both the book and the film - hope you enjoy it, too! xx

posted by VanessaCW at 7:57 am (EST) on Oct 9, 2011

My challenge is The Woman on the Bus by Pauline McLynn because I really liked it and I'd like to know what you think!
Louise xx

posted by louiseog at 4:41 pm (EST) on Oct 8, 2011

Hi Sam, I would like to challenge you to read Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre.
BTW Shona's challenge, ELaIC, is a brilliant book, and I am sure you will love it.

posted by hashford at 1:19 pm (EST) on Oct 8, 2011

Hi Sam, I'd like to choose Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer for your challenge. It is coming out as a film soon and it is always good to read the book first! Love Shona x

posted by arkgirl1 at 7:21 am (EST) on Oct 8, 2011

Hi Sam,

My challenge to you is 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. I loved this so much, it's one of my all time favourites. Hope this is ok, if not let me know and I will chose something else.

Tess
xx

posted by Teresa40 at 4:14 pm (EST) on Jan 2, 2011

Hi Sam

My challenge to you is The Weather in the Streets by Rosamund Lehmann. I've had this book on my tbr pile for absolutely ages and would love to read it as well.

posted by valeriejt at 3:53 am (EST) on Nov 22, 2010

Hi Sam, I challenge you to read Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton.

Beth

posted by BethanyG at 12:44 pm (EST) on Nov 7, 2010

Hi Sam, I would like to challenge you to read The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry; it is on my tbr pile so I will be reading it too.
love Helen

posted by hashford at 9:39 am (EST) on Nov 3, 2010

Hi Sam

I've chosen for you Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden. I chose it simply as I have just read it and loved it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Ceri x

posted by welshy72 at 6:15 pm (EST) on Nov 2, 2010

Hi Sam, I'd like to challenge you to read Blast from the Past by Ben Elton and I'll try to read my copy too!!
love Shona x

posted by arkgirl1 at 5:34 pm (EST) on Nov 2, 2010

Hi
My challenge to you is "The Various Haunts of Men" by Susan Hill, hope you enjoy, I did

posted by louiseog at 8:19 am (EST) on Nov 2, 2010

Hi Sam,
My challenge to you is Sleepers by lorenzo Carcaterra. I read this when I was a student and thought it was brilliant. Very harrowing but brilliant. Hope you enjoy.

Cheryl

posted by crispychez at 5:51 am (EST) on Nov 2, 2010

Hi Sam

I'm going to challenge you with "To The Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf. It's one I've yet to read, but having read both Mrs Dalloway and The Years this year, and others in previous years, I think she's magic. You rated A Room of One's Own highly, so I hope you enjoy this one too, even if it's very different! She's definitely a marmite writer; I intend to read this one too, so will look forward to exchanging views!

(BTW, I have still got Don Quixote in my sights, and have just downloaded a ebook version, with the thought that I can at least carry it around now. It may still have to wait for a big holiday though!!)

posted by Willoyd at 5:11 pm (EST) on Nov 1, 2010

Hi Sam, I'd like to challenge to read The Tall Pine Polka by Lorna Landvik. Hope you enjoy it! xxx

posted by VanessaCW at 2:29 pm (EST) on Nov 1, 2010

Hiya Sam,

I'm being organised this time!! For the 2011 challenge, I've picked Paradise Jazz by Katherine Pomfrett for you to read. I have it on my tbr as well, so am also going to try and read it!

Ruth
xx

posted by Book_Junkie at 12:24 pm (EST) on Nov 1, 2010

Thanks Sam. I've never actually gotten around to reading any Margaret Atwood yet, so this is a bit of a challenge. I'm determined to read it though as I've had good things about her books. My challenge to you is The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett. I read it last year and really enjoyed it.

Michaela
x

posted by Fluffyblue at 1:12 pm (EST) on Nov 29, 2009

Hi Sam, thanks for the challenge, I've been keen to read Alias Grace for quite some time. For your challenge I would like you to read 'Brazzaville Beach' by William Boyd. I have no idea what it is like so I'm eager to hear what you think of it. Cheers.

P.S I will put 'Italian Folktales' in the post for you this week (promise).

Tess
xxx

posted by Teresa40 at 3:28 am (EST) on Nov 17, 2009

Hi Sam thanks for your challenge. My challenge to you is The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter. I hope you enjoy it. Val x

posted by valeriejt at 2:30 pm (EST) on Nov 9, 2009

Hi Sam,

For the 2010 challenge, please would you read Boy A, by Jonathan Trigell? I have this on my tbr, and I also want to try and read this one.

Hope you enjoy it!
Ruth
xx

posted by Book_Junkie at 4:44 am (EST) on Nov 6, 2009

Hi Sam. Given your choice for me last year, and given that I prefer to set challenges with books I've read, I was really tempted by An Unsuitable Boy! However, have gone for another, somewhat slimmer, favourite: Compton Mackenzie's "Whisky Galore". Hope you enjoy it.

Will

posted by Willoyd at 5:55 pm (EST) on Nov 5, 2009

Hi Sam
Thanks for the short read challenge, very kind of you, xx
I'd like to challenge you to read Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino, as if I remember right we both loved Out and I have this too so am hoping neither of us will be disappointed.
Liz xx

posted by seanat at 9:16 am (EST) on Nov 5, 2009

Thank you for the challege, Sam. Emma and Me is a book I have had for quite a long time, and I will look forward to reading it.

I would like to challenge you to read Red Leaves by Paullina Simons; I will aim to read it myself next year too.

Love, Helen

posted by hashford at 5:36 am (EST) on Nov 5, 2009

Hi Sam, thanks for your challenge. For your challenge I have chose Silence in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn - I nearly picked this for my book of the month. Hope you enjoy it! Vanessa

posted by VanessaCW at 3:29 am (EST) on Nov 5, 2009
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