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... read sometime during the year include:
Prince of Stories the many worlds of Neil Gaiman
The Portable Dorothy Parker
The Solitaire Mystery
Kristin Lavransdatter
New Books in 2010 I'm looking forward to:
Isobelle Carmody's final Obernewtyn book which was meant to come out early 200 ... More books about books:
The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay
The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne
... of those books this last month.
I completed 5 books in 3 categories last month with an additional 3 bonus tracks:
1. The Solitaire Mystery by Gaarder Jostein from page 14 of my Catalog
2. The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer from Booker Prize Winners
3. Possess ... The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay
I finished The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder. I took my time with this one and I'm glad I gave myself a chance to savor it (although I really wanted to find out what happened and I devoured quite a bit today). He has a fantastic way of making the idea of thought an elevated thing - ... ... from Page 14 of my Catalog
5. A Stranger in the Earth from Page 14 of my Catalog
Book in Progress:
The Solitaire Mystery from Page 14 of my Catalog
Bonus Tracks (where things went slightly off the rails):
1. A Year of Cats and Dogs - for EarlyReviewers
2. ... ... the wonderful layers Theroux wove throughout the story.
Well, I'll start on another book tonight - I think I'm feeling The Solitaire Mystery by Gaarder Jostein. As promised, though, I am moving both Possession: A Romance and The Conservationist to my TBR pile this month. This will ... ... it I am the Messenger, it was quick and easy to read and a bit cheesy and I raced through it kind of like a grown up The Solitaire Mystery Jostein Gaarder A Game of Patience
The Solitaire Mystery
Mrs. Bridge
Jerusalem Poker
Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars? The Trivial Pursuit of the Presidency 1988 I received The solitaire mystery by Jostein Gaarder today. Should be a good read, as I also like Sophie's world. ... Proulx
3. Sides by Peter Straub
4. Skim by Mariko Tamaki finished 1/15
5. The Solitare Mystery by Jostein Gaarder finished 9/5
6. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire finished 7/21
7. Sta ... ... through a whole new set of eyes. Plus, of course, the mysteries were solved. I will continue to read the series.
The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder. I read Sophie’s World by the same author and was totally flummoxed by it. It was so overwhelmingly confusing and you ... Yep, The Solitaire Mystery just went on my list... ... the list. Though, I'm addicted to all the wonderful books described in the threads...
Thanks karemarie for recommending The Solitaire Mystery and Independent People --- on to the HUGE tbr mountain they go. ... and heard Mrs Dalloway discussed on a podcast Kate's Klassics earlier this year. Hi Karen - I'm looking forward to The Solitaire Mystery, I really enjoyed his The Orange Girl. I'll have to check out all your lists. Hi avatiakh - I just finished The Solitaire Mystery last week and really enjoyed it.
You have some great books on your list. ... by Margaret Mahy finished 15Jan
9. Bloodtide by Melvin Burgess finished 9Feb
Bonus:
10: The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
11: The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
12: The Complaints by Ian Rankin finished Nov ... of the night owl variety, rarely getting in bed before 6am and most nights (days?) not before 8am.
I will add both The Solitaire Mystery and Independent People to Continent TBR. I will look for your views on the latter once you have had a chance to read it. Breezed through Funny in Farsi and pushed through The Solitaire Mystery. I'm not 100% sure I liked either one enough to ever consider re-reading. The Solitaire Mystery has layers and layers that are very thought-provoking. The Solitaire Mystery was very strange and creative and thought-provoking.
Now on to Independent People for December's bookclub meeting. I'm reading The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder and it's good but not stunning. Next is Independent People by Halldor Laxness for my December bookclub meeting. I just started The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder last night and am really enjoying it.
Next up will be Independent People by Halldór Laxness.
I just started The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder last night. I'm still working on The Power Makers and The World in Six Songs.
Next up will be Independent People by Haldor Laxness. ... the story in Sophie's World is basically just a slightly odd wrapper for the philosophy, I adore another of his novels, The Solitaire Mystery. Brilliant fantasy.
I'm on a hiatus with Don Quixote until I can invest the time he deserves and am blazing through the surprisingly easy to read ... ... didn't send me to sleep but did calm me down!)
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
The North Western Fells by A. Wainwrig ... I'm reading The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder. It's my second week into it, I'm slow lately. ... by F.X. Toole (Short stories; film: 2004) basis for “Million Dollar Baby”
==Football (soccer)==
1 The Arsenal Stadium Mystery by Leonard Reginald Gribble (novel; Film: 1940)
2 Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby (novel: 1992; film: 1997 & 2005)
==Golf==
1 ... Saints and Strangers, by Angela Carter
Vita Brevis: A Letter to St. Augustine, by Jostein Gaarder
The Saint-Germain Chronicles, by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
City of Saints and Madmen, by Jeff VanderMeer
Saints, by Orson Scott Card
... Henry and Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart made me want to visit Vienna...
Sophie's World and The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder made me want to travel through all of Europe!
The Labyrinth by Kate Mosse and The Treasure of Montsegur by Sophy Bu ...
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