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1merry10
Dec 30, 2009, 11:37 pm

10 categories, 10 books

1. Australian and New Zealand Lit
2. Books in translation
3. Women writers
4. Group reads
5. Chunksters
6. 1001 lit
7. 19th Century lit
8. 20th Century lit
9. 21st Century lit
10. Non-fiction

2merry10
Edited: Feb 8, 2010, 3:40 am

1. Australian and New Zealand lit

Monkey Grip, Helen Garner, 1974
Ice, Lois Nowra, 2008
Lovesong, Alex Miller, 2009
Joan Makes History, Kate Grenville, 1988
The Boat, Nam Le, 2008
The Legacy, Kirsten Tranter, 2010
(Parrot and Olivier in America, Peter Carey), 2009

3merry10
Edited: Feb 8, 2010, 3:41 am

2. Books in translation

The Aeneid, Virgil, 19 BCE
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Columbia, 1967
The Island of Eternal Love, Daína Chaviano, Cuba, 2008

4merry10
Edited: Jun 19, 2010, 1:22 am

3. Women writers

Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen, 19thC, UK
White Teeth, Zadie Smith, UK
Monkey Grip, Helen Garner, Australia
Gilead, Marilynne Robinson, US
Joan Makes History, Kate Grenville, Australia
The Island of Eternal Love, Daína Chaviano, Cuba
The Legacy, Kirsten Tranter, Australia
Blackout, Connie Willis, UK

5merry10
Edited: Feb 8, 2010, 3:41 am

4. Group reads

Monkey Grip, Helen Garner
Ice, Lois Nowra
Lovesong, Alex Miller
The Boat, Nam Le

6merry10
Edited: Jan 29, 2010, 3:21 am

5. Chunksters

One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

7merry10
Edited: Jan 29, 2010, 3:21 am

6. 1001 lit

White Teeth, Zadie Smith
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

8merry10
Edited: Jan 1, 2010, 6:03 am

7. 19th Century lit

Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen 01/01

9merry10
Edited: Jan 29, 2010, 3:22 am

8. 20th Century lit

White Teeth, Zadie Smith
Monkey Grip, Helen Garner
Joan Makes History, Kate Grenville
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

10merry10
Edited: Feb 8, 2010, 3:44 am

9. 21st Century lit

Ice, Louis Nowra, Australia, 2009
Gilead, Marilynne Robinson, US, 2005
Lovesong, Alex Miller, Australia, 2005
The Island of Eternal Love, Daína Chaviano, Cuba, 2008
The Boat, Nam Le, Australia, 2008
The Legacy, Kirsten Tranter, Australia, 2010
Parrot and Olivier in America, Peter Carey, 2009

11merry10
Edited: Jan 22, 2010, 12:25 am

10. Non-fiction

The Aeneid, Virgil 19 BCE (epic poem)
After the Celebration: Australian Fiction 1989-2007 (literary criticism)
Consider the Lobster, David Foster Wallace, 2005 (essays, US culture)

12merry10
Jan 1, 2010, 6:08 am

First book of 2010

1. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen, ebook

13merry10
Jan 3, 2010, 4:53 pm

2. White Teeth, Zadie Smith.

Categories, Women writers, 1001 lit, 20th Century lit. Why I read this now. Good choice for Orange January.

14merry10
Jan 4, 2010, 4:52 am

3. Monkey Grip, Helen Garner

Categories, Australian lit, women writers, 20th Century Lit, debut novel, bookclub read.

15merry10
Jan 16, 2010, 2:35 am

4. Ice, Louis Nowra, Australian author, 2008

Categories: Australian lit, 21st Century lit, Group read.

16merry10
Edited: Jan 17, 2010, 4:12 am

5. The Aeneid, Virgil, ca. 19 BCE

Categories, Books in translation, Non-fiction

17merry10
Jan 19, 2010, 4:53 am

6. After the Celebration Australian Fiction 1989-2007

Categories: Australian and New Zealand Lit, non-fiction

18merry10
Jan 22, 2010, 12:24 am

7. Consider the Lobster, David Foster Wallace, 2005

Categories: Non-fiction

19merry10
Jan 24, 2010, 5:51 am

8. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson, 2004

Categories: 21st Century literature, women writers

20merry10
Jan 25, 2010, 2:35 am

9. Lovesong, Alex Miller, 2009

Categories: 21st Century literature, Australian and New Zealand Lit, Group reads

21merry10
Jan 25, 2010, 8:56 pm

10. Joan Makes History, Kate Grenville, 1988

Categories: 20th Century literature, Australian and New Zealand Lit, Women writers.

22merry10
Edited: Jan 29, 2010, 3:24 am

11. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Columbia, 1967

Categories: 20th Century Literature, 1001 Lit, Chunksters, Books in Translation

23merry10
Feb 8, 2010, 3:38 am

12. The Island of Eternal Love, Daína Chaviano, 2006 English Translation 2008

Categories: Books in translation, 21st Century literature

13. The Boat, Nam Le, Australian author, 2009

Categories: Australian author, 21st Century literature

14. The Legacy, Kirsten Tranter, Australian author, 2010

Categories: Women writers, Australian author, 21st Century literature

15. Parrot and Olivier in America, Peter Carey, 2009

Categories: 21st Century literature, Australian author

24Nickelini
Feb 8, 2010, 5:56 pm

Wow, 15 books already. Good for you!