Monkey on a log

Monkeybonkers

Good idea this. I read lots of books and never keep a record of what I've read or even who the author was so this should be useful.

I'll start with the latest one that I've just started: Magician by Raymond E Feist. I have a sneaking suspicion that I've already read this book as all the names are familiar to me but it must have been a long time ago as I can't remember the details so happy days!

I'm just finishing off a couple as well:

Marijuana Times by Ken Lukowiak

Book 5 of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

Watchers by Dean Koontz

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits by Joseph O Connor

Monkeybonkers

I've finished most of the above but got another one today so I'm now reading:

Magician

Breaking Vegas by Ben Mezrich

Monkeybonkers

I'm going to make a list too, easier to look back over:

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezrich

Monkeybonkers

I'm in the middle of one of my reading slumps at the moment. Just finished 'Twelve Days on the Somme' by Sidney Rogerson. A bit of a different take on the horrors of the trenches. Quite short at 172 pages so worth a look. In the middle of 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte at the moment and loving it.

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson

Monkeybonkers

Monkeybonkers wrote: »

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte

I've just finished Wuthering Heights and thought it was brilliant. I never knew what it was about and I'm glad I didn't because it was different from my expectation. Loved it!

Next up, The Curious Case of Sidd Finch by George Plimpton

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien


Recently finished the Plimpton and O Brien books. Wasn't too taken with O Brien but the Plimpton one was enjoyable enough. Next up The Human Stain by Philip Roth. I've read about 50 pages and I'm enjoying it so far. I also picked up At Swim Two Birds by Flann O Brien because I don't want to give up on him after one book. Let the reading commence......

Monkeybonkers

Monkeybonkers wrote: »

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth

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Finished the Roth book recently. Loved it. Enjoyed the writing style immensely and am definitely going to check out a few of his other books.
I've started At Swim Two Birds and I have to say that I'm not getting in to it at all. I'm even considering (:eek:) giving it up, something I very seldom do with a book. This may have something to do with the fact that I picked up a book recently at a book fair called 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen' which, from reading the first 50 or so pages, looks funny. The fact that I know that I have a book which I know I'll enjoy waiting for me is making it harder to soldier on with ASTB. I'll give it another while and if it doesn't grab me then it's bye bye birdie and hello fishie.

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien


Thank Christ I've finally finished that Flann O Brien book cos it was seriously doing my head in. I can see why O Brien is praised by people but I just did not enjoy that book and I'll never read anything by him again. I just do not find his style or humour in any way engaging. At least I tried, even though I came as close as I ever have to giving up a book after 100 pages.

Next up, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. Looking forward to this as I had a sneaky read of the first 50 or so pages when I bought it and it seems entertaining. Mind you, the back of a cereal box would seem good after the drivel that was ASTB.

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday

Finished SFITY. Enjoyable book even though I thought it flagged a bit in the last third. Next up is Look at the Harlequins by Vladimir Nabokov. Looking forward to this as I have heard some good things about Nabokov.

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov


Finally finished Look at the Harlequins. Didn't really like it. I'm also hardly reading at all at the moment. God knows how long it'll take me to read Roots at this pace.

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley



Finally finished Roots. An enjoyable enough yarn. Bit of controversy over the book as to its authenticity but I quite enjoyed it. Next up 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' by Bill Bryson. Looking forward to this as it's had some good reviews.

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson


Really enjoyed BB's book. Reading another one by him now entitled Down Under

Monkeybonkers

Monkeybonkers wrote: »

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Down Under Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent Bill Bryson
Adrian Mole: the Cappucino Years Sue Townsend
The Mis-education Years Ross O Carroll-Kelly (Paul Howard)
This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own Ross O Carroll-Kelly
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone JK Rowling
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom

Reading the next Harry Potter book now. Have the whole series but don't know if I'll read them all in one go. I'll see if I get sick of them.
Thank God for finding Sue Townsends Adrian Mole book. Laugh out loud book and brought back good memories of when I first read her Adrian Mole books.

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Down Under Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent Bill Bryson
Adrian Mole: the Cappucino Years Sue Townsend
The Mis-education Years Ross O Carroll-Kelly (Paul Howard)
This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own Ross O Carroll-Kelly
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone JK Rowling
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom
The next two Harry Potter books
Empress Orchid Anchee Min
Ronnie: The autobiography of Ronnie O Sullivan
Mafia Wars Leslie Waller
Moby Dick Herman Melville
MOAB is my Washpot Stephen Fry
The Time Travellers Wife Audrey Niffenegger


Haven't updated this in a while so I've stuck in the ones that I can remember. There may be a couple of others but at the moment I can't remember them.
Currently reading Postcards by E. Annie Proulx. Only about 50 pages in but seems good so far.
Of the above newly added books TTTWife was probably my favourite. Took me ages to finish Moby Dick. Just couldn't get in to it at all.
I'll probably read one or two more of the Harry Potter books after that. Needed a break after two in a row and as they're getting quite long now I'll probably just read one and then take another break.
I've been reading a lot more now that I'm on holidays from college. Was only reading bits when I was studying for exams but I'm back up to full speed now.

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Down Under Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent Bill Bryson
Adrian Mole: the Cappucino Years Sue Townsend
The Mis-education Years Ross O Carroll-Kelly (Paul Howard)
This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own Ross O Carroll-Kelly
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone JK Rowling
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom
The next two Harry Potter books
Empress Orchid Anchee Min
Ronnie: The autobiography of Ronnie O Sullivan
Mafia Wars Leslie Waller
Moby Dick Herman Melville
MOAB is my Washpot Stephen Fry
The Time Travellers Wife Audrey Niffenegger
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim Jonathan Coe
Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Down Under Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent Bill Bryson
Adrian Mole: the Cappucino Years Sue Townsend
The Mis-education Years Ross O Carroll-Kelly (Paul Howard)
This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own Ross O Carroll-Kelly
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone JK Rowling
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom
The next two Harry Potter books
Empress Orchid Anchee Min
Ronnie: The autobiography of Ronnie O Sullivan
Mafia Wars Leslie Waller
Moby Dick Herman Melville
MOAB is my Washpot Stephen Fry
The Time Travellers Wife Audrey Niffenegger
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim Jonathan Coe
Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling
Wonders of the Universe Brian Cox
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
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Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Down Under Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent Bill Bryson
Adrian Mole: the Cappucino Years Sue Townsend
The Mis-education Years Ross O Carroll-Kelly (Paul Howard)
This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own Ross O Carroll-Kelly
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone JK Rowling
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom
The next two Harry Potter books
Empress Orchid Anchee Min
Ronnie: The autobiography of Ronnie O Sullivan
Mafia Wars Leslie Waller
Moby Dick Herman Melville
MOAB is my Washpot Stephen Fry
The Time Travellers Wife Audrey Niffenegger
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim Jonathan Coe
Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling
Wonders of the Universe Brian Cox
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
__________________

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Down Under Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent Bill Bryson
Adrian Mole: the Cappucino Years Sue Townsend
The Mis-education Years Ross O Carroll-Kelly (Paul Howard)
This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own Ross O Carroll-Kelly
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone JK Rowling
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom
The next two Harry Potter books
Empress Orchid Anchee Min
Ronnie: The autobiography of Ronnie O Sullivan
Mafia Wars Leslie Waller
Moby Dick Herman Melville
MOAB is my Washpot Stephen Fry
The Time Travellers Wife Audrey Niffenegger
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim Jonathan Coe
Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling
Wonders of the Universe Brian Cox
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
How Many Miles to Babylon Jennifer Johnson
From Here to Eternity Jack Jones

pavb2

Hi MOL I read The Irish Male and there were some laugh out loud moments in it, the big skinhead in the east end pub if I remember.

His observations of an Irish man in London were good but I felt it ran out of steam towards the end padding about the Irish football team. An easy light hearted read though.

How many Miles to Babylon was different to a lot of WW1 stories but I read it some years ago and took it at face value yet I understand there are underlying themes so must google and revisit with a different view.

Monkeybonkers

I like Joseph O Connor for a bit of a laugh. Good light-hearted entertainment.

How Many Miles..... was different from other war stories and I thought it was excellent. I think the short novel can be a difficult one for an author but this came across as effortless. I am always pleasently surprised when a book is different from what I expected and this was certainly the case here.

Have you read From Here to Eternity? I read it after How Many Miles...... and loved it. Highly recommended.

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Down Under Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent Bill Bryson
Adrian Mole: the Cappucino Years Sue Townsend
The Mis-education Years Ross O Carroll-Kelly (Paul Howard)
This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own Ross O Carroll-Kelly
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone JK Rowling
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom
The next two Harry Potter books
Empress Orchid Anchee Min
Ronnie: The autobiography of Ronnie O Sullivan
Mafia Wars Leslie Waller
Moby Dick Herman Melville
MOAB is my Washpot Stephen Fry
The Time Travellers Wife Audrey Niffenegger
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim Jonathan Coe
Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling
Wonders of the Universe Brian Cox
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
How Many Miles to Babylon Jennifer Johnson
From Here to Eternity Jack Jones
Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy
__________________

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Down Under Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent Bill Bryson
Adrian Mole: the Cappucino Years Sue Townsend
The Mis-education Years Ross O Carroll-Kelly (Paul Howard)
This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own Ross O Carroll-Kelly
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone JK Rowling
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom
The next two Harry Potter books
Empress Orchid Anchee Min
Ronnie: The autobiography of Ronnie O Sullivan
Mafia Wars Leslie Waller
Moby Dick Herman Melville
MOAB is my Washpot Stephen Fry
The Time Travellers Wife Audrey Niffenegger
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim Jonathan Coe
Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling
Wonders of the Universe Brian Cox
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
How Many Miles to Babylon Jennifer Johnson
From Here to Eternity Jack Jones
Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett

__________________

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Down Under Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent Bill Bryson
Adrian Mole: the Cappucino Years Sue Townsend
The Mis-education Years Ross O Carroll-Kelly (Paul Howard)
This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own Ross O Carroll-Kelly
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone JK Rowling
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom
The next two Harry Potter books
Empress Orchid Anchee Min
Ronnie: The autobiography of Ronnie O Sullivan
Mafia Wars Leslie Waller
Moby Dick Herman Melville
MOAB is my Washpot Stephen Fry
The Time Travellers Wife Audrey Niffenegger
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim Jonathan Coe
Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling
Wonders of the Universe Brian Cox
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
How Many Miles to Babylon Jennifer Johnson
From Here to Eternity Jack Jones
Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
As She Climbed Across The Table Jonathan Lethem

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Down Under Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent Bill Bryson
Adrian Mole: the Cappucino Years Sue Townsend
The Mis-education Years Ross O Carroll-Kelly (Paul Howard)
This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own Ross O Carroll-Kelly
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone JK Rowling
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom
The next two Harry Potter books
Empress Orchid Anchee Min
Ronnie: The autobiography of Ronnie O Sullivan
Mafia Wars Leslie Waller
Moby Dick Herman Melville
MOAB is my Washpot Stephen Fry
The Time Travellers Wife Audrey Niffenegger
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim Jonathan Coe
Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling
Wonders of the Universe Brian Cox
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
How Many Miles to Babylon Jennifer Johnson
From Here to Eternity Jack Jones
Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
As She Climbed Across The Table Jonathan Lethem
The Alienist Caleb Carr
__________________

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Down Under Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent Bill Bryson
Adrian Mole: the Cappucino Years Sue Townsend
The Mis-education Years Ross O Carroll-Kelly (Paul Howard)
This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own Ross O Carroll-Kelly
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone JK Rowling
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom
The next two Harry Potter books
Empress Orchid Anchee Min
Ronnie: The autobiography of Ronnie O Sullivan
Mafia Wars Leslie Waller
Moby Dick Herman Melville
MOAB is my Washpot Stephen Fry
The Time Travellers Wife Audrey Niffenegger
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim Jonathan Coe
Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling
Wonders of the Universe Brian Cox
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
How Many Miles to Babylon Jennifer Johnson
From Here to Eternity Jack Jones
Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
As She Climbed Across The Table Jonathan Lethem
The Alienist Caleb Carr
Benson at Sixty Michael Carson

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Down Under Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent Bill Bryson
Adrian Mole: the Cappucino Years Sue Townsend
The Mis-education Years Ross O Carroll-Kelly (Paul Howard)
This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own Ross O Carroll-Kelly
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone JK Rowling
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom
The next two Harry Potter books
Empress Orchid Anchee Min
Ronnie: The autobiography of Ronnie O Sullivan
Mafia Wars Leslie Waller
Moby Dick Herman Melville
MOAB is my Washpot Stephen Fry
The Time Travellers Wife Audrey Niffenegger
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim Jonathan Coe
Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling
Wonders of the Universe Brian Cox
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
How Many Miles to Babylon Jennifer Johnson
From Here to Eternity Jack Jones
Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
As She Climbed Across The Table Jonathan Lethem
The Alienist Caleb Carr
Benson at Sixty Michael Carson
Generation Kill Evan Wright

Monkeybonkers

The Irish Male : His Greatest Hits Joseph O Connor
Watchers Dean Koontz
Marijuana Times Ken Lukowiak
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Breaking Vegas Ben Mezric
Twelve Days on the Somme Sidney Rogerson
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch George Plimpton
The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman/The Brother Flann O Brien
The Human Stain Philip Roth
At Swim-Two-Birds Flann O Brien
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
Look at the Harlequins Vladimir Nabokov
Roots Alex Haley
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Down Under Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent Bill Bryson
Adrian Mole: the Cappucino Years Sue Townsend
The Mis-education Years Ross O Carroll-Kelly (Paul Howard)
This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own Ross O Carroll-Kelly
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone JK Rowling
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom
The next two Harry Potter books
Empress Orchid Anchee Min
Ronnie: The autobiography of Ronnie O Sullivan
Mafia Wars Leslie Waller
Moby Dick Herman Melville
MOAB is my Washpot Stephen Fry
The Time Travellers Wife Audrey Niffenegger
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim Jonathan Coe
Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling
Wonders of the Universe Brian Cox
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
How Many Miles to Babylon Jennifer Johnson
From Here to Eternity Jack Jones
Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
As She Climbed Across The Table Jonathan Lethem
The Alienist Caleb Carr
Benson at Sixty Michael Carson
Generation Kill Evan Wright
Kick the Balls Allan Black
Crime and Punishment Dostoyevsky


That's it for this list I think. I'm going to draw a line under it and start a new one for the new year as it's becoming too long. So fare thee well sweet list, you have served me well and now adieu!
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Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)

Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord

Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
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Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
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Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
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Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker

Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
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Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
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Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
Fated S.G. Browne
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Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
Fated S.G. Browne
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens

Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
Fated S.G. Browne
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
White Fang Jack London
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Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
Fated S.G. Browne
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
White Fang Jack London
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Laurence Sterne
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Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
Fated S.G. Browne
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
White Fang Jack London
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Laurence Sterne
Flashman George McDonald Fraser
Royal Flash George McDonald Fraser
Flash For Freedom! George McDonald Fraser
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Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
Fated S.G. Browne
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
White Fang Jack London
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Laurence Sterne
Flashman George McDonald Fraser
Royal Flash George McDonald Fraser
Flash For Freedom! George McDonald Fraser
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
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Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
Fated S.G. Browne
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
White Fang Jack London
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Laurence Sterne
Flashman George McDonald Fraser
Royal Flash George McDonald Fraser
Flash For Freedom! George McDonald Fraser
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Sandman Slim Richard Kadrey
Kill the Dead Richard Kadrey__________________

Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
Fated S.G. Browne
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
White Fang Jack London
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Laurence Sterne
Flashman George McDonald Fraser
Royal Flash George McDonald Fraser
Flash For Freedom! George McDonald Fraser
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Sandman Slim Richard Kadrey
Kill the Dead Richard Kadrey
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson

Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
Fated S.G. Browne
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
White Fang Jack London
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Laurence Sterne
Flashman George McDonald Fraser
Royal Flash George McDonald Fraser
Flash For Freedom! George McDonald Fraser
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Sandman Slim Richard Kadrey
Kill the Dead Richard Kadrey
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson
Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious L. Jon Wertheim

Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
Fated S.G. Browne
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
White Fang Jack London
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Laurence Sterne
Flashman George McDonald Fraser
Royal Flash George McDonald Fraser
Flash For Freedom! George McDonald Fraser
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Sandman Slim Richard Kadrey
Kill the Dead Richard Kadrey
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson
Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious L. Jon Wertheim
Flashman at the Charge George McDonald Fraser
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Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
Fated S.G. Browne
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
White Fang Jack London
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Laurence Sterne
Flashman George McDonald Fraser
Royal Flash George McDonald Fraser
Flash For Freedom! George McDonald Fraser
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Sandman Slim Richard Kadrey
Kill the Dead Richard Kadrey
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson
Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious L. Jon Wertheim
Flashman at the Charge George McDonald Fraser
Flashman in the Great Game George McDonald Fraser
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Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
Fated S.G. Browne
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
White Fang Jack London
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Laurence Sterne
Flashman George McDonald Fraser
Royal Flash George McDonald Fraser
Flash For Freedom! George McDonald Fraser
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Sandman Slim Richard Kadrey
Kill the Dead Richard Kadrey
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson
Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious L. Jon Wertheim
Flashman at the Charge George McDonald Fraser
Flashman in the Great Game George McDonald Fraser
Flashmans Lady G. M. Fraser

Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
Fated S.G. Browne
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
White Fang Jack London
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Laurence Sterne
Flashman George McDonald Fraser
Royal Flash George McDonald Fraser
Flash For Freedom! George McDonald Fraser
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Sandman Slim Richard Kadrey
Kill the Dead Richard Kadrey
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson
Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious L. Jon Wertheim
Flashman at the Charge George McDonald Fraser
Flashman in the Great Game George McDonald Fraser
Flashmans Lady G. M. Fraser
Fashman and The Redskins G.M. Fraser

Monkeybonkers

New Year, new list:

A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute (Norway)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Francois Lelord
Stairway to Hell Charlie Williams
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
Fated S.G. Browne
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
White Fang Jack London
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Laurence Sterne
Flashman George McDonald Fraser
Royal Flash George McDonald Fraser
Flash For Freedom! George McDonald Fraser
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Sandman Slim Richard Kadrey
Kill the Dead Richard Kadrey
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson
Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious L. Jon Wertheim
Flashman at the Charge George McDonald Fraser
Flashman in the Great Game George McDonald Fraser
Flashmans Lady G. M. Fraser
Fashman and The Redskins G.M. Fraser
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest Stieg Larsson
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