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03-01-2012, 01:56 PM
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Justin's 2012 Reading List
1. Snowdrops - by A. D. Miller (contemporary fiction) - 4.5/5
2. The Paris Wife - by Paula McLain - 4/5 3. The Imperfectionists - by Tom Rachman (1950s-2000s Rome) - 4/5
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06-01-2012, 11:29 AM
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4. Pure - Andrew Miller (18thC Paris) - 2.5/5
5. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert (19thC contemporary) - 2.5/5 6. Athalie - Jean Racine (Biblical-themed drama, 17thC play) - 4/5 (re-read) 7. Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley (Arthurian) - 4/5 (re-read) 8. Half of the Human Race - Anthony Quinn (early 20th C HF) - 4/5 I feel sure I've forgotten something.....
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07-05-2012, 12:42 PM
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9. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky - 4.5/5 (contemporary)
10. Golden Fox - Wilbur Smith (1970s South Africa) - 3.5/5
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08-23-2012, 01:39 PM
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11. Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger (contemporary) - 3.5/5
12. The Ground is Burning - Samuel Black (16th century Italy) - 3.5/5 13. Into the Darkest Corner - Elizabeth Haynes (contemporary thriller) - 3.5/5 14. Lady of Hay - Barbara Erskine - 2.5/5 15. The Man Who Was Thursday - G.K. Chesterton (not HF, classic metaphysical thriller or something) - 2.5/5 16. Mistress of the Sea - Jenny Barden (Elizabethan times naval adventure) - still reading 17. The Greatest Knight - Elizabeth Chadwick - 4/5
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10-23-2012, 01:10 PM
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18. The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller - 4.5/5
19. Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Choderlos de Laclos - 4/5 20. A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury - Edith Pargeter - 4/5
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12-11-2012, 01:11 PM
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21. A Spell of Winter - Helen Dunmore - 4/5
22. A Time to Die - Wilbur Smith - 3/5 23. When We Were Orphans - Kazuo Ishiguro - 2/5 24. Theodora - Stella Duffy - 3.5/5
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