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Wow, Labrat, 25 books?!? That is awesome! And I'm sure for a fraction of the price than what you would have paid at Barnes & Noble or something. I am a HUGE reader. Always have been. I was the kid the mean librarian would glare at and say, "Dear, the check-out limit is 50 books." I am currently reading "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult, and the last book I read was her "My Sister's Keeper," which I devoured while on vacation last month. She is a great writer. 50, eh? I bet I could do that. Sounds nice and relaxing. Sigh. 
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And I'm sure for a fraction of the price than what you would have paid at Barnes & Noble or something. Yeah, I got the lot for £8. Charity stores are the only way I can afford to pay for my voracious reading habit. Luckily, I have a really good one locally where I can usually find about a dozen or so every few months. And you get the added satisfaction of donating to charity, too. So it's a good deal for me.  LabRat
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Here's the addition to my list:
The Golden Compass (Northern Lights) - Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
Twist of Fate - Mary Jo Putney
The Positronic Man - Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg
Full Bloom - Jayne Ann Krantz
The Amber Spyglass - Phillip Pullman
Randall Pride - Judy Christenberry
I have to say, I wasn't really impressed by the His Dark Materials trilogy. It had nothing to do with the religious connections and everything to do with the way the characters acted.
The Positronic Man is based on a short story by the same name, and is the basis for the movie Bicentennial Man. The beginning of the book is very like the movie, but the last half is different. It's really an interesting look at the question "what is humanity". I kept comparing Andrew to Sonny in I, Robot, and of course to Data in Star Trek. Andrew, like Sonny, shows the ability to be more than other robots like him, and like Data, wants to be more human.
I foresee a lot of romance novels in the near future, as my aunt has shipped a whole box to my mom. Though I may take some time out to reread The Dark Is Rising sequence, since I'm in the mood for a really good children's novel. And I cleaned out a book stall in the local flea market of all of her Jim Butcher books (which was sadly only 4), and I picked up 2 books of his that I hadn't read yet.
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Updating with: 22. Jonathan Nasaw - Fear Itself. 23. Suzanne Wood - Stargate SG1: The Barque of Heaven 24. Gregg Hurwitz - I See You 25. Val McDermid - The Grave Tattoo 26. Jonathan Kellerman - Rage 27. Val McDermid - The Distant Echo 28. John Harvey - Ash & Bone 29. Paul Johnston - The Death List 30. Chris Jordan - Taken 31. Robert Gregory Browne - Kiss Her Goodbye. LabRat
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Updating with: 31. Iris Johansen - The Search 32. Stephen Booth - The Dead Place 33. Tana French - In The Woods This was an incredible first novel by this author. Absolutely spellbinding and I now have her second book on pre-order. 34. Jonathan Nasaw - 27 Bones 35. Val McDermid - A Place of Execution 36. Claire Seeber - Lullaby 37. David Baldacci - Simple Genius 38. Scott Turow - Limitations 39. John Grisham - The Innocent Man 40. Carol Smith - Fatal Attraction 41. G. M. Ford - A Blind Eye 42. Stephen Booth - Black Dog LabRat
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15. All I Need Is You - Johanna Lindsey 16. Husband on Demand - Leigh Michaels 17. Irresistible - Mary Balogh 18. Say You Love Me - Johanna Lindsey 19. Lady Whistledown Strikes Back - Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins, Mia Ryan 20. Falling for Gracie - Susan Mallery 21. The Lion's Lady - Julie Garwood 22. When We Meet Again - Victoria Alexander 23. Just a Small-Town Girl - Patricia Kay 24. Beyond Seduction - Stephanie Laurens'relo 25. Vendetta - Ruth Langan 26. Cover-up - Rught Langan 27. Over Sea, Under Stone - Susan Cooper 28. The Dark Is Rising - Susan Cooper 29 isn't finished, but it's Greenwitch by Susan Cooper. I'm reading through the series right now. 
"You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain. And you do love being the hero, don't you. The cheering children, the swooning women, you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice." -- Lex Luthor to Superman, Question Authority, Justice League Unlimited
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I'm so far behind! >_< I'll update my list later today when I finish my current book.
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Okay an update since book 8: #9 Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin Mckinley #10 Marked (House of Night, Book 1) by PC Cast #11 The Fairy Godmother (Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, Book 1) by Mercedes Lackey #12 One Good Knight (Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, Book 2) by Mercedes Lackey #13 Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer Series, Book 1) by Karen Chance #14 Beyond the Highland Mist (The Highlander Series, Book 1) by Karen Marie Moning #15 To Tame a Highland Warrior (Highlander, Book 2) by Karen Marie Moning I really enjoyed the Mercedes Lackey books. The Fairy Godmother was just a riot and I recommend it to everyone. I was pretty dissapointed with Karen Marie Moning's Highlander series. It was entertaining but it was your typical romance novel. After her Fever series I started last year (and which were some of my favorites read last year) I had high hopes. 
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Updating with: 43. John Harvey - Cutting Edge 44. Denise Mina - Garnethill 45. Elisabeth McNeill - Turn Back Time 46. George Dawes Green - The Juror 47. Joy Fielding - Don't Cry Now 48. Harlen Coben - The Woods 49. David Eddings - The Diamond Throne (this was my fourth attempt to read this, the first three I just couldn't get into it. This time I read it all the way through and quite enjoyed it. I'd read the rest of the trilogy if it came my way, but I'm not tempted to rush and get them and I still don't think The Ellenium comes close to matching The Belgariad or The Mallorean series.) LabRat
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OK, I am retiring and moving to Scotland so I can read as fast as Labrat. Seriously, I am a really fast reader, but I have no time! Does fic count? I have now finished: 1. Burnt Toast - Teri Hatcher 2. My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult 3. Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult 4. Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult 5. Perfect Match - Jodi Picoult and I am reading A Mighty Heart by Mariane Pearl, widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. It's really good so far.
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I am totally counting books I have read for school (but not textbooks or compilations of articles, since I haven't read every single article). So nyah. 1. Nichomachean Ethics- Aristotle 2. The Inferno- Dante 3. Discipline and Punish- Michel Foucault (although I'm not sure if this should count because I didn't understand a damn thing the man said.) 4. 1984- George Orwell 5. Newjack: Guarding Sing-Sing- Ted Conover 6. First Fieldwork- Barbra Anderson 7. I Am Legend- Richard Matheson 8. Dearly Devoted Dexter- Jeff Lindsay 9. Darkly Dreaming Dexter- Jeff Lindsay Care to guess the three I read for fun and not for school?
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Perry: Son, you just hit the bulls eye. It's like we're supporting characters in some TV show and it's only about them.
Jimmy: Yeah! It's like all we do is advance their plots.
Perry: To tell you the truth, I'm sick of it.
Jimmy: Man, me too!
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4. 1984- George Orwell 7. I Am Legend- Richard Matheson Both books I read a long time ago and thoroughly enjoyed. I actually liked the twist in the book, I am Legend, a lot better than the movie but of course the movie was more exciting. I read that book back in HS so when the movie came out, I was super stoked. 1984 I read in HS too and looooved it. Sorry to all you Hillary lovers out there but me and my hubby joke around by calling her Big Brother. Ha! Umm... I guess the three fun books were the last 3.
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OK, I am retiring and moving to Scotland so I can read as fast as Labrat. [Big Grin] Seriously, I am a really fast reader, but I have no time! LOL. Yes, time is the X factor. No kids, no work, able to read 24/7 if I like and a hubby who doesn't mind the housework slipping if I really get into a book and would prefer to spend the afternoon reading in the sun in the garden rather than hoovering upstairs (like today ) ...it all helps. <g> Trinity, Darkly Dreaming Dexter is on my current list. What did you think of it? LabRat
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1984 I read in HS too and looooved it. Sorry to all you Hillary lovers out there but me and my hubby joke around by calling her Big Brother. Ha! Haha! That is too funny. I actually read it for my Theories of Crime Control class, one of the capstone classes I need for my degree. (16 DAYS TIL GRADUATION!) Darkly Dreaming Dexter is on my current list. What did you think of it? I loved it. Strangely enough, there are things I actually like about the show better. Usually I'm one of those "the book is always better than the movie/tv show" but this was different. Not to say the show is better, there are naturally things about the book I liked better as well. But the book was great, and if you like it, I would suggest taking a look at the tv show too. I'm currently reading the latest installment of the series, "Dexter in the Dark", when I'm not reading for school.
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No kids, no work, able to read 24/7 if I like and a hubby who doesn't mind the housework slipping if I really get into a book and would prefer to spend the afternoon reading in the sun in the garden rather than hoovering upstairs (like today ) Oh go sit on a rat trap. 
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http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?tag=50+Book+Challenge&view=jojo_da_crow There is a full list of all my books for this year. Here is the shortlist to update: #16. The Highlander's Touch (The Highlander Series, Book 3) by Karen Marie Moning #17. Kiss of the Highlander (The Highlander Series, Book 4) by Karen Marie Moning #18. The Dark Highlander (The Highlander Series, Book 5) by Karen Marie Moning #19. Single White Vampire (Argeneau Vampires, Book 3) by Lynsay Sands #20. A Quick Bite (Argeneau Vampires, Book 1) by Lynsay Sands #21. Love Bites (Argeneau Vampires, Book 2) by Lynsay Sands #22. Tall, Dark & Hungry (Argeneau Vampires, Book 4) by Lynsay Sands Don't ask me about this new vampire fetish... I blame Twilight. *shakes fist* The Lynsay Sands books are proving to be entertaining and I like her take on the origins of Vampires. They are pure fluff though so don't expect huge sweeping plotlines like JR Wards stuff. 
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I've been on a roll:
#23. The Switch by Lynsay Sands
#24. A Bite to Remember (Argeneau Vampires, Book 5) by Lynsay Sands
#25. The Kitchen Witch (The Accidental Witch Trilogy, Book 1) (Berkley Sensation) by Annette Blair
#26. Bite Me If You Can (Argeneau Vampires, Book 6) by Lynsay Sands
#27. The Accidental Vampire (Argeneau Vampires, Book 7) by Lynsay Sands
#28. My Favorite Witch (The Accidental Witch Trilogy, Book 2) (Berkley Sensation) by Annette Blair
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Updating with: #50 (Yay! ) John Ramsey Miller - The Last Family [I found this to be a pretty routine thriller with a plot that isn't a million miles away from lots of others in the genre. The hype on the cover was a tad overstated imo. Either that or the reviewer who lost sleep thinking about the plot was easily freaked.] #51 Robin Cook - Harmful Intent [RC is one of those 'easy reading' authors for me. I tend to zip through his novels and forget them soon as I finish. This one was a little deeper than most. #52 Sue Grafton - O Is For Outlaw [I'm not a huge fan of this series. In fact, I've only read one and realised a few pages into this that this was it! But I kind of enjoyed it all the same as I couldn't remember much of the plot anyway from first time around.] #53 Jefferson Parker - Red Light [Routine thriller - enjoyed it, but wouldn't go out of my way to find more from this author.] #54 Robert W Walker - Primal Instinct [Same here. Killed a few reading hours, but nothing special.] I've got a few more piled up to add in, but they're downstairs and - lazy sod that I am - I can't be beggered fetching them right now. I'll add them in tomorrow. LabRat
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Good job, Labby! Let's see... 30. The Grey King - Susan Cooper 31. Silver on the Tree - Susan Cooper 32. The Wedding Bargain - Lisette Belisle 33. Small Favor - Jim Butcher 34. Furies of Calderon - Jim Butcher 35. Academ's Fury - Jim Butcher 36. The Brides of Claybourne - Julie Garwood 37. For the Roses - Julie Garwood 38. Come the Spring - Julie Garwood I really need to find the rest of the Codex Alera books by Jim Butcher. I found the first two at the flea market, and my local used book store doesn't have the rest.
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What did you think of the Susan Cooper books, Karen? I've not heard of her, but checking them out from your post, they remind me a lot of the children's books by Alan Garner - one of my favourite authors when I was a kid. Look interesting. ETA: I found a book containing the entire five book 'Dark Is Rising' series in Amazon's secondhand stores for just £6, including postage, so I had to buy and try them out. <g> LabRat
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