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Hello all!

I have just joined this group. One of my aims for the coming year is to try and read more fiction, so I'm going to give 50 books a go! It will be challenging as I work full time, study part time, dance in a semi-professional belly dance troupe, all in addition to trying to spend time with my boyfriend, friends and family! But I want to get my work/read balance right! :)

At the moment I am reading His Dark Materials - I will probably only read Northern Lights in this trilogy, as I am reading it for another group on here, but we will see how much I enjoy it, maybe I will carry on :)

Happy reading!

#1: The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne

Leanne, what did you think of The Red House Mystery? I've been on the lookout for this book a couple years.

Rose

hello Rose,

it is an enjoyable read, although I wasn't particularly overwhelmed by it - you'll probably figure out the ending pretty quickly! I would have probably appreciated a bit more character development too.

Having just read this back I hope I haven't put you off it!

#2: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

#3: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

#4 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

#5 Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie

#6 A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness - review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#7 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Would definitely recommend!

#8 The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman

#9 A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde.

Definitely prefer his novels...

#10 (finally into double figures!) Nostalgia, My Enemy by Saadi Youssef

#11 Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir

#12 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - a rather intense read but really worth it.

#13 Alice's adventures in Wonderland

#14 The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin

Sounds like a fad diet book, doesn't it? I really wish he'd picked a different title! It's a very informative book.

#15 Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

#16 False Scent by Ngaio Marsh

#17 Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

#18 Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#19 Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Think it's fair to say I'm not going to reach 50 by end of September! But I'll keep on trying till then :)

#20 Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett

#21 The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

#22 Aim High by Tanni Grey-Thompson