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    Share your lists with me! I need more booooooooooooooks!

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    The Walking Dead

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    Quote Originally Posted by MalicE View Post
    The Walking Dead
    Rise of the governor?

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    Here's my list. Hope you find something useful in there, Wyv.

    1. a book with more than 500 pages
    Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
    2. a classic romance
    Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
    3. a book that became a movie
    Life of Pi - Yann Martel
    4. a book published this year
    Indexing - Seanan McGuire (published in 2014, but not a lot to pick from in 2015 yet)
    5. a book with a number in the title
    Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
    6. a book written by someone under 30
    American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
    7. a book with nonhuman characters
    Hothouse - Brian W Aldiss
    8. a funny book
    Burglars Can't Be Choosers - Lawrence Block
    9. a book by a female author
    Are you there, Vodka? It's me, Chelsea - Chelsea Handler
    10. a mystery or thriller
    Tales of the Blackwidowers - Isaac Asimov
    11. a book with a one-word title
    Quake - Richard Laymon
    12. a book of short stories
    Dark Visions - Stephen King, Dan Simmons, George RR Martin
    13. a book set in a different country
    The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
    14. a nonfiction book
    Stranger than Fiction - Chuck Palahniuk
    15. a popular author's first book
    Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice
    16. a book from your favourite author that you haven't read yet
    Raising Steam - Terry Pratchett
    17. a book a friend recommended
    Crooked Little Vein - Warren Ellis
    18. a Pulitzer-prize winning book
    To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
    19. a book based on a true story
    Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
    20. a book at the bottom of your to read list
    A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
    21. a book your mom loves
    A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
    22. a book that scares you
    This is the Way the World Ends - James K. Morrow
    23. a book more than 100 years old
    Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne
    24. a book based entirely on its cover
    Zoo City - Lauren Beukes
    25. a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
    Not applicable. I read all the books I was supposed to.
    26. a memoir
    Marley & Me - John Grogan
    27. a book you can finish in a day
    The Invisible Man - HG Wells
    28. a book with antonyms in the title
    ???? I'll include one as soon as I can think of it.
    29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
    Ice Limit - Douglas Preston
    30. a book that came out the year you were born
    Raise the Titanic - Clive Cussler
    31. a book with bad reviews
    Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsey
    32. a trilogy (the first)
    The White Mountains - John Christopher (Tripods #1)
    33. a trilogy (the second)
    The City of Gold and Lead - John Christopher (Tripods #2)
    34. a trilogy (the third)
    The Pool of Fire - John Christopher (Tripods #3)
    35. a book from your childhood
    Die Uile in die Wildtuin - Cor Dirks
    36. a book with a love triangle
    Atonement - Ian McEwan
    37. a book set in the future
    Brave New World - Aldus Huxley
    38. a book set in high school
    Carrie - Stephen King
    39. a book with a color in the title
    Shades of Gray - Jasper Fforde
    40. a book that made/makes you cry
    The Book Thief - Markus Zusac
    41. a book with magic
    Another Fine Myth - Robert Asprin
    42. a graphic novel
    V for Vendetta - Alan Moore
    43. a book by an author you've never read before
    The Gun Seller - Hugh Laurie
    44. a book you own but have never read
    Nemesis - Jo Nesbo
    45. a book that takes place in your hometown
    Hahaha! Seriously? Not applicable.
    46. a book that was originally written in another language
    Planet of the Apes - Pierre Boulle
    47. a book set during Christmas (or similar holiday)
    Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie
    48. a book written by an author with your same initials
    Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - Cory Doctorow
    49. a play
    Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett
    50. a banned book
    Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
    51. a book based on OR turned into a tv show
    Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
    52. a book you started but never finished
    The Road - Cormac McCarthy
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    Quote Originally Posted by mottamort View Post
    Rise of the governor?
    yeah how that asshat survived I don't know

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    Dexter in the Dark got bad reviews...? interesting. I kinda liked the whole series, but I can also understand why they changed a few things for the show...

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    Quote Originally Posted by mottamort View Post
    Dexter in the Dark got bad reviews...? interesting. I kinda liked the whole series, but I can also understand why they changed a few things for the show...
    It the one with the supernatural twist. I guess it's safer to say that most fans didn't like it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister 44 View Post
    It the one with the supernatural twist. I guess it's safer to say that most fans didn't like it.
    i know which one it was, I have the trilogy...I just didn't really wanna discuss potential spoilers :/

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    That is a good list Meneer! I might borrow some ideas from that

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    Since i last posted i have read:

    City of Lost souls (1 week reading if slow)
    City of Heavenly Fire (1+half week reading if slow)

    Clockwork Angel

    All by Cassandra Clare. It wont be everyones cup of tea as its an easy read But i must say that i rather enjoyed the storyline in the First Series (The Mortal instruments) and am enjoying the second Series so far, just finished the first book. (The infernal devices)

    Starting on Clockwork prince now
    Last edited by Donisia; 15-01-2015 at 11:12 AM.

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