It’s the 30th of June and thus ends the Here Be Dragons challenge I’ve been hosting since January. I hope everyone who participated had fun and discovered new (and old!) dragon acquaintances.
Tell me, did you finish the challenge? Which was your favourite book?
My list:
A Strong and Sudden Thaw; RW Day — finished 14th [...]
Posted on June 30th, 2008 by Love
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A Game of Thrones
by George RR Martin
For the Here Be Dragons and First in a Series reading challenges.
English
837 pages
Bantam Books
ISBN: 987-0-553-57340-4
First line: “We should start back,” Gared urged them as the woods began to grow dark around them.
Back cover blurb:
In a land where summer can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. [...]
Posted on June 30th, 2008 by Love
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The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett
English
121 pages
Faber and Faber
ISBN: 978-1-84668-133-2
First line: At Windsor it was the evening of the state banquet and as the president of France took his place beside Her Majesty, the royal family formed up behind and the procession slowly moved off and through into the Waterloo Chamber.
Back cover blurb:
Led by her [...]
Posted on June 29th, 2008 by Love
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The Read-a-thon’s over and I’m sitting here with pasta with blue cheese, a cup of tea and my little black book of books.
I enjoyed the whole experience ever so much and next time I intend to participate again, only that time I hope to be able to do the full twenty-four hours (why must [...]
Posted on June 29th, 2008 by Love
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Title of book(s) read this hour: The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett
Number of books read since you started: 8 (Travels in the Scriptorium - Paul Auster, The Rose and the Ring - William Makepeace Thackeray, Drömponnyn - Pia Hagmar, Teena går til filmen - Ria Tofft, Sandman: The Kindly Ones - Neil Gaiman, Lad, a [...]
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Title of book(s) read this hour: Melka: The Story of an Arab Pony - Joan Penney
Number of books read since you started: 8 (Travels in the Scriptorium - Paul Auster, The Rose and the Ring - William Makepeace Thackeray, Drömponnyn - Pia Hagmar, Teena går til filmen - Ria Tofft, Sandman: The Kindly Ones - [...]
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Title of book(s) read this hour: Good Luck to the Rider - Joan Phipson, Melka: the Story of an Arab Pony - Joan Penney
Number of books read since you started: 7 (Travels in the Scriptorium - Paul Auster, The Rose and the Ring - William Makepeace Thackeray, Drömponnyn - Pia Hagmar, Teena går til filmen [...]
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Well, finally! I don’t know why it happened, but it was certainly exceedingly ill-timed. At least the domain is back up now, after being down nearly six hours.
Hour 21:
Title of book(s) read this hour: Good Luck to the Rider - Joan Phipson
Number of books read since you started: 6 (Travels in the Scriptorium - Paul [...]
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Title of book(s) read this hour: Teena går til filmen - Ria Tofft
Number of books read since you started: 4 (Travels in the Scriptorium - Paul Auster, The Rose and the Ring - William Makepeace Thackeray, Drömponnyn - Pia Hagmar, Teena går til filmen - Ria Tofft)
Pages read: 107
Running total of pages read since you [...]
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Title of book(s) read this hour: Drömponnyn - Pia Hagmar, A Game of Thrones - George R R Martin
Number of books read since you started: 3 (Travels in the Scriptorium - Paul Auster, The Rose and the Ring - William Makepeace Thackeray, Drömponnyn - Pia Hagmar)
Pages read: 144
Running total of pages read since you started: [...]
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