Masterpiece
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Excellent
**** 1/2
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Good
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Not for me
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Definitely not for me
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Whitcoulls Challenge

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November 1, 2007 through November 1, 2008
12 books from the Whitcoulls Lists
More info on the challenge can be found here.

I’ll select 12 books from the following.

  1. The Shipping News – E. Annie Proulx ’98, ’02, ’06
  2. Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini ’06
  3. Anne of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery ’98
  4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – J.K. Rowling ’02, ’06
  5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J.K. Rowling ’02
  6. The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-time – Mark Haddon ’06
  7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling ’02, ’06
  8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling ’02
  9. Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling ’06
  10. Life of Pi – Yann Martel ’06
  11. The Twits by Roald Dahl ’98
  12. Artemis Fowl by Coifer ’02

Extras/Alternates:
Sophie’s World – Jostein Gaarder ’98
The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver ’02, ’06
The Red Tent – Anita Diamant ’06
Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden ’98, ’02, ’06
Winnie-the-Pooh – A.A. Milne ’98, ’02
The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje ’98
The Other Boleyn Girl – Phillippa Gregory ’02, ’06
Northern Lights – Philip Pullman ’02, ’06
The Plain Truth – Jodi Picoult ’02
The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold ’06
Cold Mountain – Charles Frazier ’98

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