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Dhanaraj
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Sep 13, 2013 12:02AM
You have joined the club, Laura. Many of my friends have asked me not to miss that book.
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LauraT wrote: "Dhanaraj wrote: "LauraT wrote: "UUmberto Eco - The Name of the Rose"
Though I had added this book to my TO READ LIST I have not yet read it and whenever I see the name popping up I have a guilt f..."
It's excellent!
skipping Y. Give an author whose first name starts with Z
author whose first name starts with E?
J: James Joyce - I much preferred A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man to Ulysses. I think that I might try reading Dubliners in 2014...
an author whose first name starts with K?
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Not a novel, but a book that , like it or not, has changed the XVIII century, and the XIX as well
N: Nicola Upson - An Expert in Murder, a mystery in which the 'detective' is the author Josephine Tey
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P: Penelope Fitzgerald - I've read Offshore and The Blue Flower (neither of which I liked very much)
Skipping Q, an author whose first name starts with R?
S: Samuel Richardson - Pamela and ClarissaJean wrote: "Unless anyone has read any Arthur Quiller-Couch orThomas De Quincy ..."
Just the thing for Alphabet of Author's Last Names! But unfortunately this is first names... I suppose that there are probably first names starting with Q but I couldn't think of any (hence the skipping to R).
Duh! Soooorrrrry!!Can't join in on this game then. Too counter-intuitive for me :)
Jean wrote: "Duh! Soooorrrrry!!Can't join in on this game then. Too counter-intuitive for me :)"
It is surprisingly difficult for me too.
Argh!! I don't know any first names that start with X! Anyone else?
Terri wrote: "Don't forget W!"Rats! I do know W authors! Ah well...
X or Y?
XXinran
The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
Miss Chopsticks
Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story Of Tibet
Xinran is a Chinese journalist now living in the UK and a wonderful author and inspiring speaker . Do read her books!
ZZoë Ferraris City of Veils: A Novel
Zoe has written three terrific crime stories set in Saudi Arabia.
Tweedledum - "Alan Alexander". Was that a genuine question, or were you having an "Eggheads"(TV quiz programme) moment? LOL
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