Read: June 18th - 24th 2006

Posted on Sunday, June 25th, 2006 in my reading material Tags: ,

Atlantis, Dave Gribbins - finished Sunday 18th (plane fodder). Borrowed from Marion, first read.

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke - can’t remember when I finished it. Own copy.

Ongoing total for 2006: 100 + 4 re-reads

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Read: June 11th - 17th 2006

Speed of Dark, Elizabeth Moon - finished Sunday 11th (plane fodder). Borrowed from Marion, first read.

Stamping Butterflies, Jon Courtenay Grimwood - finished Tuesday 13th. Library book, first read.

The Golden Key, Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson & Kate Elliott - finished Saturday 17th. Own copy.

Ongoing total for 2006: 98 + 4 re-reads

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Read: June 4th - 10th 2006

Posted on Sunday, June 11th, 2006 in my reading material Tags: ,

Emotionally Weird, Kate Atkinson - finished Tuesday 6th. Own copy.

See Delphi and Die, Lindsey Davis - finished Saturday 10th. Own copy, re-read (well, first read of my own copy; I’d read it from the library before).

Ongoing total for 2006: 95 + 4 re-reads

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Nice long words

Posted on Monday, June 5th, 2006 in words and phrases

I always liked the word ‘Triskaidekaphobia’, which is fear of the number thirteen.

But it’s beaten into a cocked hat by ‘hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia’ - fear of the number 666.

Also? Trying to look something up on dictionary.com when you’re not sure of the spelling is bloody difficult. All hail Google for giving me the right word when I searched for ‘13 phobia’.

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Read: May 28th - June 3rd 2006

Lost Truth, Dawn Cook - finished Monday 29th. Borrowed from Marion, first read.

A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet and Many Waters, all by Madeleine L’Engle - read between Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st. Borrowed from Marion, first read.

Morality for Beautiful Girls, Alexander McCall Smith - finished Wednesday 31st. Library book, first read.

The First Casualty, Ben Elton - finished Thursday 1st. Library book, first read.

The Last Hero, Terry Pratchett - finished Thursday 1st June. Own copy.
[Read in small pieces over a week.]

The Little Friend, Donna Tartt - finished Saturday 3rd June. Library book, first read.

Ongoing total for 2006: 94 + 3 re-reads

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