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2013
              • The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
              • Hope - Tim Costello
              • The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success - Deepak Chopra
2012
                • The Book Thief - Markus Zusack
                • The Hound Of The Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
                • Life Of Pi - Yann Martel
            • The Steadfast Tin Soldier - Hans Christian Andersen
          • The Miracle Of Grace - Kate Kerrigan
        • Jimmy & Gret Don't Do Sex - Gretel Killeen
      • Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    • The L-Shaped Room - Lynne Reid-Banks


2011

  • Eat Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
  • An Angel By My Side - Jackie Newcomb
  • Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone - JK Rowling
  • The Local News - Miriam Gershow
  • Isabella Moon - Laura Benedict
  • Skinny Bitch - Freedman and Barnouin
  • To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
  • A Few Right Thinking Men - Sulari Gentill
  • Eric - Shaun Tan
  • Room - Emma Donoghue
  • Milk Glass Moon - Adriana Trigiani
  • The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
  • The Gruffalo - Julia Donaldson
  • The Reptile Room - Lemony Snicket
  • I Have A Bed Made Of Buttermilk Pancakes - Jaclyn Moriarty
  • Green Angel - Alice Hoffman
  • Into The Wild - John Krakauer
  • Big Cherry Holler - Adriana Trigiani
  • Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani
  • Typhoon Pilot - Desmond Scott
  • Looking For Alibrandi - Melina Marchetta
  • A Gorgeous Sense Of Hope - Emma Magenta
  • The Peril Of Magnificent Love - Emma Magenta
  • The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
  • Coming Up For Air - George Orwell
  • Ephesans
  • The Book Of Mark
  • Blinky Bill - Dorothy Wall




2010

  • Animal Farm - George Orwell
  • The Gift - Cecelia Ahern
  • Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger
  • Confessions Of A Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
  • The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood - Rebecca Wells
  • Eat Me - Linda Jaivin
  • Submission - Marthe Blau
  • The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket
  • My Quest For The Yeti - Reinhold Messner
  • Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates
  • The Host - Stephenie Meyer
  • The Witches - Roald Dahl
  • Fire Dancer - Victor Kelleher
  • A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
  • He Died With A Felafel In His Hand - John Birmingham
  • Dear Fatty - Dawn French
  • Original Sin - Allison Brennan
  • Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
  • DianaF+ More True Tales & Short Stories
  • Good Girls Do Swallow - Rachael Oaks-Ash
  • Not Without My Daughter - Betty Mahmoody with William Hoffer
  • The Diary Of A Young Girl - Anne Frank
  • The Apologist - Jay Rayner



2009



  • The Enchanted Wood - Enid Blyton
  • The Good Rat - Jimmy Breslin
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
  • The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time - Mark Haddon
  • The Secret Life Of Bees - Sue Monk-Kidd
  • Second Star To The Right - Deborah Hautzig
  • Wetlands - Charlotte Roche
  • Love & Punishment - Wendy Harmer
  • An Angel At My Table - Janet Frame
  • Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
  • Wasted - Marya Hornbacher
  • The Outsiders - SE Hinton
  • The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
  • My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
  • Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
  • The Shack - WM. Paul Young
  • Slumdog Millionaire - Vikas Swarup
  • Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
  • The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
  • Letters To A Young Artist - artonpaper
  • Lessons In Heartbreak - Cathy Kelly
  • Alice In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
  • Memoirs Of A Geisha - Arthur Golden

1 comment:

  1. Vikas Swarup's Slumdog Millionaire is truly an interesting read. The novel is far different from the movie and just like in most cases, better. Swarup's use of true events and adventure will have readers on the edge on their seats. Each chapter starts a new chapter in Ram's life so the story never gets boring. Swarup's writing style is full of depth but at the same time has elements that make it easy for the average reader to enjoy. His use of pop-culture plays a part in pushing the plot forward also. For instance, the character Armaan Ali is based on a very famous Bollywood star named Amitabh Bachchan who is an important person in India pop-culture. Also Swarup uses the game Who Will Win a Billion-which is a real game show in India based on the British game show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-to push the plot forward. Swarup also utilizes his ability to provide the reader with incredible descriptive imagery. When reading this novel it is easy to picture yourself running alongside with Ram as he travels all over India, you can feel his emotions reach out and touch you.

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