Another token picture. Mum and I visited Waiheke for a day during our trip to both the South and the North Islands of NZ in April 2008. We visited friends of friends who have recently set up a life-style wineyard on the island.
Yukio Mishima - The sailor who fell from grace with the sea
The top 100 list (from 2006)
1 The Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien 2 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown 3 Cross Stitch Diana Gabaldon 4 The Power Of One Bryce Courtenay 5 The Other Boleyn Girl Phillipa Gregory 6 The Bronze Horseman Paullina Simons 7 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 8 To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee 9 Harry Potter , the phoenix JK Rowling 10 Sushi for beginners Marian Keyes 11 The Hobbit JRR Tolkein 12 Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett 13 The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver 15 The Penguin History of New Zealand Michael King 16 Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden 17 Bridget Jones Diary Helen Feilding 18 Rachel's Holiday Marian Keyes 19 Harry Potter, Philosophers Stone JK Rowling 20 The Bone People Keri Hulme 21 the Lovely Bones Alice Sebold 22 Birdsong Sebastian Faulks 23 Clan of the Cave Bear Jean M Auel 24 Angelas Ashes Frank McCourt 25 Captain Corelli's Mandolin Louis de Bernieres 26 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling 27 Narnia # 2 C.S. Lewis 28 Jessica Bryce Courtenay 29 Magician Raymond E. Feist 30 Harry Potter , Azkaban JK Rowling 31 Wild Swans Jung Chang 32 The Queens Fool Phillipa Gregory 33 The Life Of Pi Yann Martel 34 The Last Juror John Grisham 35 Whale Rider Witi Ihimarea 36 Its Not About The Bike Lance Armstrong 37 The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency AlexanderMc Call Smith 38 River God Wilbur Smith 39 I Know This Much Is True Wally Lamb 40 The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy 41 A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry 42 Rich Dad, Poor Dad Robert Kiyoaski 43 Watermelon Marian Keyes 44 Chocolat Joanne Harris 45 The Bridge to Holy Cross Paullina Simons 46 Catch 22 Joseph Heller 47 April Fools Day Bryce Courtenay 48 Edmonds Cook Book Edmonds 49 Last Chance Saloon Marian Keyes 50 The Other Side of the Story Marian Keyes 51 Every second counts Lance Armstrong 52 Four Fires Bryce Courtenay 53 Gone with the Wind Mitchell 54 Tomorrow When the War Began John Marsden 55 The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger 56 The Alchemist Paulo Coelho 57 London Edward Rutherfurd 58 Tully Paullina Simons 59 Into the Wilderness Sara Donati 60 Lucy Sullivan is getting married Marian Keyes 61 The Vintners Luck Elizabeth Knox 62 The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood 63 Hairy Maclary from Donaldsons Dairy Lynley Dodd 64 Kane and Abel Jeffrey Archer 65 The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Sparks 66 Long Walk to freedom Nelson Mandela 67 Perfume Patrick Suskind 68 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides 69 Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte 70 The Pilot's Wife Anita Shreve 71 Angels Marian Keyes 72 The Curious Incident… Mark Haddon 73 The Time Travellers Wife Audrey Niffeneger 74 Northern lights Phillip Pullman 75 Heart of Coal Jenny Pattrick 76 3rd Degree James Patterson 77 Blowfly Patrica Cornwell 78 The Tea Rose Jennifer Donnelly 79 White Gardenia Belinda Alexander 80 The Shipping News Annie E Proulx 81 Holes Louis Sachar 82 Stupid White Men Michael Moore 83 Angels and Demons Dan Brown 84 Killing Floor Lee Child 85 Cold Mountain Charles Frazier (audiobook) 86 I Don't Know How She Does It Alison Pearson 87 Girl With A Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier 88 The Potato Factory Bryce Courtenay 89 Dune Frank Herbert 90 Blue Horizon Wilbur Smith 91 1984 George Orwell 92 Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte 93 An Angel At My Table Janet Frame 94 Harry Potter , Secrets JK Rowling 95 Artemis Fowl Eion Colfer 96 The Red Tent Anita Diamant 97 Matthew Flinders Cat Bryce Courtenay 98 Billy Connolly Pamela Stephenson 99 Warlock Wilbur Smith 100 A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth
Top 100 list (from 2008)
Items from this list can replace some of those from the 2006 list. I have to read at total of 100 books between them.
1) Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien 2) My Sisters Keeper - Jodi Picoult 3) Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 4) Cross Stitch/Outlander - Diana Gabaldon 5) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling 6) The Bronze Horseman - Paullina Simons 7) The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown 8) The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay 9) The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett 10) The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory 11) The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 12) To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 13) The Kite Runner - Khalod Hosseini 14) The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger 15) The Bible 16) The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien 17) The Magician - Raymond E. Feist 18) The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean M. Auel 19) Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult 20) Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell 21) Angels and Demons - Dan Brown 22) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling 23) The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver 24) Into the Wilderness - Sara Donati 25) A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini 26) The Life of Pi - Yann Martel 27) Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden 28) Jessica - Bryce Courtenay 29) Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks 30) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K. Rowling 31) Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling 32) A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry 33) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis 34) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 35) Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes 36) The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards 37) Santaram - Gregory David Roberts 38) Pact - Jodi Picoult 39) The Tea Rose - Jennifer Donnelly 40) Change of Heart - Jodi Picoult 41) Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt 42) Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones 43) The Girl in Times Square - Paullina Simons 44) Twilight - Stephenie Meyer 45) This Charming Man - Marian Keyes 46) Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 47) The River God - Wilbur Smith 48) The Persimmon Tree - Bryce Courtenay 49) World Without End - Ken Follett 50) Dune - Frank Herbert 51) Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China - Jung Chang 52) April Fool's Day - Bryce Courtenay 53) Atonement - Ian McEwan 54) The Bone Garden - Tess Gerritsen 55) The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho 56) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling 57) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling 58) Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes 59) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon 60) The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger 61) I Know This Much Is True - Wally Lamb 62) Eragon - Christopher Paolini 63) Tomorrow, When the War Began - John Marsden 64) Northern Lights - Philip Pullman 65) Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis de Bernieres 66) Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer 67) Tully - Paullina Simons 68) Catch-22 - Joseph Heller 69) No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander Smith McCall 70) Watermelon - Marian Keyes 71) We Need to Talk about Kevin - Liones Shriver 72) Anybody Out There? - Marian Keyes 73) Chocolat - Joanne Harris 74) The Winter Rose - Jennifer Donnelly 75) The Denniston Rose - Jenny Pattrick 76) Killing Floor - Lee Child 77) A Really Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson 78) Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery 79) Nothing to Lose - Lee Child 80) Secret - Rhonda Byrne 81) The Book Thief - Markus Zusak 82) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 83) The Stand - Stephen King 84) Edmonds Cookery Book - Edmonds 85) The Potato Factory - Bryce Courtenay 86) Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married - Marian Keyes 87) The Vintner's Luck - Elizabeth Knox 88) The Red Tent - Anita Diamant 89) Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding 90) The Penguin History of New Zealand - Michael King 91) London - Edward Rutherfurd 92) The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy - 93) Shipping News - Annie E. Proulx 94) Four Fires - Bryce Courtenay 95) Mao's Last Dancer - Li Gunxin 96) Last Chance Saloon - Marian Keyes 97) Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult 98) Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Patrick Suskind 99) The Thorn Birds - COlleen McCullough 100) The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks
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