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Name: jody

Fave books: feminist sci-fi; lesbian writers (sarah waters - i love all of her books; jeanette winterson's oranges are not the only fruit etc); and italian writers (italo calvino in particular). now i have a baby i love chic lit or anything speedy to read!!!

Hated books: 'factual' books and i've never got on with crime. i used to like romance as a genre but now they seem to corny... !

Currently reading: 'wish i had the time... maybe i should get back into reading at least a page or two every night.

Book I've read the most times: jane eyre (!) which i loved and have read several times.

Name: Catherine
Fave books: General fiction, with laughs and tears
Hated books: Sci-fi that I can't understand
Currently reading: ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
Book I've read the most times: Alice in Wonderland, To Kill A Mocking Bird, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe. Childhood favourites

Name: Katherine
Fave books: I'm a bit of a geek... I like murder mystery, ghost stories, sci fi, fantasy, historical dramas, anything like that.
Hated books: Romance novels. No thanks :s
Currently reading: Best Served Cold- Joe Abercrombie. Not sure what to make of it yet as I'm part of my library's Books To Go scheme.
Book I've read the most times: Erm... Either Pride and Prejudice (because it's not loveydovey!) or The Looking Glass Wars.

Name: Cheri
Fave books: most other than romance
Hated books: romance novels
Currently reading: Sepulchre, Kate Mosse (again)
Book I've read the most times: The Eight, Katherine Neville

Name: helen
Fave books: russian, factual, war, philosophy, science/maths, alternative
Hated books: vampires, romance, vampire-romance, 'chick lit', autobiographies
Currently reading: the still point
Most read books: madame flaubert, one day in the life of ivan denisovich

i'd love to join in! when do we start? and what are we reading?

Name: Beth

Favourite Books: apparently i like teenage boy books?!? as well as some funny chick lit, easier to list is my favourite authors...Terry Pratchett, Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, J.K.Rowling, Ben Elton, William Nicholson, Phillip Pullman, Nick Hornby, Zadie Smith, Marian Keyes, Wendy Holden to name a few..

Hated Books: I love and hate Dickens and Shakespear...love and hate...

Currently Reading: have just finished Dodger by Terry Pratchett (my surprise push present - aww!)

Book I've Read The Most Times: The tattiest ones on my shelf! I love the wind on fire trilogy by William Nicholson,always always in the mood for that! I have bought the wind singer several times from the charity shop to avoid lending out my copy!