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50 Book Challenge 2009: Pt I

	Supernatural: Bone Key by Keith R.A. DeCandido Buy new: £4.15 / Used from: £2.56 Unlike his last effort, the author has created a more convincing voice for Sam and Dean. An easy read.
	World Without End by Ken Follett Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £0.01 Brilliant follow up to Pillars. Torn between being disappointed and glad that Follett didn't go down obvious routes in parts.
	Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics) by William Thackeray Buy new: £6.02 / Used from: £0.41 First 'book' I read on my DS 100 Classics.
	The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Buy used from: £3.00 Brilliant as always.
	Coraline: The Graphic Novel by Neil Gaiman Buy new: £6.55 / Used from: £2.75 See above!
	The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin Classics) by Oscar Wilde Buy new: £3.96 / Used from: £0.98 Weirdly gripping.
	Othello (Penguin Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare Buy new: £4.45 / Used from: £0.74 Finishing up the dregs from last year's reading list.
	Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale by Russell T. Davies Buy new: £18.98 / Used from: £12.00 Essential reading for any Who fan. Seeing the episodes being written was so brilliant. The emotion of the ending comes across even on the page.
	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen Donaldson Buy used from: £0.01 At a loose end for new books I turned to an old favourite. Might try to re-read the whole lot this year.
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) [Adult Edition] by J.K. Rowling Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £0.48 Second read. Was in such a rush when it first came out that I'd forgotten a lot of details.
	The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston Buy new: £4.89 / Used from: £0.01 Read the first two of this 'Diogenes trilogy' a few years back so was a bit confused in parts. Great page turner though.
	Torchwood: SkyPoint by Phil Ford Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £1.50 Wonderful for Tosh/Owen fans but oh so heartbreaking in light of the season 2 ending.
	The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next) by Jasper Fforde Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 My kind of book. Funny, cute, literate.
	The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Buy new: £4.75 / Used from: £0.01 Really well written secrets/mystery.
	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £2.18 One that everyone says you must read. I second this.
	The Devil in Amber: A Lucifer Box Novel (Lucifer Box 2) by Mark Gatiss Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £0.01 If I'd maybe read the first book first then I would've realised I don't really like Lucifer Box's narcissistic voice.
	The House at Riverton by Kate Morton Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 The similarities with 'The Thirteenth Tale' and 'Atonement' made it strange for me but it's a really great story.
	Last Argument Of Kings: The First Law: Book Three: Book Three of the First Law: First Law Bk. 3 by Joe Abercrombie Buy new: £4.90 / Used from: £2.12 Third book of trilogy. Some brilliant unexpected plot developments but overall disappointing. The majority of the book is taken up by war and bloodshed. Not enough of the relationships.