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1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2024 > Task 2: Task 2: Read a Boxall list book by a Scottish author.

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message 1: by Karen (last edited Dec 26, 2023 12:54PM) (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Use this Topic to discuss books you are reading or that fit the 2nd Scavenger Hunt task.

Task 2: Read a Boxall list book by a Scottish author.


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Isabel (welltraveledwellread) | 12 comments Robert Louis Stevenson is Scottish. Treasure Island was on my list in 2023 and I didn’t get to it.


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Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Isabel wrote: "Robert Louis Stevenson is Scottish. Treasure Island was on my list in 2023 and I didn’t get to it."

That worked out well!


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Amanda Dawn | 265 comments James Kelman is a Scottish author that writes in the Glaswegian dialect mostly, and has a handful of books on the list. I'll be doing "The Bus-conductor Hines" for mine.


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Pamela (bibliohound) | 414 comments Ali Smith is Scottish so I plan to read The Accidental.


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James Spencer (jspencer78) | 258 comments Irvine Welsh - Train Spotting


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Nicola | 770 comments How Late it Was, How Late - has been sitting on my 'reading' shelf. I got about halfway through and lost interest. I didn't find it the most engaging of books but I'll give it another go.


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Linda  Hansen | 5 comments listening to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Stevenson, performed by Richard Armitage.


message 9: by Dina (new)

Dina Goluza | 327 comments For this task I read The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. He is Scottish author.


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Rosemary | 106 comments I plan to read Everything You Need by A.L. Kennedy.


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