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30 day song challenge edited to refer to books

So there's this thing called the 30 day song challenge. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/30-Day-Song-Challenge/120874111270003?ref=ts#!/pages/30-Day-Song-Challenge/120874111270003?sk=app_4949752878) . And it's pretty awesome. So, me being me, I decided to edit it up and see if it works for books/poetry. Most work with only minor tweaking. Results as follows. My list, my picks. As always. I'll try to use books in front of poetry, mostly cause I expect to give poems their own list. Original :day 01 - your favorite song Edited as : day 01 - your favorite book (This isn't set, it varies a lot) - Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie day 02 - your least favorite song Edited as : day 02 - Your least favorite book - Finnegan's Wake - James Joyce day 03 - a song that makes you happy Edited as : day 03 - a book that makes you happy - Goodbye, Mr. Chips - James Hilton day 04 - a song that makes you sad Edited as : day 04 - a book that makes you sad - The Road - Corma...

The Definitive Reading List (part1) : 20th century Comedy

in no particular order: 20.Portnoy's Complaint - Phillip Roth -1969 -US 19.Zazie dans le Metro - Raymond Queneau -1959 -France 18.Fireflies- Shiva Naipaul - 1970-UK 17.Puckoon -Spike Mulligan -1963-UK 16.Nice Work - David Lodge - 1988 -UK 15. The Witches of Eastwick - John Updike -1984-US 14. A Confederacy of Dunces -John Kennedy Toole -1980 -US 13. Penrod -Booth Tarkington - 1914 -US 12. Office Politics - Wilfred Sheed -1966 - US 11. The Ginger Man - J.P. Donleavy -1955- France/Ireland 10. Scoop - Evelyn Waugh - 1938 - UK 9.Lucky Jim- Kingsley Amis- 1954 -UK 8. Catch -22 - Joseph Heller- 1961 -US 7.Thank You, Jeeves - P.G. Wodehouse -1934 -UK 6. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -Douglas Adams - 1971-UK 5. Breakfast of Champions-Kurt Vonnegut - 1973 -US 4.My Uncle Oswald - Roald Dahl - 1979 -UK 3 . What's The Worst That Could Happen? - Donald Westlake -1996- US 2.The Edible Woman - Margaret Atwood - 1969 -Canada 1.Brigdet Jones's Diary - Helen Feilding- 1996 -UK