Category: 100 Book Reading Challenge
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Review: C.S. Lewis – Mere Christianity
Like I said in my last post, I didn’t really know what to expect with this book, but I was pleasantly surprised. I’d only ever heard of the Narnia books by C.S. Lewis, so I didn’t know he’d written anything more ‘serious’, but this was definitely a lot different to Narnia. Lewis was asked by
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Now Reading: C.S. Lewis – Mere Christianity
Until recently, I wasn’t aware that C.S. Lewis had written anything but children’s books, having only ever read the Chronicles of Narnia books when I was younger. But while I’ve been browsing blogs on WordPress I’ve seen this book mentioned quite a lot, so I decided to buy it while I was a Waterstones with
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Review: S.J. Watson – Before I Go To Sleep
Well this book was described as ‘The best debut thriller for years’ and it totally lived up to that description, building up and up until a gripping finale that had me completely oblivious to everything happening around me. In the first chapter, you wake up with Christine in an unfamiliar house, and are taken through her
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Now Reading: S.J. Watson – Before I Go To Sleep
This book seems quite intriguing – I was stood in front of my bookshelf pulling random books off the shelf to decide which one to read next and this one jumped right out at me. From the back of the book: Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep?
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Review: Jane Green – The Beach House
Not my favourite Jane Green book, but enjoyable all the same. The book (like a lot of Green’s books) has multiple main characters which means it is hard to keep up with in the beginning. It actually takes until about 200 pages into the book before you have been introduced to all the characters and
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Now Reading: Jane Green – The Beach House
After spending over a week trying to read The Hobbit and finding it really hard to get involved in, I fancied a quicker, easier read. With the recent spell of hot weather (which is great if you’re not stuck in an office), I wanted something summery to read, and this Jane Green book jumped out
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Review: J.R.R. Tolkien – The Hobbit
Do you ever have a book that you’re really enjoying, but also not enjoying at the same time? That’s kind of how I felt about this book. When I was reading it, I really loved it, but I felt no pull to the book to make me want to carry on reading or to pick
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Now Reading: J. R. R. Tolkien – The Hobbit
I’ve put off reading this book for quite a while now, especially because I know that once I read it I’ll want to read the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and there’s no way that I can read all 3 books in 9 days to keep on track with my challenge! I’d give it a
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Review: Dr Benjamin Daniels – Confessions of a GP
Well this was definitely not the book that I expected it to be and I was really quite disappointed with it. I was expecting a series of funny stories about crazy patients that had been into his surgery, but instead it seemed to be mainly a book of moans about targets and management in the NHS. I’d
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Now Reading: Dr Benjamin Daniels – Confessions of a GP
This book was one that was included in a 3 for £5 deal at Tesco, and it looked like it could be a bit of a laugh, easy reading for a weekend. It looks like a collection of stories rather than a novel so it will be easier for dipping in and out of, good
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Review: James M. Cain – Double Indemnity
Well, it turns out that I was a little confused between Double Jeopardy and Double Indemnity, so the slight idea that I had about this book was completely wrong! Whoops! In any case, the book was very good even if it was pretty short (130 pages). It was written in 1936 and you can tell
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Now Reading: James M. Cain – Double Indemnity
I’ve had this book on my shelf for ages and the last few times I’ve gone to choose what book to read, this one has caught my attention. It’s part of a set of books I bought that have been made into successful films, and this one was apparently made in 1944 (the book was
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Review: Nicholas Sparks – The Lucky One
I’m sure you totally didn’t expect me to say this, but I loved this book. When you start a Nicholas Sparks book you know totally what to expect, but it still pulls you in and you find yourself enthralled to the very last page! The book centres around a marine called Logan Thibault, who finds
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Now Reading: Nicholas Sparks – The Lucky One
It’s no secret that I love Nicholas Sparks, I don’t think I’ve ever read one of his books that I didn’t like. Although I said that about Charlaine Harris and I’ve been disappointed with the last books I’ve read. This is one of the few Nicholas Sparks books that I’ve not read yet, and when
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Review: Charlaine Harris – The Julius House (Aurora Teagarden #4)
Usually in a series the books get better and better, but unfortunately with this one the opposite seems to be true. Up until more than half way through this book, I was actually finding it very boring. For a start (and this may sound rather harsh), no-one died. For a murder mystery, you usually expect
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