Category: Books
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Review: Emma Donoghue – Room
This book definitely lived up to all expectations! I started reading it two days ago, and I finished it at lunch time today. It was one of the best books I’ve read for a long time, I couldn’t put it down. The book was written in such a way that you felt like you were
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100 Books Reading Challenge 2012
This year, I’ve decided to sign up to Book Chick City’s reading challenge to read 100+ books in a year. I love reading, and I read A LOT, so it’ll be good to see if I can manage 100 books in a year. I’ll be trying to review every book I read (in a bit
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Now Reading: Emma Donoghue – Room
The Auschwitz Violin was a really good book, too short for my liking though – one of those books that you just don’t want to end. The story is about a man who has been taken to Auschwitz and is pretending to be a carpenter. When they find out that he is a Luthier, he
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Now Reading: Maria Àngels Anglada – The Auschwitz Violin
I got a few books for Christmas this year: The Auschwitz Violin by Maria Àngels Anglada Room by Emma Donaghue Freedom by Jonathan Franzen The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen The Lily Bard series by Charlaine Harris It was a tough choice to decide which to read first, so I’ve decided to read them in the order
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Now Reading: Alexandra Potter – Be Careful What You Wish For
The last book I read was typical chick lit – totally predictable with a little twist in the middle, but great all the same – just what I would expect from Belinda Jones. I’ve read a lot of books recently that are a bit different from my normal style, so it was nice to get
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Now Reading: Belinda Jones – The Paradise Room
I really loved the last book I read (Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck), I can’t believe that I’ve never read it until now! I loved the relationship between George and Lennie, so the ending of the book really shocked me. I don’t want to say too much in case you want to read
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Now Reading: John Steinbeck – Of Mice and Men
So the last book I read (A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian) was only a little bit about tractors, but I really enjoyed it! A few people had told me that it was a really funny book, but I also found parts of it to be really sad. I loved the character of the
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Now Reading: Marina Lewycka – A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
The last book I read (Eve Green by Susan Fletcher) was really good. It took me a while to get into it, but once it had grabbed my attention I found myself desperate to find out what happened next. When I’m reading I often guess (or try to guess) what will happen next, and I
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Now Reading: Susan Fletcher – Eve Green
The last book that I read (Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín) was one of the best books I have read in a long time. (Spoiler alert – don’t read the next paragraph if you plan on reading this book) It was set in the 1950s, and focused on a young Irish girl named Eilis, who is
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Now Reading: Colm Tóibín – Brooklyn
I LOVED the last book I read, typical Nicholas Sparks really. At first I thought the book was going to be really predictable, man falls in love with woman, woman already has a boyfriend, she has to make a choice, blah blah blah. Then at the end of a chapter, I turned the page to
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It’s not often I say this but…
I went to see The Help today and it was as good as the book. I read the book earlier this year, before I found out it was going to be released as a film. It was a great book, even made me cry in places. I managed to avoid the tears in the film
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Now Reading: Nicholas Sparks – The Choice
So I gave up on the last book I was reading (The Beautiful and Damned). I was really looking forward to reading it, but I had a hard time getting into it and there’s nothing worse than reading a book that you’re not enjoying (ask my dad – he stuck it out through 1,232 pages
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Now Reading: F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Beautiful and Damned
I’ve just finished reading Moneyball by Michael Lewis. As I mentioned in my previous post, I’d been told by a lot of people on Twitter that I should read it, and I did really enjoy it. I was worried that there were going to be too many statistics which would make it hard to read,
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Now Reading: Michael Lewis – Moneyball
I finally finished reading Jane Eyre last night. I’ve not had much time for reading lately so it’s taken me a while! Too long for me to go see the film adaptation at the cinema I think, so I guess I’ll have to wait for the DVD to come out. The book was superb, a
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Now Reading: Charlotte Brontë – Jane Eyre
Jon Richardson’s book was just as I expected, honest, a little grumpy and completely hilarious. The book was pretty much just a stream of consciousness, and there were a lot of times reading the book that I found myself nodding in agreement with what he was saying. It was a lot like his stand-up or
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