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Reading resolutions and my ‘Noughties’ negligence

Posted on04. Jan, 2010 by Rachael.

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Now it’s that dreaded time of making resolutions, beating yourself up for doing so badly at last year’s lot. You’re promising yourself that you’ll do more of the ‘good’ things and hardly any ‘bad’ things. I don’t know about you, but I always find that New Year’s Resolutions are a bit like a child saying a prayer with one eye open[...]

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Book review: A Week In December, Sebastian Faulks

Posted on22. Dec, 2009 by Rachael.

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A Week In December is a beautifully busy book, and does a great job of portraying the diversity of the inhabitants of a huge city such as London. The 7 main characters we follow, across 7 days, are poles apart in their belief systems, wealth and professions. Without actually mentioning the subject, Faulks delves deep [...]

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Book review: The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff

Posted on19. Nov, 2009 by Rachael.

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The 19th Wife is a book of two intertwined tales; one is a true story based in 19th century America at the time the Mormon Church was founded and the other is a fictional modern day murder mystery.
The controversial subject of polygamy is central to this book. I chose to read it for the same [...]

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Book review: The Book of Tomorrow, Cecelia Ahern

Posted on10. Nov, 2009 by Rachael.

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When I picked up this book I wondered whether its title was a statement about the book’s greatness!
Like A.M Homes’ This Book Will Save Your Life – which incidentally it didn’t, at least not that I’m aware of, although I’m not dead, so who knows!?! Oh I do bang on….
Sooo, The Book of Tomorrow turns [...]

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Book review: I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith

Posted on03. Nov, 2009 by Rachael.

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I Capture the Castle is a very funny, dreamy and odd book and I would highly recommend it.
I read this book while away on holiday and actually banged my hand against the sun-lounger at one point because it made me laugh so much.
The focus of this book is a very eccentric, very poor family who, [...]

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Vampire love makes Wuthering Heights a best-seller again

Posted on28. Oct, 2009 by Rachael.

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Who’d have thought that the recent obsession with all that is VAMPIRE would cause an upsurge in sales of a classic book that was written 162 years ago – I’m talking about Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff was a bit of a brute but he was no vampire!
The entertainment-media is currently buzzing with words like ‘V-Juice’ [...]

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The Gargoyle

Posted on15. Oct, 2009 by Rachael.

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Andrew Davidson (paperback version)

If I were to ask you for a list of overly used clichés or truism, I think it is fair to say that ‘never judge a book by its cover’ is going to be up there in the top ten. We like it because it’s good advice and works for us on [...]