Tag: Book Reviews and Releases
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Reading Review for 2019
Over the last five years I’ve shared my reading lists with you, dear readers. Some years I’m really ambitious. Some years, like this year, I’m kinda burned out and creating a reading wish list is the furthest thing from my mind. I’m sure you can all relate. Just for fun, here are the lists that…
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Book Review: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
There are those books that are just interesting and fun to read and there are those books where you feel something magical has happened. The Name of the Wind is the latter. I read this book a few years ago, but because it’s summer and I’m behind on my normal reading, this was the perfect…
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Book Review: Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson
Growing up, I always had a book tucked away with me in my school bag, or violin case, or carry on, or simply stuck under an arm. The epic saga of the Wheel of Time filled in the gaps between classes at high school and during longer orchestra breaks when the second violins had to…
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Book of the Month: Howl’s Moving Castle
I’ve had a soft spot for Miyasaki movies ever since I first watched the acclaimed Spirited Away and so reading one of the books that inspired another Miyasaki movie was a treat. There is a bizarreness to these stories that is both refreshing and thought-provoking. About the book: Howl’s Moving Castle is the story of…
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2nd Quarter Reading – Done!
I’m happy to report that I’ve finished the second quarter reading with a few weeks to spare, namely because I fell in love with The Lovely Bones and read it in four days. The longest read from this quarter clocks in at a mind-boggling six weeks to finish Midnight’s Children. Here are this quarter’s books…
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1st Quarter Reading – Done!
Back in the beginning of the year I set forth to read 12 books from the popular BBC Big Read list. Now the first quarter is over and three of those books are complete. Here’s here are my reactions to each book – A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens: I wanted to like this book, I…