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Blood River by Tim Butcher
I'm not a huge non-fiction fan, but I've been trying to read 50 pages of non fiction a day for the last two weeks, and managed to read 2 great books, I'm hoping that I can make this a habit and get...
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Now its very rare that I write negative thoughts on a book, but this is one of those posts, if you don't like reading that type of post then please take warning.Fatherland is our school bookgroups next...
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If love was a disease, would you take the cure?
This was the question glaring up at me when Delirium by Lauren Oliver arrived from UK Book Tours. Would I? At first I thought...maybe.... yes, after all think of the problems - mental, physical,...
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Dewey's Read-a-thon
My mini challenge can be found here http://katrinasreads.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/through-tea-leaves-mini-challenge.htmlIt's been years since I posted on this blog but I really wanted to participate in...
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Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi
The perils of amazon shopping (you can buy a book in under 20 seconds, which is never good for a booklover's purse and TBR stacks) meant that I bought this book completely by mistake. I was meant to...
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Dystopia Challenge 2013
As I have just restarted blogging after a few years out of the mix I thought a good way to meet some new bloggers and find some of the old ones I loved was to join a reading challenge, just one mind as...
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24 Hour read-a-thon starts :)
http://24hourreadathon.com/ I'm reading, hosting a mini challenge and cheering for Team Owl today, this is my starting spot. 1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? I'm in the grey...
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Hour 4
I've only managed to read for 1hr and 44 mins so far, but I have been cheerleading and entered two mini challenges so far, plus got two loads of washing done.Here is my entry for Capricious Reader's...
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Through the Tea Leaves - mini challenge
found on google, I was too eager to draw the character to remember to photograph the stainHello read-a-thoners I'm really excited to be hosting the Hour 6 mini-challenge Through the Tea Leaves. This...
View ArticleThe final few hours
Well I read till 12.30 last night (hour 12) and then set my alarm to wake up at 5.30, being tired I missed the stupid iphone button to turn on the alarm I had just created. So, I got 6 hours of...
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Dewey's Read-a-thon round-up
Which hour was most daunting for you? I was never overly tired but around hour 7/8 I was finding it really hard to focus for more than a few minutes - too much technology to distract myself with.Could...
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The Maze Runner
I brought The Maze Runner and the two other books in this series over a year ago when they were on special offer in a discount bookshop but like many of the books in my life I just didn't get around...
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Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro
Alice Munro was an author I had heard of but knew nothing about - other than she was Canadian - until last week when she won the Nobel. Despite knowing nothing about her last year I had grabbed one of...
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Top Ten Books I was Forced to Read
With a literature degree, postgraduate diploma and masters in the process, plus 8 years of teaching English Language and Literature there are many, many books I have been forced to read. Here is my top...
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The Shining - Stephen King
A few years ago I popped The Shining by Stephen King on my kindle because it was on the 1001 books to read before you die, and like every other book I buy it stayed there every now it'd give me a nod...
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2014 Reading Challenges
One thing I loved about book blogging was the reading challenges. And I'm already keeping an eye out for reading challenges in 2014. I will keep a list of the challenges, my progress and links on this...
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In the Forest by Edna O'Brien
Another 1001 list book for me. I'd not heard of Edna O'Brien before so it was great to discover a new author who has a big backlist.In the Forest is a novel based on a real life crime in Ireland in the...
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The Road - McCarthy
And another 1001 book tackled! I also read this for the Dystopia Challenge so two hits in one :) I've been meaning to read The Road since all of the hype years ago but somehow I failed to get around to...
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Non-Fiction November
I have loved non-fiction reads across the years and I have a shelf jam-packed with non-fiction books which I desperately want to read but some how I always end up reading fiction. I really need to make...
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The Classics Club
I'm heading on down and joining The Classics Club. The idea is that you create your own list of classics you would like to read and set yourself a 5 year goal to tick these read off of your list. As...
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