Today's challenge is a little easier because there is less competition! A book you did not finish I generally finish my books! Not all. Not always. More often because of time pressures than choice. And I am taking this challenge to be a book that I chose not to finish. Books still to be started… Continue reading 30 Day Book Challenge: Day Three!
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Regular Reading Update
Book Haul Time! It's a busy busy time at work - yet again! Exam marking and observations and stress. Much that gets in the way of reading! But equally much that reading can rescue you from! Nothing like escaping from that irksome stress with the pleasures of listening to George Washington Black's escape from slavery… Continue reading Regular Reading Update
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Lethal White, Robert Galbraith
Let's play a game. A Robert Galbraith bingo. A Robert Galbraith drinking game. Take a drink every time one of the following happens: Cormoran Strike is described as being pube-headed; Robin Ellacott is described as beautiful; Robin's breasts are mentioned; Strike doesn't tell Robin how he feels; Robin doesn't tell Strike how she feels; Matthew… Continue reading Lethal White, Robert Galbraith
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Nutshell, Ian McEwan
Some books need more of an exercise in imagination than others. A bigger suspension of disbelief. An unborn narrator, for example, is one such. And not just unborn in a metaphorical sense but literally foetal. The narrator of McEwan's most recent book - recently serialised on Radio 4 - is a third-trimester Hamlet, set in modern London, recounting… Continue reading Nutshell, Ian McEwan
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The Paying Guests, Sarah Waters
There is so much to admire about this book that I feel almost guilty that I didn't love it. And I feel I might struggle to explain why without losing sight of the fact that it is a great book and beautifully written in places. As you'd expect from Waters, The Paying Guests inhabits a… Continue reading The Paying Guests, Sarah Waters
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