Review: Holes by Louis Sachar
When Stanley Yelnats is sent to Camp Green Lake detention centre for a crime he did not commit, life becomes much more of a challenge. First of all, he has to dig a hole a day - as deep as a man - in...
View ArticleReview: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Working as a lady's companion, the heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose...
View ArticleReview: Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon (Outlander in the USA)
In 1945, Claire Randall is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon in Scotland. Innocently she walks through a stone circle in the Highlands, and finds herself in a...
View ArticleCOMPLETED – War and Peace
I own a lot of books and I used to devour huge books like they were going to be snatched away from me at any moment. But I’d never read War And Peace, that great rite of passage for readers. … Continue...
View ArticleReview: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Category: Fiction/Horror – Paperback: 256 pages – Publisher: Penguin Classics – Source: My own shelves First Published: 1891 Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for...
View ArticleThe BBC Big Read List of 200 Books
In April 2003 the BBC Big Read survey asked the public to vote for their 200 favourite books of all time. The resulting list is a mix of classics and contemporary trends. It provides a fascinating...
View ArticleThe BBC’s Big Read – Nine Years On
Over on Elizablog, I have re-discovered that wonderful thing, an old friend who loves and writes about books. :) Elizabeth is currently taking on the challenge of reading all 200 of the BBC’s Big Read...
View ArticleReading Challenges (2012)
From 1001 Books to read before I die to hunting books by favourite authors to reading for 24 hours straight, I like a challenge... Continue reading →
View ArticleReading Challenges (2013)
Links to all my 2013 reading goals/challenges on one handy page. :) Continue reading →
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