Monthly Archives: August, 2010
The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu
Addition: Borrowed hard back Genre: Love and Fantasy Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: Edinburgh, 1874: Little Jack is born with a frozen heart and immediately undergoes a life-saving operation — the implantation of a cuckoo-clock in his chest. From then on his days all begin with a wind-up, in this dark, tender fairy tale spiced with devilish [...]
Share on FacebookRomance Challenge Update
At the end of August here I am with this challenge: Nicholas Sparks: The Last Song Nicholas Sparks: The Wedding Meg Cabot: Size 12 is Not Fat Alice Hoffman: Incantation Sarah Dessen: Lock and Key Kate Harrison: Old School Ties Debbie Macomber: 44 Cranberry Point Judy Blume: Forever Rachel Hore: The Memory Garden Elizabeth Noble: [...]
Share on FacebookBeach Reads Summer Challenge Wrap Up!
The aim of this challenge was to read 20 books between 1st July and 30th August. I did really well: Debbie Macomber: 50 Harbour Street Melanie Ray: The Great Destruction Book 1 Terry Pratchett: Going Postal Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Lewis Carroll: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Nick Hornby: About a Boy [...]
Share on FacebookCast of Characters by Max Lucado
Addition: review paperback Rating: 4/5 Genre: Christian Theology Synopsis: Some of the most powerful stories from the Bible will come alive for today’s readers through these inspiring selections from the writings of Max Lucado. Max provides a compelling look at the most high-impact moments in the biblical narrative, drawn from his previous 20+ years of [...]
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I love using pictures of people reading so I thought I would add a collection of great pictures I have found: And my favourite at the moment: I see myself as the red head in the middle – my hair colour, I wear glasses that look like that, and I always have a cup of [...]
Share on FacebookIt’s Monday! #12
This weekly meme is hosted by Sheila at Bookjourney. I handed in my dissertation on Tuesday, yay! Now we wait until November to see if I have passed my Masters degree. It has been a mixed week; I loved having my husband at home and spending time with him but we did get some really [...]
Share on FacebookIn My Mailbox!
This is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. I haven’t had much arrive into my home this week, just three books from the library: The Bridesmaid’s Pact by Julia Williams Dear John by Nicholas Sparks – I had taken this out a few weeks ago but didn’t have time to read it so [...]
Share on FacebookDescending by Catherine Chisnell
Addition: Review e-book Rating: 2/5 Synopsis: Emily is a lonely, disillusioned, teaching assistant at a college of Further Education. Jamie is a neglected, unpredictable student. Trapped together in a falling lift, wherever will this lead? Told from Emily’s point of view, this story explores the ambiguity of relationships between staff and students, and reflects on [...]
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I’m very excited as this week this blog is being featured on: Authors On Show Blog! Do follow the link to check it out, and don’t forget to explore the rest of the blog! Share on Facebook
Share on FacebookBook Blogger Hop and Follow Friday!
Hello! Welcome to Friday! This means it is time for the Book Blogger Hop and Follow Friday! Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jen at Crazy For Books. The question asked this week is: Do you use a rating system for your reviews and if so, what is it and why? I do use a [...]
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