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  • 5 stars,  non-fiction,  running

    Review: ‘Running Like a Girl’ by Alexandra Heminsley

    Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Alexandra had high hopes: the arse of an athlete, the waist of a supermodel, the speed of a gazelle. Defeated by gyms and bored of yoga, she decided to run.    Her first attempt…

    June 25, 2014
  • 5 stars,  historical fiction,  World War I

    Review: ‘Wake’ by Anna Hope

    Rating:  5 out of 5 stars Five Days in November, 1920 As the body of the Unknown Soldier makes its way home from the fields of Northern France, three women are dealing with loss in their own way: Hettie, who…

    February 6, 2014
  • 5 stars,  aliens,  science fiction

    Review: ‘The Humans’ by Matt Haig

    Rating: 5 out of 5 stars When an extra-terrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are less than positive. Taking the form of Professor Andrew Martin, a leading mathematician at Cambridge University, the visitor wants…

    January 2, 2014
  • 5 stars,  classic,  readalong

    The Moonstone Read-Along: Farewell Thoughts

    So that was The Moonstone.  The impression on Twitter and in the posts of those people that managed to actually wrap up their reading on time was that it was pretty flipping brilliant.  In fact, I don’t remember seeing a…

    December 6, 2013
  • 5 stars,  literary fiction,  mythology

    Literary Fiction Review: ‘The Song of Achilles’ by Madeline Miller

    RATING: 5 out of 5 stars Greece in the age of Heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia. Here he is nobody, just another unwanted boy living in the shadow of King Peleus…

    April 6, 2013
  • 5 stars,  classic,  favourites,  literary fiction

    Literary Fiction Review: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood

    Synopsis courtesy of GoodReads Rating: 5 out of 5 starsThis is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate ‘Handmaids’ under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding…

    March 9, 2013
  • 5 stars,  book v film,  favourites

    Book v. Film: ‘The Princess Bride’ by William Goldman

    I’d had the book of this on my wishlist for *ages* when both Ellie and Hanna kindly bought me it for my birthday last year.  The obvious problem with having two people whose opinions you respect send you the same…

    February 23, 2013
  • 5 stars,  favourites,  literary fiction

    Literary Fiction Review: ‘The Secret History’ by Donna Tartt

    Rating: 5 out of 5 starsSynopsis (Courtesy of GoodReads)A  misfit at an exclusive New England college, Richard finds kindred spirits in the five eccentric students of his ancient Greek class. But his new friends have a horrific secret. When blackmail and…

    November 3, 2012
  • 5 stars,  fantasy

    Fantasy Review: ‘Bridge of Birds’ by Barry Hughart

    Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Synopsis When the children of his village were struck with a mysterious illness, Number Ten Ox sought a wiseman to save them. He found master Li Kao, a scholar with a slight flaw in…

    August 31, 2012
  • 5 stars,  ghosts,  horror

    Review: ‘Dark Matter’ by Michelle Paver

    Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Synopsis (taken from Waterstones.com) January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life. So when he’s offered the chance…

    March 16, 2012
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