Category: books
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The Rise And Fall Of Great Powers by Tom Rachman
Rating: 5 / 5 stars Format: Paperback Published: 9th April 2015 Amazon | Goodreads Tooly Zylberberg tells a story: as a child, she was stolen from home, stashed at a den of thieves, then adopted by crooks there, who ended up raising her and even using the little girl in capers around the globe. But…
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[AD] The Mountain Can Wait by Sarah Leipciger
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The Mountain Can Wait is a stunning debut novel by Sarah Leipciger. Set in British Columbia it is the story of relationship between a father and his son. Please note Tinder Press sent me a copy of this book in exchange for a review. THE MOUNTAIN CAN WAIT Tom Berry has always been a loner,…
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Review | Soil by Jamie Kornegay
Rating: 4 / 5 stars Format: Hardback Published: 12th March 2015 Book Depository | Goodreads It begins as a simple dream. An idealistic environmental scientist moves his wife and young son off the grid, to a stretch of river bottom farmland in the Mississippi hills, hoping to position himself at the forefront of a revolution…
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The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Rating: 5 / 5 stars Format: ebook Published: 28th October 2014 Book Depository | Goodreads It begins with Peter, a devoted man of faith, as he is called to the mission of a lifetime, one that takes him galaxies away from his wife, Bea. Peter becomes immersed in the mysteries of an astonishing new environment,…
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My All Time Favourite Books
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week they post a new top ten list and invite everyone to share their answers. This week we are looking at my top ten all time favourite books from the last 3 years (some of these were not published in…
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My Favourite Books of 2014
It that time of year again where I write about the books I’ve been reading. I know there is still 3 weeks left in the year which is lots of time for more reading. But I have decided to post my favourite books of 2014 now. Note: these are just my favourite books out of…
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The Forever Watch by David Ramirez
Rating: 4 / 5 stars Format: Paperback book Published: 4th December 2014 Book Depository | Goodreads SUMMARY The Forever Watch is set on the generational ship “Noah” which is carrying the last surviving humans on a thousand year voyage to “Canaan”. People on board the ship have cybernetic implants in their brains which allow them…
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How To Get Free Books
Reading is an expensive hobby. I think all readers understand the problem of not having enough money to buy the books. So here are some ways to get free books. Goodreads Giveaways Goodreads host giveaways where authors and publishers list prerelease books which can be won by Goodreads members. These giveaways are run in hope…
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The Light Between Oceans | An Unexpected Journey
While looking through the winners from the Goodreads book awards I came across The Light Between Oceans, I though it looked interesting and added it onto my ‘to be read’ list along with a number of other books. At the end of December I had some Christmas money to spend and started looking through my…
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My Favourite Books of 2013
I’ve read a number of books over the last year so today I thought I would share some of my favourites. It should be noted that some of these books were not released in 2013. They just happen to be my favourite books from the year. Fiction Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I read…
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