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Month: January 2018

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3, 2, 1, Go!

31 Jan 201830 Jan 2018
I'm feeling ridiculously pleased with myself today because I've come up with my very own book meme! My plan is to reflect on my reading at the end of each…
Adult Fiction…

The Crow Road. Iain Banks

31 Jan 20188 Feb 2018
This book has a famously good first line: 'It was the day my grandmother exploded.' November 2017 marked the 25th anniversary of publication of The Crow Road, and it seemed…
Adult Fiction…

Book Beginnings and Friday 56

26 Jan 201825 Jan 2018
I amĀ  participating in two book blog memes today. The first meme is Book Beginnings on Fridays, hosted by Rose City Reader, who asks us to: Please join me every…
Adult Non-Fiction…

Poverty Safari. Darren McGarvey

19 Jan 20188 Feb 2018
4 stars for this excellent, emotionally driven look at the effects of systemic poverty, that is also an unflinching account of the writer's difficult childhood. There is a sense that…
Adult Fiction…

Girl in Snow. Danya Kukafka

18 Jan 20188 Feb 2018
Girl in Snow is an interesting examination of people's lives in the wake of the murder of a 15-year-old schoolgirl. The main themes are of obsession, delusion, loneliness and the…
Adult Non-Fiction…

Who God Says You Are: A Christian understanding of identity. Klyne R Snodgrass

18 Jan 201818 Jan 2018
5 stars for this important book. I have been grappling with Who God Says You Are for months. Its purpose is to help readers understand who we are and who…
Adult Fiction…

Carnegie’s Maid. Marie Benedict

9 Jan 20188 Feb 2018
3 stars for this novel that imagines a relationship between an Irish servant in nineteenth-century America and Andrew Carnegie. I was interested to read this book because it features Andrew…

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