Tales from Outer Suburbia Written by: Shaun Tan Format: Graphic short stories, Hardback I just love Shaun Tan books. Here we have more beautifully illustrated short stories with a touch of the surreal and abstract. I loved the story about...
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2018 I got lazy last year and didn’t do an end of year post even though I read (or listened to) lots of amazing books, so here's a very quick overview: The Mindbody Prescription and The Great Pain Deception were...
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I recently listened to my 200th audiobook. I still read at every opportunity; I’ve read myself to sleep every night since I learned how to read. But when I am cleaning, tidying, ironing, gardening, walking etc, I listen to audiobooks....
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A lot of people have been talking about this book lately. It has a memorable cover, which keeps popping up in my various timelines. When I heard the basic premise: a young girl is taken into care after going to...
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Popular Romantic Fiction really isn’t my thing. But this was one of the options in my online book club, and I thought I’d give Cecilia Ahern the benefit of the doubt. It can be refreshing to read a genre you wouldn’t normally...
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10. Tender - McKeon, Belinda Kindle edition Heady college days. Two friends, Catherine and James. James is vibrant and energetic. Catherine is whiney and clingy. These characters border very close to being very irritating but McKeon, a master in exploring...
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I'm getting lazier and lazier with book reviews these days and find it easier to do a bunch together. Here's a quick review of 23 books. Lucia - Hixon, Andy One of the first books in my ongoing collection of non-superhero...
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That was a great year for books. I've just finished my Goodreads challenge of reading 50 books in 2015. First time doing a challenge. It kept me on my toes. And I got to read a lot of amazing books: 20 Female...
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With most books that I don’t enjoy, I can still appreciate the writing or see why other people might enjoy them - and just think this isn't for me for one reason or another. But now and then a book...
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My Struggle, Book 1 - Knausgård, Karl Ove Everyone is talking about these books lately, so I found My Struggle to be enjoyable but slightly overhyped. I wasn’t sure what to make of it at times; it's so incredibly pretentious in parts...
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