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Review | The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
Read more: Review | The Princess Diarist by Carrie FisherTitle: The Princess Diarist (2016) Author: Carrie Fisher Read: 24th July – 3rd August Genre: non-fiction; memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved—plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful…
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Review | Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Read more: Review | Exit West by Mohsin HamidTitle: Exit West (2017) Author: Mohsin Hamid Read: 2nd – 7th September 2017 Genre: fiction; magical realism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “An extraordinary story of love and hope from the bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Nadia and Saeed are two ordinary young people, attempting to do an extraordinary thing – to fall…
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Review | The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Read more: Review | The Hating Game by Sally ThorneTitle: The Hating Game (2016) Author: Sally Thorne Read: 15th September 2017 Genre: contemporary; romance Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. 2) A person’s undoing 3) Joshua Templeman Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. Hate. And…
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Review | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
Read more: Review | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt ScamanderTitle: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2001) Author: “Newt Scamander”/J.K. Rowling Read: 10th September 2017 Genre: fantasy; children’s Rating: 3 out of 5 stars “As featured in the first year set texts reading list in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an extensive introduction to the magical…
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Review | A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
Read more: Review | A Natural History of Dragons by Marie BrennanTitle: A Natural History of Dragons (2013) (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, Book One) Author: Marie Brennan Read: 23rd – 26th August 2017 Genre: fantasy; historical fiction; adventure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars All the world, from Scirland to the farthest reaches of Eriga, know Isabella, Lady Trent, to be the world’s preeminent dragon naturalist. She…
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Review | Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Read more: Review | Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieTitle: Murder on the Orient Express (1934) Author: Agatha Christie Read: 18th – 23rd August 2017 Genre: mystery; crime Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger…
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Review | The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
Read more: Review | The Art of Asking by Amanda PalmerTitle: The Art of Asking: How I learned to stop worrying and let people help (2014) Author: Amanda Palmer Read: 20th – 23rd July 2017 Genre: non-fiction; memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly…
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Review | The End We Start From by Megan Hunter
Read more: Review | The End We Start From by Megan HunterTitle: The End We Start From (2017) Author: Megan Hunter Publisher: Picador (UK)/Grove Atlantic (US) Read: 28th June 2017 Genre: dystopia/post-apocalyptic Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Megan Hunter’s The End We Start From presents a drowned version of a post-apocalyptic London where its inhabitants are forced on a mass exodus from the capital as living conditions become more…
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Review | Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Read more: Review | Conversations with Friends by Sally RooneyTitle: Conversations with Friends (2017) Author: Sally Rooney Publisher: Faber & Faber Read: 20th – 22nd June 2017 Genre: contemporary; adult Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Set in modern-day Dublin, Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends ostensibly tells the tale of Frances and Bobbi, ex-girlfriends and spoken word poets who find themselves befriending photographer/journalist Melissa and her actor husband…
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Review | A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Read more: Review | A Room with a View by E.M. ForsterTitle: A Room with a View (1908) Author: E.M. Forster Publisher: Penguin English Library Read: 19th April – 3rd May 2017 Genre: classic Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars A Room with a View is a 20th-century classic that begins in sun-soaked Florence before retiring to the Edwardian English countryside and proved to be a rather pleasant surprise for yours truly, quite possibly…
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