Book Review | The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
May 31, 2008 by Clare Swindlehurst
Filed under 5 stars, 50 book challenge, Book Binge, Challenges, Grapevine, Reviews, Spring Reading Thing, Young Adult
Hale has woven a magical fairytale, with believable characters and such spell-binding descriptions that there were times I would look up from the book and be surprised to find that I wasn’t standing on a cobbled street surrounded by geese!
[ Read this article → ]Book Review | Perfect on Paper by Maria Murnane
May 21, 2008 by Clare Swindlehurst
Filed under 5 stars, 50 book challenge, Book Binge, Reviews, Spring Reading Thing, The Pub (2008)
Girls, meet Waverly Bryson, an almost 30 something with high expectations of how life and love should be. The novel opens with Waverly being jilted by her perfect fiance just two weeks before her perfect wedding, from there we are thrown into Waverly’s life – from her job in sports PR, to her relationships with her best friends Andie and McKenna, and her search for Mr Right – which involves many cringe-worthy yet entertaining dates.
[ Read this article → ]Book Review | Hester's Story by Adele Geras
May 18, 2008 by Clare Swindlehurst
Filed under 4 stars, 50 book challenge, Book Binge, Chunkster, Spring Reading Thing
Hester’s Story – Buy this book here
Rating
4 stars – a lovely story
Why did you decide to read this book?
I have to admit that this is another book that found its way onto my TBR – and I have no idea how it got there! The title’s not really inspiring is it? But then maybe [...]
Book Review | Maggie Again by John D. Husband
May 12, 2008 by Clare Swindlehurst
Filed under 5 stars, 50 book challenge, Book Binge, Spring Reading Thing, The Pub (2008)
Maggie Again: A Novel – Buy this book
Rating
5 stars – a complete surprise but I loved this book!
Why did you choose to read this book?
I first heard about Maggie Again thanks to Lisa Roe – and she was kind enough to send me a copy to read and review.
Description
Maggie is a typical up-beat rural teenager [...]
Book Review | The Sea House by Esther Freud
May 11, 2008 by Clare Swindlehurst
Filed under 4 stars, 50 book challenge, Book Binge, Spring Reading Thing
The Sea House – Buy this book
Rating
4 stars – an enjoyable read that keeps you guessing until the end
Why did you choose to read this book?
This is another of those books that I can’t remember how it came to be on my bookshelf – but it’s on the To Be Read mountain and therefore needed [...]
Book Review | Admit One: A journey into film by Emmett James
May 8, 2008 by Clare Swindlehurst
Filed under 3 stars, 50 book challenge, Book Binge, Spring Reading Thing
Admit One: A Journey Into Film – buy this book
Rating
3.5 stars – an amusing tale and a reminder of childhood dreams
Description
If you have ever truly loved a film, you will surely find yourself within these pages. Set in Croydon, South London, in the 1980s, ADMIT ONE details how self-deprecating writer Emmett James escaped from the [...]
Book Review | March by Geraldine Brooks
May 5, 2008 by Clare Swindlehurst
Filed under 5 stars, 50 book challenge, Book Binge, Grapevine, Spring Reading Thing, tl;dr
March: A Love Story in a Time of War – Buy this book
Rating
5 stars – a powerful and moving experience
Description
As the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats during the dark first year of the war, one man leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause. His experiences will utterly change his marriage [...]
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