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Review of ‘Sati’ by Christopher Pike

26/02/2021 nsford 3 Comments

‘I once knew this girl who thought she was God.’ This is a very intriguing short novel. I was confused…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Christopher Pike, fiction, reading

Review of ‘The Dare’ by Lesley Kara

22/02/2021 nsford 2 Comments

Another gripping psychological thriller from Lesley Kara! Although I felt that this one wasn’t quite as strong as her previous…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, Lesley Kara, reading, reviews

Review of ‘My American’ by Stella Gibbons

20/02/2021 nsford 6 Comments

This is a strange book because it can’t decide what it wants to be. Romance? Parody? Social critique? Autobiographical novel?…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, Stella Gibbons

Fictional dates from hell!

14/02/2021 nsford 16 Comments

Happy Valentine’s Day. I expect that most people who’d usually celebrate the day aren’t going on dates this year, at…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, fiction, reading, Valentine's Day

Film of the book: ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ (2016)

09/02/2021 nsford 2 Comments

I had mixed feelings when I read Ransom Riggs’ book but I was interested to see what Tim Burton did…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, fiction, films, Ransom Riggs, reviews, YA fiction

Review of ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Brontë

05/02/2021 nsford 17 Comments

I’ve read this book so many times, it’s like an old friend. It’s difficult to know what to say about…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Charlotte Brontë, fiction, reading, reviews

Review of ‘Monkey King: Journey to the West’ by Wu Cheng’en

03/02/2021 nsford 9 Comments

I knew nothing about this 16th century Chinese classic before reading, so it was quite an adventure for me. A…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, translations, Wu Cheng'en

The time-travelling bookworm: ‘2061: Odyssey Three’ by Arthur C Clarke

01/02/2021 nsford 2 Comments

The sequel to the magnificent 2001 and the excellent 2010, the third instalment in Arthur C Clarke’s series was a…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: Arthur C Clarke, books, fiction, reading

Review of ‘Girl A’ by Abigail Dean

26/01/2021 nsford 12 Comments

This is a disturbing novel about a girl who survived terrible abuse in a ‘house of ‘horrors’ and as an…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Abigail Dean, books, fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Mockingbird’ by Walter Tevis

19/01/2021 nsford 4 Comments

If you mix Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451 and Children of Men, add a dash of Blade Runner and a sprinkling of…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, Walter Tevis

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