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A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS: WEEK FORTY-EIGHT - 'WICKED'
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WEEK FORTY-EIGHT - 'WICKED'. Wicked' by Gregory Maguire. November 22-25, 406 pages. I feel like I'm just about the only person who hasn't seen the musical of 'Wicked' so I decided to do the next best thing: read the book. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. A BOOK IS A GARDEN, AN ORCHARD, A STOREHOUSE, A PARTY, A COMPANY BY THE WAY, A COUNSELLOR, A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS. WEEK FIFTY-TWO - TULLY. WEEK FIFTY-ONE - A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTOR IN UK. WEEK FIFTY - A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
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A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS: I DID IT
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4 The Catcher in the Rye. 5 Waiting for the Barbarians. 6 The Time Traveler's Wife. 8 The Little Stranger. 9 On the Road. 10 A Tale of Two Cities. 11 Great Tales of English History. 14 A Clockwork Orange. 16 A Farewell to Arms. 19 The Book Thief. 20 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. 21 The Picture of Dorian Gray. Not Untrue and Not Unkind. The Girl Who Played with Fire. Henry IV, Part One. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. WEEK FIF...
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A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS: February 2010
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WEEK NINE - 'GREAT TALES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY'. Great Tales from English History' by Robert Lacey. February 22 - 27, 453 pages. I really enjoy reading about history, particularly European history and I decided it was time to get a big overview of English history. This book was perfect. It was very accessible, but also very comprehensive. It was always great to read about an event that I had vaguely heard of, and learn the full story. Well that was not very well written. And ended quite abruptly. I strugg...
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A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS: November 2010
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WEEK FORTY-SEVEN - 'THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON'. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. November 17, 52 pages. I feel like this 'book' is a bit of a cop-out for a week's worth of reading. It's just a story. But it's a great little story. I do enjoy the way F. Scott FItzgerald writes. It is quaint. He is a brilliant storyteller. I've heard people say that life would be better lived backwards like this. And maybe it would, as long as everybody else lived the same way. Lander ...
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A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS: September 2010
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WEEK THIRTY-NINE - 'OLIVER TWIST'. Oliver Twist' by Charles Dickens. September 20-26, 511 pages. I love Dickens. He is definitely one of my favourite authors. His characters are amazing. I love the way that all of their stories overlap and culminate at the end. And their names. The names are great. I also love a happy ending. I know, I'm such a sop. But I do like knowing that, despite any misfortunes, in the good characters will be rewarded and bad ones will be punished. In the silence of night, too!
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A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS: August 2010
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WEEK THIRTY-FIVE - 'TWELFTH NIGHT'. Twelfth Night' by William Shakespeare. August 25 - 27, 90 pages. Yep, I'm back to Shakespeare. It's been a few weeks. It was time to return. This was the first time I read a Shakespeare without notes on the page to translate into modern English. I was a bit nervous about this but it turned out fine. Admittedly the play is a fairly simple one, but still I found it easy to follow. Pat on the back for me. WEEK THIRTY-FOUR - 'BLIND FAITH'. Blind Faith' by Ben Elton. A beau...
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A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS: July 2010
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WEEK THIRTY - 'THE BRONZE HORSEMAN'. The Bronze Horseman' by Paullina Simons. July 20 - 25, 637 pages. I love reading about Russia. It fascinates me. I think I just find it so interesting that it is so different from the rest of the world. This novel most definitely confirmed that for me. Set in World War Two, I cannot imagine living the way those people did. But it was good. Very interesting. I really want to go to Russia now. But maybe not in winter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' by JK Rowling.
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A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS: January 2011
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4 The Catcher in the Rye. 5 Waiting for the Barbarians. 6 The Time Traveler's Wife. 8 The Little Stranger. 9 On the Road. 10 A Tale of Two Cities. 11 Great Tales of English History. 14 A Clockwork Orange. 16 A Farewell to Arms. 19 The Book Thief. 20 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. 21 The Picture of Dorian Gray. Not Untrue and Not Unkind. The Girl Who Played with Fire. Henry IV, Part One. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. But back...
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A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS: WEEK FIFTY-ONE - 'A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTOR IN UKRAINIAN'
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WEEK FIFTY-ONE - 'A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTOR IN UKRAINIAN'. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka. December 17 - 18, 324 pages. A friend saw this book and asked me what it was about. I assured her that it was very funny, and then explained the storyline. She was a bit disappointed, it didn't sound very funny. But it is. It is so bizarre. But very good. It is a great read. So easy to just gobble it up in a few sittings. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS: March 2010
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WEEK THIRTEEN - 'ANIMAL FARM'. Animal Farm' by George Orwell. March 22 - 24, 95 pages. Yes, I am one of those people who has not read 'Animal Farm.' Well, I was. Now I am a changed person. I now feel like there is not something fundamental missing from my 'books I've read' list. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers.'. A nice, quick read. My favourite quote from this novel is 'All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.'. WEEK TWELVE - 'A CLOCKWORK ORANGE'. Althoug...