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Alcott and Earhart: Fantasy with a Capital F
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Low-tolerance reviews and enthusiasm for books and authors. Fantasy with a Capital F. Legend Prize has just been awarded. For his fantasy novel Blood of the Elves. Apparently it's about a mutant assassin which sounds quite promising, but I haven't quite decided if I'll rush out and buy this yet. I tend to try and steer clear of fantasy for one very good reason. I read quite a lot of Tamora. And THIS is the problem with fantasy. These novels are so phantasmagorical. Again, all this is the fault of a genre...
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Alcott and Earhart: The Empress of Ice Cream (Anthony Capella)
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Low-tolerance reviews and enthusiasm for books and authors. The Empress of Ice Cream (Anthony Capella). I'm not entirely sure why I enjoy Anthony Capella's writing so much. Is it the gastronomic erotica that he writes with such ease? Or is it the vulnerable characters he writes with such panache? No, not the romances. He is not good at that. But I am pretty sure it is the gastronomic erotica that draws me to Capella's novels. Take. The Food of Love. I have my doubts. The Empress of Ice Cream. I have alwa...
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Alcott and Earhart: The Magicians (Lev Grossman)
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Low-tolerance reviews and enthusiasm for books and authors. The Magicians (Lev Grossman). Well it has certainly been a long time since I last reviewed. Alcott had a little flurry of reviews around the time she moved away, which promptly stopped when her Masters started. What could my excuse possibly be? After this ramble of an introduction where I go on and on about YA, I might as well go ahead and review an adult book – just making sure you’re still concentrating! Tess of the D'Urbervilles. The Remains ...
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Alcott and Earhart: April 2012
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Low-tolerance reviews and enthusiasm for books and authors. The Magicians (Lev Grossman). Well it has certainly been a long time since I last reviewed. Alcott had a little flurry of reviews around the time she moved away, which promptly stopped when her Masters started. What could my excuse possibly be? After this ramble of an introduction where I go on and on about YA, I might as well go ahead and review an adult book – just making sure you’re still concentrating! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Great G...
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Alcott and Earhart: Shades of Grey (Jasper Fforde)
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Low-tolerance reviews and enthusiasm for books and authors. Shades of Grey (Jasper Fforde). Oh, hilarity, thou art a wily mistress! READ THE BOOK AGAIN FOOL you shout. OR MOVE ON. Hilarity, I think, would be a shouter. Misery is a moaner. Anger is any volume spoken with clenched jaw. Sadness is a whisper or a shouter, depending on how attention-seeking it is feeling. All this to say that I can't quite remember why. Was so freaking hilarious, just, trust me, it was. Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Hunter S....
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Alcott and Earhart: May 2010
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Low-tolerance reviews and enthusiasm for books and authors. YA Ramblings / Tamora Pierce Makes a Long Awaited Appearance on the Blog. In thinking about my reading of late, nothing REALLY stands out as being review worthy. I mean, I read the latest Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey. Which was amazing, brilliant, dyslit-y, witty, literary. but seriously, that is all I really need to say. Its Jasper Fforde. Go read it okay? Conflict followed by triumph of good guys and movie perfect kiss. Yawn. These books made...
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Alcott and Earhart: Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
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Low-tolerance reviews and enthusiasm for books and authors. Battle Royale (Koushun Takami). Where have we been you might ask? Well I've been working, studying, and sometimes working and studying at the same time. Alcott has been flitting around Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Germany, Spain. basically she has had a much more exciting few months than me. To ease myself back into this whole blogging thing (a post which. A little while ago I reviewed The Hunger Games. And unlike in the Hunger Games, where teenager...
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Alcott and Earhart: The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
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Low-tolerance reviews and enthusiasm for books and authors. The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins). It has happened again, only this time you get to catch me right in the midst of a midnight freak out. Remember about a month ago, I read that zombie book. And couldn't sleep for fear there were zombies in my shoe closet? Awesome. Awesome. AWESOME. I was really ready to shun. As it was the first on the Stephenie Meyer endorsement train. Quite jealous I'd say. Enticing Enough for Non-Readers. Dyslit: We and 1984.
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Alcott and Earhart: A Slightly Bashful Return
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Low-tolerance reviews and enthusiasm for books and authors. A Slightly Bashful Return. The date is the 28th May, 2011. Almost a year after our last post. A terrible, terrible, display of laziness, I am sure you will agree. However, for the past year I have been living back in Australia, nearer to my dear sister, and the urge to connect over blogging was dampened slightly by our close physical proximity. Now, alas, we are once again separated. The best reason there is, LOVE of course. Thus, I am reading a...
