Friday, 30 November 2012
Book club for December
Book club for December
This month I am putting a bit of book description down so you know abit about the books before you pick which one you want to read. You don't have to buy the books if you don't want to just use a libabry if you like and I will be picking a book that is free from the kindle. when you finished the book let us know what you think so we can have discussions about them and if you can rate the book out of five to.
1) The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling:When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock.
Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war.
Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils... Pagford is not what it first seems.
And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?
2) Changeling by Philippa Gregory:
The first book in the thrilling YA sequence, Order of Darkness. The year is 1453, and all signs point to it being the end of the world. Accused of heresy and expelled from his monastery, handsome seventeen-year-old, Luca Vero, is recruited by a mysterious stranger to record the end of times across Europe. Commanded by sealed orders, Luca is sent to map the fears of Christendom, and travel to the very frontier of good and evil. Seventeen-year-old Isolde, a Lady Abbess, is trapped in a nunnery to prevent her claiming her rich inheritance. As the nuns in her care are driven mad by strange visions, walking in their sleep, and showing bleeding wounds, Luca is sent to investigate and all the evidence points to Isolde's criminal guilt. Outside in the yard they are building a pyre to burn her for witchcraft. Forced to face the greatest fears of the medieval world - dark magic, werewolves, madness - Luca and Isolde embark on a search for truth, their own destinies, and even love as they take the unknown ways to the real historical figure who defends the boundaries of Christendom and holds the secrets of the Order of Darkness.
3) Q - A Thriller by K D George:
How far would you go to rescue your lover? Would you go to hell on earth? Ex-soldier Felix Chapman embarks on an audacious attempt to rescue his wife after her abduction in a vicious modern day piracy attack off West Africa. She is lost in a brutal anarchic country ruled by warring tribes. There are no laws, no police, no diplomatic treaties and no hope...
Monday, 19 November 2012
Dracula Review
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Book Description:
A true masterwork of storytelling, Dracula has transcended generation, language, and culture to become one of the most popular novels ever written. It is a quintessential tale of suspense and horror, boasting one of the most terrifying characters ever born in literature: Count Dracula, a tragic, night-dwelling specter who feeds upon the blood of the living, and whose diabolical passions prey upon the innocent, the helpless, and the beautiful. But Dracula also stands as a bleak allegorical saga of an eternally cursed being whose nocturnal atrocities reflect the dark underside of the supremely moralistic age in which it was originally written -- and the corrupt desires that continue to plague the modern human condition.
Dracula is a horror book and was Bram Stoker best book and has been made in to many films. This book is in letter, diary form and its from Johnathan Harker, Mina and the doctor point of view. It's called Dracula but you never hear from Dracula point of view. I study this book twice now and I would never of read it if was not for my degree. I found in parts I was lossing interest in the book but other times I got really in to it and then I would get fed up again.The way the book written in diary and letter form lost be abit because it kept switching to different characters and what was happening with them at that point. . The imagery and description is very good because you can see everything that going on inyour mind. My husband loved this book and loved the style of writing and could not put it down . Where I was not that interested as much but hd to read for my lecture.
I give this book 6 out of 10
Would love to hear your comments if you have read this book
Book Description:
A true masterwork of storytelling, Dracula has transcended generation, language, and culture to become one of the most popular novels ever written. It is a quintessential tale of suspense and horror, boasting one of the most terrifying characters ever born in literature: Count Dracula, a tragic, night-dwelling specter who feeds upon the blood of the living, and whose diabolical passions prey upon the innocent, the helpless, and the beautiful. But Dracula also stands as a bleak allegorical saga of an eternally cursed being whose nocturnal atrocities reflect the dark underside of the supremely moralistic age in which it was originally written -- and the corrupt desires that continue to plague the modern human condition.
Dracula is a horror book and was Bram Stoker best book and has been made in to many films. This book is in letter, diary form and its from Johnathan Harker, Mina and the doctor point of view. It's called Dracula but you never hear from Dracula point of view. I study this book twice now and I would never of read it if was not for my degree. I found in parts I was lossing interest in the book but other times I got really in to it and then I would get fed up again.The way the book written in diary and letter form lost be abit because it kept switching to different characters and what was happening with them at that point. . The imagery and description is very good because you can see everything that going on inyour mind. My husband loved this book and loved the style of writing and could not put it down . Where I was not that interested as much but hd to read for my lecture.
I give this book 6 out of 10
Would love to hear your comments if you have read this book
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Mockingbird Review
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
Book Description:
This is a heart-warming story of loss and recovery that won the American National Book Award 2010 - one of the most moving books you'll ever read. 11-year-old Caitlin has Asperger's syndrome, and has always had her older brother, Devon, to explain the confusing things around her. But when Devon is killed in a tragic school shooting, Caitlin has to try and make sense of the world without him. With her dad spending most of his time crying in the shower, and her life at school becoming increasingly difficult, it doesn't seem like things will ever get better again.
I found this novel on the kindle and by the description it sounded good. This Book is fantastic it really pulled on my heart strings. Its about girl who has aspergers and her brother and some other people got shoot. The story is how her and her father cope from there loss and Catitiln has no friends at school but she finally finds a friend she can be herself with. I could not put this novel down . I wanted to know if her father would be there for her and could they get through this terrible event. The characters were easy to get on with and sympathy with. I really enjoyed this style of writing and I did think this was a true story due to how she writes this book and the research about the story. This book is defently must read . I give this book 10 out 10
I would love to hear people comments on this book.
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Book Club For November
This month I am putting a bit of book description down so you know abit about the books before you pick which one you want to read.You don't have to buy the books if you don't want to just use a libabry if you like and I will be picking a book that is free from the kindle. This month its Darkness Falls. If there is any books that you want to put on the book club please let me know. Looking forward to having discussions with you about these books.
Here is November book list:
1) Thursdays In the Park by Hilary Boyd
Books Description :
The book tells the story of Jeanie, a middle aged woman whose husband has not shared a bed with her for ten long years. Unsurprisingly, for this genre, Jeanie meets a new and exciting man in the park who sweeps her off her feet and reawakens her lost passion for life and sex. One only has to read the humorous blog The Plankton: Life at the bottom of the sexual food chain, written by a middle aged divorcee, to know that this scenario is fairly unlikely. The more interesting novel would have explored what happens when no one comes to rescue Jeanie from her bad marriage, and she has to save herself.
2) Darkness Falls by Jessica Sorensen This is fantasy magic book
Book Description :
April Dunne is having a rough time. There are vampires in her school. Not Goths, or Emos in fancy dress. Dangerous, blood-sucking semi-immortals. They run the school. They pretend to be students at it. And they're using their influence to recruit smart, rich students - aka 'bleeders' - to their own cause. What is that cause? April isn't sure. But she knows they killed a rock star for it, and innocents who got too close to the truth. One of them almost killed her. But that's nothing to what's coming next. Gabriel, her kinda-boyfriend, is dying and unless April can find a cure then not only is she going to be boyfriendless, she's also going to lose one of her major allies in the school. And she really needs allies. Because it turns out April has an ability of her own, one that could prove lethal to the 'Suckers' who've taken over the school. If any of them figure out what she is, then losing her boyfriend will be the least of her problems ...
3) The Lewis Man Trilogy by Peter May. This is Crime novel
Book Description:
An unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog; the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to a local farmer. But this islander, Tormod Macdonald - now an elderly man suffering from dementia - has always claimed to be an only child. When Tormod's family approach Fin Macleod for help, Fin feels duty-bound to solve the mystery.
Here is November book list:
1) Thursdays In the Park by Hilary Boyd
Books Description :
The book tells the story of Jeanie, a middle aged woman whose husband has not shared a bed with her for ten long years. Unsurprisingly, for this genre, Jeanie meets a new and exciting man in the park who sweeps her off her feet and reawakens her lost passion for life and sex. One only has to read the humorous blog The Plankton: Life at the bottom of the sexual food chain, written by a middle aged divorcee, to know that this scenario is fairly unlikely. The more interesting novel would have explored what happens when no one comes to rescue Jeanie from her bad marriage, and she has to save herself.
2) Darkness Falls by Jessica Sorensen This is fantasy magic book
Book Description :
April Dunne is having a rough time. There are vampires in her school. Not Goths, or Emos in fancy dress. Dangerous, blood-sucking semi-immortals. They run the school. They pretend to be students at it. And they're using their influence to recruit smart, rich students - aka 'bleeders' - to their own cause. What is that cause? April isn't sure. But she knows they killed a rock star for it, and innocents who got too close to the truth. One of them almost killed her. But that's nothing to what's coming next. Gabriel, her kinda-boyfriend, is dying and unless April can find a cure then not only is she going to be boyfriendless, she's also going to lose one of her major allies in the school. And she really needs allies. Because it turns out April has an ability of her own, one that could prove lethal to the 'Suckers' who've taken over the school. If any of them figure out what she is, then losing her boyfriend will be the least of her problems ...
3) The Lewis Man Trilogy by Peter May. This is Crime novel
Book Description:
An unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog; the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to a local farmer. But this islander, Tormod Macdonald - now an elderly man suffering from dementia - has always claimed to be an only child. When Tormod's family approach Fin Macleod for help, Fin feels duty-bound to solve the mystery.
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