Archive for the ‘Waterstones Top 25 Books Of The Last 25 Years’ Category
Contrary to popular opinion, I thought this book just wasn’t all that. I know many people who have this book on their “best of” lists, and it’s supposed to be amazing. And there are parts of it which are… specially the premise: Henry suffers from a genetic disorder, which allows him to time-travel, albeit the […]
Filed under: Audrey Niffenegger, Books 2009, General Fiction, Guardian 1000, Orange Prize Longlist, Review, Waterstones Top 25 Books Of The Last 25 Years | 20 Comments
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I’m still playing catch-up on 13th June’s Weekly Geeks. I know, I know, it’s been about a month, and that’s ample time to catch up! However, after this, I’ll just have two more to do: Disgrace, and His Dark Materials. Am planning to re-read the latter this month, so might end up doing that one […]
Filed under: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Arthur C. Clarke Award, Booker Prize Shortlist, Books 2009, Commonwealth Writers Prize, Governor General's Award, Guardian 1000, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Margaret Atwood, Prometheus Award, Review, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Waterstones Books Of The Century, Waterstones Top 25 Books Of The Last 25 Years | 4 Comments
Tags: Dystopia, Margaret Atwood
Alice Sebold – The Lovely Bones
This is Sebold’s debut novel, and while there’s lots of loopholes in the story, the premise in itself is interesting. A 14 year old girl is raped and killed by a neighbor on her way home from school, one evening. In the story, the girl, Susie Salmon (the book does start: My name was Salmon, […]
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another cookie crumbles 