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Tuesday 29 April 2014

Book Club Tuesday: Middlemarch by George Eliot



Ok, I need to make a confession. I am a impulsive book buyer. Which means that I just buy books for the sake of buying books. A couple of weeks ago I visited a second hand book store and got 7 books under R500, which is a major bargain here in South Africa. I bought this book mainly because I was intrigued that a 854 page book only costed me R50. Now I have never heard of George Eliot, and I only found out that she was a female author when I did extra research in the middle of reading this novel. I also looked up reviews on Goodreads before I read it and I knew that I had to read it first.

This book had ups and downs but you can't help but fall in love with this book. I even took longer to read it so that I can soak up every word into my brain. I even loved the fact that my copy of the book had quotes for every single 86 chapters. It set the mood for the book. I love the themes that are discussed, especially with regards to religion.

If you haven't read this book already then go out and find it and enjoy the wonderful story that George Eliot created.

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Tuesday 1 April 2014

Geektastic stories from the Nerd Herd by Holly Black review and April TBR

Stories included:

  • Once you're a Jedi, you're a Jedi all the way by Holly Black and Cecil Castelluci
  • One of us by Tracy Lynn
  • Definitional Chaos by Scott Westerfeld
  • I Never by Cassandra Clare
  • The King of Pelinese by M.T Anderson
  • The Wrath of Dawn by Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith
  • Quiz Bowl Antichrist by David Levithan
  • The Quiet Knight by Garth Nix
  • Everyone but you by Lisa Yee
  • Secret Identity by Kelly Link
  • Freak the Geek by John Green
  • The Truth about Dino Girl by Barry Lyga
  • This is my Audition Monologue by Sara Zarr
  • The Stars at the Finish Line by Wendy Mass
  • It's Just a Jump to the Left by Libba Bray
Ok, this title definitly attracted me when but to be completely honest, I wasn't as into it as I thought I would be, maybe its because I had a difficult week. The one story that I did enjoy though was I Never by Cassandra Clare.

April To-be-read

  • Middlemarch by George Eliot 
  • Just One Day by Gayle Foreman (re-read)
  • Wide Awake by David Levithan
  • The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa bank