Laura | February 17, 2007
It’s quite bad as I finished Tears of the Giraffe in 3 sittings. I would’ve finished it quicker but was meeting a friend yesterday and then I was very tired at bedtime. So I finished it today. This is the second book in the No1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series by Smith. In this installment Mma [...]
Laura | February 10, 2007
Espresso Tales is the second of (currently) 3 books about the residents of 44 Scotland Street, Edinburgh. It continues to follow the lives of Pat and her egocentric, narcissistic flatmate Bruce, Bertie the exceptionally clever 6 year old boy, Domenica MacDonald, the social anthropologist and many other characters we have picked up on the way. [...]
Laura | June 27, 2006
Northern Lights – Philip Pullman – 399 pages This is the story of Lyra, who is on a quest to free her friend, Roger, from the Gobblers. However, the journey isn’t as smooth as it could be and she finds out many different things that will affect her life. I really enjoyed this book. It [...]
Laura | June 27, 2006
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips – Michael Morpurgo – 194 pages This is the diary of Lily, a 12 year old girl from a small village in Devon. It is set in 1943 and World War 2 has resulted in Lily’s village being evacuated. However, Lily’s cat, Tips, has decided that she didn’t want [...]
Laura | June 27, 2006
Undead and Unwed – Mary Janice Davidson – 260 pages This is the story of Betsy Taylor, a secretary who loses her job and her life on the same day. She then becomes a vampire. However, she is no ordinary vampire as the sun doesn’t burn her, the holy water doesn’t affect her and the [...]
Laura | June 27, 2006
The Art of Always Being Right: Thirty Eight Ways to Win When You Are Defeated – Arthur Schopenhauer – 190 pages This book was quite a quick read. A fairly tongue-in-cheek essay by Schopehauer about how to always be right. I found parts amusing. Some of the concepts were hard to grasp and you needed [...]
Laura | April 30, 2006
Have been a bit busy recently as I have been back at school and doing muchos planning and that sort of malarky. To think, in 2 months time, I shall be a qualified teacher How exciting Anyway, the purpose of this post is to inform you about my latest purchases. I bought some books from [...]
Laura | April 21, 2006
Humpty Dumpty is dead. But what happened? The Nursery Crime Division has been called in to investigate it. However, it is a complex investigation with a lot of pressure coming from all sides. However, DI Jack Spratt and DS Mary Mary take hold of the situation. Even though he has killed 4 giants (technically only [...]
Laura | April 17, 2006
This is the story of Daniel Sempere and the consequences of choosing the book entitled The Shadow of the Wind by Julian Carax when his father takes him to the Cemetery of Lost Books. The story is interesting and there are many different turns and twists along the way. Daniel finds himself caught up in [...]
Laura | April 17, 2006
Read this book very quickly. It was a really strange book. Not sure if I liked it or not. I must’ve liked it enough though, as I didn’t take long to read it. It is the story of Elizabeth Egan and her “friend” Ivan and how their relationship unfolds. Very bizarre, to be honest. Don’t [...]