Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier

Laura | April 17, 2006

Have *finally* finished Rebecca [amazon.co.uk]. Had a stint tonight reading it and couldn’t put it down. This is why it has taken me ages to finish this book – I couldn’t put it down! So I couldn’t pick it up whilst I had so much work to do as I knew I would just want [...]

Journey to Jo’Burg – Beverley Naidoo

Laura | March 18, 2006

This book was written during the Apartheid in South Africa. It is the story of Naledi and her brother, Tiro, who make a trip to Johannesburg to tell their mother, who works for a rich, white woman, that their baby brother was ill with a fever. Journey to Jo’burg [amazon.co.uk] isn’t a book I had [...]

The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger

Laura | February 9, 2006

This book is one of my favourite books ever. I loved it. The Time Traveler’s Wife [amazon.co.uk] is the love story of Henry and Clare who first meet when Henry is 28 and Clare is 6. They marry when Clare is 22 and Henry is 30. He is a time traveller who can suddenly find [...]

Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident – Eoin Colfer

Laura | February 4, 2006

The Arctic Incident  is the second installment of Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. Artemis, the criminal mastermind, joins forces with Captain Short of LEPrecon in order to save the People, who were under threat from someone trying to take control over them, and to save Artemis’ father, Artemis Senior, who went missing 2 years ago [...]