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February 2016 – Blogger in the big city

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Blogger in the big city. Love in the time of cholera-Gabriel Garcia Marquez. February 20, 2016. February 21, 2016. I have mixed feelings about this love story. I appreciate that it is exquisitely written with fine details so that you feel as if you are standing in a Caribbean thunderstorm with the characters. The magic realism that Marquez so skillfully weaves through his narrative is wonderful, and I’ll be the first to admit that I love a bit of magical realism. I feel like Lorelai and Rory are my only ...

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October 2015 – Blogger in the big city

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Blogger in the big city. The Historian- Elizabeth Kostova. October 18, 2015. November 30, 2015. I’m very seldom disappointed by books, probably because I’ll pretty much read anything, and generally it’s a rule of mine to approach books without any expectation. I will say that Kostova’s writing itself is great, and she gives a very established sense of place throughout the various countries that the characters travel too. However, this book is a commitment, and if you’re a. Jamie Fraser confirms my suspic...

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July 2015 – Blogger in the big city

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Blogger in the big city. Tell the wolves I’m home – Carol Rifka Brunt. July 24, 2015. Tell the wolves I’m home. When he does pass away, June begins to learn that there is a whole secret life her uncle had, that she never even knew about. Betrayed and confused, the man her family accuses of giving Finn Aids, his live-in boyfriend Toby, reaches out to June. In a deeply satisfying read, the two try and work through their mutual love and loss of such an amazing man. How to make friends at 30. Enter your emai...

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January 2016 – Blogger in the big city

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Blogger in the big city. A walk in the woods – Bill Bryson. January 31, 2016. January 31, 2016. I put this book down more than three days ago, but in my mind I’m still wandering through the deep woods of America’s back country. I’ve never read a Bill Bryson book before, but I must say that. A walk in the Woods. A short history of tractors in Ukrainian – Marina Lewycka. January 28, 2016. January 28, 2016. This book gets a lot of negative reviews online, so I’ll be honest and say that I approached it with ...

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June 2016 – Blogger in the big city

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Blogger in the big city. A year of marvellous ways- Sarah Winman. June 12, 2016. June 12, 2016. This is one of those books that I found myself enjoying-despite myself. That’s because at times it felt like you could see that the author was trying too hard to write a whimsical story. That she was pushing the magical realism a little too hard, and at times the plot is perfectly predictable. June 3, 2016. July 11, 2016. Wasn’t something I needed in my life. It gave me nightmares, and at a time when...That sa...

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August 2015 – Blogger in the big city

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Blogger in the big city. Sister Noon – Karen Joy Fowler. August 31, 2015. September 2, 2015. After reading a few heavy novels (. Tell the Wolves I’m home. The Girl on the Train. I was desperately looking for something uplifting and light-hearted to sink my teeth into. Fortunately for me, my friends have my best interests at heart, and Dear Sam. Loaned me her copy of Karen Joy Fowlers’. The girl on the train- Paula Hawkins. August 23, 2015. It’s a quick read and satisfying if thrillers are your thin...

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July 2016 – Blogger in the big city

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Blogger in the big city. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden. July 7, 2016. Sometimes you find a book that is more like meeting a person and developing a friendship than just picking up another paperback. Memoirs of a Geisha. Was precisely this for me, and I feel quite upset like I’ll never find another book that is quite as enchanting as this one. Gone with the Wind. Lord of the Rings. If that testifies to the richness of this tale and the fact that it is definitely a modern classic). I am the messenger.

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March 2016 – Blogger in the big city

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Blogger in the big city. A Passage to India-E.M. Forster. March 13, 2016. EM Forster’s seminal work. A Passage to India. Is anything but an easy read. It took me three weeks. Not only because of the difficulties of the themes that he wrestles with (rape, racism and colonial domination) but also, because the author assumes the reader’s familiarity with Indian terms, concepts and traditions, especially under British rule (I suppose that’s why there are three appendices to the novel). Follow Blog via Email.

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December 2015 – Blogger in the big city

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Blogger in the big city. The Fionavar Tapestry – Guy Gavriel Kay. December 1, 2015. January 7, 2016. Whenever someone asked me what I was reading during the last few weeks, I coyly avoided the question, palming it off with the response Oh, just some mindless fantasy, it won’t change the world or anything, but it’s very entertaining. Which, coincidentally, is the ideal way to describe The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay. It’s fluffy and entertaining, and if you can dig into a bit of fantasy-escapism,...

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September 2015 – Blogger in the big city

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Blogger in the big city. The Widow of the South-Robert Hicks. September 16, 2015. September 15, 2015. Since completing the charming. And considering the fact that I’ve embargoed myself from buying any more second hand books until I finish the millions I’ve bought, I thought I would go on a historical fiction detour. So, almost a year after buying it, I picked up The Widow of the South. My initial reasons for buying this book were somewhat insubstantial: I recognised the cover, and. Gone with the Wind.