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- The Disappeared (6)
- By Kim Echlin
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- The Road (1430)
- By Cormac McCarthy
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- Shutter Island (334)
- By Dennis Lehane
- Finished in Apr 2011
  
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Shutter Island

terrific, terrific thriller! i found it so addictive, it was very, very good!
set in the 1950s in the US, it's mainly set on an island which hosts a psychiatric hospital for patients who have committed violent offences. i won't write much about the story because i don't want to spoil it, just trust ... (continue)

terrific, terrific thriller! i found it so addictive, it was very, very good!
set in the 1950s in the US, it's mainly set on an island which hosts a psychiatric hospital for patients who have committed violent offences. i won't write much about the story because i don't want to spoil it, just trust me on this: if it is a gripping read that you're looking for, read this novel. the author creates a very, very dark and gloomy atmosphere, and he makes it very easy to paint pictures in your mind about what being on the island could feel like. it's a great story, told well, with an interesting setting. dark, gritty, gripping. what more can you want from a thriller?

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— Apr 25, 2011 | Add your feedback
- The Good Plain Cook (2)
- By Bethan Roberts
- Finished in Mar 2011
  
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The Good Plain Cook

Not bad. I liked it, just found it a little slow occasionally, but all in all I liked it for the portrayal of 1930s rural England, which it did very well. The characters are also interesting, showing two bohemians - one of which is also a 'bolshevik', to use a term from back then - and their kids, o ... (continue)

Not bad. I liked it, just found it a little slow occasionally, but all in all I liked it for the portrayal of 1930s rural England, which it did very well. The characters are also interesting, showing two bohemians - one of which is also a 'bolshevik', to use a term from back then - and their kids, on the one hand and a cast of working class characters, on the other. I liked how the author manages to really create a feeling of heavy summer in some of the pages, with her descriptions of nature. She does that so well that you actually feel transported to it. It's an OK novel, I found it through bookcrossing.

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— Mar 31, 2011 | Add your feedback
- Bridget Jones's Diary (1224)
- A Novel
- By Helen Fielding
- Finished in Oct 2000
  
  Finished (re-read) in Mar 2011
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- Hogfather (391)
- Discworld, Book 20
- By Terry Pratchett
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- Merde, Actually (116)
- By Stephen Clarke
- Finished in Feb 2011
  
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Merde, Actually

this book's good fun, i got it from a friend who was giving it away. it's very light reading, but if you know a little about the two countries involved (England and France), then you will have a laugh while reading it. the story's nothing special really, it's the way he writes that make the book wor ... (continue)

this book's good fun, i got it from a friend who was giving it away. it's very light reading, but if you know a little about the two countries involved (England and France), then you will have a laugh while reading it. the story's nothing special really, it's the way he writes that make the book worth reading, as well as all the cultural observations that are hilarious - about both sides of the Channel. kept me good company on a long-distance flight!

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— Mar 7, 2011 | Add your feedback
- Eric (308)
- A Discworld Novel (Discworld)
- By Terry Pratchett
- Finished in Jan 2011
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- Beauty (4)
- By Raphael Selbourne
- Finished in Jan 2011
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- The Dwarves of Death (118)
- By Jonathan Coe
- Finished in Jan 2011
  
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The Dwarves of Death

i'm afraid this book was no more than ok. it's quick to read, so i don't think it's a waste of time, but he's done muuuuch better than this. i could have done with a lot less detail about composing - music always plays a big part in his novels, but usually in a less "specialised" way. i guess it al ... (continue)

i'm afraid this book was no more than ok. it's quick to read, so i don't think it's a waste of time, but he's done muuuuch better than this. i could have done with a lot less detail about composing - music always plays a big part in his novels, but usually in a less "specialised" way. i guess it also has to do with the main character being a musician, but still, i found those parts boring!
the story itself is OK, although it's not as good as The House of Sleep or The Rotters' Club in recreating atmospheres and making you imagine so perfectly the England he writes about. for some reason, i also found the main character really annoying, wimpy and whiny! pity! but i'll still read his next books :)

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— Jan 3, 2011 | Add your feedback

- We (127)
- By Yevgeny Zamyatin
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- Londonstani (35)
- By Gautam Malkani
- Finished in May 2011
  
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Londonstani

this was sometimes a hard read. especially at first the language influenced my opinion of the book, which is on the whole rather interesting. i think, though, that it could have been shorter, especially in the middle part, and sometimes the main character's monologues get to me, they're too long.
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this was sometimes a hard read. especially at first the language influenced my opinion of the book, which is on the whole rather interesting. i think, though, that it could have been shorter, especially in the middle part, and sometimes the main character's monologues get to me, they're too long.
i suppose one of the problem is also that - obviously, due to the "rudeboy" topic, there's waaay to much testosterone in this book for me, topic-wise and also in the way people and things are described, so sometimes that put me off reading too and that's why it took me more than my average week to read it.

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— Jun 27, 2011 | Add your feedback
- Moxyland (17)
- By Lauren Beukes
- Finished in Jun 2011
  
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Moxyland

it only took me long to read this book because i was busy with work: once i had a bit more time, i read it very quickly and i liked it very much. it is not what i usually read, but i liked this portrait of a dystopian South Africa - it is fictional, but somehow it doesn't look like it's so far away ... (continue)

it only took me long to read this book because i was busy with work: once i had a bit more time, i read it very quickly and i liked it very much. it is not what i usually read, but i liked this portrait of a dystopian South Africa - it is fictional, but somehow it doesn't look like it's so far away from our world today, with all the talk about giant firewalls in the EU and governments trying to regulate the internet and technology, riots here and there, on both sides of the Mediterranean.
i think it's a good book also for those who don't usually read science-fiction, or should i say cyberpunk?? umm i am no expert! however, labels don't matter, what matters is that it deals with a series of issues that we should all be a little more aware of. it's a gripping story, and it makes you think, and i think this makes it a good book.

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— Jun 27, 2011 | Add your feedback
- The Opposite House (6)
- By Helen Oyeyemi
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- How to Teach Vocabulary (5)
- By Scott Thornbury
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