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Joining the Off the Shelf 2012 Challenge

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Julie Goucher

I truly need to make a serious dent in my mountain of books to read. The honest thing is that they do not live on a shelf, but in a blue crate. Yes one crate that is at toppling point. … Continue reading →

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Joining the 2012 British Book Challenge

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Hosted by The Overflowing Library. Click HERE to sign up. The aim is to read 12 books by British authors, which averages to one a month. The Ship of Brides by JoJo Moyles The Generation Game by Sophie Duffy TBC … Continue reading →

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Christmas at Harrington’s by Melody Carlson

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Julie Goucher

I would have missed this book had it not been for an alert advising me of free ebooks for the Kindle. I downloaded it and managed to read the book within a few hours. Not my usual style of book, but this … Continue reading →

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Stay Tuned by Lauren Clark

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Julie Goucher

As part of this special promotional extravaganza sponsored by Novel Publicity, the price of the Stay Tuned eBook edition has dropped to just 99 cents this week.What’s more, by purchasing this fantastic book at an incredibly low price, you can enter to … Continue reading →

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Joining War through the Generations Reading Challenge 2012 – The Great War

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Julie Goucher

The challenge for 2012 is The Great War – sign up HERE. There is also a read-a-long to accompany the challenge and the book is A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. I have signed up initially for a “dip” … Continue reading →

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Joining the 2012 Ebook Challenge

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Hosted for 2012 by Workaday Reads. Click HERE to sign up. I have committed to read 5 e-books through the course of a year which is known as “floppy disc” This should be easily achieved as I have a few … Continue reading →

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Book Meme – Day 11 – A book you hated

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Julie Goucher

This had to be By Grand Central Station I sat down and wept by Elizabeth Smart. Image courtesy of Amazon Back in 1994 I was living in South East London and undertaking an English Literature module at the Middlesex University. This was … Continue reading →

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Book Meme – Day 10 – Favorite classic book

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Julie Goucher

My favourite classic book has to be A Room with a View by E. M. Forster. The image here is courtesy of Amazon, but replicates my copy here. According to the receipt inside I purchased from Waterstones at Guildford for … Continue reading →

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Book Meme – Day 09 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Julie Goucher

I heard lots of hype over the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon. The hype both on line and off, I could not even go to the doctors without one of the receptionists asking if I had ever read the series. … Continue reading →

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Book Meme – Day 08 – Most overrated book

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Julie Goucher

I am probably going to be fairly controversial here, but, I think The Sense of an Ending is an overrated book. The storyline is about three lads who form a friendship and are then joined by a fourth lad. This … Continue reading →

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