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Jacob Have I Loved
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Jacob Have I Loved

November 23, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 This is the sort of book that I would normally miss because of its obscurity and because I also have Dickens on my

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Code Name Verity
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Code Name Verity

October 15, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 But a part of me lies buried in lace and roses on a riverbank in France – a part of me is broken

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

September 23, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 “Can we drop your ego for a moment? This is important.”“If there’s anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught

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Man's Search for Meaning
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Man’s Search for Meaning

September 13, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning was, in short, a spectacular book. Frankl presents his autobiography of life in WWII concentration camps from

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Empire of the Sun (Empire of the Sun, #1)
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Empire of the Sun (Empire of the Sun, #1)

September 10, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 Just now I finished Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard. The last few chapters were especially moving and well-written, proffering an eye-opening

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Long After Midnight
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Long After Midnight

August 14, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 5/5 I finished Ray Bradbury’s Long After Midnight and I’m not happy about it! A fascinating, thought-provoking collection of strange short stories that make

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Sophie's World
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Sophie’s World

August 5, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 3/5 Isn’t it extra bitter to realise that life is only a dream on the day before your fifteenth birthday? I finally finished Jostein

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I Capture the Castle
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I Capture the Castle

June 30, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 2/5 How words weave spells! As I wrote of the avenue, it rose before my eyes—I can see it now, lined with great smooth-branched

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Catherine, Called Birdy
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Catherine, Called Birdy

June 21, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 3/5 How can we think ourselves made in the likeness of God when we act worse than beasts? Karen Cushman’s Catherine, Called Birdy, is

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Life of Pi
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Life of Pi

June 13, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

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Lavinia

Hi there! My name is Lavinia, I'm fifteen years old and am home educated. This is a blog of all the things I've been up to since I was five. I hope you enjoy it here! ❤

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