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The Midwife's Apprentice
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The Midwife’s Apprentice

May 28, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 2/5 2.5 stars. I thought this book was simply ‘ok’. Forging my review from the perspective of someone a bit younger than me and

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Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
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Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry’s Great Mythology, #1)

May 26, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 I thought this factual yet funny retelling of Ancient Greek mythology very well-written and engaging. Fry has researched deeply many legends that I

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Animal Farm
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Animal Farm

May 20, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth. When the owners of Manor Farm are driven out

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Wordsworth Classics)
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Wordsworth Classics)

May 16, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 ** spoiler alert ** I’ve been meaning to read Robert Louis Stevenson’s thriller The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for

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Socrates' Defence
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Socrates’ Defence

May 15, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 Socrates’ Apology, or his Defence, is the (far from apologetic) speech by that notorious philosopher given at the day of his trial. He

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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

May 13, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 3/5 It was the dawn of a new era, one where most of the human race now spent all of their free time inside

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The Coral Island

May 7, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 2/5 This book got boring, so I abandoned it. It was about three boys who are shipwrecked on an island.

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Day
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Day

May 1, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 5/5 This is the third and last novel in the powerful and original Night trilogy. Inspired by a true story, the book narrates Wiesel’s

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Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451

April 28, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 Fahrenheit 451: the temperature at which book-paper catches fire and burns. Set in a futuristic society where reading books is illegal and where

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Dawn
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Dawn

April 24, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 5/5 ** spoiler alert ** There was an unexpected light in the cell; the boundaries were drawn, the roles well defined. The time of

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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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