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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by R. L. Stevenson

June 26, 2022September 15, 2022 Lavinia

[I reread this book to see if I wanted to study it at GCSE.]It was interesting reading this novella two years after I read it

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s “Infidel” – A Semi Book Review

January 1, 2022January 2, 2022 Lavinia

This is a half review, half general rant that I wrote when half way through reading Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Ayaan Hirsi Ali is

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Very Good, Jeeves! by P. G. Wooster

October 21, 2021September 15, 2022 Lavinia

“What I want,” I said, “is petrol.”“What you’ll get,” said the bloke, “is a thick ear.” It’s not often that I rate a P.G. Wodehouse

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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

July 23, 2021September 15, 2022 Lavinia

This morning, I finished Ayn Rand’s philosophical fiction novel Atlas Shrugged! Only took me 17 weeks… Rand’s novel is set in America sometime in the

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The Kite Runner

March 5, 2021March 6, 2021 Lavinia

The Kite Runner is Khaled Hosseini’s first novel, and the sad thing is that you can tell. It’s one of these books that are extremely predictable.

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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ

February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 Lavinia

He is the history, and you are the truth. I’ve seen that a lot of people thought this book wasn’t quite as controversial as the

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Joy in the Morning

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 Lavinia

“Have you lost the girl you love?” “That’s what I’m trying to figure out. I can’t make up my mind. It all depends what construction

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Right Ho, Jeeves

January 13, 2021January 25, 2021 Lavinia

It’s been quite a long while since I read any of P.G. Wodehouse’s “Jeeves and Wooster” books, but I don’t know why because they must be some

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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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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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