Thursday 12 April 2012

WORLD BOOK NIGHT 2012

Welcome to my World Book Night Blog.
This year 2012 Waterstones are hosting an evening event where bookgivers will be giving away 100's of books - FREE
Waterstones, Arc, Bury St Edmunds
Monday 23 April 2012 5.30 - 7pm
Cakes and nibbles available

Please do come and join us - please tell your family and friends

The BookThief by Markus Zusak

World Book Night 2012
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My comments:

I read this book sometime ago and really enjoyed it.  In fact it was my preferred choice for WBN as I am a book giver, somehow I wasn't lucky enough to get ths one to give out.  If you get a copy I throughly recommend it.
Narrated by Death it is harrowing, yet unsentimental.
Helen

Touching the Void by Joe Simpson

World Book Night 2012
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How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

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Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

World Book Night 2012
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The Damned United by David Pearce

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The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell

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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

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My comments

I liked this book (pity the film was a chick flick, because I don't think the book is)
I like the way it goes backwards and forwards - quite right for a time travellling book!
Helen

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

World Book Night 2012
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My comments:
I have read this twice. I am a big C McC fan (All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men)
Relentlessly depressing, no let up, no chapters, the main cahracters have no names...
I really rate this book
Get a copy if you can
Helen

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

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My cpomments on this book:


I read this July 2012
World Book Night 2012 book.
I grabbed this on WBN as the teenagers were all going for it and I managed to chat to a few of them about it.
I really enjoyed this book. About a Vampire and followers/blood gatherers.
The title is based on the legend that vamoires cannot cross a threshold without being invited in.
Gripping from the start - what more can you ask for in this genre?
An excellent 'cast' of characters
9/10
Helen

Small Island by Andrea Levy

World Book Night 2012
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The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

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Misery by Stephen King

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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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Room by Emma Donoghue

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My comments:

I read this a while ago as it was one of the Waterstones Book Club reads.
A book of two halves, I can't say I enjoyed it too much, nit bad, but not a favourite.  I found it hard to gel with the characters
Helen

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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Someone Like you by Roald Dahl

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Harlequin By Bernard Cornwell

World Book Night 2012
This was the book I gave away 24 copies of on 23 April 2012 at Waterstones, Arc, Cambridge
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My comments
I read this because somehow I got it as my WBN choice! it wasn't one of any of the 3 choices I made, but hey ho in true WBN ethics it made me read a book in a genre I would not usually read.
I struggled a bity with it, but unlike most historical novels I found I wasn't constantly questioning the research.  I was glad I had read it when I finished and I learnt more about the period than I ever thought I needed to know!
Helen

The Take by Martina Cole

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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson

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My comments

This was the book my husband gave away on WBN.
We have both read and enjoyed it
Witty and a good light read
Helen

Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham

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Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

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The Player of Games By Iain M. Banks

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