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30 Day Book Challenge: Day Four

Day Four: A book that reminds you of home. The Silver Brumby by Elyne Mitchell What can I say about this magnificent talking horse book? I suppose it’s not exactly a children’s book, although it’s certainly rated G… or maybe PG because of the violence of the fighting stallions. It’s a very realistic portrayal ofContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Four”

30 Day Book Challenge: Day Three

Day Three: A Book that completely surprised you Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Northanger Abbey was often published in the same volume as Persuasion, both being the final novels of Austen. It’s a self-referential Gothic novel starring a Gothic fiction obsessed Catherine Morland who goes to Bath for social engagements and ends up staying withContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Three”

30 Day Book Challenge: Day Two

Day Two: Your Least Favourite Book Professor Midnight by Lynn Santa and Peter Andrew Wright This is simply the worst book I have ever read. I wrote a review for it and posted it under a different name on Amazon in 2006. The other reviewers seemed to have read a different book, for they allContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Two”

30 Day Book Challenge: Day One

Day One: Your Favourite Book Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, 1847. I love the flaws in this book: passion, the selfishness, the grief of the main characters. I love that it’s set in a very small location over a few generations – it’s a family epic, and I love that. I love that it’s toldContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day One”