Day Twenty-Four: A book you later found out the author lied about Forbidden Love/Honour Lost by Norma Khouri Forbidden Love was first published in 2003 and placed in the autobiography section of the bookshops. In the book (which I have not read), Khouri (a pen name) claimed that she grew up in Jordan, and thatContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twenty-Four”
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30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twenty-Three
Day Twenty-Three: Your favourite romance novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Technically, Jane Eyre is not a romance but a bildungsroman, a tale of moral growth from child to adulthood and overcoming the odds. But there is a fair amount of romance in it, in much the same way Pride and Prejudice is a comedyContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twenty-Three”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twenty
Day Twenty: A book you would recommend to an ignorant/racist/closed minded person Animal Farm by George Orwell. Apart from the fact that I don’t believe ignorant people read, I would recommend Animal Farm because it is a great study into the power struggles and metaphorical history of Europe. I’m not sure this book would doContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twenty”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Fourteen
Day Fourteen: A book that should be on the high school/college required reading list Lady: My Life As A Bitch by Melvin Burgess. Lady is a pretty awesome book. I picked it up earlier this year when I was going through a talking animal phase. Almost the entire time I was reading it, i wasContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Fourteen”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twelve
Day Twelve: A book so emotionally draining you couldn’t complete it or had to set aside for a bit. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. After watching the film adaptation on my long-haul flight from Australia to England in 2010, I told my partner that I thought the movie was great in concept but kindContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twelve”
Lissa Bilyk 