Day Twenty-One: A guilty pleasure book The Night Huntress Series by Jeaniene Frost Why this book is a guilty pleasure: I’m not into vampire fiction. Really, I’m not. They’ve been overdone. But I like this series. The heroine, Cat, is half-vampire, not your run of the mill helpless human victim. Cat kicks total ass. TheContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twenty-One”
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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 Nineteen
Day Nineteen: A book that changed your mind about a particular subject (non-fiction). The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Philosophy. I took a Philosophies of Modernity class in my final year of University. It was a poor decision: I didn’t enjoy any of it. I took it because I really enjoyed modernity from a sociological perspective,Continue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Nineteen”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Eighteen
Day Eighteen: A book you can’t find on shelves anymore that you love. Hunter’s Moon by Garry Kilworth. A book about foxes? Yes, please. As I mentioned in my Day Nine review, “I grew up in the only place in the world, bar Antarctica, where foxes do not live.” I love these animals so much,Continue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Eighteen”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Seventeen
Day Seventeen: A book turned movie and completely desecrated. The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman. Note – also called ‘Northern Lights’ outside of the US. There are so many books out there that when turned into a movie are considerably crap. In fact, the only films I have ever seen that I liked better thanContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Seventeen”
Lissa Bilyk 