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Have you ever bought a book, started reading it and then realised you have already read it? If so, how far did you get? And–did you keep reading??
It happened to me when I was younger. I bought a book by Enid Blyton and found out I had read it before. And yes, I kept reading and finished it at one go! Come to think of it, I owned many copies of the same books, by Enid Blyton. I SO loved her books! I have owned a few copies of Jane Eyre too!
From the Review Pile is a meme hosted by Stepping Out of the Page every Thursday. The aim of this meme is to showcase books that you've received for review. (or any book that you own and really want to read/review) but haven't yet got around to reading, in order to give the book some extra publicity.
Today I am showcasing Bleed for Me by Michael Robotham. I received it from Hachette India.
Book Blurb:
Ray Hegarty, a highly respected former detective, lies dead in his daughter Sienna's bedroom. She is found covered in his blood.
Everything points to her guilt, but psychologist Joe O'Loughlin isn't convinced.
Fourteen-year-old Sienna is the best friend of Joe's daughter, and he has watched her grow up and seen the troubled look in her eyes. Against the advice of the police, he launches his own investigation, embarking upon a hunt that will lead him to a predatory schoolteacher, a conspiracy of silence and a race-hate trial that is captivating the nation.
Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Sphere; First Edition edition (10 Jun 2010)
ISBN-10: 1847442188
ISBN-13: 978-1847442185
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Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by The Housework Can Wait and Never Too Fond of Books!
It’s the nature of book blogging to focus mainly on new releases, but there are thousands of great books out there that haven’t seen the “New Releases” shelf in years. We hope to be able to bring attention to some older titles that may not be at the top of the current bestseller list, but still deserve a spot in your To-Be-Read pile.
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder:
This long, dense novel, a bestseller in the author's native Norway, offers a summary history of philosophy embedded in a philosophical mystery disguised as a children's book--but only sophisticated young adults would be remotely interested. Sophie Amundsen is about to turn 15 when she receives a letter from one Alberto Knox, a philosopher who undertakes to educate her in his craft. Sections in which we read the text of Knox's lessons to Sophie about the pre-Socratics, Plato and St. Augustine alternate with those in which we find out about Sophie's life with her well-meaning mother. Soon, though, Sophie begins receiving other, stranger missives addressed to one Hilde Moller Knag from her absent father, Albert. [...] Norwegian philosophy professor Gaarder's notion of making a history of philosophy accessible is a good one. Unfortunately, it's occasionally undermined by the dry language he uses to describe the works of various thinkers and by an idiosyncratic bias that gives one paragraph to Nietzsche but dozens to Sartre, breezing right by Wittgenstein and the most influential philosophy of this century, logical positivism.
"You saw her that afternoon - the day she disappeared - you picked her up in the car."
The Dilated irises would have been evidences enough that there were secrets here. "Well?"
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted over at The Broke and the Bookish. Each week, we get a theme to list our top tens.
This Week's Pick: Top Ten Books I'd Recommend As Good Beach Reads
I can read anything, anywhere. I do not have "seasonal" preferences for reading. I suppose many readers like to read light during summer or at the beach. I am not recommending fluff or light reads but certain authors that I think everyone should read:
1) Guy de Maupassant: Get hold of everything that he wrote. He is worth it.
2) Victor Hugo: His novels have depth
3) Robert Frost: Why not read some poetry?
4) Pablo Neruda: Now that I mentioned poetry, you might as well as read Neruda!
5) Bronte Sisters: Yes, there are three Bronte sisters, Emily, Charlotte and Agnes. All worth reading.
6) Charles Dickens: No introduction necessary
7) Gabriel Garcia Marquez: If you have not read anything by him, start by picking his short sory collections. (you will find reviews of a few on this blog)
8) Stieg Larsson: What's wrong with CRIME FICTION?
9) Arthur Conan Doyle: Elementary, my dear Watson!!
10) PICK ANY AUTHOR: READ ALL HIS/HER BOOKS
Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at A Girl and Her Books. Marie at Burton Book Review is hosting MM for June starting today.
I received only one book, thanks to the publicist:
1) The Sadness of Samurai by Victor Del Arbol: When Isabel, a Spanish aristocrat living in the pro-Nazi Spain of 1941, becomes involved in a plot to kill her Fascist husband, she finds herself betrayed by her mysterious lover. The effects of her betrayal play out in a violent struggle for power in both family and government over three generations, intertwining her story with that of a young lawyer named Maria forty years later. During the attempted Fascist coup of 1981, Maria is accused of plotting the prison escape of a man she successfully prosecuted for murder. As Maria's and Isabel's narratives unfold they encircle each other, creating a page-turning literary thriller firmly rooted in history.
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila of Book Journey
I am in the midst of reading
Tempest in the Tea Leaves by Kari Lee Townsend
The Virgin Journals by Travis Laurence Naught (poetry)
I finished reading the following 12 books:
All I Saw Was The Girl by Peter Leonard
Sweet Release by Pamela Clare
Unbreak my Heart by Helen Scott Taylor
The Duchess of Love by Sally MacKenzie
Real Courage (poetry chapbook) by Michael Meyerhofer
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Curious Indian Cadaver by Shamini Flint
Murder In The Ashram by Kathleen McCaul
Cut Short by Leigh Russell
Sons And Lovers by James LePore
Heart of Mine by Michelle Beattie
Nothing Stays In Vegas by Elena Aitken
Calico Joe by John Grisham
I plan to read:
Many books!
What is the longest book you have ever read? How long did it take you to read it?
1) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1440 pages): It took me 2+ months to finish that.
2) Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (1488 pages): Around a week
3) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (1088 pages): Around a week
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
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Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at A Girl and Her Books. She is hosting it on her blog, Monday Mailbox for this week.
I received the following book, thanks to Hachette India:
1) The Columbus Affair by Steve Berry: Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist Tom Sagan has written hard-hitting articles from hot spots around the world. But when a controversial report from a war-torn region is exposed as a fraud, his professional reputation crashes and burns. Now he lives in virtual exile—haunted by bad decisions and the shocking truth he can never prove: that his downfall was a deliberate act of sabotage by an unknown enemy. But before Sagan can end his torment with the squeeze of a trigger, fate intervenes in the form of an enigmatic stranger with a request that cannot be ignored.
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila of Book Journey
I am in the midst of reading
The Blackhouse by Peter May:
A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith. A MURDER. Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is sent from Edinburgh to investigate. For Lewis-born Macleod, the case represents a journey both home and into his past. A SECRET. Something lurks within the close-knit island community. Something sinister. A TRAP. As Fin investigates, old skeletons begin to surface, and soon he, the hunter, becomes the hunted.
Synopsis taken from goodreads. Posting this for Friday Finds.
