![]() | Singling Out the Couples by Stella Duffy
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £0.01 2.5/10 I read the first two thirds of this book but then began to dread it so didn't finish. Parts were ok. Much prefer Duffy's Saz Martin series.
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![]() | Pop Goes the Weasel (Alex Cross) by James Patterson
Buy used from: £0.01 6.5/10 Not as good as previous books in the Alex Cross series, but still a gripping read.
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![]() | Cannibals All! or Slaves without Masters (John Harvard Library) by G Fitzhugh
Buy new: £18.95 / Used from: £2.25 ?/10 Read this for my American Thought and Culture module - it's a challenging proslavery text so I put it on here just because I'm proud I got through it..
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![]() | Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
Buy used from: £39.95 8/10 Simply written yet still beautiful and thought-provoking. Gorgeous imagery and a really three dimensional protagonist.
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![]() | AlterNatives by Drew Hayden Taylor
Buy used from: £11.89 7/10 This offers an interesting perspective on Canadian identity, specifically Native identity. None of the characters are particularly likeable which makes it even more funny and interesting.
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![]() | Trash: Stories and Poems by Dorothy Allison
Buy used from: £0.01 5/10 These short stories offer an interesting perspective on the experiences of a working class lesbian of the American South. Some were quite good, but the gritty style mostly didn't gel with me.
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![]() | The Stone Diaries (The Perennial Collection) by Carol Shields
Buy used from: £0.01 7/10 This novel is very interesting, it is basically a patchwork of different characters and how their lives interweave, based on the central character Daisy although very rarely from her perspective.
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![]() | A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £0.01 8.5/10 A wonderful coming of age story set in a Canadian Mennonite society (a religious sect similar to that of the Amish).
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![]() | Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £0.01 6/10 A better than average chick-lit read. An interesting premise although predictable. Much preferred the Shopaholic series (especially the first).
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![]() | The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and Related Tales (Oxford World's Classics) by Edgar Allan Poe
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £2.76 7/10 I loved the first half but felt the latter half lagged slightly. Lots of interesting black/white symbolism.
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![]() | The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £2.61 8/10 Better than I expected; interesting insight into contemporary US culture and unique plot/characters.
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![]() | A Lost Lady (Virago Modern Classics) by Willa Cather
Buy used from: £0.01 6/10 Not exactly riveting but neither is that the point. Beautiful imagery.
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![]() | The Understudy by David Nicholls
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £0.01 5/10 Really enjoyed Starter for Ten by this author but this was not as good. An average read - enjoyable, but predictable.
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![]() | Black Seconds by Karin Fossum
Buy new: £4.89 / Used from: £0.01 5.5/10 Would read another book by Fossum. Enjoyed the first half immensely but unfortunately the 'twist' is very obvious from early on in the novel.
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![]() | Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
Buy new: £5.52 / Used from: £0.79 9.5/10 This book stays with you after you've read it. Interesting, relatable and flawed protagonist. Fascinating dissection of class. Loved this book.
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![]() | The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Buy new: £3.95 / Used from: £1.50 7.5/10 World War II book from the perspective of an Ayran German girl and narrated by death. Unusual and touching.
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![]() | Past Imperfect by Julian Fellowes
Buy new: £3.59 / Used from: £0.01 |
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