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Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant (book review)

Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant

Come, Thou Tortoise is a heart-warming book with really lovable characters. There was subtle humour with a quiet yet engaging plot. Audrey is brilliant, quaint, silly, admirable, and really just honest-to-goodness good. The book jacket blurb doesn’t do the novel justice and some things I quite disagree with (such as the term”IQ-challenged”). I picked up the book after all the great reviews I read. A delightfully offbeat story that features an opinionated tortoise and an IQ-challenged narrator who find themselves in the middle of a life-changing mystery. Audrey (a.k.a. Oddly) Flowers is living quietly in Oregon with Winnifred, her tortoise, Continue Reading »

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (book review)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

I’ve been meaning to read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon for a few years because I’ve heard extraordinary things about it. It came out in 2003, was a #1 international bestseller, and received numerous book awards. The book is covered in review quotes of praise: dazzling, brilliant, original, addictive, inspiring, captivating, moving… etc. Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead Continue Reading »

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Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (book review)

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

I was really looking forward to reading Audrey Niffenegger’s latest book, Her Fearful Symmetry, and I’m happy to say it did not disappoint. I am a huge fan of The Time Traveller’s Wife (my review here) and really enjoy Niffenegger’s style and voice. Her Fearful Symmetry is a heart-wrenching, curious, odd, and compelling story; it had me reading past my (recommended) bedtime several nights in a row. Her Fearful Symmetry had me crying from the beginning when Elspeth passes away (no spoilers). She leaves all her personal papers to her partner Robert, and the rest to her estranged-twin-sister’s twin girls. Continue Reading »

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