BOOK REVIEWThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (2003)by Mark Haddon2003 Whitbread Book of the YearThis has been lying in my drafts for like six months, so ima get round to publishing it.This book is excellent. It’s written from the perspective of a young boy with Asberger’s Syndrome. It’s very original, funny, sad and deep but yet easy to read. So you should read it.There, done.

BOOK REVIEW
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (2003)
by Mark Haddon
2003 Whitbread Book of the Year

This has been lying in my drafts for like six months, so ima get round to publishing it.

This book is excellent. It’s written from the perspective of a young boy with Asberger’s Syndrome. It’s very original, funny, sad and deep but yet easy to read. So you should read it.

There, done.

Just started reading this book and it’s looking really good so far, very impressed. Nice to get the awesome emotional writing of Stephenie Meyer without the downside of the annoying Edward Cullen fans ruining the experience. - - -“Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading ‘soul’ who has been given Melanie’s body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn’t expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Melanie fills Wanderer’s thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves – Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body’s desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she’s never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.” - Back of cover

Just started reading this book and it’s looking really good so far, very impressed. Nice to get the awesome emotional writing of Stephenie Meyer without the downside of the annoying Edward Cullen fans ruining the experience.
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“Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.

Wanderer, the invading ‘soul’ who has been given Melanie’s body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn’t expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

Melanie fills Wanderer’s thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves – Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body’s desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she’s never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.”

- Back of cover

BOOK REVIEWMaking Money (2007)by Terry PratchettCorgi Books (paperback)Ah, my very favourite author! And even though this novel contains neither of my two favourite characters of his, Rincewind and Death, I still found it to be one of his best ones I’ve read so far. Perhaps it’s because I’m a bit older and cleverer, because with Pratchett I always feel as if I’m barely clever enough to fully appreciate the brilliance of his work.Now, the average Ankh-Morporkian may sure have experienced a lot, but when Moist Von Lipwig suddenly finds himself appointed responsible for the city’s most important bank, the inhabitants of the largest city on the Disc are about to get their definition of true worth reconsidered. Because where, really, lies the worth in gold? What makes it so valuable if not the agreement that it is, in fact, valuable? And if that is true, what would happen if we could all agree the worth of something else, say… paper money?Like always, Pratchett gives us wonderful characters, a well functioning plot and many thought-provoking issues confronted in a humorous way. I just can’t stop marking passages with pencil so I can quote them later. It’s truly amazing how one author can have such an insight into so many subjects as to write about these complex works of society and mass psychology. Brilliant, funny and leaves me with a satisfying feeling of “huh… who knew”.

BOOK REVIEW
Making Money (2007)
by Terry Pratchett
Corgi Books (paperback)

Ah, my very favourite author! And even though this novel contains neither of my two favourite characters of his, Rincewind and Death, I still found it to be one of his best ones I’ve read so far. Perhaps it’s because I’m a bit older and cleverer, because with Pratchett I always feel as if I’m barely clever enough to fully appreciate the brilliance of his work.

Now, the average Ankh-Morporkian may sure have experienced a lot, but when Moist Von Lipwig suddenly finds himself appointed responsible for the city’s most important bank, the inhabitants of the largest city on the Disc are about to get their definition of true worth reconsidered. Because where, really, lies the worth in gold? What makes it so valuable if not the agreement that it is, in fact, valuable? And if that is true, what would happen if we could all agree the worth of something else, say… paper money?

Like always, Pratchett gives us wonderful characters, a well functioning plot and many thought-provoking issues confronted in a humorous way. I just can’t stop marking passages with pencil so I can quote them later. It’s truly amazing how one author can have such an insight into so many subjects as to write about these complex works of society and mass psychology. Brilliant, funny and leaves me with a satisfying feeling of “huh… who knew”.

BOOK REVIEWExodus (2002) and Zenith (2007)by Julie BertagnaYoung PicadorI first read Exodus through a youth book club years ago, and since then I’ve always remembered it as one of the most eye-opening, amazing books I’ve ever read. When I out of coincidence spotted Zenith by the same author and realized this was the sequel, I couldn’t buy it fast enough. It didn’t let my expectations down.Exodus begins in the year of 2099 on the small island of Wing. 15 year old Mara has lived here all her life, watching the island get smaller and smaller as the water is rising. Global warming has finally melted almost all of the polar ice and flooded the earth. The sun burns straight through the thin ozon-layer and great storms roam across the seas. The boats who used to be able to reach land can no longer find anywhere to make port and all contact through radio, television and phone has been gone for decades. The entire world seems to have drowned. Mara realizes that if she wants to survive she’ll have to trust blindly in a rumour from long ago: that great cities would be built on pillars above the water, where humans could live. Mara and her people travel south in what boats they have and do, against all odds, find the city New Mungo. But high walls run all the way around the city and fugitives are firmly kept outside. Thousands of people in boats cling on to the walls, desperately trying to get in…The astounding journey begun in Exodus continues in Zenith, a story about survival, courage, hope, love and loss. Both books offer an incredible read, exciting, moving, a bit frightening and very inspiring. The story is sending us a warning but also hope, requesting us to appreciate what we’ve got and take care of it - before it’s too late.I enjoyed Exodus for the first time when I was 11-ish, but that doesn’t mean it is in any way too “childish” to read now, in my late teens. These are books for all ages. I’m patiently waiting for the third book, Aurora.


BOOK REVIEW
Exodus (2002) and Zenith (2007)
by Julie Bertagna
Young Picador

I first read Exodus through a youth book club years ago, and since then I’ve always remembered it as one of the most eye-opening, amazing books I’ve ever read. When I out of coincidence spotted Zenith by the same author and realized this was the sequel, I couldn’t buy it fast enough. It didn’t let my expectations down.

Exodus begins in the year of 2099 on the small island of Wing. 15 year old Mara has lived here all her life, watching the island get smaller and smaller as the water is rising. Global warming has finally melted almost all of the polar ice and flooded the earth. The sun burns straight through the thin ozon-layer and great storms roam across the seas. The boats who used to be able to reach land can no longer find anywhere to make port and all contact through radio, television and phone has been gone for decades. The entire world seems to have drowned. Mara realizes that if she wants to survive she’ll have to trust blindly in a rumour from long ago: that great cities would be built on pillars above the water, where humans could live. Mara and her people travel south in what boats they have and do, against all odds, find the city New Mungo. But high walls run all the way around the city and fugitives are firmly kept outside. Thousands of people in boats cling on to the walls, desperately trying to get in…

The astounding journey begun in Exodus continues in Zenith, a story about survival, courage, hope, love and loss. Both books offer an incredible read, exciting, moving, a bit frightening and very inspiring. The story is sending us a warning but also hope, requesting us to appreciate what we’ve got and take care of it - before it’s too late.

I enjoyed Exodus for the first time when I was 11-ish, but that doesn’t mean it is in any way too “childish” to read now, in my late teens. These are books for all ages.
I’m patiently waiting for the third book, Aurora.

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