April 26, 2014 - Written by: Emma Farley
After owning the book for over a decade, I finally read The Diary of Anne Frank in its entirety. I had picked it up and put it back down a couple of times before, getting to the point where Anne and her family moved into the Annexe, and I'm ashamed to say it took me until the age of 26 to finally read it all. In fact, it was only after reading this, that I discovered that Anne died from typhus in a concentration camp, just two weeks before the British troops arrived. That is unbelievably tragic.
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November 26, 2013 - Written by: Emma Farley
The Time Traveler’s Wife is many things: a brilliant debut novel, a modern classic, a romance, a fantasy, a sob-fest, a book which has been adapted into a mediocre film… Whatever you think about it, one thing is for damn certain; it gets people talking. At a very basic level, it does what it says on the tin: it’s a book... Read the rest of this post...
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October 29, 2013 - Written by: Emma Farley
Welcome to the first official Book Club post! Over the last month we’ve been encouraging you to read the Jane Austen classic Sense and Sensibility and share your thoughts with us. I’ve been going through a bit of a classics phase lately, particularly focusing on the Brontes and Austen, and your vote for S&S gave me the perfect excuse to... Read the rest of this post...
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September 24, 2013 - Written by: Emma Farley
I’m something of a bookworm. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a big reader. I know, I’m a film buff, too, so I can’t have much of a social life, right? Well, no, but that’s not the point of this post! I guess I always loved losing myself in fantasy worlds. My parents bought me a lot... Read the rest of this post...
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