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1LittleWish
Hi all,
It's good to be back on librarything and back into reading. I have been too busy lately for both due to a promotion and college work etc.
I have set myself the challenge of 50 books this year, as i am three months already into the year and last year i didn't quite make 75 :-/
Books read so far this year:
1. Bones of Betrayal by Jefferson Bass
2. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Worry by Theresa Francis-cheung
5. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
It's good to be back on librarything and back into reading. I have been too busy lately for both due to a promotion and college work etc.
I have set myself the challenge of 50 books this year, as i am three months already into the year and last year i didn't quite make 75 :-/
Books read so far this year:
1. Bones of Betrayal by Jefferson Bass
2. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Worry by Theresa Francis-cheung
5. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
2LittleWish
1. Bones of Betrayal by Jefferson Bass
Blurb: Dr Bill Brockton has just received an urgent call from the nearby town of Oak ridge, home of the A-bomb in World war 2.
With his graduate assistant Miranda Lovelady, Brockton rushes to the scene, where they find a body frozen facedown in a swimming pool. The victim is Dr Leonard Novak, the designer of a plutonium reactor integral to the bomb. But when they carry out an autopsy, they discover he died of a searing dose of radiation. And everyone in the room is now in grave danger...
A second body is discovered and the race to find the truth itensifies. As Brockton digs deeper, he uncovers a mystery that is far darker and more complex than he could ever have imagined. Will he discover the truth before more people die? Just how far back does he need to look to find the truth?
Star Rating: 5 stars / 5 stars - Book was brilliant, the muderers was the people you would least expect, book had a great ending.
Blurb: Dr Bill Brockton has just received an urgent call from the nearby town of Oak ridge, home of the A-bomb in World war 2.
With his graduate assistant Miranda Lovelady, Brockton rushes to the scene, where they find a body frozen facedown in a swimming pool. The victim is Dr Leonard Novak, the designer of a plutonium reactor integral to the bomb. But when they carry out an autopsy, they discover he died of a searing dose of radiation. And everyone in the room is now in grave danger...
A second body is discovered and the race to find the truth itensifies. As Brockton digs deeper, he uncovers a mystery that is far darker and more complex than he could ever have imagined. Will he discover the truth before more people die? Just how far back does he need to look to find the truth?
Star Rating: 5 stars / 5 stars - Book was brilliant, the muderers was the people you would least expect, book had a great ending.
3LittleWish
2. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Shamefully i have yet to read this book, which has been sitting sadly in amongst lots of books on my TBR pile, but my boyfriend has pushed me to read it now.
Blurb:Harvard Professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been brutally mudered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci - and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vaults of history.
Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, a stunning historic truth will be lost forever...
Rating: 5 / 5 stars - this book was much better than i expected. I am now officially a fan of Dan Brown, this book was just great. Can't wait to read his others.
Shamefully i have yet to read this book, which has been sitting sadly in amongst lots of books on my TBR pile, but my boyfriend has pushed me to read it now.
Blurb:Harvard Professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been brutally mudered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci - and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vaults of history.
Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, a stunning historic truth will be lost forever...
Rating: 5 / 5 stars - this book was much better than i expected. I am now officially a fan of Dan Brown, this book was just great. Can't wait to read his others.
4LittleWish
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Blurb: 12 year old Amir is desperate to gain the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting tournament, to prove that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him - for he always helps Amir - but this is 1970s Afghanistan and Hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although Amir feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his father's heart. But neither of the boys could forsee what would happen to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return, to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
Rating: 4.5 / 5 stars - this was a really good read and could have taken me just a couple of days if i hadn't been ill. However there were some accounts i found hard to stomach like the abuse received from Assef and had to book down at those moments.
Blurb: 12 year old Amir is desperate to gain the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting tournament, to prove that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him - for he always helps Amir - but this is 1970s Afghanistan and Hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although Amir feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his father's heart. But neither of the boys could forsee what would happen to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return, to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
Rating: 4.5 / 5 stars - this was a really good read and could have taken me just a couple of days if i hadn't been ill. However there were some accounts i found hard to stomach like the abuse received from Assef and had to book down at those moments.
5LittleWish
Hey all,
I have been a bit ill these last few days with a viral infection so haven't been on librarything or have done much reading but im starting to get better now so will try to catch up.
xx
I have been a bit ill these last few days with a viral infection so haven't been on librarything or have done much reading but im starting to get better now so will try to catch up.
xx
7LittleWish
thank you tjblue, i feel alot better now just still have a bit of a cough :-)
8LittleWish
4. Currently reading: Worry by Theresa Francis-Cheung
This book is written by a seasonal worrier and explains why we worry, the types of worriers, the affect of worrying too little and too much and how to worry effectively. Its a good read, and i recommend it for anyone who has anxiety or worrys too much.
Rating: 4/5 stars
This book is written by a seasonal worrier and explains why we worry, the types of worriers, the affect of worrying too little and too much and how to worry effectively. Its a good read, and i recommend it for anyone who has anxiety or worrys too much.
Rating: 4/5 stars
9LittleWish
5. Currently reading Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Rating: 4.5 / 5 stars
Really enjoyed this Dan Brown book and thanks to the beautiful sunshine i was able to finish it as otherwise i would be stuck indoors studying lol
Rating: 4.5 / 5 stars
Really enjoyed this Dan Brown book and thanks to the beautiful sunshine i was able to finish it as otherwise i would be stuck indoors studying lol
