Aug 2015 – Page 2 – Inked Brownies

I Want to Get Married!: One Wannabe Bride’s Misadventures with Handsome Houdinis, Technicolor Grooms, Morality Police, and Other Mr. Not-Quite-Rights by Ghada Abdel Aal

Ik wil trouwen! by Ghada Abdel Aal My rating: 3 of 5 stars 3.5 stars based on my level of enjoyment. Ghada’s sense of humour is either something you appreciate or find [...]

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Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy

Ugh. If I had to mention everything about this book that sucked, this would be a long ass review. Just a few things: 1. It was one giant dialogue. Maybe 2% was spent on [...]

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The Eight by Katherine Neville

This book started out nicely and, as the back flap promised, I couldn’t put it down. However, the middle part of the book (about 300 pages long) was absolute rubbish. [...]

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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Rode rozen en tortilla’s by Laura Esquivel My rating: 2 of 5 stars 2.5 stars It was an entertainable read, but I just don’t think that this type of magic realism [...]

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The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1) by Graeme Simsion

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion My rating: 3 of 5 stars Ten pages in and chuckling several times per page, I thought I was going to end up with giving this book 4 – [...]

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Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt My rating: 4 of 5 stars Innocence was never this hilarious I really enjoyed reading this book. It was like a part of some review on the [...]

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Aku-Aku: the Secret of Easter Island by Thor Heyerdahl

Aku-Aku: The Secret of Easter Island by Thor Heyerdahl My rating: 4 of 5 stars From the critically acclaimed author of Kon Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl presents Aku-Aku, the Secret [...]

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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy #1) by Deborah Harkness

My rating: 1 of 5 stars 1.5 stars The author seems like a very intelligent woman and the ideas in itself are nice (Darwin’s evolution theory explaining vampires is very [...]

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The Fall of Atlantis (The Fall of Atlantis #1-2) by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Fall of Atlantis by Marion Zimmer Bradley My rating: 2 of 5 stars A wounded Atlantean prince…a deadly battle between Dark and Light…and the sisters Deoris and [...]

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The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower #3) by Stephen King

The Waste Lands by Stephen King My rating: 3 of 5 stars After browsing through the comments here before starting to read this book, which ALWAYS turns out to be a bad idea so [...]

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