Cat@juggling act of life! Congratulations!
You are now the proud owner of a copy of Room by Emma Donaghue.
The best thing about not using random.org is that I get to write everyone’s name on a small piece of paper and pop it in a hat and pick a winner:-)
Cat, please comment at the bottom with your email address so I can get the book up to asap. And the only thing you need to do, is write a review for us once you have read the book. We would love to hear what you thought of it!
So, how many of you have read Room by Emma Donaghue?
I read it over the festive season after hearing word of mouth rave reviews from all most all my bookish friends. I decided to buy it and read it and see what on earth it was all about, because if you haven’t read it, and someone has told you about it, I’m sure you realised that they haven’t told you too much about the actual story… Am I correct?
Well, I’m about to tell you the same thing, its a VGB (Very Good Book) but I can’t tell you the story line.
What I can tell you is that I have one copy to giveaway for one lucky reader!
Yip, just one, so get those fingers talking and leave a comment telling me what you think the story is about, and for those of you who have read it, no telling and spoiling the suspense, k?!
The giveaway is open until the 25th Jan 2011, that gives you a week, and its open to South African residents only. I will randomly choose a winner by putting all your names into a hat and pulling out one name.
so, get commenting…
P.S. if you don’t win a copy, you can click on the picture and it takes you straight to Kalahari to purchase a copy if you do so wish.
I vaguely remember seeing this book at Exclusive Books, and then I found it last week at the library and seeing as though I am a fan of chick lit books it headed home with me.
Saturday afternoon rolled around and with my daughter sleeping I had some spare time and decided to read, but, (and if you read my last post you will know) I am reading Cloud Atlas at the moment – a new to me author- and it was a at a rather hairy part of just being a little difficult to read and I really didn’t feel like concentrating on a different time dialect. So, I picked this up for some light relief.
And I loved it! The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen is magical. Light and fluffy but with a little bit of substance, pretty much like a freshly baked chocolate brownie;-)
This novel is about friendship, love, what we do to not love and the possibilities of a new day. There is a small twist at the end, which one does suspect closer to the end of the book but if you are a very perceptive reader, you could pick it up earlier and just adds to the magical dimension of this story. Not too much that it doesn’t feel real though.
I read it in about 3/4 a day (luckily the man was on hand to play football with the little one…) and if you are looking for something easy to read but that definitely has a feel good vibe, read this:-)
I had never read anything by Margaret George until this book and I have to say, I am seriously impressed.
I found this book while I was out searching for something to read at a nearby booksale (three for R100 and this was one of them) and I loved it.
Margaret takes the myth of Helen and weaves it into a story of love, war, passion and forgiveness. It is a stunning novel and I am amazed at how anyone could write anything like it!
We experience young Helen’s discovery of her divine origin and terrifying beauty, all told in her own voice. She remains shielded from the eyes of strangers until she is of marriageable age and then at only 15 kings and princes compete for her hand in marriage. She weds Menelaus and settles into a life of apparent contentment and bears him a daughter. But when she sets eyes on Paris from Troy, she realises the passion and love that has been missing in her own marriage and they elope to Troy. The rest of the novel is how the Trojan War began and how it ended.
It is a beautiful novel and if you are interested in historical novels, I urge you to read this.
(and if any of you, have read it, let me know what you thought!)
I was aiming to read 50 books this year, which may or may not sound like a lot to you, but alas I didn’t make it. I did manage to read 45 (or to be completely honest, am 3/4 way through book no 45*) but will most likely be finished by tomorrow so I’m counting it in.
I failed miserably at doing any of the challenges that I planned to, I only managed to read one book from the GLBT challenge and I still have other books on my list which are sitting in my bookshelf awaiting my eyes to peruse them.
What I did learn about myself, is that I am not a List reader. I need to go searching for something which tickles my fancy at a particular time and then read it, which doesn’t work so well for challenges, but I may aim to try it again sometime. Another thing which I have learnt over the last year reading wise, is that sometimes I am just not in the mood to read, whoever would of thought I would utter such words, but it’s true. Between work and toddler play, life gets busy and at bedtime, I can barely keep my eyes open to read a page, never mind a chapter but my holiday has rectified that for now at least.
So, without further ado, I give to you my list of books I read this year. Not all of them have reviews.
Hmm, looking at this lists, I realise, I will need to do more reviews on my reading!
Here’s to a great book year, leave a comment, and let me know where you book at, love checking out new book blogs:-)
