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Thoughts: Kipps, by H. G. Wells

Posted on 9 July 2017 by Dove

This is the part of the holiday when I’d run out of books. I downloaded the sample of Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky because I wasn’t sure about reading in French on the Kindle and I didn’t know whether the … Continue reading →

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German Reading Project: Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, chapter 27

Posted on 1 May 2017 by Dove

And here we are, at the end of everything. It’s been a good, four month journey, and I have learned many things that have actually really helped my German along. The last words I liked the most are perhaps apt … Continue reading →

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German Reading Project: Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, chapter 26

Posted on 29 April 2017 by Dove

The penultimate chapter! Ahhhh! Confession: the reason I don’t have much to say is that I just read Bandi’s The Accusation and I’m saving up all my oppressive regime thoughts for the upcoming post. geheimniskrämerisch: secretive (how apt!)

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Thoughts: Kitty Steals the Show, by Carrie Vaughn

Posted on 22 April 2017 by Dove

Yes, it’s that time again. More Kitty! We will make it through. I hope you enjoy me taking worldbuilding too seriously because that’s literally all this is.

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German Reading Project: Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, chapter 23

Posted on 21 April 2017 by Dove

I’m sort of fudging a bit here. I didn’t take Die Tribute on holiday with me because I wouldn’t have had a dictionary without bothering Spuggy every two minutes and it would have been more hassle than it was worth. … Continue reading →

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German Reading Project: Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, Chapters 16, 17 & 18

Posted on 5 April 2017 by Dove

A threefor! Since my phone broke, it’s been harder to distract myself from reading on public transport, and I also noticed that if I finished chapter 18 I could finish off Teil 2 of the book, so I pushed on … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: World Without End, by Ken Follett

Posted on 29 March 2017 by Dove

While I was reading this, I joked far too often that it was Book Without End, hohoho. A spoilertastic one – I want to basically just ramble on about this one.

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Thoughts: Kitty’s House of Horrors, by Carrie Vaughn

Posted on 15 March 2017 by Dove

Fully halfway there now! Spoiler warning as always. More spoilers than usual!

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German Reading Project: Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, Chapters 10 & 11

Posted on 12 March 2017 by Dove

You’re probably sick of me by this point. Oh well! Just want to reiterate what a well-written character Katniss is. Lots of people claim to write flawed characters, especially in YA, but for me, Katniss is the undisputed Flawed Yet … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne

Posted on 5 March 2017 by Dove

This one got bumped shamelessly up my reading list because my beautiful, wonderful, wise sister posted her copy to me <3 Also, I get weirdly nervous about sharing my thoughts on popular books, or books that people I know have … Continue reading →

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