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Christine Blachford has
completed her goal of reading 50 books for the 2012 Reading Challenge!
Christine Blachford
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That'll be the Day : 365 F1 Stories (Part 1)
— published 2011 |
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That'll Be the Day: 365 F1 Stories (Part II)
— published 2011 |
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Between the Lines
— published 2011 |
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Pocket F1 Handbook: Guide to the 2013 F1 Season
— published 2013 |
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Pocket F1 Handbook: Guide to the 2012 F1 Season
— published 2012 |
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Christine Blachford
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| There are quite a few teenage/young adult books that are on the Big Read list, and normally I indulge in them like a guilty pleasure. This one seemed a little less interesting to me than some of the others. It had all the traditional stuff – parental...more | |
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| I really enjoyed this one. It was confusing to start with, flipping between three points of view, although gradually I realised there was symbol at the top of each chapter that helped you figure out which character was sharing their point of view. Gr...more | |
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Christine Blachford
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| Picked this one up in a Humble Bundle and although it got off to a really slow start, the first few chapters were so intriguing that I had to keep reading. It gradually picked up the pace and ended up being a pretty good page turner. Showing off the...more | |
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Christine Blachford
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| I’ve been trying to read this one for ages, little bits here and there, and I finally knuckled down and gave it a good go. I got nearly halfway through before I had to admit defeat. I just couldn’t follow any of it. I don’t mind the stream-of-conscio...more | |
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Christine Blachford
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| Another book that is the first in a series of crime novels, but this one is a little bit different. Set in what appears to be the flapping 1920s, Phryne Fisher (a terrible name, I must say) heads to Australia and becomes a private investigator. She’s...more | |
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Christine Blachford
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| I have a love/hate relationship with Charles Dickens, but this one was a book I loved. It was different in style to many of the Dickens books I have read so far, much more concise, far less of a sprawling work. The story was interesting, and although...more | |
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Christine Blachford
rated a book 3 of 5 stars
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| This is an interesting read, a sort of guidebook to the concept of running a marathon. Written by Richard Nerurkar, it takes you through the very basics of why you might want to run a marathon, through some training schedules, preparing for the race,...more | |
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Christine Blachford
rated a book 4 of 5 stars
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| Having devoured this very quickly and enjoyed almost every word of it, I can't quite understand why I haven't read it before. It's short and fabulously well-written, and the tension can be felt from start to finish. I really liked the first half, wit...more | |




















