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“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
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Daphne du Maurier
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I am always very open-minded about the books I read but this one just didn’t comply with what it said on the tin for me and proved to be a disappointment all the way. On the premise that this was meant to be bloody damn good read (if a plethora of re...more |
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| This autobiography and memoir is a difficult one to review particularly because at times I found myself liking and disliking it in varying measures. Notice I didn’t say loving and loathing it here – it’s very much middle ground hence the three star r...more | |
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As a practising (and political) secondary school teacher within the UK, this had to be a book for me to read as soon as I saw it languishing in the ‘clearance’ section of a local WH Smith for a mere couple of quid. The first hundred pages or so certai...more |
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This book proved to be an enjoyable and quick autobiography/memoir to read. The world of politics has always fascinated me and, as I was born in Britain in 1974, the governmental reign of Margaret Thatcher formed the social background of most of my ch...more |
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| I must say, first and foremost, that I loved this book and, as a reader and lover of contemporary fiction, this book played straight into my hands. I know that many a reviewer on here has compared the book to Sebastian Faulks ‘A Week in December’ (a...more | |
“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
― Daphne du Maurier
― Daphne du Maurier
“Surely only boring people went in for conversations consisting of questions and answers. The art of true conversation consisted in the play of minds.”
― Ved Mehta, All for Love
― Ved Mehta, All for Love
“In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.”
― John Grisham
― John Grisham
“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”
― George S. Patton Jr.
― George S. Patton Jr.
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