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Cry silent tears by Joe Peters
Alex rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Cry silent tears by Joe Peters
Cry silent tears
by Joe Peters
read in June, 2013
A quick disturbing dark read that was hard to put down even though it was very horrifying. Hard to know what to give this book rating wise, the ending felt a bit abrupt and it would have been nice to read a bit more about this life in London. Hard to...more
Alex rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay (Goodreads Author)
read in June, 2013
Wow! I wasn't expecting this book to be as good as it was. Very powerful and very sad but a real page turner. The first half switched between stories in 1942 and 2002 before 2002 took over in the second half. The 1942 story was definitely the more in...more
Alex rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Patriot Games by Tom Clancy
After 4 months I have finally finished this book. Typical Clancy, slow in the middle but a great action packed ending although the dialogue was really corny and a lot of the non-action parts felt a bit over the top.
Alex rated a book 5 of 5 stars
Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
Another brilliant addition to the First Law saga. The book jumped between 3 stories (The West Quest, The Northern Battle and The Southern Defence). I preferred the North and South stories compared to The Quest. The characters of Glokta and Dogman rea...more
Alex voted on a poll in the group Fantasy Book Club
Runoff poll for #2 July book.

He voted for: The Ten Thousand
Alex rated a book 3 of 5 stars
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
read in May, 2013
Decent world and story but it never really grabbed my attention.
Alex wants to read
Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
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2013 Reading Challenge
Alex
Alex has read 15 books toward his goal of 50 books.
 
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correct:
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skipped:
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