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James’s 2025 Year in Books
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James Vella-Bardon
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St Julians, Malta
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August 2010
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The Devils (The Devils, #1):
"Trust me. There is no one more surprised that I didn’t like The Devils by Joe Abercrombie more than me.
Like I was sure this would be at least a 4-star read, and I spent at least the first 20% of the book thinking this could even be a five-star read. B" Read more of this review » |
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"Rick and Morty ass book (derogatory)
If I had to describe this book in one word, it would be cheap. Cheap action, cheap humor, cheap thrills is about all you're gonna get here. I feel like I was promised something I didn't get, and maybe that's on me," Read more of this review » |
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"My review of The Devils is published at Before We Go Blog.
Joe Abercrombie returns with The Devils, a dark epic fantasy featuring plenty of irreverent and often campy nods to classic horror. The novel takes place in an alternate medieval Europe threat" Read more of this review » |
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Did not finish. Stopped at pg. 166 (the book’s circa 563 pages long). I’m sure many readers will love this story which has already acquired heaps of favourable reviews. It just wasn’t for me. Abercrombie first ‘burst onto the scene’ with ‘The Blade Itse ...more |
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The Power And The Glory is considered by many critics to be Greene's best novel, a glorious zenith achieved by a novelist at the peak of his powers. Once you read it, it’s not hard to understand why. The setting is exotic: a southern Mexican state (Ta ...more |
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Another great tale by Robert Harris. Brilliantly conceived and constructed, I also loved the characters. The originality of the plot is off the charts and the writing style is perfect throughout. You start off thinking that the story is just another m ...more |
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| Really weird book with a disjointed, oddly structured plot. It gets a star for shedding some light on the brutality of the Assad regime and the illegal immigration crisis. However, the characters felt largely wooden, and the story was hard to engage ...more | |
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This book about the Cragg Vale Coiners was first published by a small UK press and went on to secure a number of prestigious UK literary awards. The author’s approach is relatively unconventional, coupled with irreverent and wildly original use of pro ...more |
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“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
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“I was rather literary in college—one year I wrote a series of very solemn and obvious editorials for the 'Yale News.'—and now I was going to bring back all such things into my life and become again that most limited of all specialists, the 'well-rounded man.' This isn’t just an epigram—life is much more successfully looked at from a single window, after all.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
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Mar 13, 2018 11:17PM
Glad we're friends Erin and will look forward to your updates!
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Thanks Argona, I'm looking out for your reviews!
Thanks for the friend request and message, James :)
Hello James, thank you so much for your lovely message and the friend request. I look forward to discovering new books with you.^^
Im very pleased to add you to my friends group, James :)
