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Book #245
Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill
Finished 21st December 2016
400p
Why I read it: I've been hearing the buzz about O'Neill for months now, so although I was planning on reading Asking For It first, when this came up in a Kindle sale I had to have it.
Rating: 4/5
Categories: Dystopian, female, white, Ireland/USA, 2010s, December, new, young adult, standalone, novel, medium, ebook.
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Léamh go Brách, Race to the Finish
Book #246
The Undertaking by Audrey Magee
Finished 24th December 2016
304p
Why I read it: It was shortlisted for the Women's Prize in 2014.
Rating: 2/5 (In fairness I do think a perfect storm of stuff meant that I didn't give this book the shot it deserved. It wasn't the right time, I wasn't in the right mood, it just mightn't have been for me at all, and it just mightn't even be that good a book. I may read it again in the future though, see what I think of it then.)
Categories: Historical, female, white, Ireland/Germany/Australia, 2010s, December, new, adult, standalone, novel, medium, ebook.
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Léamh go Brách, Race to the Finish
Book #247
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
Finished 27th December 2016
340p
Why I read it: It won the Samuel Johnson Prize, and it looked interesting. (OR the Baillie Gifford Prize I suppose I should say now.)
Rating: 4/5
Categories: History/general nonfiction/biography, female, white, USA/South Korea, 2010s, December, new, adult, standalone, nonfiction, medium, ebook.
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Nonfiction, Race to the Finish
Book #248
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Finished 29th December 2016
224p
Why I read it: It's some sort of a classic, and I'm pretty sure I tried to read it years ago and gave up.
Rating: 4/5
Categories: Classic, male, white, Ireland/UK/France, earlier, December, familiar, adult, standalone, novel, short, ebook.
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Léamh go Brách, Race to the Finish
Book #249
Men Explain Things to Me and Other Essays by Rebecca Solnit
Finished 30th December 2016
144p
Why I read it: It came up as a Kindle Daily Deal and I recognised the title essay.
Rating: 4/5
Categories: General nonfiction/criticism?, female, white, USA, 2010s, December, new, adult, standalone, essay collection, short, ebook.
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Nonfiction, Race to the Finish
Book #250
Cirque du Freak (The Saga of Darren Shan #1) by Darren Shan
Finished 31st December 2016
192p
Why I read it: It was in a Kindle Monthly Sale and I'd never read it and wanted to, though I'd seen the film already.
Rating: 3/5
Categories: General/horror, male, white, Ireland, 2000s, December, new, children's, series, novel, short, ebook.
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Léamh go Brách, Race to the Finish
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Cirque Du Freak (other topics)Men Explain Things to Me: And Other Essays (other topics)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (other topics)
Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea (other topics)
The Undertaking (other topics)
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Book #244
One by Sarah Crossan
Finished 18th December 2016
448p
Why I read it: It was in a Kindle Daily Deal just before it won the Carnegie Medal, and it sounded interesting.
Rating: 4/5
Categories: General, female, white, Ireland/UK/USA, 2010s, December, new, young adult, standalone (view spoiler)[(hahaha, funny :/) (hide spoiler)], free verse novel, medium, ebook.
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Léamh go Brách, Race to the Finish