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Comments Off on The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road by Cormac McCarthy


2007
01.15

“Bleak, stark and very atmospheric. Post apocalyptic, this is almost poetic, McCarthy writes in a unique way, how he uses less words than most authors and get so much more.
This is not for the depressed. A Father and Son travel towards what they hope will be warmth, sunlight and food, survival.
This has all the sentiment stripped away, leaving grim and harrowing reading. One I won’t forget in a hurry.

Score 8.5/10

Date read January 2007

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A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks


2006
12.10

“Describe as ‘Deeply moving, beautifully written and extremely romantic’ phew and it delivers.
Liked it and wondered at the end.

Score 7/10

Date read November 2006

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The New Policeman by Kate Thompson


2006
11.29

“I listened to this delightful audiobook and loved it.
Full of mystery, myths and music. Ireland and presumably the world is split in two, our world and fairy world. Time is being lost from our world and added to fairy world, this needs fixing. The author won The Whitbread for this. Each chapter begins with some Irish music which she and her band play, lovely.

Score 8.5/10

Date read November 2006

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Love you to Death by Meg Cabot


2006
09.01

“Highly entertaining but not deep and meaningful.
Jesse the Cowboy is a ghost and lives in Suzy Simon’s bedroom. Needless to say she has trouble fitting in with her new class mates.
Found out that Simon when translated from Hebrew means ‘intense listener’

Score 7/10

Date read September 2006

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