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The Ruins by Scott Smith


2008
04.07

A group of American youngsters are having a fun gap year in Cancun.
They decide to search for their friends brother and this takes them to a remote hill where they are forced to stay once entering by the violent locals.
You guessed it, the man eating vines get them one by one. It’ll make a better film.

Score 3/10

Date read April 2008

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Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris


2008
04.07

Our newest read in the book group, jeez we need to pick better books.
Life in an advertising agency in Chicago and billed as very funny, but actually very dull.
I should have given up after 50 pages. Our group gave it an average of 3.5 too

Score 3.5/10

Date read April 2008

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Equinox by Michael White


2007
11.05

“Far fetched British thriller covering apothecary and pagan rituals.
He ties Isaac Newton into the plot and suggests that Newton was madly connecting the Planets by murdering victim will provide eternal life.
I’d say Enid Blyton meets Scooby Doo

Score 3/10

Date read November 2007

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The Secret by Rhonda Byrne


2007
08.01

This book has been sweeping the world, based on the power of positive thinking, this is her spin on it, except she calls it The Law of Attraction. So send positive vibes into the universe and you will be granted your wishes. Load of rubbish.

Score 3/10

Date read August 2007

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