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Allegiant by Veronica Roth

April 3, 2014 Leave a Comment

Allegiant by Veronica Roth ~Goodreads~

Published by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2013

Paperback 544 pages ~The Book Depository~

*Warning this review does contain spoilers.

SYNOPSIS

The final installment of Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy, Allegiant. The faction based community Tris believed in has now been shattered by violence and the desire for power with devastating consequences of loss and betrayal. Now she is offered the chance to go beyond the fence into a world where herself and Tobias will perhaps live a new simple life, free of lies, confused loyalties and horrific memories.

Tris and Tobias’ new reality is even more concerning than what the world was that she had left behind her, new truths unfold and once again the constant fight to understand the complexities of life while facing decisions on whether courage, love and sacrifice.

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Insurgent by Veronica Roth

March 17, 2014 Leave a Comment

Insurgent by Veronica Roth ~Goodreads~

Published by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2012

Paperback 288 pages ~The Book Depository~

SYNOPSIS

Part two of the ‘Divergent’ trilogy. Instead of Tris celebrating her initiation day, it ended with shocking indescribable terror. War is now looming over the factions and their ideologies grow. Sides must be chosen like any war, secrets will unfold and difficult choices are to be made. Tris must finally accept her Divergence, even if it means she may lose people along the way…

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Divergent by Veronica Roth

March 17, 2014 Leave a Comment

Divergent by Veronica Roth ~Goodreads~

Published by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2012

Paperback 496 pages ~Book Depository~

SYNOPSIS

Set in a future image of Chicago where a 16 year old girl called Beatrice is living in a world where society is split up into five factions where each of them are dedicated tot he cultivation of a set virtue. One day every year, all sixteen year old’s have the burden of selecting one of these factions to which they will devote the rest of their lives to. Beatrice makes a decision that surprises herself and her family.

Renaming herself as Tris and with her fellow initiates, have to undergo physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations with devastating consequences that determine whether they are cut out for their chosen faction. If they are not, they are cast aside and become factionless.

Tris has the struggle of determining who her real friends are and an unexpected romance blossoms between herself and a initiate trainer named Four who holds a secret, like him Tris also is hiding something from everyone around her. She has been warned several times that revealing this secret could cost her her life…

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The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

March 7, 2014 Leave a Comment

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion ~Goodreads~

Published by Penguin Books Ltd

Paperback 352 pages ~Book Depository~

SYNOPSIS

The Rosie Project is narrated by Don Tillman a surprisingly carming but socially challenged genetics professor who is on a quest to find out if he is capable of true love, namely the ‘Wife Project’

He conducts a questionnaire where he asks various important questions, she will be punctual and logical- definitely not a smoker, drinker, later-arriver or barmaid.

Coincidentally, Rosie Jarman comes under all of these things. She’s intelligent, fiery and also working on a project of her own, finding her biological father.

Don’s Wife Project is put aside and Rosie’s ‘Father Project’ commences and an unlikely relationship develops, throwing together a scientifically minded professor with a spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie.

This story reveal that love isn’t always what looks good on paper.

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

March 1, 2014 Comments : 2

Narrated by death and set in Nazi Germany, during a time where the narrator states he was very busy. It tells the story of a young girl, Liesel and her relationship with her foster parents, the residents of her neighbourhood and also a young Jewish man who hides in her basement during the escalation of World War II.

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Introduction to Emma’s Bookery

January 2, 2014 Leave a Comment

Hello everyone I’m Emma, and I have created this blog as a place where I can share with others my love for books.

I’ve always thought about writing book reviews but it was only until the start of 2014 that I decided to write them up, and file them away on a blog where I can share them with other book lovers. No doubt they will be incredibly amateurish, but I guess my writing will improve as I read other reviews myself and hopefully develop my own style. Not only do I want this blog to be a place where I can write my review to share with others, but I hope it becomes a way of encouraging more people to read. These days it seems that we’re glued to our phones and tablets, and I find it incredibly sad when I see children following in our footsteps and not even picking up a book. Books give me so much joy, and I think that’s the message I want to put across with this blog.