A book club where you don’t have to finish a prescribed book in a set amount of time. A place where you can read at your own pace, surrounded by like-minded people. Everyone loves books, and everyone enjoys reading alongside fellow book lovers. Sign me up! Welcome to The Silent Book Club. I came acrossContinue reading “The Silent Book Club Cape Town North”
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Reasons to stay alive – Matt Haig
How do you rate a memoir or biography? Is it even fair to rate one? These are the questions that keeps me awake at night. I rated this memoir. I liked it, but not as much as I thought. It was a 4-star for me. Read more about my rating system here. There’s nothing particularlyContinue reading “Reasons to stay alive – Matt Haig”
A Court of Mist and Fury #2
Synopsis Feyre survived Amarantha’s clutches to return to the Spring Court–but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can’t forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin’s people. Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the fearedContinue reading “A Court of Mist and Fury #2”
Olive
Synopsis OLIVE is many things. Independent.Adrift.Anxious.Loyal.Kind.She knows her own mind. And it’s ok that she’s still figuring it all out, navigating her world without a compass. But life comes with expectations, there are choices to be made and – sometimes – stereotypes to fulfil. So when her best friends’ lives branch away towards marriage and motherhood,Continue reading “Olive”
A Court of Thorns and Roses #1
Warning – May contain Spoilers. Synopsis When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruledContinue reading “A Court of Thorns and Roses #1”
The Book of Two Ways
Synopsis Everything changes in a single moment for Dawn Edelstein. She’s on a plane when the flight attendant makes an announcement: prepare for a crash landing. She braces herself as thoughts flash through her mind. The shocking thing is, the thoughts are not of her husband, but a man she last saw fifteen years ago:Continue reading “The Book of Two Ways”
How to Stop Time
Synopsis HOW MANY LIFETIMES DOES IT TAKE TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE? Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old history teacher, but he’s been alive for centuries. From Elizabethan England to Jazz-Age Paris, from New York to the South Seas, Tom has seen it all. As long as heContinue reading “How to Stop Time”
My Rating System
Book reviews are very subjective. It is the readers opinion. You might agree with me or not. That is okay. I use a 5 star rating system. 5 Stars – This book is amazing! I couldn’t get enough of it, and it’s gonna stay in my head for quite some time. The characters were likable,Continue reading “My Rating System”
Gone Girl
Synopsis On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about theContinue reading “Gone Girl”
The Book Thief
Synopsis HERE IS A SMALL FACT – YOU ARE GOING TO DIE 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her storyContinue reading “The Book Thief”
The Travellingmind 