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Clear Off Your Shelves Challenge Wrap-up
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 3 days ago
Clear Off Your Shelves Challenge Wrap-up
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — This one was the perfect prelude to my book-buying ban, designed as it was to read books... from your shelves! The idea was to make sure a certain percentage of your reads came from your shelves. I set myself a target of 33.33%, which I managed to exceed! End of Challenge Rate: 38.46%  ... (more) Clear Off Your Shelves Challenge Wrap-up
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OMG! What Have I Done?
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 4 days ago
OMG! What Have I Done?
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — A few weeks ago I announced that I was going to put myself on a book-acquiring ban.... Well it was with a slight shock yesterday that I realised that it was upon me. December the first is here! You can check out the full rules here, but simply put, for the next three months, I can only bring in ... (more) OMG! What Have I Done?
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Weekly Geeks: 2009 #43 | Top Ten books published in 2009.
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 5 days ago
Weekly Geeks: 2009 #43 | Top Ten books published in 2009.
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — Running a little late, but the current weekly geeks is canvassing the blogosphere for the top ten... books published in 2009 . This is a guest post by Jackie of Literary Escapism who has graciously offered to organize the Book Blogger Top 10 again this year. For the second year in a row, ... (more) Weekly Geeks: 2009 #43 | Top Ten books published in 2009.

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Review: Just in Case by Meg Rosoff
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 10 days ago
Review: Just in Case by Meg Rosoff
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — When fifteen-year-old David Case stops his baby brother from falling out of his bedroom window, he has... little idea how much it is going to effect his life for the next few months. He starts to fixate on fate, and soon comes to believe, it has it in for him (and he may well be right). He ... (more) Review: Just in Case by Meg Rosoff

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Review: At the Edge of Light by Maria Peura, translated by David Hackston
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 14 days ago
Review: At the Edge of Light by Maria Peura, translated by David Hackston
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — While reflecting on the type of house in the area in which she lives our narrator, Kristina,... also reveals a lot about the pervading feeling about this book. “…built the traditional way, logs spaced slightly apart to let the air in. Happiness trickled away easily between the logs” Set in a ... (more) Review: At the Edge of Light by Maria Peura, translated ...
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Top Ten: Twilight Characters
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 16 days ago
Top Ten: Twilight Characters
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — Okay, this one should be fun… *Installs flaming barrier* My top ten Harry Potter & Discworld characters... posts, went down well, and a lot of fun was had debating the choices. So I thought with the release of the 2nd Twilight film (New Moon for those living under a rock) I’d ... (more) Top Ten: Twilight Characters

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Blue Noon Midnighters #3 by Scott Westerfeld
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 16 days ago
Blue Noon Midnighters #3 by Scott Westerfeld
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — See my reviews of books 1 and 2 . Just a warning, as this is the final... book in the trilogy, there will inevitably be some spoilers, just so you know. After the events of the previous book, the five Midnighters are licking their wounds, their bonds of friendship stretched – if not ... (more) Blue Noon Midnighters #3 by Scott Westerfeld

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TwentyTen Challenge
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 18 days ago
TwentyTen Challenge
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk —   Well I talked about it a couple of months ago , and I thought it was... about time to open the sign-ups. Of course, back then it was going to be the first ever challenge I hosted  but of course I’m also hosting the YA Dystopian Challenge as well, (which finishes in December).  ... (more) TwentyTen Challenge
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Sunday Catch-Up
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 20 days ago
Sunday Catch-Up
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — I’ve managed to actually post a fair bit this week, so here’s what you might have missed.... Articles A Necessary Step Weekly Geeks: Bookish Podcasts Sunday Salon: Preparing for the Ban Reviews: Fables #1 Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham The Magicians by Lev Grossman  ... (more) Sunday Catch-Up

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Virtual Advent Tour Sign Ups are Go!
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 21 days ago
Virtual Advent Tour Sign Ups are Go!
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — The 2009 Virtual Advent Tour website , went live earlier this morning, and you can sign-up to... take part, right now ! Each day anyone who wants to participate takes turns sharing a treat with our friends here in blogland. For example it could be something about your family traditions, ... (more) Virtual Advent Tour Sign Ups are Go!
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The Sunday Salon: Preparing for the Ban?
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 21 days ago
The Sunday Salon: Preparing for the Ban?
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — With my decision to instigate a book buying ban starting in December I really should be focus... on reading my remaining library books I have out on loan, so I can concentrate on have a real go at reducing my TBR pile over the following three months. But, I’m probably going to spend most ... (more) The Sunday Salon: Preparing for the Ban?
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Review: Kiss of Death by Marcus Sedgwick
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 21 days ago
Review: Kiss of Death by Marcus Sedgwick
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — The Kiss of Death is the companion/follow-up vampire novel to My Swordhand is Singing . If you... haven’t read the first novel then whilst doing so, will help you enjoy this one even more, but The Kiss of Death works perfectly well as a standalone as well, so doing doing so is not necessary.  ... (more) Review: Kiss of Death by Marcus Sedgwick
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Weekly Geeks 2009 #42: Bookish Podcasts
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 21 days ago
Weekly Geeks 2009 #42: Bookish Podcasts
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — This weeks Weekly Geeks is asking us to look at our favourite bookish podcasts. Dewey worded it... this way, "find and review a link to a book podcast." I’m modifying this just a bit and am asking you to share with us a podcast you love, preferably book related, but not ... (more) Weekly Geeks 2009 #42: Bookish Podcasts
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A Necessary Step
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 23 days ago
A Necessary Step
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — The above photo was taken in July this year, and in all honesty things have only got... worse, it contained 146 books at the time and is probably touching 175 now. So I’m going to have to do something about it! Not to mention that there are some fantastic books in there I really want to ... (more) A Necessary Step
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Review: Château d’Argol by Julien Gracq
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 23 days ago
Review: Château d’Argol by Julien Gracq
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — I really would not know how to describe this one, so I am going to resort to... using the publishers blurb. The gothic setting of a lonely castle in the middle of thick, dense woods contrasts with the contemporaneity of the characters who inhabit it: a dissolute, rich and aimless young man ... (more) Review: Château d’Argol by Julien Gracq
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Review: The Magicians by Lev Grossman
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 25 days ago
Review: The Magicians by Lev Grossman
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — There’s an elephant in this room, and it is one that it is impossible for this book... to get away from. Teenagers. Going to a magical boarding school. Complete with quirky teachers. And a weird game involving magic… I don’t know if it’s in the writing, or the reading, but for a while there’s ... (more) Review: The Magicians by Lev Grossman
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Review: Fables #1 Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
bartsbookshelf.co.uk - 26 days ago
Review: Fables #1 Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
— bartsbookshelf.co.uk — This series seems fairly popular across the blogosphere, will plenty of bloggers I like and respect (and... more importantly, have similar tastes to my own) really liking it. So even though it took me a while to get around to reading it, I knew it was one that I had to get! It arrived ... (more) Review: Fables #1 Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham

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