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Nellie

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  • Birthday 11/21/1975

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  1. I just finished this. I have to be honest that I am not a lover of chick lit generally, almost always wanting to strangle the main character for her "cute ditzy" ways. This was a little different though, nice and light, but with enough of a story to keep me going. As I have a nasty cold at the moment, so it was a great book to read snuggled under the duvet!
  2. I hated Purfume! There is quitre a long thread in it somewhere. Seem it's like marmite, you either love it or hate it!
  3. Ha ha!! I hated the writing and thought the plot was dreadful, but still read it to the end!
  4. It's a long way from the Da Vinci code. For a start it's well written and has a decent plot! The code breaking is slightly incidental to the story. As I said, there is one plot line about some code breaking her grandfather did and how she deals with the clues he left her, and also another about... It's the latter which really interested me.
  5. This is the first of her books that I have read. I though I might give The End of Mr Y a go soon. :-)
  6. PopCo By Scarlett Thomas I bought this book on a whim a few weeks ago, and I am so glad I did! From Watersones Website: Alice Butler has been receiving some odd messages - all anonymous, all written in code. Are they from someone at PopCo, the profit-hungry corporation she works for? Or from Alice's long lost father? Or has someone else been on her trail? The solution, she is sure, will involve the code-breaking skills she learned from her grandparents and the key she's been wearing round her neck since she was ten. "PopCo" is a grown-up adventure of family secrets, puzzles, big business and the power of numbers. It was the code breaking element that attracted me to the book, and I wasn't disappointed. The narrative explains some concepts of cryptography in a very accessible way. There are also some wonderful flash back passages as Alice recalls her childhood with her grandparents in the 1980s, and the scenes at school are hysterical. Anyone who was at school then will identify immediately with her worries and pressures from her peer group. The story has a couple of main threads running through it, which are nicely resolved at the end. Its an easy read, which moves along at a good pace, and the code breaking information keeps it from being a more run of the mill story about a girl who finds her role in life. 8/10
  7. I bought this book on a whim a few weeks ago, and I am so glad I did! From Watersones Website: Alice Butler has been receiving some odd messages - all anonymous, all written in code. Are they from someone at PopCo, the profit-hungry corporation she works for? Or from Alice's long lost father? Or has someone else been on her trail? The solution, she is sure, will involve the code-breaking skills she learned from her grandparents and the key she's been wearing round her neck since she was ten. "PopCo" is a grown-up adventure of family secrets, puzzles, big business and the power of numbers. It was the code breaking element that attracted me to the book, and I wasn't disappointed. The narrative explains some concepts of cryptography in a very accessible way. There are also some wonderful flash back passages as Alice recalls her childhood with her grandparents in the 1980s, and the scenes at school are hysterical. Anyone who was at school then will identify immediately with her worries and pressures from her peer group. The story has a couple of main threads running through it, which are nicely resolved at the end. Its an easy read, which moves along at a good pace, and the code breaking information keeps it from being a more run of the mill story about a girl who finds her role in life. 8/10
  8. How odd, What Was Lost was also on my list of recent reads that I sent him, and he told me the same thing!
  9. After a bit of a reading break, I have started again on my list. I have read The Resistance By Gemma Malley. This is the sequal to The Declaration, which I enjoyed very much, but this was a little below par to be honest. The characters did not develop and the so called "twists" were so blindingly obvious you thought there must be a double bluff... but there wasn't. I will probably read the last in the series, just to make sure it all "works out OK in the end". A less than average 6/10 for this one.
  10. What did Nic think of your book challenge? I think he would have liked that idea!
  11. I picked up this book at the library last year on a total whim, and I loved it too! The writing is fantastic, especially that which is written from the little girl's point of view. The whole book captures how bleak things look when precious things are lost. Definitely one I would recommend!
  12. I didn't enjoy Testimony at all :-( I really didn't care about the characters. It's the only Shreve book I have read, perhaps I should try a different one.
  13. I have one of those mugs too! I'm glad you had a good time, it's a wonderful experience isn't it?
  14. How did it go? WHat books did you see? I have been so excited on your behalf!
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