The correct way to eat Pringles
Internet highlights – w/c 16th April 2017
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Perfect – by Cecelia Ahern
22 04 2017I told myself I’d wait for this to come out in paperback, I was definitely going to wait. I went into Waterstones, WHSmiths, just to see if it was there, I wasn’t going to buy it, just to look. But then someone told me it was going cheap in Tesco and that she’d read it in one afternoon…. so I went straight there and bought it!
I’ve been waiting for this book since the second I finished Flawed, which was left on such a cliffhanger! I was worried I couldn’t remember a lot of the detail but fortunately she recaps very well so it’s very easy to pick the story back up.
At the end of Flawed, Celestine had gone into hiding from the authorities, and this book follows her as she tries to find somewhere safe, and then works out a plan to help prove that the system itself is Flawed. There are plenty of twists and turns, I’ve been picking up the book whenever I can to see what happens next! I don’t really want to litter this post with spoilers so all I’ll say is if you’ve read Flawed you’ll love this (and probably be desperate to read it anyway!), and if you haven’t, go and read Flawed first! There’s a link to it in the second paragraph up there κ.
Some of my favourite quotes which give nothing of the plot away are below:
- “It can take a lifetime to build up a friendship – it can take a second to make an enemy.”
- “When you’re a teenager, what makes you different can be the worst thing int he world. The older you get, the more you realise that it’s your weapon, your armour, your strength. Your gift.”
- “Whenever I’m confused, I look at what I know.”
- “Every person has a space for every person they meet – sometimes the capacity is deep, sometimes it is shallow. […] People who are loved can eventually be hated in equal amounts. […] If the space is there for us, a we have to do is alter the feelings. […] If they hate us this much, they could love us equally.”
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Internet highlights – w/c 9th April 2017
15 04 2017If you draw a box on the floor, your cat will sit in it!
The Queen has hired someone to break in her shoes
“Loosely based on Ephesians 6”
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Anne of the Island – by L M Montgomery
13 04 2017After a year’s break it was about time to read number three in this series. Anne is now 18 and heading off to Redmond University on the mainland. The book covers her four years there. She arrives with three from Avonlea – Gilbert, Charlie and Priscilla, and quickly makes friends with a girl called Phil – Stella from Queen’s (I think) also joins them from second year.
We still spend time in Green Gables in the holidays, and as far as the book goes, maybe half of the narrative! So there are still wonderful quotes from Davy, to keep the childish delights from Anne in the first book alive and well.
Through the book Anne gets a few marriage proposals, and one serious boyfriend – but no spoilers here! You’ll have to read it! Phil is a little boy crazy, and this is the first time the books really cover that side of things to this level, she’s quite a lot of fun! We also cover a death too soon in this book, which I guess you’d pick up from the quotes below… again, no spoilers.
Picking up the book after such a long gap was tricky in places because it doesn’t really recap, (I’m still not sure who Mr Harrison is who they keep referring to), it would have been nice to have a couple of reminders occasionally!
As before, here are some of my favourite quotes from the book:
- “We are all servants of some sort, and if the fact that we are faithful can be truthfully inscribed on our tombstones nothing more need be added.”
- “Oh, I’m not afraid but that I’ll go to heaven, Anne. I’m a church member.”
- “Heaven must be very beautiful, of course, the Bible says so – but, Anne, it won’t be what I’ve been used to.“
- “Do you think we’ll never laugh in heaven?” – Anne
“Oh – I – I don’t know, it doesn’t seem just right, somehow. You know it’s rather dreadful to laugh in church.” – Diana
“But heaven won’t be like church – all the time.” – Anne
“I hope it ain’t, if it is I don’t want to go.” – Davy - “All life lessons are not learned at college.”
- “I love her best when she is asleep and better still when she is awake.”
- “I could be sorry for it afterwards, couldn’t I?”
- “Can’t a man laugh and laugh and be a Christian still?”
“Oh, men – yes. But I was speaking of Ministers, my dear.” - “When I was a girl it wasn’t considered ladylike to know anything about mathematics, but times have changed. I don’t know that it’s all for the better.”
- “Oh, I dare say we all pray for some things that we really don’t want, if we were only honest enough to look into our hearts, I’ve a notion that such prayers don’t rise very far. I used to pray that I might be enabled to forgive a certain person, but I know now I really didn’t want to forgive her. When I finally got that I did want to I forgave her without having to pray about it.”
- “I love [cats]. They are so nice and selfish. Dogs are too good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.”
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Internet highlights – w/c 2nd April 2017
8 04 2017
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Internet highlights – w/c 26th March 2017
1 04 2017
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April Fools 2017
1 04 2017It may have fallen on a Saturday this year, but that doesn’t mean there’s not a VAST crop of stuff to be found! Enjoy π
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https://twitter.com/CPWTweets/status/848082190139367424
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Tuesday Three Favourite: Christmas Adverts 2016 that missed the boat
28 03 2017Woops so I just found this in my saved drafts where I was clearly trying to get it up to five and then forgot about it. So rather than wait ’til next Christmas, thought I’d just bung this up now – sorry! For alliterations sake, it’s Tuesday!
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Lyrebird – by Cecelia Ahern
25 03 2017If you read this regularly you’ll know I’m a big fan of Cecelia Ahern. The last adult book she wrote wasn’t a favourite of mine but this one is back on form, back to the days of things that are slightly unreal, not fantasy, but not quite normal!
Lyrebird is actually Laura. She’s lived a very sheltered existence to the point that no one knows she exists, she doesn’t even have a birth certificate. When she was 16 her mother died and so she went to live in a run down cottage on the land her father owns. Ten years on she’s discovered by a team making a documentary about her father and his brother and the life they lived on their farm when they visit after her father’s death.
What I haven’t told you is that Laura is a bit unusual. She makes noises. Perfect imitations of any sound she’s ever heard – from her Gaga’s voice to a chainsaw to someone running their hand over their stubble. Obviously the documentary team are intrigued, and with her father gone they try to find a way to support her in her future – they plan to make a documentary about her life and her extraordinary ability.
A really interesting idea, great mix of characters and a wonderfully told story! Definitely one to read!
Favourite one-liner from the book: “Why can’t people just be really good at something? Why do they have to be the best at something?”
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