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Spencer’s Mountain by Earl Hamner Jr.

The book Spencer’s Mountain is the best book that I have ever read, I won’t say that it’s the best book ever written because I haven’t read every book in existence, but it’s definitely a possibility. Written by Earl Hamner … Continue reading

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Dracula by Bram Stoker

I think that Dracula, despite its somewhat archaic use of language, creates a rather dark and creepy atmosphere for its story rather well. Roughly the first third of this book is really excellent, Jonathan Harker has to go and visit … Continue reading

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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (translated by Ralph Parker)

This book is exactly what the title says it is, one day in the life of the character Ivan Denisovich (who’s based on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn) and Denisovich is a prisoner in a Russian gulag during the reign of Stalin. I … Continue reading

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Dracula the Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt

This book is the official sequel to the famous book Dracula by Bram Stoker and I know that reviews of this book have been rather mixed, but still I like this book quite a lot! This book, while an official … Continue reading

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Animal Farm by George Orwell

Now I’m sure you know just how bad Lenin and Stalin were and the terrible things they did to the people of Russia (If you didn’t know, basically Lenin took control via revolution planned to have Communism but by the … Continue reading

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The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

Before reading this book, I’d read a lot of complaints about it saying that Richard Dawkins writes in an arrogant and offensive kind of way. In fact, after seeing a couple of documentaries by him, I kind of expected the … Continue reading

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The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek (translated by Cecil Parrott)

I’ve decided that I’m going to start posting book reviews every now and then on my blog, and as The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek was the book I finished reading just last night, I thought I’d make it … Continue reading

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