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Book review: The Mysterious Island

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is the most impressive book I've ever read. I haven't got enough words to explain how deeply this book affected me. I have never read something more meaningful than this book. No modern author can write like that.
The fact that this author did not have any engineering education at all, and that he learnt everything from books in the local library make his works even more ingenious. I bow to his genius mind.
I am sorry to confess that most of us today don't have even a fraction of his practical knowledge and ingenuity.

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Book review: Heir of Ra (Blood of Ra Book One) by M. Sasinowski

Heir of Ra by M. Sasinowski
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Surprisingly interesting book!

I have to confess that I was surprised by this book. The ideas in it are original and interesting. The YA part is realistic and definitely not too much. The characters are nice and far from predictable.
I have to say that this book left me wanting to read the next one in the series.

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Quote of the day 10/08/2018

This is why I am paying for Kindle Unlimited now! Otherwise, I will go bankrupt!

Quote of the day 09/08/2018

I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of a library

- Jorge Luis Borges

Quote of the day 08/08/2018

Review: Матилда

Матилда by Roald Dahl
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

One of my students gave me this book. It was in his summer reading list.
I have to say that I am very impressed. The book is amazing. It is funny and witty. It has all the right morals and it actually preaches some great values.
I am amazed and this book is definitely going to my all-time favourite books.

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Book Quotes - quote #1

I want to start a new rubric in this book. It is going to be my favourite topic - book quotes!
Every now and then when I see something worth sharing, I am going to post it here, with its respectable number.
For now, I am going to start with my all-time favourite quote:

“Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. an alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

Review: Miss Polly had a Dolly

Miss Polly had a Dolly by Willow Rose
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I can't say I like it....

The book is gruesome in so many ways that I can't even begin to list them.
Somewhere I read that this book is like a car crash, and if I have to be honest, I have to totally agree. It is like looking at a crime scene that is despicable and still you cannot take your eyes off it.
It has a lot of unnecessary pervert scenes that it is unpleasant to read in places. Moreover, I could not quite agree with the reasoning of the killer for choosing his specific victims. The writer does explain at some point in the story, why the valiant does what it does, but still... Her reasoning seems shallow and just made up to me.
I don't know if I am going to read the next in the series.

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