The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 100

The Queen’s Fool by Philippa Gregory

Goodreads Blurb: It is winter, 1553. Pursued by the Inquisition, Hannah Green, a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl, is forced to flee Spain with her father. But Hannah is no ordinary refugee. Her gift of “Sight,” the ability to foresee the future, is priceless in the troubled times of the Tudor court. Hannah is adopted by the glamorous Robert Dudley, the charismatic son of King Edward’s protector, who brings her to court as a “holy fool” for Queen Mary and, ultimately, Queen Elizabeth. Hired as a fool but working as a spy; promised in wedlock but in love with her master; endangered by the laws against heresy, treason, and witchcraft, Hannah must choose between the safe life of a commoner and the dangerous intrigues of the royal family that are inextricably bound up in her own yearnings and desires.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: There’s nothing funny about being a fool in a court of a Tudor. A well researched, exquisitely written piece of fiction would highly recommend to anyone interested in the time.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 99

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Goodreads Blurb: When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honour of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.

Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.

When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He’s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Thank you Suzanne Collins, you have ruined Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven for me. I shall never again be able to hear it without crying. If you’ve read the Hunger Games trilogy then you’ll know already this isn’t a happy story – so you pick it up thinking you’re prepared for it, but you won’t be. You won’t be. Having said that – this is my favourite of her books.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 98

Brotherhood by Mike Chen

Goodreads Blurb: The Clone Wars have begun. Battle lines are being drawn throughout the galaxy. With every world that joins the Separatists, the peace guarded by the Jedi Order is slipping through their fingers. After an explosion devastates Cato Neimoidia, the jewel of the Trade Federation, the Republic is blamed and the fragile neutrality of the planet is threatened. The Jedi dispatch Obi-Wan Kenobi, one of the Order’s most gifted diplomatic minds, to investigate the crime and maintain the balance that has begun to dangerously shift.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: An illuminating book, Mike Chen keenly weaves in ideas that were explored in “legends” , into the context of the current Star Wars Canon. An ideal book for anyone who enjoyed the Clone Wars, the Prequels, or just Star Wars in general 😁

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 97

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

Goodreads Blurb: The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Well written, and a fascinating read. Would be a five star review except…wow, the…er…Elves are a lot more racist then I remember. Why are we meant to like these people again?

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 96

The Dark Fields / Limitless by Alan Glynn

Goodreads Blurb: Imagine a drug that makes your brain function with perfect efficiency, tapping into your most fundamental resources of intelligence and drive, releasing all the passive knowledge you’d ever accumulated. A drug that made you focused, charming, fast, even attractive. Eddie Spinola is on such a drug.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: A deep dark look into the nature of addiction, the danger of big pharmaceutical companies, and the twisted nature of the stock market. Honestly I’d recommend this book over the film, which really is a lesser creature once you’ve seen the original.

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The Wee Archive – The Wee Writing Lassie and Ailish Sinclair present “Meet Ariel” Question 7

The Wee Writing Lassie and Ailish Sinclair present “Meet Ariel” – Question 7: If push came to shove, what would they say is their greatest flaw

This is something else that changes through the book. At one point Ariel will wonder if she’s been irrevocably damaged by her upbringing and left unable to communicate properly. However, nearer the start of the story, she believes that she has no choreographic ability and sees this as a major flaw and problem.

Excerpt from Ariel: Dancing on TV

“I’m sensing drama here,” says Justin as he arrives beside us, followed closely by Nigel and the notebook, and a woman with a large portable camera.

“I’ve never done choreography before,” I tell the producer. “I’ve only just started learning pas de deux.”

“It’s all a journey, darling,” he says, then doing a double take. He’s seen my hand, but he’s not horrified; if anything, he’s excited. “You’re Ariel. Oh yes, this is good. Stick to her,” he orders the camera woman. “Nigel! Write this down: oh the pain of youth, the sighing sadness… no, cut that. Start again: a young woman, beautiful, talented, just starting out in her dancing life, is suddenly the victim of a crime so terrible, so heinous, that it cannot be detailed for legal reasons.”

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 95

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

Goodreads Blurb: 1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing.

When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: A story of pirates and beekeepers. This was a very good book, although that should probably go without saying by now. So I won’t talk about the pros, or the clever literary techniques on display. No, that’s not what’s going to keep you reading … it’ll be the characters. You are going to love these characters, and I think there’s not anything better to say about a book than that 💜

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 94

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Goodreads Blurb: An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind’s most thrilling fantasies have come true. Creatures extinct for eons roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery, and all the world can visit them—for a price.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: I’ll say one thing, and one thing only…this was much better than the movie, and I loved the movie 😁

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 93

Redshirts by John Scalzi

Goodreads Blurb: Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, and Andrew is thrilled all the more to be assigned to the ship’s Xenobiology laboratory.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: A tremendously funny book, with some genuinely heartfelt moments that will make you sob. This was a really lovely surprise.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 92

Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt by Geraldine Pinch

Goodreads Blurb: From stories of resurrected mummies and thousand-year-old curses to powerful pharaohs and the coveted treasures of the Great Pyramids, ancient Egypt has had an unfaltering grip on the modern imagination. Now, in Egyptian Mythology , Geraldine Pinch offers a comprehensive introduction that untangles the mystery of Egyptian Myth.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Man there were a lot of weird baby stories in ancient Egyptian Mythology – it says something about your Mythos when the Mpreg story is the least … well… certainly not the most weird.

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