The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 31

Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

Goodreads Blurb:The intrepid Professor Liedenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the Earth’s very core.

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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Doesn’t really get interesting until near the end, and even then only for a short while.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 30

Ulysses by James Joyce

Goodreads Blurb:Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920 and then published in its entirety in Paris by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, Joyce’s 40th birthday. It is considered one of the most important works of modernist literature and has been called “a demonstration and summation of the entire movement.”

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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: I enjoyed the poetry in the prose, which is well for I could not find the sense in it.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 29

Brother Cadfael’s Penance by Allis Peters

Goodreads Blurb: While Cadfael has bent Abbey rules, he has never broken his monastic vows–until now.

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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: I enjoyed how the mystery is almost an afterthought next to the politics of the realm, and Cadfael’s own personal worries. And it’s mostly resolved with … well he was a d*** so he deserved it.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 28

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Goodreads Blurb: Acclaimed by one reviewer to be the greatest novel ever written, the story of Mrs. Bennett’s search for husbands for her daughters is told with wit and charm.

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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Mr. Bennet is quite as ill mannered as his wife, and I don’t know why adaptions try to pretend otherwise. By the end of the book I really wanted to punch him in the face.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 27

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Goodreads Blurb: Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed.

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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Not an advertisement for grits. But joking aside, this is a beautiful book with astounding pros and an ending that will leave you feeling all warm inside. Five out of five 👌

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 26

The Plague by Albert Camus

Goodreads Blurb: N/A

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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Well … at least they didn’t all die.

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The Wee Writing Lassie and Ailish Sinclair present “Meet Ariel” – Question 6: Any Romance in the offing?

Well, yes. Of course ☺ It’s one of the big questions of the book. Who will she end up with, if anyone? There’s her original boyfriend, the dependable and loving Jonasz, but there’s also Alexander, the best looking boy she’s ever seen, whose dark past mirrors her own in many ways…

Two excerpts from Ariel: Dancing on TV

1. Then kissing Jonasz takes everything else away. For a few moments the whole world is warm and loving and good, how it always should be, how I always want it to be.

2. Alexander looks at me with his big brown eyes. Alexander smiles at me, and a spark of white light glints from his perfect teeth. And then he speaks. To me.

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The Wee Writing Lassie and Ailish Sinclair present “Meet Ariel” – Question 5: Favourite Teacher at the Castle?

At the start of the book it’s definitely her relaxed morning-class teacher Guy, rather than the more strict and severe Mr. Zolotov.

Excerpt from Ariel: Dancing on TV

And then it’s like a celebration. “Good class, good class!” We all high five each other, chanting the words. It isn’t till after the high five that I realise I used my right hand for it, and no one reacted or commented.

“That was the best class I’ve ever had,” I tell them all.

“Aren’t you the sweetest?” says Guy who gets into the elevator with us.

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The Wee Writing Lassie and Ailish Sinclair present “Meet Ariel” – Question 4: Favourite Food?

Ariel is not a fussy eater. She happily eats more or less any food. At the castle, she does come to appreciate chocolate cake, however…

Excerpt from Ariel: Dancing on TV

“You’re staying at your boyfriend’s house at the moment, aren’t you?”

I nod, mouth full of cake.

“That’s a big step,” she says, “living with someone for the first time.”

“We’re not really living together,” I explain. “I sleep in his brother’s bedroom.”

“Still, you had it foisted on you before you would have chosen it.”

We both eat more cake. It has four layers of icing and is topped with cherries and cream.

“Do you have stuff to pick up?” she asks.

I do. I forgot about that.

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The Wee Writing Lassie and Ailish Sinclair present “Meet Ariel” – Question 3: Plans for the Future?

Ariel wants to be a professional dancer, though her mind is usually focused on more immediate matters, such as winning the televised competition that takes place in the book.

Excerpt from Ariel: Dancing on TV

“We’re going to practise so hard that we’re going to win,” I tell the boys after breakfast, having suggested that Henry join us in our piece. “Seriously, every spare moment.”

We start immediately. So the rest of the weekend is spent working on the secret choreography for what was a pas de deux but is now a pas de trois…

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