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Tag Archives: Patrick Ness
“The Rest Of Us Just Live Here” by Patrick Ness
Within the space of a few weeks, I have read four Ness books. After finishing The Rest of us Just Live Here, I now only have one Ness to go: A Monster Calls. And since that particular unread Ness is going to … Continue reading
Posted in Extorting Bibliophilia
Tagged anorexia, family, friends, indie kids, Jared, Mel, mental health, Michael, OCD, parody, Patrick Ness, relationships, satire, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, YA
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“Monsters of Men” (Chaos Walking #3) by Patrick Ness
I did it! I finished the Chaos Walking trilogy! And in only ten days! This may actually be a personal best for me. Chaos Walking was a story that continued to evolve right up until the final moments of the story. In The … Continue reading
Posted in Extorting Bibliophilia
Tagged Chaos Walking, language, love, Monsters of Men, New World, Patrick Ness, Prentiss, relationships, spec fic, structure, The Mayor, Todd Hewitt, Viola Eade, YA
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“The Ask and the Answer” (Chaos Walking #2) by Patrick Ness
I read the last few pages of this book aloud to my boyfriend, trying to explain in Ness’ own words why he should be reading this series. Ness is simply a genius. Ness has this amazing ability to tie in … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaos Walking, character, language, love, New Prentisstown, Patrick Ness, relationships, spec fic, structure, The Ask and the Answer, Todd Hewitt, Viola Eade, YA
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“The Knife of Never Letting Go” (Chaos Walking #1) by Patrick Ness
When you read a lot, and people you’re acquainted with start to realise that, they always ask you the same question. “Who’s your favourite author?” And there are always a few names that immediately come to mind. I call these … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaos Walking, character, language, New World, Noise, Patrick Ness, spec fic, The Knife of Never Letting Go, Todd Hewitt, Viola Eade, YA
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End of 2014 Book Survey
So, 2015 is only three days away. This one’s been a weird one for me, in many different ways and in a few different postcodes. But it’s basically over now and 2015 will bring with it a few extra challenges … Continue reading
Posted in Extorting Bibliophilia, Musings
Tagged Australian writing, Blog, book blogging, Candice Fox, Cassandra Clare, Darren Groth, Ellie Marney, favourite authors, favourite books, Gregg Olsen, Jay Asher, Joe Hill, John Safran, John Williams, Kate Belle, Markus Zusah, Murder in Mississippi, Neil Gaiman, Nick Hornby, Non Pratt, Patrick Ness, Perpetual Page Turner, Rainbow Rowell, Steve Sailah, Stoner, survey
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Fresh Faces of 2014
So far this morning I’ve had two realisations that are making my head spin like one of the spinning tops in Inception and I need to escape them for a minute. I realise I’ve been really, really slack with the writing … Continue reading
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Tagged Are You Seeing Me?, Being Jade, Candice Fox, Darren Groth, Eden, Gregg Olsen, Hades, Hannah Moskowitz, Jay Asher, Joe Hill, John Williams, Kate Belle, NOS4R2, Patrick Ness, Rainbow Rowell, Run, Stoner, Teeth, The Broke and the Bookish, Thirteen Reasons Why, Top Ten Tuesday
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“11 Doctors, 11 Stories” – Part Two
These stories are so much shorter than I thought they were going to be. Or I’m just tearing through them because they’re so awesome. Let’s begin: The Fourth Doctor: The Roots of Evil by Philip Reeve About a month ago, when I … Continue reading