Author Archives: ajones

Relates to the news of the day..

Posted on May 17, 2013 by ajones

Crusaders takes quite a crusade to read – perfect for long holidays in the north of England but don’t be fooled by its historical name, this novel is very relevant to its setting in the 1980s and today. It follows … Continue reading →

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Photo Competition!

Posted on May 12, 2013 by ajones

To celebrate reaching 1600 Facebook likes we are having another photo competition! Lots of you have been sending in photos of your parcels you receive from us which we love, especially the ones including pets , so we thought we would make … Continue reading →

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Eddie’s Wonderful Life

Posted on May 9, 2013 by ajones

Review of Mitch Albom’s “The Five People You Meet In Heaven“ I chose this book somewhat because of its clean line cover and because Mitch Albom was the AwesomeBooks Author of the month, and Tuesdays with Morrie seemed like depressing non fiction … Continue reading →

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Women’s Prize for Fiction 2013

Posted on April 17, 2013 by ajones

The Women’s Prize for Fiction (previously the Orange Prize) was announced this week. The short list includes : Life after life: Kate Atkinson May We Be Forgiven: A.M Holmes Flight Behaviour: Barbara Kingsolver Bring up the bodies: Hilary Mantel and Where’d … Continue reading →

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Review of Shatter Me

Posted on April 10, 2013 by ajones

By trajce kuzmanov, reviewed on 09/04/2013 I finished reading Shatter me a week ago. And I still remember the good parts of it. That means I remember the whole book. Because It was full of great moments. Juliette’s touch is lethal. Her … Continue reading →

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Hilary Mantel – The Oxford Literary Festival

Posted on April 4, 2013 by ajones

After attending the Children’s Finale with Cornelia Funke we attended the grand finale of the 2013 Oxford Literary Festival. Hilary Mantel, one of the most decorated authors of our time joined Sarah Thomas to talk about her writing and receive the … Continue reading →

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Cornelia Funke- Oxford Literary Festival

Posted on March 27, 2013 by ajones

The Finale of the Children’s events at the Oxford Literary Festival was an interview of Cornelia Funke, author of the Popular Inkheart, and Reckless series by Nicolette Jones. Cornelia spoke about her early life in Germany as being obsessed with the world of … Continue reading →

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Philip Pullman at The Oxford Literary Festival

Posted on March 21, 2013 by ajones

It was a very grey day when on our first visit to the Oxford Literary festival so we didn’t take many photos of this beautiful city, hopefully we we will get a chance later in the week. The interview of Philip Pullman by Peter … Continue reading →

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Joanna Trollope

Posted on February 27, 2013 by ajones

Yesterday AwesomeBooks attended a talk by Joanna Trollope about her new novel The Soldier’s Wife The event was organised by The Hungerford Bookshop Joanna championed the plight of independent bookshops and libraries and was posed with some tricky questions about her views of … Continue reading →

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Costa Book Awards

Posted on February 1, 2013 by ajones

The main prize for 2012 goes to: Bring up the Bodies, Hillary Mantel The short-list was: Francesca segal’s : The Innocents, First Novel Award Winner Dotter of her Father’s eyes by Mary and Bryan Talbot, Biography Award Overhaul by Kathleen Jamie, Poetry Award Maggot … Continue reading →

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