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Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie

July 24, 2016

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Happy World Book Day! 🌍📚 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Celebrating with this wonderful quote from Margaret Fuller, American journalist, editor and women’s rights activist. She was also first female full-time American book reviewer in journalism, which seems appropriate on the eve of international women’s day 2019. Happy reading! 📖 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #bookstagram #books #worldbookday #reading #bookquote #read #bookblog #margaretfuller #quotes

New year, new reading challenge! 🏆📚🎉 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Whilst I have my never-ending list of classics to get through 😣, I wanted to do a challenge this year that wasn’t just around numbers but would encourage some wider reading. So, I’m adding some extra goals to my #goodreadschallenge of 45 books! Excited about seeing what comes up ☺️💃🏼 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let me know your reading goals below ⬇️🙃 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #reading #readingchallenge #goodreads #books #bookstagram #bookgoals #read #2019

4️⃣0️⃣ books read this year! 🥳 No re-reads in this and a bunch of real crackers to recommend. My top book of 2018 has to be Gone With the Wind 🌬 - read my review over on theblurbgirl.com now. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Excited to see what books 2019 has in store. Did you hit your reading challenge? What was your favourite book this year? 🎉📚 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #readingchallenge #2018books #bookstagram #books #reading #2018 #goodreads #goodreadschallenge

**NEW REVIEW** 📚 My thoughts on Les Misérables by Victor Hugo now up on www.theblurbgirl.com A tale of love, loss, hope and despair, including some handy hints to make reading it a bit easier. Check it out now and comment your thoughts! 🖤 • • • #bookreview #books #bookstagram #quotes #lesmis #lesmiserables #victorhugo #booklist #reading #readinglist

👩🏻‍💼👨🏾‍💼C A N D I D A T E 👨🏾‍💼👩🏻‍💼 More Latin for today’s word of the day 🤓 Candidate comes from the Latin ‘candidatus’ meaning ‘white’ or ‘shining’ ✨🕊 The word came to its new meaning because those running for office in Ancient Rome were distinguishable by their specially whitened togas during elections👨🏻‍⚖️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You could say that this denotes the shining clarity with which candidates express their manifestos or the purity of spirit with which they undertake their office 🤔🤨 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Not sure that association has endured 😂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #wordporn #wordsofwisdom #wordoftheday #candidate #latin #words #instalearn #learn #english #etymology #whatwordsmean

Huge news. After a long 4 months Les Misérables is complete! This book has been both a bane and a joy for me - lots to say in this review but certainly relieved to have finished! Blog post coming soon (and rewarding myself with the soundtrack on full blast in celebration 🎶)📚📝🎉 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #lesmis #lesmiserables #book #reading #read #victorhugo #literature #novel #classic #classicliterature #booklist #complete #bookstagram

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