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February 2013

Book Reviews

‘Good Omens’ by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

Jacket for 'Good Omens' by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

‘Good Omens’ by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Described as “wickedly funny” and “Heaven to read” by Time Out magazine, ‘Good Omens’ by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is definitely a humorous feast for the imagination.

Written in 1990 at a time when Pratchett was just beginning to reach the top of his game and Gaiman was primarily still a graphic novelist, this book quickly became a cult classic, winning the World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novel in 1991 and the Locus Award nominee for Best Fantasy Novel in the same year.

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General Chatter

For What Reading’s Worth

Here are some facts to get you thinking:

  • It is estimated that 4 million adults in the UK choose not to read as a hobby
  • Results from a YouGov survey of 2,059 adults showed that 29% of people claimed to not have enough time to read, 26% simply do not enjoy the act of reading a book, and 40% always preferred to do something else with their spare time. The remaining 5% alone classed themselves as book-readers.

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Book Reviews

‘The Great Gatsby’ By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Book cover for 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald has been described as many things over the years – timeless, disappointing, beautifully written, intricate, boring, perfection – this conflicting list goes on.

It’s one that’s been on our reading list for a long time. You know the type – that classic fear of the unknown and therefore potentially direly boring, well, classic. But, when we had a moment (and it is a relatively short moment in the grand reading scheme of things, the book only being 180 pages long) we took a deep breath, pushed our classroom prejudices aside, and had a read.

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