The Honest Bookclub

BOOK REVIEW: REBEL BELLE BY RACHEL HAWKINS

Harper Price, peerless Southern belle, was born ready for a Homecoming tiara. But after a strange run-in at the dance imbues her with incredible abilities, Harper's destiny takes a turn for the seriously weird. She becomes a Paladin, one of an ancient line of guardians with agility, super strength and lethal…

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IN MY MAILBOX - 29/07/2014

Gosh, I'm certainly a lucky girl! I've met some amazing people this year and I was very fortunate enough to have one of them be the very kind and generous Dennis. He's done it again. He's made me a very happy girl and sent me some more books. Can  you believe it? I had no idea! I was actually awaiting…

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NEWS: 50 SHADES OF GREY TRAILER IS RELEASED

Prepare yourself - that movie's coming! Whether you've read it or not, enjoyed it or hated it, it's still a trailer we're all going to watch. We were all wondering how they'd pull off a story like this for the big screen and we were very curious to get a small insight into what kind of movie it…

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TOP 10 21ST CENTURY READS THAT TACKLE SERIOUS TOPICS

Where classic literature is concerned, the one irrefutable argument you'll hear time and time again in its defense is that it's their messages, the effortless way in which they tackle serious topics that makes them timeless and ubiquitous . If you think back, you're sure to remember at least one person (i…

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BOOK REVIEW: 13 LITTLE BLUE ENVELOPES BY MAUREEN JOHNSON

Inside little blue envelope 1 are $1,000 and instructions to buy a plane ticket. In envelope 2 are directions to a specific London flat. The note in envelope 3 tells Ginny: Find a starving artist. Because of envelope 4, Ginny and a playwright/thief/ bloke–about–town called Keith go to Scotland together, with som…

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IN MY MAILBOX: JULY 19TH

This "In My Mailbox" post is a lie. No, really. I feel like I should have fashioned a picture, Magritte-style, of this post which says "Ceci n'est pas un In My Mailbox post". The reason that this post is a lie is mainly this: none of the books I am about to showcase, with the exception of …

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9 THINGS THAT MAKE BOOK LOVERS SMILE

It's a cruel world. There's so many bad things happening in the world at the moment and that's why we need our books to help us escape. The simple things in a novel that makes us smile is something we all need, switching on the news every day is enough to depress us. Even when we don't have the time…

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TOP 10 CHARACTERS WE DISLIKE

First and foremost, allow us to apologize for bringing you our Top 10 Monday post a tad late (or almost late, depending on where you live). If there's anything we've learned from our beloved book characters, it's to take responsibility for our actions, so we'll refrain from blaming it on bad timing/we…

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