Advantages: The usual suspense,and the twists and turns Disadvantages: It is good , but it is not her best
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune:
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries...
Shakespeare, Julius Caesar IV, iii, 217
Agatha Christie is at her best while describing the English way of life....This is yet another early and interesting Hercule poirot mystery written by Agatha Christie.The story is set in a typical English village with all the humor and descriptions of everyday English village life..
THE STORY
It begins with a lot of promise with these opening paragraphs..
" In every club, there is a club bore, the Coronation club was no exception....Major Porter, Late Indian army rustled his newspaper
and cleared his throat, and everyone avoided his eye, but no use..."
Regardless ,he went on...." I see they've got the announcement ...
Advantages: Possibly been one of the best years of my life.... Disadvantages: .... but I've been so busy, I'm shattered!
Having just stumbled across Zoe Pages' latest op, one which she suggested to Ciao herself in fact, I decided I'd take place as it was interesting to read how 2003 was for her. It's also a great idea this category so I couldn't resist!
Much like Zoe, my year also started in January (what a strange coincidence!).
January's, for me, normally consist of exams. 2003 was no exception. I was to be sitting an exam in AS level Maths, AS level Environmental science and AS level Geography. (One unit for each subject).
Having spent very little time revising I realised it was too late to even bother about so opted for the "see how bad/good I can do when I insert no effort into revising" technique. (One which I like to try out on occasion!) :o)
I arrived in the exam rooms for each subject, sat the exams and then had to endure ...
Advantages: Great descriptions of the times, Australia Disadvantages: None
The Secret River
London 1806 - William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until William makes a mistake, a bad mistake for which he and his family are made to pay dearly. His sentence: to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is the book of the month at our book club and is probably not a book I would have chosen for myself but is an extremely interesting portrail into life for people in that age and of the two countries.
This story is basically in two parts, Will's London life and then his Australian life. The two are most definitely linked to each other but in terms of Will's and Sal's feelings and adventures they are worlds apart, or you could say continents apart. The story ...
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