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Last Shot   by Justine Avery Series: N/A Source: For review Publisher: Self published Publication Date: October 22, 2014 Today is the perfect day to die.  Bernard is the type of man that accomplishes all that he sets out to—and easily. He's intelligent, hardworking, and completely unfamiliar with failure. His only complaint—the singular source of the inner anger bubbling within him—is that no one else in the world recognizes that. It's time to force them to. Bernard's had enough. Enough of the complete absence of respect in his life, of being looked down upon, of being the only person in the world—it seems—who truly sees the reality of his life and what he deserves acknowledgment for. In fact, that recognition is way overdue. And that makes Bernard's blood boil. Today is just like any other day; Bernard has planned and prepared for every aspect. His heated rage stews just under the surface, just more fuel for the fire. He will accomplish this one goal as he has all othe...

Hello everyone!   It's been a long time since I've had a giveaway and as I was cleaning out my storage boxes, I discovered a box of books that I enjoyed so much as a teen that I felt it was worthy to keep throughout all the giveaways I had in the "hay-day" of this blog. However, it's unlikely that I'm going to read them again or keep them on the shelf anymore, so why not pass it along to readers who might actually enjoy them?   These books must seem really old by now but they were actually new and popular books once. Why not give 'em a go? I haven't really been keeping up with how blogs are run nowadays as since I've had this blog from October of 2008, I've run giveaways the same. I tried Rafflecopter once but I didn't quite like it so please use the form below :)  Thank you all so much for sticking with me on this incredibly long voyage of book reviewing here on Pages and welcome to all the new followers who're helping me continue sail...

book info: on sale: now copy from: public library pages: 96 review written: 21.6.16 originally published: 2014 edition read: Riverhead Books, 2016, translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre title: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics author: Carlo Rovelli Originally published in an Italian newspaper called Il Sole 24 Ore , this series of short lessons is compiled into a tiny book that covers the most interesting developments in physics since the twentieth century. The 7 lessons are: The Most Beautiful of Theories, Quanta, The Architecture of the Cosmos, Particles, Grains of Space, Probability, time, and the heat of black holes, and Ourselves. The author, Carlo Rovelli, is a theoretical physicist who is one of the founders of the loop quantum gravity theory, which he explains "briefly" in one of the chapters. It is only when one truly understands a subject that one can condense it down to the most simple of explanations. Rovelli does just that in this orchestral non-textbook nove...

book info: on sale: now copy from: public library pages: 263 review written: 23.5.16 originally published: 1998 ("Les particules élémentaires") edition read: Knopf, 2000, translation by Frank Wynne title: The Elementary Particles author: Michel Houellebecq The Elementary Particles part-story part-metaphysical-rants in an interesting narration from two characters, half-brothers borne of a hippie and absentee mother in the 60s: Michel and Bruno. Michel is an asexual scientist who "expresses his disgust with society by engineering one that frees mankind at last from its uncontrollable, destructive urges" and Bruno is a crass brute driven by sexual desires that lusts after his lost youth. This book follows their stories from childhood to their middle age, spinning around the past and present and major and minor characters in an intriguing narrative that had me reading every single word for fear of missing anything crucial. (quote from book summary) When I first began to...

Hey guys. It's been a while. I miss this - this blogging thing. I just wanted y'all to know that I haven't completely forgotten about you - even though it may seem like it. And I hope I can come back to you, sometime soon. I'm currently working on a new project, and I'm working nights, but I have some hope that I'll be starting up again eventually. Thanks for hanging in with me.   

Hello everyone! Welcome Back to Pages! It's been almost a year since I last wrote a post and it's kind of shocking. I didn't notice how much time has passed since then and it's kind of tragic for a book-lover like myself to have not read for so long. Thank you all for not unfollowing me (I still have over 500 readers!) I hope I don't disappoint this time around! As it's only fair, I'll attempt to explain my absence. As a Chemistry major taking a full load of science classes, along with advanced mathematics and other courses, it's been difficult to make time to read. Because of my mild depression, that sometimes swings into full blow like now, I found it easier to just watch films or movies instead of applying myself to read. It's true that when one is depressed, she finds it hard to enjoy the things she once loved. I was never much of a film buff growing up, it was always about the books. Yet somehow, I've turned a full 180 and I've realised ...

Hey guys, Today is my last day on the Book Babe's Reads.  It's been a lovely year , being a part of this blog, but it's time to say goodbye and embark on a new journey... once again, a solo blogger, on my brand new blog - Afterwords . Doesn't it look absolutely beautiful? I've been working on this project for months now, and to see it finally come to life is so exciting, you have no idea!  If you've enjoyed my posts and reviews on The Book Babe's Reads , please consider taking a peek at this new blog.  I'm so proud of it. So, I'll stop talking here (only because I talk non-stop on this brand new blog). This is my final goodbye... and hello. Nitzan ★