Jennifer Kaufman & Karen Mack
2006
0-00-722724-8
Dora spends her life in books. When she isn't reading, she's buying books, listening to people discuss books, or over-analysing everything that goes on in her life.
I could definitely identify with Dora and the awkward way she doesn't fit into life, and was looking forward to getting lost in the world of another bibliomaniac, but while the quotes at the beginning of each chapter were easy to digest, must of the actual literary references were quite heavy, and even Dora classifies herself as pretentious in places.
On the upside, the chapters were nice and short, each neatly wrapped up with no pesky cliffhangers. This is a book you read to find the ending, not the bit that happens one page over. The pace is steady and the ending is nicely brief and vague, with one name in the one place that gives the entire story the feeling that it was worth it.
Date Finished: 13/12/07
Year Total: 43
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