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The Book Tiger

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The Book Tiger is a diary of a book addict. It contains book reviews and other bookish and literary musings.

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  • We’ve moved!!

    Posted on Friday June 27th, 2008 at 09:43

    Because this blog is growing, and because I am growing rather fond of it, I have decided to shift it to it’s very own space, with it’s very own domain name. For everyone who has subscribed to the blog, don’t worry! I have switched t...

  • The Righteous Men - Sam Bourne

    Posted on Thursday June 19th, 2008 at 10:53 in thrillers, books read, a-z challenge

    Not long after Dan Brown skyrocketed to success with The Da Vinci Code, there arose a plethora of “Da Vinci Code clones”. You can always tell them because the reviewers comments on the front or back cover usually say something like “...

  • The Collector of Worlds - Ilya Troyanov

    Posted on Thursday June 19th, 2008 at 10:28 in historical fiction, the pub challenge, requested reviews

    I received this book as an Early Reviewer on LibraryThing and started it soon after I had come down from the hype of the previous book I had finished. Perhaps it was because of that proximity to my previous read, but what a come down it was. Although...

  • The Gone-Away World - Nick Harkaway

    Posted on Thursday June 12th, 2008 at 16:04 in Speculative Fiction, recommended books, books read, requested reviews

    I was sent a proof copy of this book to review several weeks back, prior to its general release. When I was contacted I received a couple of paragraphs to whet my appetite. Without knowing what to expect, or what kind of book it was going to be, I al...

  • Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Truman Capote

    Posted on Thursday June 5th, 2008 at 12:20 in short stories, american fiction, 888 challenge

    I am a book aficionado, and therefore I tend to avoid seeing movies which are based on books. Actually, as you probably already know I tend not to watch TV much at all, and I don’t like having my own imagination curbed by what is shown on the scree...

  • In Cold Blood - Truman Capote

    Posted on Tuesday May 27th, 2008 at 15:21 in books read, crime fiction, 888 challenge

    It is said that In Cold Blood is the first and finest of the genre of true crime novels, and if it was first, I don’t know, but it was certainly fine. It told the story of the horrific murder of the Clutter family in 1959 by two ex-cons, Perry ...

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