Month: June 2015

Book Review – The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

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warm days will never cease

the truth about forever cover

I was recommended The Truth About Forever by a friend who absolutely loves it (she also let me borrow her copy) and I’m so glad I took the time to read it. It was the perfect antidote to the heavy literature I’ve been reading for university lately.

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen revolves around 16-year-old Macy Queen. Macy is ‘fine’. Everything about her life is just ‘fine’. Macy’s boyfriend is perfect and he expects her to be the same. However, when he goes off to ‘Brain Camp’ for the summer Macy’s life takes on a new meaning as she finally starts to realise that she isn’t ‘fine’ at all.

I really liked Macy’s character. She isn’t one-dimensional, like I expected her to be, and Dessen obviously worked hard to give Macy layers beneath her ‘just fine’ exterior. Macy has typical teenage issues, like her boyfriend and her appearance, and…

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soyinka’s supporters for oxford

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books touched by Africa

He is one of the poets that is mentioned for the chair of Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom). Many people who have studied now take the opportunity to canvas for votes in the election that is forthcoming. There are five candidates. All graduates and present students at Oxford can register to vote. The result will be announced on the 19th of this month. 

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