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Year of Wonders: Like?
« on: December 01, 2011, 07:34:31 pm »
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So today I received my book list and saw that my novel was 'Year of Wonders' I read a little bit about the book online.

For the people who have already read it, what did you think of it ?
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Re: Year of Wonders.
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2011, 07:41:37 pm »
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It's reasonably good, although all of my students seemed to hate it...
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Re: Year of Wonders.
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2011, 07:54:44 pm »
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It's my favourite book from what I studied this year, but then again, the other two weren't great. Not the kind of book I'd read for leisure, but nevertheless decent.
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Re: Year of Wonders.
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2011, 08:11:26 pm »
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Yeah I wrote on it for the end of year exam. It's quite straightforward, I found. I could get a topic on YOW and I could figure out my paragraphs quite easily because there wasnt that much of a collusion between the themes compared to other novels, I think.
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Re: Year of Wonders.
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2011, 09:03:02 pm »
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i'm studying this book next year too! :) so far it's alright.... i guess. Have you read it yet? what else are you doing for english?
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Re: Year of Wonders.
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2011, 09:10:50 pm »
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I got my book list today, so I haven't had the chance to sit down and begin reading.

I recommend you buy a summary of the book at SSRC, the little book consists of 66 pages and is made by NEAP. I had a quick look, and looks like gold.


Here is their website:
http://www.ssrc.com.au/
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Re: Year of Wonders.
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2011, 08:01:16 pm »
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Couldn't find anything for this novel in the 'notes' section :O
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Re: Year of Wonders.
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2011, 08:31:18 pm »
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Quote from: aiming_95 on December 01, 2011, 09:10:50 pm
I got my book list today, so I haven't had the chance to sit down and begin reading.

I recommend you buy a summary of the book at SSRC, the little book consists of 66 pages and is made by NEAP. I had a quick look, and looks like gold.


Here is their website:
http://www.ssrc.com.au/
Be very careful with these books though. Remember, you're trying to make your pieces shine at the end of the year, and yet you're buying a product that every other student has access to the exact same ideas/quotes etc. At least half of my class had this book, and my teacher knew it back to front....no suprise the highest mark was a B+

HOWEVER, I really liked the book, it is very straightforward but very interesting if you take on board the ideas explored and how things have changed/stayed the same over time..
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Re: Year of Wonders.
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2011, 08:39:21 pm »
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Hmm never thought of it that way, thanks.

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« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2011, 09:11:05 pm »
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Quote from: aiming_95 on December 11, 2011, 08:39:21 pm
Hmm never thought of it that way, thanks.

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Haha didn't mean to scare you or anthing, by all means get some quick summaries and stuff, but just keep it at the back of your mind :)
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Re: Year of Wonders.
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2011, 09:58:43 pm »
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Year of Wonders starts off reaaaaaally boring, but once you've gotten further into the novel, you'll start to enjoy the story and maybe even the language and the way it's written ... hahaha. The essay topics offered are pretty straight-foward and you'll always find something to write about :)
(I wrote about it in my exam, so maybe I'm a little biased .. )
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Re: Year of Wonders.
« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2011, 11:53:48 am »
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I have notes that I made of the themes and quotes. I can put them up.
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Re: Year of Wonders.
« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2011, 06:09:47 pm »
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Sounds great :D
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Re: Year of Wonders.
« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2011, 06:29:03 am »
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great book.
read it  6 times..
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Re: Year of Wonders.
« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2011, 03:58:46 pm »
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You've read the book so many times, you may have the plague.
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