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Klara and The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 4/5 Peaches Book Review by PeachyTO Please note there are SOME SPOILERS WITHIN this analysis, so read Ishiguro's excellent novel first, if you prefer, and come back after for the discussion! Also, this is a repost of my review, with some slight edits, first published on my old site in September 2021. I was looking to expand my reading horizons and was unaware of where to start when I spotted this bright red book in my library stack. Perfect

Welcome to another edition of 1984: A Dystopian Bedtime Story, where I read Part 1, Chapter 3 of George Orwell's Nineteen-Eight-Four for your listening pleasure. When we last left Winston he was stowing away his illicit notebook and ink pen, will he be brave enough to stray from the party rule again, or choose the safety of falling in line instead? You can find this recording of Part 1, Chapter 3 here, on both my YouTube and Rumble Peachy Books channels, or click on the corre

WARNING: Parts of this post are dripping with sarcasm and irony, and it will be on you to figure out which is which. Remember, there are no stupid questions. Godspeed! Unprecedented hypocrisy was in abundance this time last year. Medical professionals, government heads, and fellow Canadians, were either nefariously, ignorantly, or because of hubris, unwilling to recognise the injustices we were facing, so I was chomping at the bit to get them to understand. I started experime

If you're here for the second installment of 1984: A Dystopian Bedtime Story, where I read George Orwell's 1984 for your listening pleasure, you've come to the right place. If you were looking for the first episode, please find it here. Kick off your shoes, grab a drink or cuppa and let's find out who has disturbed Winston as he misbehaves in his flat, whilst at home for lunch from the Ministry of Truth. You can find this recording of Part 1, Chapter 2 on both my YouTube and

As the great Ernest Hemingway once wrote, and as we are witnessing in the dissolution of our global economy: '"How did you go bankrupt?" "Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”' The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway Something is afoot; can you smell it? It is the stench of 'elitism,' permeating like the rotting life and limb of the young soldiers who were expendable as they exercised their hubris and sustained their wealth over the

Audio Recording of George Orwell's 1984, Part 1, Chapter 1 Welcome to the first installment of 1984: A Dystopian Bedtime Story, where I read George Orwell's 1984 for your listening pleasure. I know most people have read this book, many back in high school, but given the direct parallels to our current society, I thought it would be the perfect novel to kick off my new edition of Peachy Books Storytime on YouTube and Rumble. Please subscribe to my channels on these platforms,

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