Recently the audible daily deal was the book Julia which is a sequel/companion book to George Orwell’s 1984 and I bought it and thought I’d better refresh my memory by re-reading 1984 first. When I used to go around schools doing author visits I had a power point slide show and talked about books thatContinue reading “1984 – George Orwell – 23.10.24”
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Peach Blossom Spring (BOOKGROUP) – Melissa Fu – 19.11.24
Peach Blossom Spring was pretty well received by our book group, with us giving it an average score of 7/10. We liked that we learned something about the history of China during WWII (being invaded by the Japanese) and also the civil war that followed between communist and nationalist Chinese. The beginning of the storyContinue reading “Peach Blossom Spring (BOOKGROUP) – Melissa Fu – 19.11.24”
Annie Bot – Sierra Greer – 17.10.24
This book had a very interesting premise: an AI ‘sex doll’ is allowed to develop her own thoughts and feelings and grows more and more toward actual sentience. The progression of Annie from just existing to please her owner/boyfriend to realising that she has worth and agency in her own right is well handled, andContinue reading “Annie Bot – Sierra Greer – 17.10.24”
A Murder of Crows (Dr Nell Ward Mysteries Book 1) – Sarah Yarwood-Lovett – 10.10.24
I quite enjoyed this cosy murder mystery. The main protagonist Dr Nell Ward (who turns out to actually be Lady Eleanor Somebody Something, but to her credit she plays this down and tries to live like a normal person) who is an expert in bat ecology, is in the wrong place at the wrong timeContinue reading “A Murder of Crows (Dr Nell Ward Mysteries Book 1) – Sarah Yarwood-Lovett – 10.10.24”
Children of Time (Audiobook) –Adrian Tchaikovsky (Author), Mel Hudson (Narrator) – 20.10.24
My son recommended this book to me, and since I have read and enjoyed several books by Adrian Tchaikovsky, I bought it and gave it a go. It’s set in a future where humans have pretty much destroyed the planet through both climate change and war and have sent out ark ships of sleeping peopleContinue reading “Children of Time (Audiobook) –Adrian Tchaikovsky (Author), Mel Hudson (Narrator) – 20.10.24”
The Vanishing of Margaret Small – Neil Alexander (Audiobook) Annie Aldington (Narrator), Rachel Atkins (Narrator) – 13.10.24
This is not the kind of book I normally read, and I didn’t know much about it when I started to listen, but actually I found it on the whole really fun and interesting to listen to, largely, perhaps, due to the fabulous main narrator who really brought the character of Margaret Small to lifeContinue reading “The Vanishing of Margaret Small – Neil Alexander (Audiobook) Annie Aldington (Narrator), Rachel Atkins (Narrator) – 13.10.24”
The Amendments (Audiobook) –(BOOKGROUP) Niamh Mulvey (Author), Jessica Regan (Narrator) – 10.10.24
Like my previous Book Group read (The Coast Road by Alan Murrin), this novel is set in Ireland around times of political change that effect the lives of women. In The Coast Road it was legalising divorce, and in this book, the amendment to the law in question was to do with abortion – recognisingContinue reading “The Amendments (Audiobook) –(BOOKGROUP) Niamh Mulvey (Author), Jessica Regan (Narrator) – 10.10.24”
Beneath the Water – Sarah Painter – 06.10.24
Firstly, apologies for the terrible picture – for some reason I couldn’t find a jpeg copy on the internet to grab, so I tried taking a photo off my computer screen with my phone, and it turned out rubbish. Soz. Well, I’m generally a big fan of Sarah Painter’s books, I love both the CrowContinue reading “Beneath the Water – Sarah Painter – 06.10.24”
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Audiobook) –Jesse Sutanto (Author), Eunice Wong (Narrator) – 03.10.24
This was a very fun cosy mystery story audiobook. Vera is a little old widowed Chinese lady living in San Francisco’s China Town with one grown up son. When she finds a dead body in her tea shop one morning, even though the police decide he died of natural causes, Vera is determined that heContinue reading “Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Audiobook) –Jesse Sutanto (Author), Eunice Wong (Narrator) – 03.10.24”
The Paperback Sleuth – Ashram Assassin – Andrew Cartmel – 30.09.24
I didn’t love the first book in Andrew Cartmel’s Paperback Sleuth series, because I found the main character, Cordelia, too annoying, which was disappointing, because I’m a big fan of the Vinyl Detective series. Well, I’m happy to say that I enjoyed the second book in the series much more. There’s a lot less pottyContinue reading “The Paperback Sleuth – Ashram Assassin – Andrew Cartmel – 30.09.24”
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