This is my latest in the buy any Terry Pratchett book that comes up cheaply on kindle or audible scheme. In Making Money, Sir Terry gives his wry and wise and witty commentary on the world of economics while telling a rollicking good tale. What can I say – it’s Terry Pratchett – if youContinue reading “Making Money (Audiobook) – Terry Pratchett – 09.04.24”
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Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel (Audiobook) – Margaret Atwood – 02.04.24
This book was written and set during the covid lockdown period and is a collaborative novel, which means it was written by lots of different people. A lot of big names in the world of literature, in fact, contributed, and the proceeds were to support writers losing money due to lockdown. The premise is thatContinue reading “Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel (Audiobook) – Margaret Atwood – 02.04.24”
Death and the Penguin – Andrey Kurkov – 01.04.24
What a strange and beautiful book this was. Set in Ukraine in the immediate post Soviet era the book follows Viktor, a wannabe writer who takes a job for a newspaper writing obituaries for (not yet dead) important people. Viktor lives in a small flat with his penguin (the local zoo was so short ofContinue reading “Death and the Penguin – Andrey Kurkov – 01.04.24”
The Book Keeper (Unholy Island 2) – Sarah Painter – 27.03.24
I love Sarah Painter’s Crow Investigations books, so I was excited by this new series set on a remote island off the North East coast of England. While Crow Investigations in in the Urban Fantasy genre, this series is (I guess..) rural fantasy, in that it has magical realism/supernatural elements, set in a small townContinue reading “The Book Keeper (Unholy Island 2) – Sarah Painter – 27.03.24”
The Heart Goes Last (Audiobook) – Margaret Atwood – 27.03.24
Margaret Atwood once again shows her storytelling genius in this darkly comic dystopian romp. Stan and Charmaine are the ‘everyman’ couple who are forced to live in their car when the American economy takes a nose dive. They are tempted by a new scheme offering them a home and jobs in a enclosed society inContinue reading “The Heart Goes Last (Audiobook) – Margaret Atwood – 27.03.24”
Impossible Creatures – Katherine Rundell – 22.03.24
This young adult fantasy adventure feels like a classic, and I did enjoy reading it. A young boy discovers he is the heir to a family responsibility to protect a portal to a magical world. He gets drawn in to an adventure with a girl from that world and they discover that they must faceContinue reading “Impossible Creatures – Katherine Rundell – 22.03.24”
Monstrous Regiment – Terry Pratchett (Audiobook) – 22.03.24
I had so much fun in my younger days reading my way through the whole cannon of Terry Pratchett’s discworld novels – I own all of them in physical copies, but I’m seriously considering giving away all or most of my physical books, because I really don’t like the faff of actually having to holdContinue reading “Monstrous Regiment – Terry Pratchett (Audiobook) – 22.03.24”
The List of Suspicious Things – Jennie Godfrey – 18.03.24
This book is quite similar to ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ which I recently listened to, in that a child/teen protagonist becomes amateur sleuth to try to solve murders. I liked this one better for a few reasons, firstly, it was narrated by the wonderful Joanne Froggatt and I loved her skilful acting andContinue reading “The List of Suspicious Things – Jennie Godfrey – 18.03.24”
The Book of Doors – Gareth Brown – 18.03.24
What is not to love about a novel full of magical books, a shady underworld of book collectors, some good some middling and some very bad, lots of danger and adventures, some romance, some time travel and causal loops? Answer – there is nothing not to love, which is my convoluted way of saying –Continue reading “The Book of Doors – Gareth Brown – 18.03.24”
Lost in Time (Audiobook) – A.G. Riddle, Narrator – John Skelley – 15.03.24
This was fun! A sci-fi thriller murder mystery with time travel! A scientist who was working on a device to transport matter (like star trek beam me up Scotty transporters) accidentally creates a device that sends things (or people) back in time to a prehistoric alternate version of our Earth. It is (somewhat unbelievably) monetisedContinue reading “Lost in Time (Audiobook) – A.G. Riddle, Narrator – John Skelley – 15.03.24”
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