Typically of Adam Roberts sci-fi books, The This is quite mind-bending and sweeping in scale. The first couple of chapters were very ‘out-there’ and I wasn’t sure what was going on, but all did become clear as the book progressed. The This is an interesting study of the evolution of humanity when technology to allowContinue reading “The This – Adam Roberts – 13.08.23”
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Falling Angels – Tracy Chevalier (AUDIOBOOK) – 13.08.23
I enjoyed this audiobook of Tracy Chevalier’s second novel. It begins in a London graveyard at the turn of the Twentieth century when two well to do families are visiting their family plots to (quite strangely, I thought) mark the death of Queen Victoria. The daughters of the families (aged 6/7 at the beginning ofContinue reading “Falling Angels – Tracy Chevalier (AUDIOBOOK) – 13.08.23”
Old God’s Time – Sebastian Barry, (Audiobook) – Stephen Hogan (Narrator) – 09.08.23
This was a very beautiful and very sad novel. The narration by Stephen Hogan was amazing – such a lovely Irish accent, and the pathos and feeling that he put into what he was reading – it felt like listening to a great actor soliloquizing on stage (or indeed to a broken man bearing hisContinue reading “Old God’s Time – Sebastian Barry, (Audiobook) – Stephen Hogan (Narrator) – 09.08.23”
Birnam Wood (Audiobook) – Eleanor Catton (Author), Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator) – 07.08.23
Perhaps this audiobook suffered in my estimation by me listening to it immediately after Abraham Verghese’s sublimely fabulous ‘The Covenant of Water’ but I’m afraid I found it, for the most part completely uninteresting. In fact vapid and tedious. The narrator was great – I loved her Kiwi accent, and I felt she put asContinue reading “Birnam Wood (Audiobook) – Eleanor Catton (Author), Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator) – 07.08.23”
The Psychology of Time Travel – Kate Mascarenhas – 06.08.23
I really liked this book. All the main characters were female, including the scientists who developed and built the first time travel machines and subsequently ran the company that owned and controlled them. Other than this, the book felt like a classic old style sci-fi. Unlike many time-travel stories, there was no danger involved inContinue reading “The Psychology of Time Travel – Kate Mascarenhas – 06.08.23”
The Covenant of Water – Abraham Verghese – (Audiobook) – 03.08.23
Abraham Verghese’s previous book, Cutting For Stone, is by far my favourite book that my book group has read over it’s twenty years and so I was very excited for this long awaited new novel. At over 31 hours the audiobook is very long, but at no point during the listen was I bored, andContinue reading “The Covenant of Water – Abraham Verghese – (Audiobook) – 03.08.23”
The Glass God (Magicals Anonymous Book 2) – Kate Griffin – 28.07.23
I’m still enjoying this spin off to the Matthew Swift Midnight Mayer series more than the original although you do have to be familiar with the Midnight Mayer books to understand what is going on in these. I like the character of Sharon Li, Sharman and leader of the Magicals Anonymous, the rag-tag band ofContinue reading “The Glass God (Magicals Anonymous Book 2) – Kate Griffin – 28.07.23”
Our Missing Hearts (AUDIOBOOK)- Celeste Ng (Author), Lucy Liu (Narrator) – 21.07.23
I loved this book! I was enraptured listening to the tale set in an alternate present in America where after a global financial crisis which crippled the American economy is blamed on China, anti Asian feeling is rife and extends to all East Asians and even to anyone displaying any interest in or sympathies towardsContinue reading “Our Missing Hearts (AUDIOBOOK)- Celeste Ng (Author), Lucy Liu (Narrator) – 21.07.23”
The Twins – (AUDIOBOOK) L. V. Matthews (Author), Rebecca Norfolk (Narrator), Olivia Dowd (Narrator), – 19.07.23
I did not like this book. Recently I’ve read and enjoyed several books recommended by my daughter, Becca, and she recommended this one. I should have known it would not be my cup of tea – I rarely like this kind of best seller psychological thriller , although sometimes I do… I don’t know whatContinue reading “The Twins – (AUDIOBOOK) L. V. Matthews (Author), Rebecca Norfolk (Narrator), Olivia Dowd (Narrator), – 19.07.23”
The Good, the Bad and the History: Chronicles of St Mary’s, Book 14 – Jodi Taylor, Zara Ramm, et al. – (Audiobook) – 16.07.23
I very much enjoyed this latest installment of the Chronicles of St Mary’s – I was honestly gripped and as usually filled with all the feels – humour, pathos, romance, tension as well as the interesting thoughts raised by the idea of time travel. Yay! (I just got sidetracked by reading a very enjoyable discussionContinue reading “The Good, the Bad and the History: Chronicles of St Mary’s, Book 14 – Jodi Taylor, Zara Ramm, et al. – (Audiobook) – 16.07.23”
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