Shift – Book 2 of 3: Silo Series – Hugh Howey – 02.07.23 Dust – Book 3 of 3: Silo Series – Hugh Howey – 05.07.23 I first read Wool ages ago, and found it a bit of a slog, so didn’t bother, at that time, to buy and read the remaining two books inContinue reading “Wool – Book 1 of 3: Silo Series – Hugh Howey – 26.06.23”
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The Sinister Booksellers of Bath – Book 2 of 2: Left-Handed Booksellers of London (AUDIOBOOK) – Garth Nix, Marisa Calin (narrator) – 18.06.23
It’s hard for me to do this book justice with a review, because of a fault that I have which is that I don’t like narrators with very post English accents. I’ve looked up the narrator of this series: Marisa Calin and she was born in America, and yet she talks like a member ofContinue reading “The Sinister Booksellers of Bath – Book 2 of 2: Left-Handed Booksellers of London (AUDIOBOOK) – Garth Nix, Marisa Calin (narrator) – 18.06.23”
Strange Sally Diamond – Liz Nugent – 18.06.23 46
At first this seems like yet another book about a person on the autism spectrum getting things comically wrong by being too literal – the book begins with Sally Diamond putting her adoptive father’s dead body in a trash bag and into their homestead incinerator because he had made a (we assume joking) comment toContinue reading “Strange Sally Diamond – Liz Nugent – 18.06.23 46”
The Silence Project – Carole Hailey – 16.06.23
This was another book recommended to me by my daughter, Becca. I do like sharing reading with others, I feel like each shared book links our interior worlds a tiny bit more and makes us a little closer to being kindred spirits. So, The Silence Project is written as if it’s a true story (withContinue reading “The Silence Project – Carole Hailey – 16.06.23”
The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye: Five Fairy Stories – A S Byatt – 13.06.23
I watched the movie with Tilda Swinton ‘3000 Years of Longing’ and loved it, so I wanted to read the book (or short story) on which it was based. The other stories in the book are more traditional type fairy stories, but the Titular story, on which the movie was based is about a academicContinue reading “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye: Five Fairy Stories – A S Byatt – 13.06.23”
11.22.63 – Stephen King (AUDIOBOOK) – 08.06.23
I very much enjoyed listening to this audiobook! Loved the story, loved the narrator, I even loved the bit at the end where the author talks about writing the book! I’m back from my recent trip to Japan and one of the things I brought back was a kit to make a miniature old fashionedContinue reading “11.22.63 – Stephen King (AUDIOBOOK) – 08.06.23”
Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard – Tom Felton -07.06.23
I don’t like biographies (especially not ‘celebrity’ biographies) but my daughter, Becca, recommended this one, and I do love all things Potter, so I gave it a go. Hmmm. I don’t know what to make of it. In some ways it’s nice to get a feel of what it was like to be a childContinue reading “Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard – Tom Felton -07.06.23”
Meeting Mungo Thunk – Keith A. Pearson – 01.06.23
Like when I read Waiting In The Sky, by Keith Pearson (which I ultimately really liked) it took me a while to warm to this book, but like the characters, I as a reader went on a journey with the story, and at the end I thought it was a great book. Adam was aContinue reading “Meeting Mungo Thunk – Keith A. Pearson – 01.06.23”
Titanium Noir – Nick Harkaway (AUDIOBOOK) – 29.05.23
Angelmaker, and The Gone Away World, by Nick Harkaway, are among my favourite books ever, so I’m always excited by a new novel of his. As I’ve mentioned in a few of my recent reviews, I travelled to Japan in May to visit my son, Danny who lives in Tokyo. To get from Ireland toContinue reading “Titanium Noir – Nick Harkaway (AUDIOBOOK) – 29.05.23”
Burned: An Alex Verus Novel – Benedict Jacka- 24.05.23
I realised that the review I had written about the previous book in this series (Veiled) was actually reviewing this one (doh!) so I cut it and will paste it below, and I’ve written something else about the other book. I think this is my favourite book in the Alex Verus Series so far! OurContinue reading “Burned: An Alex Verus Novel – Benedict Jacka- 24.05.23”
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