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”
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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”
The Midas Rain – Adam Roberts – 22.05.23
So, I love some of Adam Roberts books, and I like sci-fi, and this was cheap, so I gave it a go. It’s really a dystopian future, crime heist, sci-fi, thriller, and crime heist thriller type books (or movies) are not really my thing. Saying that, there were lots of things about this novella thatContinue reading “The Midas Rain – Adam Roberts – 22.05.23”
The Weather Woman – Sally Gardner – 21.05.23
I think I might have bought this book by accident, thinking it was by Salley Vickers, whose books I have read and enjoyed (maybe my mind mixed it up with Salley Vickers book The Gardener!) but anyway, I’m glad I did because I really loved this book! Set in 18th Century London, it follows Neva,Continue reading “The Weather Woman – Sally Gardner – 21.05.23”
A Town Called Solace – Mary Lawson – (BOOKGROUP) – 15.05.23
This was my book group read for May. I found this book very readable – the style is deceptively simple and yet the themes and character development are deep and thoughtful. Told from the perspectives of a seven year old girl, Clara, whose teenaged sister has run away and now nobody can find her, andContinue reading “A Town Called Solace – Mary Lawson – (BOOKGROUP) – 15.05.23”
Veiled: An Alex Verus Novel – Benedict Jacka – 10.05.23
As usual, I’m quite far behind in writing up my book review, and as I work my way through the list of books I’ve read recently, and not reviewed, I saw the next book in this series (Burned) and realised that the review that I had posted for this book, Veiled, was actually a reviewContinue reading “Veiled: An Alex Verus Novel – Benedict Jacka – 10.05.23”
Waiting in the Sky – Keith A. Pearson – 08.05.23
My daughter, Becca recommended this book to me, and it was cheap on kindle so I gave it a go. Amazon says it’s like Matt Haig’s The Humans, and since Matt Haig can do no wrong in my eyes, this was something of a pedestal to put the book on, and early in my readingContinue reading “Waiting in the Sky – Keith A. Pearson – 08.05.23”
Before The Coffee Gets Cold – Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Geoffrey Trousselot – 25.04.23
This was the last of my ‘Japanese books to read before our trip to Japan’. Before the coffee gets cold is set in a café/coffee shop tucked away in a side street in Tokyo with a magical realism element in that if you sit in a certain seat in the café, and follow a certainContinue reading “Before The Coffee Gets Cold – Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Geoffrey Trousselot – 25.04.23”
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