23 June, 2014

Taming of the Shrewd

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Mad Marco Annie L. Jones      This is at least the fifth self-published first novel i have read in the past couple of years, all of them,...
17 June, 2014

A Little Witchery

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Miss Mabel's School for Girls Katie Cross      At the very top of the cover of this novel it says, “Book One in the Network Ser...
09 November, 2013

Fast Pace

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Siege Simon Kernick Like the others of Kernick's books i have read, this was zipped through in one or two sittings, the sole dif...
06 November, 2013

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The Lost Stradivarius J. Mead Falkner There was no question of passing this book by when i saw it in the library: Falkner wrote Moo...
31 October, 2013

A Brace of Robinsons

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Gilead Marilynne Robinson I read the first page or so of this, just for the flavour, several years ago, when Lynne gave it to me as ...
24 October, 2013

Non-Holmes Doyle, hmmm

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The Lost World Arthur Conan Doyle It is curious how completely Conan Doyle's reputation has been attached to his creation Sherlo...
15 October, 2013

Another classic completed (again?)

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Sons and Lovers D.H.Lawrence It's a strange thing, but i have finished this without being reminded of the previous reading. I a...
26 September, 2013

Three from One

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The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham I found a collection of six of Wyndham's novels a couple of weeks ago, at one of the charity ...
20 September, 2013

Not Hornblower

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Plain Murder C.S. Forester I have, obviously, known C.S. Forester for many years as an excellent story-teller (the Hornblower books ...
07 September, 2013

"Lists" usually = "Goodness"

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The Royal Book of Lists Matt Richardson Just the sort of book i would write, and therefore find interesting ~ nay, fascinating ~ ful...