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The war with the Republic of Haven has resumed . . . disastrously for the …
I promised myself I'd read the series and so I shall, although I'm finding them a real slog as it goes on... and on ... and on. Endless numbers and acronyms, if you enjoy huge made up space battles then go for it, its all yours
Canal Dreams is a novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 1989.
An enjoyable novel from a time when novels weren't written by the kilogram
COMPLICITY n. 1. the fact of being an accomplice, esp. in a criminal act. A …
Re-read it after finding a $1 copy in a market, first read it twenty years ago when borrowed from a friend. Not quite as gripping second time around, very much of its time and place, the drugs, the music, the landscape and the politics of the UK in the early '90s. I think I had an inkling of whodunnit far earlier during my first reading than on my second, memory failed in the intervening years!
Interesting enough, I'm not the target audience for it though. Definitely recommended for anyone who wants to make their adventuring their income
Interesting enough, I'm not the target audience for it though. Definitely recommended for anyone who wants to make their adventuring their income
For centuries, the Tower of London has been home to a group of famous avian …
Like many others I stumbled on Christopher's account on twitter, then followed out of interest around the tower ravens. Interesting insight into day-to-day life with the birds in the tower
Quirky & entertaining, and a great motivator to get out there and go on an adventure, no matter how small, weird, or personal. Extra enjoyment from much of it being set in the nearby area I'm familiar with -- Melbourne's south-east to the west Gippsland towns
When Robin Hood is tricked into killing one of the King's deer, he is outlawed …
After watching the 2010 Robin Hood movie the 14yr old pointed out that we had a copy of this, so I quickly read it out of curiosity
Oddly named, the book title is one of a dozen chapters of Sitwell's travels in India, Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Nepal. As much an insight into the author and 1950's british travelers as it is to the places visited.
John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about …
Kindle app said I'd not read it, so I started late on an evening when I was too tired for anything too hard. Enjoyable adventure
Five British children discover in their new carpet an egg, which hatches into a phoenix …
Strange, like Five Children & It. Not sure what I was expecting since all I'd ever heard of Nesbit was as the author of the Railway Children so when I saw these two in a roadside library I picked them up
Filling in a Durrell that's missing from my collection, a Penguin paperback found in an second hand shop
A quick read, prompted by unrelated household conversation about mongols, temujin & genhis qan
Dark Star Safari (2002) is a written account of a trip taken by author Paul …
Surprised myself in enjoying this, the last few time I tried reading Theroux I found them uninspired and tedious. Good read of a modern view through Africa from top to bottom
