from Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
She must move. Or she must stay put. She must attack or she must escape. It is vitally important that she does something, even if it is nothing. To be surprised...
30 December 2017
Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
I loved this book. Loved it. But I am totally aware that this is not a book that everyone will enjoy. It starts out with Inspector Neith investigating a death in...
30 December 2017
from The one we feed by Kameron Hurley
Remember when my head was full of old proverbs and not a lick of fact? Yeah, well, I think it’s turned around now as I get older. Fewer facts. More proverbs....
29 December 2017
Star Wars: The last Jedi dir. by Rian Johnson
I’m afraid to say that I am one of the people who were disappointed by The Last Jedi. The one word description I can give of it is “mess”. That’s pretty...
19 December 2017
from Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
a book is not finished until it is read. Harkaway, Nick, Gnomon (William Heinemann, 2017)
18 December 2017
from Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
It was the spring before the vote on our relationship with the European Union, and so I started from what I saw all around me. I imagined that we might lose...
18 December 2017
from Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
I worked as only someone who lives without dependents or lovers can. Harkaway, Nick, Gnomon (William Heinemann, 2017)
18 December 2017
from Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
The right to avoid self-incrimination, the right to die, the right to live, the right to freedom from slavery, freedom of conscience and religion, of opinion, and the right not to...
18 December 2017
from “Saving the World One Dog at a Time” by Kameron Hurley
This is how you save the world, one life, one act, at a time. Kameron Hurley. (2017). Saving the World One Dog at a Time
8 December 2017
The little homo sapiens scientist by S. L. Huang
You know the story of the little mermaid, well, imagine if the reverse were to happen. A human who wishes to become a mermaid. Only not a mermaid, but an atargati,...
8 December 2017
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Discworld series #8 / The City Watch series #1 This is the book. The one that really made me love the Discworld ‘verse. In this we first meet Sam Vimes and...
2 December 2017
The high mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
This book. I just. Okay, to start with I wasn’t sure I was even going to finish it. Tomás and his fridged wife and his walking backwards. And his troubles with...
25 November 2017