16 December 2009
Setting: Detroit - USA
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The brilliant thing about Twitter is that it so easy to find out about cool thingies. Whether it is the new Alice in Wonderland trailer[1] or a list of books you should read. Or should that be a list of … Continue reading
13 December 2009
Genre: detective & mystery, historical fiction
Setting: 1920s, Britain
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Author: Laurie R. King
A Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes mystery #9
It was only after I’d taken this book home that I realised it was one in a series, but I figured that it was more of a ‘verse type of series, so I read it anyway. According to wikipedia it is book 9 although only 2 others seem to have been published in Britain & Ireland. Or maybe it’s just that they switched publishers, I didn’t really look to closely into it to be honest. I’ll check at work tomorrow and see if we have any others but I won’t be hugely disappointed if we don’t.
7 December 2009
Genre: general fiction, sff
Setting: England
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Author: Audrey Niffenegger
For a lot of this book I really really liked it. I never quite loved it; but for a while I did really enjoy it. The writing is great. And the premise was interesting. But it just didn’t work in the end. And I think that one of the major problems was that the character who makes this big decision, well, I just didn’t get why she made it. And I really didn’t understand why other characters went along with her. That wasn’t the only problem, it just meant that I was less forgiving of the others Continue reading
3 December 2009
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: Randland
8 Stars
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You know, I’ve been reading this series since I was in second year in school. Thats what, 1992? ’92 or ’93. Whichever it was, that is a long time to be reading the same story. But I don’t regret a second. Not even the incredible feeling of disappointment after book 10 when I shrieked that “nothing happened”. Because it is a great story, with great characters, and I really do want to get to the end and find out what happens. Continue reading
2 December 2009
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So, it is December 2nd. December! Already! … But enough of that shock and horror at the all too expected passing of time. It wearies me. Instead let us talk of more joyful things, like strikes, paycuts, and forced unpaid … Continue reading