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25 March 2012
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
24 March 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, romance, sff
Setting: alternate world, Britain - Victorian, Egypt
9 Stars
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Timeless by Gail Carriger
An Alexia Tarabotti novel, The Parasol Protectorate: Book the Fifth Seeing as this it the fifth, and final, book in this series, knowing anything about the plot probably counts as spoilers for the previous books. So consider yourself warned. It … Continue reading
24 March 2012
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The droghte of March …
I should be out walking the dog at the moment. It is a lovely day today, I should be making the most of it. But I haven’t been online all week! Very busy at work, another library to move. Great … Continue reading
24 March 2012
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19 March 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: 1920s, Alaska
8 Stars
5 Comments
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Mabel and Jack have left home and family behind and travelled to Alaska, to the edge of the world, trying to turn the wilderness into a farm that will support them. For Mabel it was an attempt to escape her … Continue reading
8 March 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: Britain, Britain - 1950s
9 Stars
2 Comments
The death of grass by John Christopher
Read for the Not just for Stormtroopers sci-fi challenge It is the 1950s, and a devastating virus is sweeping Asia. It attacks grass, and grass feeds the world. Wheat is grass. And cows, sheep, etc all live on grass. At … Continue reading
The love letters of an Irish woman
Today, at work, in preparation for our move:”(of which I shall not speak because the work is unending and wearisome)”, I came across The love letters of an Irish woman. Originally they had been found in a dump and published … Continue reading
5 March 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: detective & mystery, thriller
Setting: contemporary, London
9 Stars
2 Comments
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway
Joe Spork is mild mannered clockmaker. He wns and runs a shop fixing clockwork devices, from clocks to Victorian dirty toys. He doesn’t make a profit, in fact, he barely scrapes by. But he is determined to be sensible and … Continue reading