The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
ISBN: 0099426145 The thing about these Heyer books is that you always know how it is going to end up, but...
21 July 2005
Orcs by Stan Nicholls
ISBN: 0575074876On the back of this book one the quotes says it: “Subverts traditional fantasy tropes by centring on the much-maligned...
20 July 2005
Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
ISBN: 0698119606 This is a collection of four short novellas, two of which are retellings of old fairy tales, the other...
14 July 2005
Shooting History: A personal journey by Jon Snow
ISBN: 0007171854 Jon Snow has been a journalist since the early 70’s, but even before that he was involved in anti-apartheid...
8 July 2005
We3 by Frank Quitely, Grant Morrison
ISBN: 1401204953 I heard about this comic over at The Woolamaloo Gazette, and when I took a look on the forbiddenplanet...
6 July 2005
The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce
ISBN: 0753818426 I’ve read a few books now by Joyce, and this has to be my favourite so far. Set during,...
4 July 2005
The Surgeon’s Mate by Patrick O'Brien
I’ve read a few of these books since seeing Master and Commander: The far side of the world film which was...
7 June 2005
Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey
I really liked this book. The writing was simple and straight-forward but wonderful. Dwyer Hickey makes Tatty, the character, come alive,...
27 May 2005
Time traveler’s wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Author: Audrey Niffengger
I’ve listed this under chick-lit as it is basically a romance story, with a little bit of sci-fi (in the form of time travel) thrown in. The plot revolves around Clare and Henry, who meet when Clare was 6 and Henry 36. But marry when Clare was 22 and Henry 30.
27 May 2005
Gifted by John Cassidy, Joss Whedon
ISBN:0785115315 I’ve always been a theoretical fan of the X-Men comics. What I mean is that I’ve always thought they were...
20 May 2005
The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer
Written for in order to entertain a sick brother this is the first of Heyer’s books and was published when she...
19 May 2005
Until the Final Hour by Traudl Junge
At 22 she dreamed of being a ballerina, yet she ended up working for and “liking the greatest criminal ever to...
18 May 2005