The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
ISBN: 0586215220 Book 1 of 3 The Fionavar Tapestry This is a reread for me, the reason being that we are reading the series at ffseries starting with book 2 as...
14 August 2005
The Conqueror by Georgette Heyer
ISBN: 0099416441 You know the way sometimes you see a trailer for a film and think that looks like an entertaining comedy only for it to turn out to be a...
13 August 2005
Still Sharpe
This week, apart from going home and then going to the rds and watching the purty hosses, I’ve mainly been watching Sharpe. (Anne, you can switch off now :) not only...
7 August 2005
Eragon by Christoper Paolini
ISBN: 0552552097Eragon is the story of a boy and his dragon, and his quest to save the world. In a way, I suppose, it is a usual fantasy story. It has...
4 August 2005
The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
ISBN: 0712600442 I read this book along with the Historical Fav. yahoo group. If it hadn’t been a group read I don’t think I would have picked it up, and I...
4 August 2005
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
ISBN: 0747581088SPOILERS for book 5, NOT for this book. Book six in the series and I really should have reread number 5 before this one but I didn’t. Ah well, I’d...
24 July 2005
1610: A Sundial In A Grave by Mary Gentle
ISBN: 0575072504 According to the mathematic calculations of the Hermetic astrologer Robert Fludd, 1610 is the pivotal year in deciding the world’s future. It is the year that the King of...
21 July 2005
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 it doesn’t matter. When Sir Horace heads off to South...
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 orcs. It is quick, fast, dirty, very funny and often...
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 two are originals. At least I think they are, I...
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 demonstrations, and worked as a volunteer in Africa. This book...
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 site it was quite cheap around nine euro I think,...
6 July 2005