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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
a book is not finished until it is read. Harkaway, Nick, Gnomon (William Heinemann, 2017)
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...
I worked as only someone who lives without dependents or lovers can. Harkaway, Nick, Gnomon (William Heinemann, 2017)
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...
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
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,...
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...
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...