Mount TBR – March
So, three months into 2016 and I’ve so far added 14 books to Mount TBR, and I’ve read 2. Two… Oh well, this month’s additions are : Wright, Helen S –...
18 March 2016
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Grieving the loss of his mother Peter discovered an orphaned fox cub and took him in. Ever since then he and Pax have become almost inseparable. But now war is coming....
17 March 2016
Ex-heroes by Peter Clines
Book one in the Ex-heroes series Stealth. Gorgon. Regenerator. Cerberus. Zzzap. The Mighty Dragon. They were heroes, using their superhuman abilities to make Los Angeles a better place. Then the plague...
14 March 2016
A fabulous creature by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
James Fielding was not at all happy when his parents decided to spend the summer in “the wilderness”, his plans had included girls and learning to talk to them, not nature....
6 March 2016
Abide with me by Elizabeth Strout
Tyler Caskey is a minister in a small New England town. His wife, Lauren, passed away just over a year ago. Since then his youngest daughter lives with Tyler’s mother, coming...
6 March 2016
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Remembrance of Earth’s Past : book 1 Translated by Ken Liu Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with...
3 March 2016
RIP Lady Mew
Those of you who have been with this blog for years, back before I only really put up reviews might recall Lady Mew. Very sad to report that I had to...
27 February 2016
A matter of oaths by Helen S. Wright
Available for free from the author’s website : http://www.arkessian.com/ The patrolship Bhattya is looking for a new member of staff, and Rafe appears to be the man for the job. But...
27 February 2016
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
Does religious belief outweigh the fight for survival? and if the one battling for life is a child, who gets to rule on what is, and isn’t, right? In The Children...
19 February 2016
Mount TBR – Feb 2016
Jones, Eliza Henry – In the quiet rec’d by Pam – Book Crazy (a Book group I’m in) “I usually avoid books described as “uplifting” because “uplifting” usually means “sappy”. This...
18 February 2016
SPQR : a history of ancient Rome by Mary Beard
The Roman Empire still holds quite a sway in modern imaginations and culture. Gladiator and the tv show Rome are only two examples of its pop culture hold, and we still...
14 February 2016
The Revenant dir. by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Inspired by the novel which was inspired by the true story of Hugh Glass (DiCaprio), a fur trapper who was attacked by a bear and left for dead in the wilderness...
1 February 2016