The light between oceans by M. L. Stedman
Tom Sherbourne has come back to Australia from World War I. Like many soldiers he has brought many demons back with him. He cannot understand why he survived when so many...
24 July 2012
Bitter seeds by Ian Tregillis
Book one in the Milkweed Triptych In a remote part of Germany a doctor has been hard at work, he has had plenty of test subjects, the Great War left many...
16 July 2012
Code name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
reread 24th Sept 2018 for my bookclub. And on rereading I still really enjoyed this book. I still think that some of it is a little forced, and the first person...
10 May 2012
A perfect spy by John le Carré
Group read with the Metafilter Book Club Magnus Pym is a British spy. But after the death of his father he suddenly goes awol. His wife doesn’t know where he is,...
9 May 2012
Among Others by Jo Walton
Read for the Once Upon a Time VI challenge Many, many moons ago Carl posted his review of this book. And then and there I thought, that sounds interesting. But I...
4 May 2012
Rin Tin Tin by Susan Orlean
The life and legend of the world’s most famous dog While serving during World War I serviceman Lee Duncan came across a little of new born German Shepherd puppies. He took...
21 April 2012
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....
19 March 2012
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....
8 March 2012
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...
6 March 2012
The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary by Ken Liu
I recently posted a link to some of the nebula nominees that are available to read online. And today I decided to read one, so at random i clicked a link...
25 February 2012
The best thing by Margo Lanagan
Mel is not having a good year at school. Her friends have turned on her, and her boyfriend one day stopped talking to her, became her ex over night and hasn’t...
17 January 2012
The Artist dir. by Michel Hazanavicius
It is the era of silent films and George Valentin is a star. Crowds greet his films with delight and applause. While playing nice with the press he bumps into a...
7 January 2012
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