The poison belt by Arthur Conan Doyle
Last year I read the first book in the Professor Challenger stories, The Lost World, where the land of the dinosaurs...
25 January 2019
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His last bow by Arthur Conan Doyle
Containing – “The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge” (1908), “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box” (1892), “The Adventure ,of the Red Circle”...
28 October 2018
Anatomy of a scanal by Sarah Vaughan
Told from a variety of point of views, and interspersed with flashbacks this book starts off with an affair that turns...
24 June 2018
God’s own country dir. by Francis Lee
Johnny Saxby is running his family farm pretty much single-highhandedly. His father’s illness means he can’t help out, although he can...
5 May 2018
The valley of fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes ; 4 or 7, depending on how you are counting. This is the fourth and final of the novels...
30 April 2018
The river bank by Kij Johnson
A sequel to Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows There are two main reasons I wanted to read this book....
3 April 2018
This history of bees by Maja Lunde
translated by Diane Oatley Bees are pretty cool insects. They are also pretty damn important. Insects in general are essential to...
2 April 2018
Major Pettigrew’s last stand by Helen Simonson
I read this because it was my bookclub selection for March. I am afraid that it certainly was not my cup...
26 March 2018
Mayhem by Sigrid Rausing
Added to Mount TBR in March 2018 – I came across this book as it was longlisted for the 2018 Wellcome...
11 March 2018
The wind in the willows by Kenneth Grahame
It’s fairly impossible for me to be objective about The Wind in the Willows. I’m not sure if I’ve ever read...
28 February 2018
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
The French trilogy ; 2 Set before, during, and after World War 1 Birdsong tells the story of a young Englishman....
20 January 2018
Prevenge dir. by Alice Lowe
Ruth is a murderer. Seven months pregnant she believes her unborn child is telling her, forcing her, to murder people. She...
14 January 2018
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