A little yuletide murder by Donald Bain, Jessica Fletcher
Murder She Wrote : #11 I’m not quite sure how to start with this one. I mean, Murder She Wrote… Look, you’ll have to blame Himself...
2 January 2021
We begin at the end by Chris Whitaker
This is one of those books I would never have picked up if it hadn’t been a book club selection, and readily available from the library...
2 January 2021
The machine stops by E. M. Forster
I came across mention of this story over on Metafilter and, while I have heard of Forster I’ve never read1 any of their works so I...
30 May 2020
Sixteenth Watch by Myke Cole
I’ve been meaning to read a Myke Cole book for a while now. His name is one that’s been out there floating around as an interesting...
30 April 2020
The water dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I haven’t read a great many books set in the “old south”. Many years ago I did read Gone with the wind. I’m sure I must...
3 February 2020
How to stop time by Matt Haig
This is only the third book by Haig that I’ve read, but I’ve enjoyed them all and really like his style of writing. But there is...
17 November 2019
A brightness long ago by Guy Gavriel Kay
It has been over ten years since I’ve read a Kay book! Or at least the last post on the blog reviewing a Kay book is...
6 September 2019
The consuming fire by John Scalzi
The Interdependency #2 You know, I thought I’d reviewed the first book in this series The collapsing Empire last year when I read it, but I...
13 August 2019
The invasion by Peadar Ó Guilín
Grey Lands #2 After reading The call I was happy with how the story ended. I’ll admit, I thought that certain things had come to an...
13 August 2019
The call by Peadar Ó Guilín
Grey Land #1 Ireland has been cut off from the rest of the world. No ships, no planes. No email contact, not even radio waves make...
5 August 2019
Underland : a deep time journey by Robert MacFarlane
It’s hard to summarize this book. The publisher’s blurb mentions a journey, and glaciers, and burial chambers, and the planet’s past and future. Which is all...
27 June 2019
Thirteen ways of looking by Colum McCann
A novella, Thirteen ways of looking and short stories, What time is it now, where you are?, Sh’hkol, Treaty. Trigger warning – assault & rape are...
9 June 2019