Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik
ISBN: 9780007256778 book 6 in the Temeraire series There were few streets in the main port of Sydney which deserved the name, besides the one main thoroughfare, and even that bare...
6 March 2011
The Passage by Justin Cronin
ISBN: 9780752897851 Usually in my reviews I tend to start off with a quick plot summary. But any sort of recap would risk spoiling aspects of the story, so I’ll instead...
26 July 2010
Wedlock by Wendy Moore
Mary Eleanor Bowes was born in 1749. Her father was extremely wealthy and, unusually for the time, had her well educated. A most eligible young woman, not least because she was the richest heiress in C18th Britain. Her first wedding was nothing unusual for the time. Pretty loveless and to an older man it wasn’t a romantic love match. Her second, to a dashing young soldier, was. Mary Eleanor probably hadn’t intended to marry Andrew Robinson Stoney, but upon hearing that he had fought a duel for her honour and was laying on his deathbed wishing for nothing but her hand in marriage… well, who could resist that romance!
4 March 2010
Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
After the last book, where nothing happened I was a little reluctant to start this. But although not a lot happens, some things do. And we can certainly see a lot of forward momentum and arranging for the next book, which is supposed to be the last in the series.
29 January 2006
Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
ISBN: 1841491837 Wheel of Time #10 This was a reread for me, I first read it when the hardback was released a few years ago. Sped through it and then said,...
23 January 2006
The Wandering Fire by Guy Gavriel Kay
ISBN: 0586215239 It is always hard to review the middle book of a trilogy. I don’t want to give anything away to those who have yet to read The Summer Tree,...
18 August 2005
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