Book Review / TITAN (The Titan Trilogy #1) (2022)
After a devastating war the world is now under the control of a “democratic” global government known as the World Unity and Peace...
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- May 8, 2022
Book Review / The String Rider (2021)
I read this book last year with the intent of getting the review out then for book of the month (no longer running currently), so many...
- Feb 17, 2022
Audiobook Review / Pride and Prejudice
An utterly absorbing audio version of Jane Austen's arguably most popular and timeless tale, brilliantly narrated by the excellent...
- Feb 17, 2022
Audiobook Review / Not in Your Lifetime: The Assassination of JFK
Not in Your Lifetime: The Assassination of JFK should not be missed by anyone even with a passing interest in the events of 22nd Nov 1963.
- Jan 20, 2022
Book Review / Curiosity Perfectly Satisfyed': Faraday's Travels in Europe 1813-1815
All the biographies in all the world will never be able to replace the words from the horse's mouth. Blessed we are to be able to...
- Jan 20, 2022
Audiobook Review / War for the Planet of the Apes: Revelations - The Official Movie Prequel
Yar. One of the rare DNFs on my shelves, and one of the main reasons I don't like listening to novels on audio. The whole atmosphere can...
- Jan 20, 2022
Book Review / Animal Farm
George Orwell's 'little squib'. I can't remember how long ago I read this for the first time, and the film version gets flung about a bit...
- Jan 1, 2022
Book Review / The Writer's Journey
Well…wow…I felt like I just went on a whole hero’s journey of my own! I’ve tried to stray away from writing guides since the market...
- Jan 1, 2022
Book Review / Discovering Epitaphs
I picked this book up at Highgate Cemetery in London, which fitted in nicely with the curiosity many share regarding gravestones and...
- Jan 1, 2022
Book Review / A Clergyman's Daughter
George Orwell never fails to entertain or offer insight, which means The Clergyman’s Daughter is no exception. Though described by Orwell...
- Jan 1, 2022
Book Review / The Italian Matchmaker
This is the third book by Santa Montefiore I’ve read, and she has so far failed to disappoint. Her books tend to have a glorious weaving...
- Jan 1, 2022
Audible Original Review / West Cork
On the morning of Christmas Eve 1994 a woman’s body was found in a hedge in a remote part of West Cork. She was identified as Sophie...
- Jan 1, 2022
Audiobook Review / Legion: Thirteen Ways of Looking at Lawrence of Arabia
“Lots of people go about saying they alone understand me. They do not see how little they see, each of them separately. My name is...
- Aug 1, 2021
Book Review / Choosing Life: My Father’s Journey in Film from Hollywood to Hiroshima
People have always been connected to their ancestors in one way or another. But most records, gravestones, or pictures will never be able...
- Apr 30, 2021
Book Review / Nena (The Viking Treasure Huntress #1)
On the coast of Norway over a millennia ago, a young warrior named Jarl visited a renowned shipmaker to request a great vessel to seek...
- Feb 8, 2021
Book Review / Kay Nielsen. East of the Sun and West of the Moon
This book is utterly beautiful, and clearly a labour of love. Though it was based on the original printing layout from 1914, it's the...
- Jan 13, 2021
Book Review / The Truth: The Biggest Cover-up in History
Books like this are certainly the kind that will be like Marmite to most. Some might call it controversial, some might call it...
- Nov 12, 2020
Book Review / Divas, Dogs & Dreamers
Sophie Wilde is a part-time wardrobe mistress in the West End, also working as a cycle courier to earn extra cash to afford her life in...
- Oct 2, 2020
Book Review / Barely in Time
Poor Danny Maelstrom is a foreigner in his own country. Having lost his parents as a baby, and after the inconvenience of them changing...
- Aug 11, 2020
Book Review / By the Feet of Men
It's somewhat disturbing to read a dystopia that seems much more tolerable than real life currently. Alright, just joking...mostly...but...
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