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A Journey In Books
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This is one man's journey through the books he reads. A set of reviews for anyone who wishes to be a companion along the way.
Recent Posts
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet\'s Nest - Stieg Larsson
If you have been living in a complete media blackout then I can probably understand why you haven't heard of Stieg Larsson. However, if, like the rest of us, you've had your news antenna tuned into the world of books then this author should be famili...
flood - Stephen Baxter
flood, topical and potentially a good snap shot into the future. This book takes a group of people, knitted together by a shared experience of being kidnapped, and follows them through the tidal waters of a rapidly rising sea level. It's set in Londo...
the host - Stephenie Meyer
I've read a fair bit of science fiction in my time, and I'll be the first to admit that I'm a bit of a fan. "the host", however, despite it's SF looking cover and bio on the back didn't seem to ignite enough of a spark to warrant a purchase... that i...
If the dead rise not - Philip Kerr
Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir series took some beating. Since then Philip has written a wide range of books with different subjects, but of recent times, has returned to Bernie Gunther the original detective from the Noir series. The previous outting "A ...
Zoo Station - David Downing
I tend to read books by Genre in clumps of two, I suppose after reading one book of a certain Genre my interest gets peaked and a second course is required to slate my appetite. After reading Mr Ambler's Cause For Alarm (see below) I decided to move ...
Cause for alarm - Eric Ambler
From the outset this book looked interesting. I’d been reading a number of detective novels before-hand a departure from this to a pre-second world war spy novel seemed like a nice diversion. The book centre’s around a naive, but confident, Nick...

