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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.

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  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet\'s Nest - Stieg Larsson

    Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 15:00 in Thriller, political, detective, 7 10

    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

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 06:04 in action, science fiction, 2 10

    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

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 05:56 in Romance, science fiction, 6 10

    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

    Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 03:38 in crime, detective, hardboiled, 10 10, berline

    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

    Posted on Saturday October 10th, 2009 at 10:53

    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

    Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 04:29 in 7 10 spy action holiday

    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...

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