The Pilgrim Conspiracy by Jeroen Windmeijer My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Pilgrim Conspiracy promises a tale in the style of Dan Brown, and it delivers. Connecting Freemasonry with the Pilgrim trek from England to Leiden and eventually to…
Learn Python Quickly: A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Learning Python, Even If You’re New to Programming by Code Quickly My rating: 5 of 5 stars Learn Python Quickly is a new (and exceptionally handily accomplished) beginner’s guide to Python by…
A quick review of a re-read.It’s been a couple decades since first reading the series and by and large it has stood well the test of time.The historical context of the publishing of the novel always remains a good tale.…
This review is based on a pre-released copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. It is scheduled to be released in September of 2020. Escaping Dreamland by Charlie Lovett My rating: 5 of 5 star Escaping…
I cannot believe that I have not reviewed this favourite until now. I had collected a few words about the longer series that comprise The Collected Bandy Papers (Vols 1 – 9) in a previous post. They are modern day…
The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria: The Sinking of the World’s Most Glamorous Ship by Greg King and Penny Wilson My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria: The Sinking of the World’s Most…
Chicago’s Great Fire The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City by Carl Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars Carl Smith’s upcoming Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City is an exhaustively researched…
The marketing bumph for this novel is honest and factual and captures the very bare plot outline. In that, it does this novel a severe disservice. The Glass Hotel is experiential. As she did her previous novel Station Eleven, St.…
I did not enjoy Anne Brönte’s Tenant of Windfell Hall. I read it as our book club pick this month – and only finished with great difficulty so that I was qualified to discuss it. I am sorry and realise…
Ben Fergusson’s An Honest Man is a thick, deeply enveloping treat of a read. Full of twists and deeply engaging, this coming of age tale set in 1988-89 West Berlin follows a group of teens facing the challenges of their…
Having finished the 50th volume of this long-running serial, I feel compelled to do a full-series reflection. When I began this series the running total in the series was in the mid-thirties. I read Kirov with an eye to how…
With all due respect to the author, who I have great respect for, this is not a ‘read’ for me. Unfortunately, it remains a consult. Stephen Fry relates the multitude of tales (and there are of course so many more)…