The Paris Hours by Alex George Stunning! Clever and exquisitely crafted, the minutiae of everyday life is performed in cinematic fashion. The brilliant interweaving of well known literary figures who are brought to life through their seemingly inadvertent interaction with…
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline This book is getting absolutely trashed. Unfairly. People loved Ready Player One. I did too, and this one is a bit uneven taking a long time actually to reach tempo. It follows on from…
Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold by Stephen Fry My rating: 4 of 5 stars By far the very best of Fry’s Greek Myth’s stories. His retelling of Illiad+ is more cogent and more focussed than his broader works, in which…
Ten Days in Harlem: Fidel Castro and the Making of the 1960s by Simon Hall My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a 3.5 of 5. In 1960, Fidel Castro, relatively fresh from the overthrow of Batista travels to…
From the man that brought us Hornblower comes this fascinating pseudo-biography of Napoleon. I happened to stumble upon this 1924 C.S. Forester work as an Amazon Deal of the Day, and I will say I am happy to have read…
The Irrational Ape: Why Flawed Logic Puts us all at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World by David Robert Grimes I will admit to some reluctance in the choosing of this book. To me, it smacked of…
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn is an emotional and social commentary masking as a personal travelogue. In 2015 Ray and Moth Winn decided to walk the coast of Devon and Cornwall from Minehead to Poole. The path loosely retraced…
V2: A Novel of World War II by Robert Harris My rating: 6 of 10 stars A decent read. Tight and enjoyable, with a decent amount of suspense in the narrative to keep you going. It’s a short novel that…
Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw My rating: 5 of 5 stars I thoroughly enjoyed this novel! I found Strange Practice a unique take on urban supernatural stories. I think particularly because the author, Vivian Shaw, begs the question and makes…
We had a hearty quorum of 7/9 attending tonight and regrets were received from Ruairi and Brian.Jim suggested read for August of Where the Buck Stops, Harry S Truman’s autobiographical notes as related to his daughter Margaret was widely well-received.…
Having appreciated Daniel Mason’s Piano Tuner, it was an easy choice to delve into another of his novels – and this one is entirely up to the measure. The Winter Soldier centres on Lucius Le..and his experience as a medical…
Life After Privacy: Reclaiming Democracy in a Surveillance Society by Firmin Debrabander My rating: 4 of 5 stars A very thorough and well researched study that collects a variety of examples that appear elsewhere, but contextualises these within a wide-ranging…