Category Archives: Books

Thoughts: Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly

Posted on 9 August 2020 by Dove

This should give you an idea of how far behind I am. I almost felt a bit bad reading this one now, because the triumph of the story of how black female mathematicians were part of history all along actually … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Gifts of the Crow, by John Marzluff and Tony Angell

Posted on 28 July 2020 by Dove

Another top notch non-fiction recommendation by the kind soul who recommended Your Inner Fish, Why The West Rules – For Now, and The Mismeasure of Man, and she continues to hit it out of the park, as the Yanks would … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Solar Bones, by Mike McCormack

Posted on 22 July 2020 by Dove

As 2017 started, I decided that I clearly wasn’t adding enough books to my TBR and added one more condition to the existing conditions of “one book by writers whose obituaries you come across when timewasting in the Guardian” and … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: G, by John Berger

Posted on 19 July 2020 by Dove

I have finally made it into the 2017 part of my TBR list! Yay! So this was kind of a weird one. All the reviews I saw on Goodreads were either very highly rated or very low rated, but my … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Postcards from the Edge, by Carrie Fisher

Posted on 18 July 2020 by Dove

If you aren’t sick of me saying “Wow, this book everyone says is great turns out to be great!” then you are in luck! I always approach novels by people whose names I know from other spheres with some trepidation, … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The Plague Dogs, by Richard Adams

Posted on 13 July 2020 by Dove

Yeah, I did this to myself. When Richard Adams died, I wanted to put one of his books on my list. I read Watership Down as a teen, and though it was all about nature being hard there was a … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: To Sir, With Love, by E. R. Braithwaite

Posted on 2 July 2020 by Dove

Yep, another book with a film based on it that I haven’t seen. I really want to see this one though. It seems to have been a little bit forgotten – I put it on the list when Braithwaite died … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Closed For Winter, by Georgia Blain

Posted on 29 June 2020 by Dove

I didn’t read this one particularly quickly, but I kept going back to it, a slow immersion of a reading experience. The reviews on Goodreads are pretty divided, and I can see why – it’s not going to be everyone’s … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Tony and Susan, by Austin Wright

Posted on 27 June 2020 by Dove

First things first, if you look this book up all the marketing blurbs tell you it’s a thriller. It is not. And expecting it to be a thriller does a disservice to the book. As we’re still in “books based … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt

Posted on 24 June 2020 by Dove

I was vaguely aware this had been a film, but haven’t seen it, so as usual there will be no insightful comparison from me. The posters make it look gloriously romantic though. And thankfully Winnie is aged up. Because oh … Continue reading →

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