Category Archives: thoughtpinions

Thoughts: Why the West Rules – For Now, by Ian Morris

Posted on 4 July 2017 by Dove

I’m back from a holiday which means I have a pretty huge backlog! We begin with a beast of a book I was in the middle of before we set off, and strap yourselves in, people. It’s going to be … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Low Midnight, by Carrie Vaughn

Posted on 11 June 2017 by Dove

So, maybe you thought I’d turned some kind of classy corner in my reading material. Maybe you were wrong. Time to review the penultimate book in the Kitty Norville series! We’re well over halfway there!

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Thoughts: The Mismeasure of Man, by Stephen Jay Gould

Posted on 10 June 2017 by Dove

Oh man. So many disclaimers needed. This is the first I’ve read on this subject, so I’m not really going to be able to bring a nuanced conversation to this book or discuss competing theories not mentioned. I’m aware I’m … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, by Michael Lewis

Posted on 2 June 2017 by Dove

This is the beginning of a run of non-fiction books, so that means you get to learn exactly how much I don’t know about anything. This is also taking us right to the end of 2015 in my TBR. How … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Finding Audrey, by Sophie Kinsella

Posted on 1 June 2017 by Dove

And now for something completely different! Spoiler alert again. I’ve been dreading writing this one even more than Waiting for Godot. Absolutely not the fault of the book or the friend who recommended it to me.

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Thoughts: Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn

Posted on 31 May 2017 by Dove

This was the last book of Flynn’s three famous crime novels (so far) that I had to read. I read Gone Girl on the back of a recommendation from a friend, and inhaled Sharp Objects over the course of a … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Right Ho, Jeeves (and other stories), by P.G. Wodehouse

Posted on 30 May 2017 by Dove

So, it looks like I have a weird soft spot for fast-paced stories about ridiculously rich Englishmen with capable manservants – Lord Peter Wimsey was my gateway gentleman, and now Bertie Wooster is going to join him. Do I have … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The Flintstones, by Mark Russell and Steve Pugh, vol 1

Posted on 28 May 2017 by Dove

Borrowed from a friend out of insatiable curiosity. It’s the Flintstones, but not as we know it! Some spoilers abound, so if you want to pick this up at any point, I’d recommend just doing it.

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Thoughts: Giant Days, by John Allison (vols 1-4)

Posted on 27 May 2017 by Dove

Probably going to be a short one, but if you don’t want to read my inane thoughts, take only this away: Read Giant Days, it is lovely.

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Thoughts: Waiting For Godot, by Samuel Beckett

Posted on 24 May 2017 by Dove

Oh man. OH MAN. I have not been looking forward to this. The thought of having to write my thoughts on this almost stopped me from picking it up in the first place. But I was running low on funds … Continue reading →

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