Tag Archives: 2017 book reviews

Thoughts: The Taliban Shuffle, by Kim Barker

The Taliban Shuffle, by Kim Barker, is in some ways the anti-13 Hours (at least in my very limited non-fiction reading experience). Where 13 Hours had such a narrow focus as to be almost useless to a reader who wants … Continue reading

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Thoughts: Hotel du Lac, by Anita Brookner

This is not the first Booker Prizewinner I’ve read, but I haven’t read that many so it still gets a mention. It is the first book I’ve read where the author had to apologise for its winning a prize though! … Continue reading

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Thoughts: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, by Louise Rennison

I don’t always put children’s books on my list, but I must confess, I stalk the Goodreads of all of my friends and I have a friend or two who received these books very kindly so I put it on … Continue reading

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Thoughts: 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi, by Mitchell Zuckoff

Oh boy, so upfront, this is another one that really wasn’t for me, and it wasn’t for me right from the start. Lionisation of US foreign policy is not the way to win my heart and mind. This one resulted … Continue reading

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Thoughts: The Old Man and The Sea, by Ernest Hemingway

This was my first ever Hemingway, and I was a bit nervous about it because Hemingway as a writer comes with so much baggage – he’s one of The Greats, he was a terrible person by all* accounts, fans call … Continue reading

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Thoughts: Short Story Round-Up!

In late October I read a load of short stories in a short timeframe, so I’m going to do a quick round-up here. I’ll be doing a similar graphic novel round-up soon too, because I’ve been riding that train these … Continue reading

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Thoughts: Cat Person, by Kristen Roupenian

Okay, so firstly, hello, it has been a while. I had a very productive NaNo, and I’m still powering on through to get to a (very close!) breathing space, at which point I’ll put it down and relax for the … Continue reading

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Thoughts: The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver

Monks, murders, mysteries, manuscripts. How can you go wrong, really? Not really spoilery, but if you want to read it, then you should just go and read it now.

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Thoughts: Go Set A Watchman, by Harper Lee

I’m not going to touch the controversy surrounding the publication of Go Set A Watchman, because all I know is what I’ve read in the papers and I don’t think my opinion is particularly informed. For the unfamiliar, Go Set … Continue reading

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Thoughts: SPQR, by Mary Beard

I’ve always been into the fun parts of British history, you know the ones? Celts, Romans, Vikings, Tudors. Anything that happened before, after or between those (up until about WWI) is just a blur. I was a big Horrible Histories … Continue reading

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