Tag Archives: 2020 book reviews

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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Thoughts: Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters, by Chesley B. Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow

Posted on 23 June 2020 by Dove

This is the last non-fiction for a while – 2016 Sneak was really full of Based on True Story films – and it was a nice one to end on. Sullenberger is the pilot who landed that plane in the … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The Infiltrator, by Robert Mazur

Posted on 19 June 2020 by Dove

Another book I saw the film of, but I think we’re still in 2016 here so I don’t remember much about the details… I remember finding the film pretty interesting as far as Sneak-films-based-on-true-stories go, and that’s about all that … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Shoeless Joe, by W. P. Kinsella

Posted on 15 June 2020 by Dove

Before we start, no, I have not seen Field of Dreams, so you won’t find anything out about how similar or different it is to the book. Secondly I don’t know if the classic spoiler warning counts here? Field of … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Time of the Octopus, by Anatoly Kucherena, translated by John Farndon with Akbota Sultanbekova and Olga Nakston

Posted on 10 June 2020 by Dove

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Eva, by Peter Dickinson

Posted on 6 June 2020 by Dove

I think I have a reading problem. Anyway. This was sort of unintended – I’d meant to read a Dickinson a while ago after I heard he died, but I couldn’t find the book that was on my to-read list. … Continue reading →

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