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July 24, 2020

Review: Clouds Above the Hill Vol. I, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 I am a great fan of Ryotaro Shiba. It is always in February I get the wish to re-read…

July 21, 2020

Review: Macbeth, A.J. Hartley

Rating: 3 out of 5 A retelling of the classic Shakespeare play ‘Macbeth’, this book probably doesn’t come to surprise anyone. The authors’ endnote…

July 20, 2020

Review: The Sword of Persia, Michael Axworthy

Rating: 5 out of 5 It is not to my credit that I had not heard of a figure as instrumental as Nader Shah…

July 19, 2020

Review: Kellanved’s Reach, Ian C. Esslemont

Rating: 5 out of 5 Having read this originally a year ago, I picked the book up again so recently because I also read…

July 14, 2020

Review: Deadhouse Landing, Ian C. Esslemont

Rating: 4 out of 5 The second book of a trilogy, and the weird adventures of Dancer and Wu—who is shortly going to gain…

July 12, 2020

Review: Dancer’s Lament, Ian C. Esslemont

Rating: 5 out of 5 I enjoyed this. I read the Malazan Book of the Fallen a fair time ago now, but the two…

July 11, 2020

Review: Crusaders, Dan Jones

Rating: 4 out of 5 The introduction to this narrative history made promises the book itself didn’t keep. The author’s statement that he would…

July 9, 2020

Review: Never Split the Difference, Chris Voss

Rating: 5 out of 5 I find it difficult sometimes to review the books I consider very highly. This specific book was recommended to…

July 8, 2020

Review: Neither Here nor There, Bill Bryson

Rating: 3 out of 5 Probably one of my least favourite Bryson books thus far, it’s clear that the author hadn’t yet grown into…

June 30, 2020

Review: Full Circle, Michael Palin

Rating: 3 out of 5 A solid, middle-of-the-road book here. Mr Palin rarely ventures into the unexpected or controversial, merely describing what he sees…

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