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Category: Nonfiction

November 23, 2020

Review: Between the Rivers, Alexis Q. Castor

Rating: 3 out of 5 The rating is for the content and not the presentation… Having investigated Ancient Egypt last year, it felt reasonable…

October 13, 2020

Review: Icons of England, Bill Bryson

Rating: 2 out of 5 I was tricked. That can’t be right, can it? Well… It’s my fault obviously, but I still feel as…

September 21, 2020

Review: Written in History, Simon Sebag Montefiore

Rating: 2 out of 5 This didn’t rise to my expectations. Mr Montefiore’s attempts to categorize letters into specific topics failed as often as…

August 30, 2020

Review: The Danish Way of Parenting, Jessica Alexander

Rating: 4 out of 5 A very straightforward book, this read in the majority like a dumbed down, combined, version of ‘Thinking, Fast and…

August 3, 2020

Review: Notes from a Big Country, Bill Bryson

Rating: 4 out of 5 There’s a certain charm to collected news columns—that they were, perhaps, written over a long period, and we can…

August 2, 2020

Review: Origins, Lewis Dartnell

Rating: 2 out of 5 The idea for a book like this—explaining how geography and geology have affected our development—sounds amazing. The problem comes…

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…

June 1, 2020

Review: Born to Run, Christopher McDougall

Rating: 5 out of 5 This was a stellar non-fiction though with some hyperbole! I enjoyed the author’s style but it is clear that…

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