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Category: Literary Reviews

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 29, 2020

Review: Sword of Kings, Bernard Cornwell

Rating: 4 out of 5 It doesn’t take much for me to like a Bernard Cornwell book. Though I don’t think the Saxon Stories……

June 17, 2020

Review: The Elite, Ranulph Fiennes

Rating: 1 out of 5 Having a cursory overview of world history, most people could probably make a decent guess at who Mr Fiennes…

June 12, 2020

Review: Elizabeth of York, Alison Weir

Rating: 1 out of 5 I don’t know why I even tried reading this, having so recently tried another book by Ms Weir. Perhaps…

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…

May 28, 2020

Review: The Tales of Beetle the Bard, J.K. Rowling

Rating: 4 out of 5 There were less stories here than I hoped. Some of them we’ve kind of heard of in the larger…

May 28, 2020

Review: Beyond the Dragon’s Gate, Yoon Ha Lee

Rating: 4 out of 5 I enjoyed this, but this was also a rather abrupt story. I was hoping for more from the author…

May 25, 2020

Review: Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman

Rating: 4 out of 5 I’ve left reviewing this in depth quite late. I liked the book — there were plenty of chapters where…

May 19, 2020

Review: United States of Vinland, Colin Taber

Rating: 3 out of 5 I am not sure this qualifies as very thoughtful literature, but it was definitely easy to read. Mr Taber’s…

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