I’ve debated with myself if I should only review books that I find some merit in. After all what is the point of putting down a work someone else spent time and effort to create? I guess there is some use in “warning people off”, but that makes the assumption that people share my taste,…
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Book review: Waking by Emily Thompson (Clockwork Twist #1)
4/5 stars. Disclaimer: I’ve never before read a steampunk novel or related work of fiction, so I am completely free from any bias as to how things “should be” within this genre. It was one of those Kindle offers that I got, and on a whim thought “steampunk, why not?” So, that being said I…
(Blind) Book review: The Lost Time Accidents by John Wray
3/5 stars. I used to do this more often when I was younger – sometimes in a bookshop but also at the library. Pick a book at random, where I knew nothing about the book or author in advance, and let it surprise me. I like the idea of not knowing anything much about a…
Book review: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
5/5 stars. I won’t say much about this one partly because it’s all been said before, but also because I’m about 6 months behind on reviewing it and while the overall positive sentiment prevails, the details by now escape me. The curse and blessing of a poor memory is I can reread a book and…
Strange Norwegian traditions and a book review
Skip to review In my native country of Norway we have a weird tradition called “Easter crime”, in which we read/watch/listen to crime stories during Easter. Looking it up, it apparently began with a very successful ad campaign for a crime novel around Easter time in 1923 which lead Norwegians to start expecting crime thrillers…
Book review: The Sea and the Silence by Peter Cunningham
4/5 stars. Another book in the series of “Sarah reads books she downloaded to her Kindle on a whim for cheap or free”. In this case the title really appealed to me – there are few things I like more than the sea and silence, and I have resolved to read more books by Irish…
Book review: Library of Souls
3/5 stars This is the third and final instalment in Ransom Riggs’ tales of Peculiardom. The story in the first book was based around old, mysterious photographs that the writer had collected, which also feature throughout the series. This way of telling a story worked very well in the first book, less so in the…
Book review: Beatless
Preamble: Confession time: I have literally dozens of books on my Kindle that I downloaded on a whim because they seemed kind of interesting and were really cheap or in some cases even free. I’m honestly a little overwhelmed with the sheer volume of books available for Kindle. It’s a good thing, but it also…
Book review: Hyperbole and a half
5/5 stars I re-read this book to see if it would be a good gift for a friend of mine. And I had only just sat down and opened the book when I found myself half way through (or so it felt), and wondering why I do not read this book every week. I must…
Book review: Pride and Prejudice
5/5 stars. Clearly this book is so well known as to not require further reviews, but it’s one of my favourites so I’d still like to say a few words about it. To my mind, this is one of the greatest love stories ever told. It’s a slow burn. It’s not ridiculously unbelievable head-over-heels crazy…
Too much time, and too little. 