It’s always nice to learn something, even when it is something that you shouldn’t have to learn. For a while now I have been frustrated how my Kobo only shows series information on some books, but not others. The time it appears to work seems…
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Although many of you know me as a science fiction fan, I probably read as much, if not more, crime fiction than sf. Quite a bit of it is American crime fiction, so it is nice to discover a local author. Jim Kelly has been…
Last year, I caught an episode of a TV Miniseries, and it looked interesting. I never did see the whole thing, but it did cause me to check out the book it was based on. It has since sat on my Kindle, until just before…
The sample of Back Story by David Mitchell very quickly turned into a book purchase. I’ve only read a couple of chapters yet, but it is pleasantly written, very much capturing Mitchell’s voice.
Being a fan of Dave Cash in the old Capital Radio days, I grabbed a copy of this book at the same time as downloading a sample chapter of David Mitchell’s autobiography. When they both hit my Kindle I was surprised to see Cash’s book…
Suffering currently from conjunctivitis, I’ve found that watching TV irritates me, but I have been able to read my Kindle comfortably. Which is why I have managed to speed through Peter Hamilton’s latest mega-novel in faster than usual (for me) time. Which is probably good,…
Earlier I mentioned I’d ordered this book, which the film Countdown was based on. It arrived a couple of days ago, and I’ve just finished it. The book tells the (fictional) story of a more perilous alternative to the Apollo mission, evolved from the fear…
On my Kindle today, I finished Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/TjhTawP
I’m currently reading this book, and was just struck by what I felt was a terrific descriptive passage, about the Ford Motor Company.
It’s a lengthy passage (a couple of pages), but I didn’t want to cut it short.
On my Kindle today, I finished The Ware Tetralogy by Rudy Rucker and gave it 4 stars http://t.co/PBB7WF9
On my Kindle today, I finished The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/8gZXj0k [Added 26 August] I am actually considering reading it again, right now, as I am not sure I completely understood everything. Now that doesn’t normally sound like…