21 May 2019
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Having recently acquired a copy of German Short Stories for Beginners from Touri Language Learning as part of the LibraryThing Early Reviewers programme, I can definitely confirm that the answer is nein. Even my reading of German, which used to … Continue reading
22 March 2017
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Behind the Mask is an anthology of superhero stories edited by Tricia Reeks and Kyle Richardson. Setting off on the journey of reading it, I wasn’t sure what to expect; I’ve read plenty of superhero stories but normally they are … Continue reading
30 September 2016
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Cookery books fall on a continuum between simple collections of recipes to writing about the food that drops occasional hints about how to do something similar yourself. My taste tends towards the latter so, in reviewing the copy of Chef … Continue reading
7 September 2016
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This is another colouring book from Light Burst Media. Compared to the 80s Fashion I reviewed, this one is great. The patterning of many of the butterflies and flowers is often fascinating and the line width of the designs is … Continue reading
6 September 2016
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Over the past couple of years, colouring books have come back in vogue and many bookshops now sport a collection of books you are positively encouraged to scribble on. Age is no barrier and grown-ups are positively encouraged to play. … Continue reading
20 August 2016
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Mind and Body is a series of short stories by Lucas Carpenter, a Professor of English at Oxford College, Emory University and an expert on subjects such as the poet, John Gould Fletcher. Here he writes fiction in the form … Continue reading
7 April 2016
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I recently read a blog post by Charlie Stross where he was discussing sci-fi cliches. Unfortunately, Sean O’Brien manages to draw on a fair number of them in Beltrunner. It is set in the future, focusing on an independent asteroid … Continue reading
13 February 2016
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This nordic noir story, Bogman, reminds me a little of Sjöwall and Wahlöö’s classic Martin Beck series. It doesn’t have the same degree of social commentary but it is as much about the work of the investigative team as about … Continue reading
21 December 2015
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The subtitle of this book is ‘On the Dreadful Consequences of Bad Arguments’ and that sums it up rather well. Andy Bannister explores what could, I suppose, be summed up as the atheist delusion, picking up several points where common … Continue reading
16 July 2015
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I’d been keen to review this anthology of science fiction stories which promised to use the genre to explore questions of gods, beliefs and faiths. Sadly though, I got to the end and have to report that nothing particularly stood … Continue reading