Blurb: The Discworld is in danger, heading towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, its magic fading. It needs a hero, and fast. What it doesn’t need is Rincewind, an inept and cowardly wizard who is still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world. Or Twoflower, the…… Continue reading The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett – An Audio Book Review
As some of you may know, I’m addicted to podcasts. They’re free, can be tailored to pretty much any subject the listener is interested in and are essentially the audio equivalent of a good TV show; far too easy to binge. I’ve bene getting through a few of them at a rate of knots so…… Continue reading Bingeworthy Podcasts
Having been super-busy with work and writing etc … I haven’t been blogging as much. So, I decided that the best way to capitalise on all the reading and listening I was still doing was to take notes and write reviews of everything for when I came back a bit more regularly. Guess who took…… Continue reading Stupid Me and My Non-Note Taking Ways – Mini Reviews Happening Instead
Blurb: You can’t see them. But they can see you. This forest isn’t charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina’s is no different. Left stranded, she is forced into the dark woodland only to find a woman shouting, urging Mina to run to a concrete bunker. As the door slams…… Continue reading The Watchers by A. M. Shine – A Book Review
Blurb: Somewhere between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a magical world not totally unlike our own. Except for the fact that it travels through space on the shoulders of four giant elephants who in turn stand on the shell of an astronomically huge star turtle, of course. Rincewind is the world’s worst wizard who…… Continue reading The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett – An Audio Book Review
Blurb: The world of maths can seem mind-boggling, irrelevant and, let’s face it, boring. This groundbreaking book reclaims maths from the geeks. Mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives: from the surprising geometry of the 50p piece to how probability can help you win in any casino. In search of weird and wonderful…… Continue reading Alex’s Adventure’s In Numberland by Alex Bellos – An Audiobook Review
Blurb: Magic. Revolution. Identity. The Emperor’s reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire’s many islands. Lin is the Emperor’s daughter and she spends her days trapped in a palace…… Continue reading The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart – A Book Review
Blurb: The year 1889. The First Terror. At a boys’ prep school in the Kent marshes, a pupil is found drowned in a pond. Could this be the fulfilment of a witch’s curse from 400 years earlier? The year 1890. The Second Terror. A wealthy man dies of a heart attack at his London townhouse.…… Continue reading Sherlock Holmes & The Three Winter Terrors
Blurb: Twenty years ago at summer camp, Paul Copeland’s sister died in the woods, the alleged victim of a serial killer. Her body was never found. Now, Paul is the prosecutor for Essex County, New Jersey, immersed in one of the biggest cases of his career – a case that will change everything he believes…… Continue reading The Woods by Harlen Coben – An Audio Book Review
I’m struggling to find time to blog, but am still getting through a fair amount of audio books and the occasional regular read. By the time I actually get back into some kind of regular rhythm, I should have bag loads of stuff to review. Even more considering the amount I’ve picked up recently. Audible…… Continue reading Book Haul
Swords & Spectres 