June 2021 catch up
A quick ramble concerning football, bikers and Bukowski.
Bernard Cornwell – War Lord
War Lord is the thirteenth and last book of Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom series and is dedicated to Alexander Dreymon the actor who plays Uhtred in the TV show based on the books.
Jo Nesbo – The Kingdom
The Kingdom is a stand-alone thriller about two brothers, Roy and Carl Opgard, who live on a mountain farm near a sleepy Norwegian village and whose lives are tied together by secrets and deception.
Movie roundup – May 2021
Pokemon Detective Pikachu / The Meg / The Mitchells vs the Machines / Godzilla: King of Monsters / The Wall / Lost in London / Unlikely Hero / Dog Eat Dog / Franklyn / Manchester by the Sea / Starfish
Lee Child and Andrew Child – The Sentinel
The Sentinel, the 25th book in the series, is a milestone in the history of Jack Reacher novels as it marks the first full-length collaboration between the two Child brothers.
Out now – Richiumu
My new novella – Richiumu – is available now in paperback or e-book format from my author page on Amazon.
Love, Death & Robots – Volume 2
A quick run down of all eight episodes of the second season of Netflix’s animated sci-fi anthology.
Bernard Cornwell – Harlequin
Harlequin introduces us to Thomas of Hookton a skilled archer in the employ of Edward III’s army abroad in fourteenth-century France.
May midpoint movie roundup
Nomadland / Lawrence of Arabia / Shazam! / Brightburn / The Highwaymen / Blade of the Immortal / The Clapper
Matt Haig – The Midnight Library
Nora Seed decides she no longer wants to live. In the limbo of the Midnight Library she is given the opportunity to live alternate versions of her life and learn the best way to live.
