Bernard Cornwell – The Pagan Lord
Ten years have passed peacefully since Death of Kings in which King Alfred died and his son Edward took up the throne of Wessex…
Category: Reading
Mervyn Peake – Titus Alone
I planned to read Titus Alone, the third book of the Gormenghast trilogy, over Christmas 2016, having thoroughly enjoyed the second book earlier that year. Instead I read it a few weeks ago. Here’s what I thought about it…
Bernard Cornwell – Death of Kings
Seven years is long enough to have totally forgotten you’ve read a book. After reading Death of Kings I did a quick search on this blog and found that I had read the book on holiday back in 2013. Holidays – remember those?
Margaret Atwood – The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin is a Booker Prize-winning novel by the multi-award winning Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood perhaps best known for The Handmaid’s Tale.
Bernard Cornwell – The Burning Land
The Burning Land by Bernard Cornwell catches up with Uhtred five years after the events of Sword Song and he is now Alfred’s main man when it comes to commanding men against the Danes for the kingdom of Wessex.
Jo Nesbo – Knife
A review of Jo Nesbo’s new Harry Hole thriller Knife.
Robert A Heinlein – I Will Fear No Evil
Having read and enjoyed The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land, I thought I would enjoy Robert A Heinlein’s I Will Fear No Evil in equal measure. Read on to find out if I did…
Ursula K. Le Guin – The Left Hand of Darkness
Le Guin is very highly regarded in fantasy and science fiction circles, and after running out of Philip K Dick books I needed to get me some classic sci-fi. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards, this was touted as her best book…
Douglas Coupland – Generation A
I was not particularly blown away by this as much as I was by Generation X, Microserfs and All Families Are Psychotic. I had no sympathy for the five characters through which the disjointed story is told.
Gene Wolfe – Peace
Peace is an enigma. A puzzle to be cracked. Perhaps fittingly my copy appeared mysteriously to me a month or so ago, having sat forgotten on a low bookshelf for a year.
