2020 Retrospective – my four favourite books
My four favourites from the books I have read this year.
Category: Reading
Stephen King & Owen King – Sleeping Beauties
This 720-page long novel is the first time the legendary horror writer has written a book with his son Owen…
5 more books for a rainy day
Louis Theroux – Gotta Get Theroux This / Homer – The Iliad translated by Robert Fagles / Stephen King – If It Bleeds / J. R. R. Tolkien – Unfinished Tales / Lee Child – Blue Moon
Bernard Cornwell – Sword of Kings
A quick ramble about yet another book in the Last Kingdom series. It’s a slow starter but eventually gets good…
Bernard Cornwell – War of the Wolf
War of the Wolf is the eleventh book in the Last Kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell and follows straight on from The Flame Bearer.
A quick catch up – misfits, puzzles and sand
There’s no ‘midpoint’ movie roundup this month because I haven’t seen that many so far. Instead I’ve been spending my time watching TV shows, doing jigsaws and listening to the audio version of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman.
Bernard Cornwell – The Flame Bearer
The Flame Bearer by Bernard Cornwell is the 10th book in the Last Kingdom series set in 10th-century Britain. It is very much centred on Uhtred finally winning back his fortress at Bebbanburg from his despicable cousin.
Books – 3 fictional / 2 factual
Stewart Lee – The Perfect Fool | Antony Beevor – D-Day: The Battle for Normandy | Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944 | Ben Aaronovitch – Broken Homes | Michael Moorcock – A Cure for Cancer
Bernard Cornwell – Warriors of the Storm
A relatively short and spoiler-free post about the ninth historical novel in The Last Kingdom series by historical fiction virtuoso Bernard Cornwell.
Philip K Dick – The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike
The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike is a non-science fiction story set in suburban American in the early 1960s. It is a dark comedy of misunderstanding between two troubled married couples.
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