The Killing Floor by Lee Child
Someone recommended The Killing Floor, and Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series generally, so I thought I would give it a go. This is the first Jack Reacher book and I have to say, I mostly loved it.
Category: Books
Book reviews.
Australia, Morocco, Thailand – Three True Travel Stories
I have just moved back to Bangkok and need some Somtam money so thought I would plug my travel book: Australia, Morocco, Thailand – Three True Travel Stories.
eBook Self Promotion
Jason Ward tells three true stories of fairly perilous travel.
Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein starring Cumberbatch and Miller
Of course it could be down to the fact that the thing we went to see was absolutely incredible: Danny Boyle very ably directs Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in Frankenstein.
Intermittent Fasting. The 5:2 Diet.
I heard about the intermittent fasting diet and have decided to leap on the bandwagon.
Australia, Morocco, and Thailand. Three True Travel Stories
Jason Ward tells three true stories of fairly perilous travel.
The Uneven Passage of Time
I’m not just plugging my awesome eBook because I haven’t done so for 6 months, (although that would be reason enough,) I’m plugging it because I am going to release a new one!
The Uneven Passage of Time
If you buy one book this year make it this one. And also read more, that’s pathetic.
The Fear Index by Robert Harris
Robert Harris’s latest book is a thriller set in the exciting world of high finance and computing. The fact that it is genuinely thrilling, given the topics, is testament to Harris’s skill.
A Game of Thrones
Over the past month my life seems to have been filled with George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones. It all started when I was in a bookshop in the … Read More
Kindle review
I love books. I read about a book a week – that’s not a boast, it is a sad lament on how boring my job can be. They are marvelous … Read More
Our Kind of Traitor by John Le Carre
When Perry Makepiece and Gail Perkins go on a tennis holiday to Antigua, they meet a Russian gangster type called Dima and his family. Dima wants to make a deal with … Read More
The Millennium Trilogy by Steig Larsson
I have already written about the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and how exciting and page turning it is. I intended to write separate reviews for the Girl who Played … Read More
Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown
Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown teaches you, the Padawan, some awesome tricks. It also has quite a broad scope and touched on lots of things I am genuinely fascinated by. When it comes to mind powers I am now at least 10% more superior than most of you. It astounds me that I am still broke.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo book review
I’m probably not alone in having seen The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo everywhere I go and as I rather pathetically consider myself to be both an individual and a literary type, I wasn’t all that bothered.
The City and The City by China Mieville
The City and The City is a unique and fascinating book. Plus it is a good one. Set in the fictional Eastern European city of Besz it follows a policeman … Read More
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
Can I get through a whole review of Pirate Latitudes without resorting to spouting pirate cliches? No shivver me timbers I can’t Jim lad. There, got that out of the … Read More
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A man called “Man” and a boy called “Boy” walk down a road called “The Road”. Ok those aren’t literally their names, they just don’t seem to have any. On … Read More
Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
I’m a huge Terry Pratchett fan and have been since I saw The Colour of Magic for sale when I was about 11 and bought it because of the cover. … Read More
The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl & Cyril M. Kornbluth
This book is a gem. It was written over 50 years ago but deals with topics still relevant today. The story is about a star-class copysmith Mitch Courteney who works … Read More