The View on the way down is about depression and suicide. And more than that it is the effects of depression and suicide on a family. For subject matter that some would consider taboo, it read to me as a...
continue readingI'm slightly inspired by the new look of my blog to try and start posting regularly again. Even if it's just reviews of Audiobooks. And even if just very quick thoughts - rather than full blown reviews. -- I can't...
continue readingI'm not being too strict this year... a couple of these were not published in 2013. Books 10 to 2, could easily be jumbled around in order, but number 1 slot was a clear winner this year. TransAtlantic - McCann, Colum...
continue readingI wrote this at the start of the year for a Kindle Book of short stories based around The Gathering that someone was organizing - but it never happened... Update: it did happen: But mine was not included... reason: because...
continue readingAs you can see from the title, Fat Chance is about Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease. This book gets 5 stars from me, not because it I loved reading it so much, some of it was...
continue readingMy top 10 books of the year. All audiobooks except for the Psychopath test. (Wow there's not much between this post and last years top ten, I might just turn this into a book blog and be done with it)...
continue readingMy favourite books of 2011. Better late than never, right? 10. Solace (novel / paperback) Realistic & authentic characters and relationships. I like that. 09. A Monster Calls (novel / audiobook) Surprisingly good for young adult fiction which I don't...
continue readingYes I'm still hooked on audiobooks. Some more reviews: Bill Bryson - Notes from a small Island I'm not particularly interested in travel books but some folk are such entertaining writers that the content isn't all that important. I'm sure...
continue readingI've been meaning to check out audiobooks for years and now I'm hooked, obsessed even. I got a nice birthday present of an ipod nano and some itunes vouchers on a recent birthday, so I bought an audiobook instead of...
continue readingI've read a couple of my namesake's novels over the years. But apparently "The Vodi" is an undiscovered masterpiece. In what context I don't know. I've no idea what that message board is about. Though it does appear right under...
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