August 2018 – Meditations

August 31, 2018

Review: Prisoners of Geography, Tim Marshall

I recently read Tim Marshall’s ‘Prisoners of Geography’, and this short post here is meant to be a brief look at some points within…

August 27, 2018

Rating: 5 out of 5 It is a wonderful moment when one reads the words of another person, and in these finds that they…

August 24, 2018

Rating: 4 out of 5 Mr Zahn’s entries into the now-Legends universe were always welcome; perhaps the main reason for this was that his…

August 23, 2018

Rating: 4 out of 5 The Spitfire is a plane most everyone can imagine when it gets mentioned. But, really, it is far more…

August 23, 2018

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 A good, fast-paced, adventure does generally not make for a literary classic. It is the same in this case,…

August 13, 2018

Rating: 4 out of 5 Another Cussler novel in the fast-and-fun action category, the ‘Skeleton Coast’ was much as I imagined it to be….

August 8, 2018

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 It is my innate liking of Anglo-Saxon Britain which makes me rate this at 3.5/5 rather than any particular…

August 2, 2018

Rating: 4 out of 5 I enjoyed this narrative throughout though I was a bit surprised about the beginning — it felt more disjointed…