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November 24, 2020

Review: Seal of the Worm, Adrian Tchaikovsky

Rating: 4 out of 5 The long-awaited end of the series (well, if one was the reader…). The ending let me down, but as…

November 23, 2020

Review: Between the Rivers, Alexis Q. Castor

Rating: 3 out of 5 The rating is for the content and not the presentation… Having investigated Ancient Egypt last year, it felt reasonable…

November 22, 2020

Review: The Consuming Fire, John Scalzi

Rating: 5 out of 5 I enjoyed this! The action continues with Grayland more certain than previously that the end for the Interdependency is…

November 21, 2020

Review: War Master’s Gate, Adrian Tchaikovsky

Rating: 3 out of 5 This volume continued the trend from the previous book—a trend by which the rapid technological advancement of both the…

November 20, 2020

Review: The Collapsing Empire, John Scalzi

Rating: 5 out of 5 Mr Scalzi was first recommended to me a number of years ago—having now finished the Interdependency books, it’s to…

November 18, 2020

Review: The Air War, Adrian Tchaikovsky

Rating: 5 out of 5 This was Mr Tchaikovsky at his best. It’s not a few weeks since I finished this book, but the…

October 14, 2020

Review: Heirs of the Blade, Adrian Tchaikovsky

Rating: 4 out of 5 While this started out slow, I ended up enjoying this volume in the Shadows of the Apt saga far…

October 14, 2020

Fort Ticonderoga

Ticonderoga has a name which might be difficult to remember at first, but once it’s in a mind it’s also unlikely to be forgotten….

October 13, 2020

Review: Icons of England, Bill Bryson

Rating: 2 out of 5 I was tricked. That can’t be right, can it? Well… It’s my fault obviously, but I still feel as…