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A record of my reading life. During holiday times, there will be much more to read!
Great story. Lots of plot twists. Just when you think you have it sorted there is another twist. However, I was a bit dissapointed with the writing. She is a far better screen writer than novelist.Worth.reading though.
This book was a bit of a mixture for me. It gripped me to the extent that I wanted to know what happened next, but in the end felt disappointed. There are two big plot twists at the end one of which I guessed almost from the start.There are two main protagonists, one a prisoner and one a probation officer. The Probation officer character did not work for me. Although we learn something about here and what happens to her, she seem very un-rounded as a character.
The Handmaid's Tale
Read this many years ago. It is a classic. Recently got a copy from my Kobo ereader.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1-5)
This is a Classic. Douglas Adams was a genius. I still find it hard to believe he died so young. SO glad to get it in Ebook format.
The Little Book of the London Underground
I am a bit of an anorak when it comes to the London Underground, so this book looked interesting. It does have some good stuff like the fact that "St Johns Wood" is the only station with none of the letters from "Mackerel" in it.! However it has rather to many lists in it that seem to just be padding.
The author states that he wrote the book as a kind of therapy because of the stresses of working for the NHS in A & E.Unfortunately, it reads like that.
Heads Above Water
Greatly enjoyed this book. Steph and her family bravely took the plunge and moved to France and a new life. Something I have thought about many times in my life. The book is amusing but clearly shows that it was not easy. The early days especially sound very hard.
A really good read even if you are not planning to move to France.
I suspect this might be thought of as a "women's " book, but I enjoyed it.the end seemed a bit trite and "happily ever after ". but I recommend it.
I will declare an interest here, David Tibbs is my Father-in-Law. I was privileged to accompany him to Normandy this year for the D-Day commemorations where this book was published.This is a fascinating and moving story of a young man's extraordinary experiences from Normandy to The Far East as a Doctor with the Airborne Division.
It succeeds much more than I thought possible to help one understand what it is like to live through such horror. Difficult to believe they were so young. Most of then in their early twenties or even 19.
It will be of special interest to students of the Pegasus Bridge Campaign but also covers the Ardennes, the Rhine Crossing, the Baltic, and the Far East, including fighting WITH the Japanese in the Java Insurrection.
Read this some time ago, and again recently. When I first read it, it described a world of mainframe computer users that was exciting but out of reach. Now it seams like a history lesson. It shows just how far we have come in computer development and even more in adopting the "connected world". However it still is a great read - a really good "detective story".
It is a real account of a PHD student (an astronomer) who is "into computers". He gets a temporary job as a system manager in a American University Computer department. He is tasked to find out why two computer accounting systems don't agree, and finds that a hacker has penetrated their system. He then documents the next few months while he attempts to track down and catch the intruder.
It also documents his hippyish life on USA's west coast.
It reminds me very much how innocent and trusting we all were before the wide-spread adoption of the Internet.
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Freaks (Rizzoli & Isles, #8.5)
Did not enjoy this book. As a trailer for other Rizzoli & Isles Stories it did not succed for me.
The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success
Great read. Some of the stuff is obvious, so obvious you might overlook it. Other things, I would never have thought of.
