At Book Group, we finally brought our A-Z of Flora & Fauna to a close last night with our discussion of a classic thriller. Going forwards, we’re taking a pause from themed reads to go with nominating ‘a book you’d like to read’ until we get the urge to get themed up again! I read Read More
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Two recent Shiny reviews…
I’m off to London today for the annual PFD Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year blogger’s do at the Groucho (yes, I’m name-dropping), so here are links to my two Shiny reviews this week. Either would make wonderful Christmas presents…. Eye of the Shoal by Helen Scales Marine biologist Scales, having previously written books Read More
For the love of good old-fashioned adventure…
Here’s the thing. Now we’re through the beginnings of the computer age, and are in the global communications age – don’t you think that (most) modern thrillers have got too technological? And with those technological advances, plots become bogged down with it all, there’s so much telling about the technology necessary to explain what’s happening Read More
