I was about to put this book into a pile to sell/dispose of, thinking I didn’t want to read it, but something made me open it up and I started reading – and basically didn’t put it down until I’d finished it (OK – I fell asleep with my thumb in the spine, but finished Read More
Tag: Marine Biology
#DoorstoppersInDecember: 1 sublime, 1 DNF – MacInnes & Winton
Laura is hosting #DoorstoppersInDecember partly as an antidote to #NovNov25, but as the weather gets colder/more unpredictable, what’s better than getting stuck into a chunky novel. There are no hard and fast rules as to what constitutes a doorstopper, but I’d normally call a book over 450 pages a chunkster. So far this month, I’ve Read More
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