I was getting a bit of Dresden Files withdrawal, so I decided to give Jim Butcher‘s other series (Codex Alera) a go, starting with Furies of Calderon. It’s very different to the Dresden Files style. For a start, it’s not in first-person, so you don’t feel like you are in the head of any specific [...]
“Saturday Night Peter” is the second part of the autobiography of the comedian Peter Kay. The first book, “The Sound of Laughter”, finishes just as Peter gets his first break into comedy. The second book picks up from that point, documenting his Saturday gigs while he progresses up the ladder into the big time. The [...]
A few friends mentioned “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo“, but the title screamed Chick Lit to me so I avoided reading it until now. Well, it just goes to show you shouldn’t judge a book by the cover/title. It’s a down-and-dirty detective story with some rather grim elements, but it’s really engrossing and a [...]
Unseen Academicals is the 37th book in the Discworld series. When I first started reading the series I found Terry Pratchett‘s writing style a little strange. Having had a long break from reading his stuff, switching back was a little difficult at first. Fortunately the characters are brilliant, so you get drawn back in fairy [...]
Turn Coat (book 11 of The Dresden Files) is another non-stop barrage of action and magic. It ties up some loose ends from previous books, but also leaves a few dangling. That is the last in the series (in paperback). These books are like catnip, so I’m planning to manage my withdrawal by reading Unseen Academicals, which is [...]
Small Favour (book 10 of The Dresden Files) is about as intense as they come. It’s like most of the elements of the previous 9 books have been thrown into a blender and produced a perfect cocktail. It’s just an endless onslaught of Fairie Queens, Fallen Angels, Gangsters and now Harry has the attention of [...]