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Review of ‘The Other Side of the Sky’ by Arthur C Clarke

30/11/2020 nsford 3 Comments

One of my favourite short story collections, this well-thumbed Corgi edition from 1963 has the lyrical sense of wonder that…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Arthur C Clarke, books, fiction, reviews, short stories

Review of ‘The One’ by John Marrs

24/11/2020 nsford 6 Comments

What if you could be genetically matched with your soulmate? That’s the concept of this extremely twisty thriller. It’s an…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, John Marrs, reviews

Review of ‘Titus Alone’ by Mervyn Peake

20/11/2020 nsford 5 Comments

This novel is astonishing and strange but I’ve never liked it much. I re-read it to complete the trilogy which…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, Mervyn Peake, reviews

Review of ‘The Passengers’ by John Marrs

18/11/2020 nsford 8 Comments

Would you trust an automatic driverless car which uses smart technology that knows everything about you? Me neither. However, in…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, John Marrs, reviews

Review of ‘The Time Machine’ by H G Wells

12/11/2020 nsford 4 Comments

One of my absolute favourites, I’ve read this very short novel many times. In his 1931 preface to later editions…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, H G Wells, reviews

Film of the book: ‘Rebecca’ (2020)

09/11/2020 nsford 18 Comments

Does the new adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic 1938 novel deserve all the critics’ spite? Absolutely not. While not…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, Daphne du Maurier, fiction, films, Netflix, reviews

Review of ‘Moll Flanders’ by Daniel Defoe

05/11/2020 nsford 12 Comments

First published in 1722 with a narrative dated 1682, this novel is surprisingly readable. Sometimes I had to read a…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Daniel Defoe, fiction, reviews

The time-travelling bookworm: ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Brontë

01/11/2020 nsford 13 Comments

I’ve never been a fan of Wuthering Heights. I’ve read it a few times, however, the last of these being…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, Emily Brontë, fiction, reading

Review of ‘Reality, and Other Stories’ by John Lanchester

29/10/2020 nsford 4 Comments

I enjoyed these eight sinister tales. They all involve contemporary technology in some way, giving a fresh update to the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, John Lanchester, reviews, short stories

Books I’ve abandoned this year

21/10/2020 nsford 21 Comments

I’ve DNFed a record number of books this year, giving up on them after a few chapters. Mostly they were…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, Erin Morgenstern, fiction, Grady Hendrix, Haruki Murakami, Laura Jane Williams, Lesley-Ann Jones, non-fiction, Phoebe Morgan, reading, S J Watson, Sarah Crossan

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