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Review of ‘No Pianos, Pets or Foreigners!’ by Joe Palermo

28/09/2023 nsford 2 Comments

This short memoir about an American’s experiences living in Japan in the 1980s is a good read. The title refers…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Joe Palermo, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, travel

Review of ‘The Mystery of Henri Pick’ by David Foenkinos

25/09/2023 nsford Leave a comment

A quirky contemporary novel about literature and relationships, the book is not in the mystery genre, although it does have…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, David Foenkinos, fiction, reviews, translations

Review of ‘The Girls of Slender Means’ by Muriel Spark

23/09/2023 nsford Leave a comment

I had no idea where the plot of this slender novel was going. I like books which are surprising and…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, classics, fiction, Muriel Spark, reviews

Review of ‘The Violin: Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators’ by George Hart

19/09/2023 nsford 3 Comments

I thought this would be an interesting read, but sadly the style was very dry. The author clearly knew his…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, music, non-fiction

Review of ‘Real Ghost Stories: Volume 3’ by Tina Vantyler

17/09/2023 nsford Leave a comment

I returned for a third dose of supernatural shenanigans in this series of real ghost stories, as told to the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, reviews, Tina Vantyler

Review of ‘Dragon Palace’ by Hiromi Kawakami

12/09/2023 nsford Leave a comment

An odd, unsettling collection of short stories from the author of The Nakano Thrift Shop and Strange Weather in Tokyo.…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Hiromi Kawakami, reviews, short stories, translations

Film of the book: ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ (2005)

09/09/2023 nsford Leave a comment

I felt that I should give this film another try. When I saw it well over a decade ago, I…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, Douglas Adams, films, reviews, science fiction

Review of ‘Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity’ by Greg Jenner

06/09/2023 nsford Leave a comment

A fun, irreverent history book which attempts to define ‘celebrity’, with many examples of people from history – were they…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Greg Jenner, history, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Nightshade Revenge’ by Anthony Horowitz

04/09/2023 nsford 4 Comments

I’ve been a fan of Horowitz’s Alex Rider series ever since the first novel, Stormbreaker, was published in 2000. I…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Anthony Horowitz, books, reviews, thrillers, YA fiction

Review of ‘The Canyons Of Rob Gotobed’s Overactive Mind’ by Rob Gotobed

31/08/2023 nsford Leave a comment

Do you like to laugh? Are you a fan of Monty Python-style humour? Then have a chuckle at this compendium…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, humour, reviews, Rob Gotobed

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