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Thursday 1st December 2016

2016

Nightblind

Author : Ragnar Jonasson

Summary :
Second in the series picks up the hero 4 years later still a detective policeman in small town in ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 01 Dec 2016

Review of "Nightblind"

Very good followup. Engrossing and entertaining with some twists that you do and some that you don't foresee.


Saturday 26th November 2016

2000

The Well at the Worlds End

Author : William Morris

Summary :
Young prince leaves parents kingdom to go a-questing. ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 26 Nov 2016

Review of "The Well at the Worlds End"

Load of old codswallop. Totally linear narrative. Nothing exciting or unexpected occurs. No drama. Everything totally predictable. Written in a cod Mdlle ages-y dialect that is frankly irritating. Absolute tosh - but I did finish the damn thing.


Thursday 3rd November 2016

1977

A Guide for the Perplexed

Author : EF Schmacher

Summary :
Philosophical Maps Levels of Being - Mineral, Plant, Animal, Man,... ...
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Reviewed by Roger, on 03 Nov 2016

Review of "A Guide for the Perplexed"

Very useful, but increasingly we see the boundaries between the levels of being as somewhat fuzzy, not so much an ontological discontinuity as an ontological phase shift.


Sunday 2nd October 2016

2013

Americanah

Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Summary :
Nigerian middle class woman gets to US to go to college and then returns to the love of her life ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 02 Oct 2016

Review of "Americanah"

Interesting nigerian view of america and americanised nigerian (an americanah) view of Nigeria.


Sunday 18th September 2016

2000

SPQR

A History of Ancient Rome

Author : Mary Beard

Rated by Roger, on 18 Sep 2016



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