I’ve just finished The Fog and I wanted to get into the habit of writing the review before I start the next book. I managed to get almost 1/2 way through The Fog before I had written the review for Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, and that is frankly not acceptable! The review for The Fog will…
Month: October 2014
Book Review – Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis de Bernières
By the time I post this blog article, I will have posed the raw notes I took as I read the book. I am really enjoying making these notes. Creating them adds depth to the experience of reading and I find it worth taking the time as I read. When I was looking up some of…
Not quite the Book Review – Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Here is my quick and dirty list of references from Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. They are of limited value without the book, but there is some interesting stuff to go and find out about if you wanted to 🙂 1st page of the book, about Louis de Bernieres – His first novel was called “The War…
Diary, update and another next book
Hi all, quick update on the blog as I am spending more and more time reading or publishing short snippets on twitter 🙂 I finished Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and the review is in progress. I am about 1/2 way through The Fog by James Herbert which I think I might finish next week or shortly…
Next book: James Herbert – The Fog
Evening all. I am within spitting distance of finishing Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and have been planning a bit of a new idea for future books. I should have realised this right at the start, but this blog is called a book club! As far as I can, I will post a blog entry before I…
Book Review – The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists – Robert Tressell
Introduction I chose to read The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists because my Mum read it at her book group and recommended it. I also found it as a free eBook on Kobo which helped! Mum didn’t really describe what it was about at all, and for that I am grateful. It was brilliant to discover the book as I read…