Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
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Want to get ahead? Get good habits – Review: Daily Rituals
06 Oct 2017If you want to improve at something, you can’t do better than studying the habits of people who’ve already done…
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Review – What Makes You Not a Buddhist by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
02 Aug 2017I’ve read many books on Buddhism, but this, by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, stands out as very special. In just a…
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Secret Library – Lee, Vonnegut, Niven
15 Jun 2017I’m delighted and honoured to be invited to make my contribution to Richard Fernandez’ remarkable Secret Library on his blog…
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Review: Dead Writers in Rehab
08 Jun 2017Dead Writers in Rehab by Paul Bassett Davies My rating: 5 of 5 stars At the start of Paul Bassett…
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Review: Two O’Clock Boy – Mark Hill
24 Apr 2017From Line of Duty to Jack Reacher, crime is the thing nowadays – but the challenge is to find a…
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The Genre That Dare Not Speak Its Name – Review: Capital
18 Mar 2017Capital by John Lanchester My rating: 5 of 5 stars Satire is the genre that dare not speak its name…
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Review: Rivers of London
18 Oct 2015Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch My rating: 5 of 5 stars Just came across this lovely off-beat fantasy crime…
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Review: Killers in mascara
05 Nov 2014Killers in mascara by Huw Collingbourne My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m in the middle of this unusually entertaining…
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Review: Straight White Male
10 Oct 2014Straight White Male by John Niven My rating: 4 of 5 stars How do you succeed in creating a difficult…
