Category: book
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A book review: Light Boxes
Light Boxes by Shane Jones My rating: 5 of 5 stars Some books are rather unusual and Light Boxes is one of them. The book is a fantasy in which anything is possible. February has come, but February has no intention of leaving and the towns people of a unnamed town are subjected to an […]
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Bookreview: And the hippos were boiled in their tanks.
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by William S. Burroughs My rating: 4 of 5 stars After reading Junky I discovered this book by Burroughs among the books dubbed as crime novels in my local public library. It was probably labelled as such because there is a murder in it and I don’t […]
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Bookreview: V is for Vengeance
V Is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton My rating: 4 of 5 stars Does a voluminous book require an equally voluminous review? I gather that it doesn’t, for some books, either good or bad, can do with a short verdict. V for Vengeance is such a book. It was a rather copious book for me […]
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Bookreview: Magic Bites
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews My rating: 3 of 5 stars Who the heck is Kate Daniels? She is an edgy sarcastic kick-ass babe with a sharp sword named Slayer. A magic sword of course, for a real kick ass girl in a world turned to urban fantasy can’t be without one. Just like she […]
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Bookreview: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Treasure Island is no doubt a prime example of the boy adventure book. Written by Robert Louis Stevenson at the end of the 19th century, it is the story of Jim Hawkins, the boy who finds the treasure map that sets the tale […]
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Bookreviews: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
By Max Brooks: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War [Audiobook] by -Random House Audio- My rating: 3 of 5 stars (contains a section that can be seen as a spoiler: it is at the end and marked as such) I decided to listen to the audiobook version of this book for […]
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Book review: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles My rating: 3 of 5 stars Think thirties – with the linger touch of the roaring twenties -, think mystery, think romance, think New York in grey with the Empire State building looming in the background, think high life, think jazz, think autumn in New York, think smoky bar […]
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Book review: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller My rating: 2 of 5 stars Some weeks ago I found that I sleep better when I read something, but I did not have any books of my own anymore. I used to have a collection of mostly science-fiction and fantasy books, a size able part of which was handed down […]
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