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Book 29 - 2019
Book 29: The Sandman: Volume 2 - The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman - 232 pages
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Morpheus tracks down three dreams who escaped his world, while a young woman searches for her little brother. As their stories converge, a vortex threatens dreamers worldwide.
Thoughts:This is the second volume of Gaiman's Sandman ( Read more... ) -
Books 29 & 30 - 2014
Book 29: American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 588 pages
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Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a ( Read more... ) -
2013 Summary
It’s only taken me a year to finish writing up my 2013 book reviews (and with nearly 30 2014 book reviews to write in the next month), but alas I am here. So what happened in 2013? I got promoted to manager at work; I travelled to Hawaii and went on a cruise to far-north Queensland, as well as visiting the most northern point in Australia for work ( Read more... ) -
Books 21 & 22 - 2012
Book 21: Radiant Darkness by Emily Whitman - 274 pages
Description from bookdepository.co.uk:
He smiles. "Hello." It's a deep voice. I can feel it reverberate in my chest and echo all the way down to my toes. I know I should leave, but I don't want to. I want to keep my senses like this forever. I'm all eye, all ear, all skin. Persephone lives in ( Read more... ) -
Books 11 & 12 - 2013
Book 11: A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan - 342 pages
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Rosalinda Fitzroy had been asleep for 62 years when she was woken by a kiss. Locked away in the chemically-induced slumber of a stasis tube in a forgotten sub-basement, sixteen-year-old Rose slept straight through the Dark Times that killed millions and ( Read more... ) -
Books 7 & 8 - 2012
Book 7: The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood - 198 pages
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In Homer's "Odyssey", Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife, her story a salutary lesson through the ages. Left alone for twenty years when Odysseus goes off to fight in ( Read more... )
