Booooks!
Title: A Short History of Nearly Everything
Author: Bill Bryson
Pages: 574
Genre: Non-fiction
Summary:
What on earth is Bill Bryson doing writing a book of popular science--A Short History of Almost Everything? Largely, it appears, because this inquisitive, much-travelled writer realised, while flying over the Pacific, that he was entirely ignorant of the processes that created, populated and continue to maintain the vast body of water beneath him. His investigations deal with seven topics, all of enormous interest and significance: the origins of the universe; the gradual historical discovery of the size and age of the earth (and the beginnings of the awesome notion of deep time); relativity and quantum theory; the present and future threats to life and the planet; the origins and history of life (dinosaurs, mass extinctions and all); and the evolution of man.
My Thoughts:
This was fantastic. I know some it's probably out of date now, as it was written in 2003ish, but none the less it was absolutly fascinating. Stuff that I was never the remotest bit interested in - physics, chemistry, geology [don't even get me started on that one], he made seem the most interesting subject ever. Definaetly reccommend this one!
I'm going to cheat and do 4 books in one here, cause I'm lazy.
Title: The Magic In The Weaving; The Power In The Storm; The Fire In The Forging; The Healing In The Vine
Author: Tamora Pierce
Pages: 820 collectivly, about 200 each separatly.
Genre: Fantasy
Summary:
4 children who don't know they have magic are brought to the Winding Circle by Niklaren Goldeye to be trained. The stories follow each of them as they battle earthquakes, pirates, forest fires and a new disease together.
My Thoughts:
I love everything by Tamora. I love her writing and her characters. These have always been my least favourite but I still like them a lot, haha.
Title: The Shakespeare Secret
Author: JL Carrell
Pages: 480
Genre: Fiction/historical. Maybe?
Summary:
A woman is left to die in a burning theatre. Another woman is drowned like Ophelia, skirts swirling in the water. A doctor has his throat slashed open on the steps of Washington's Capitol building.
A deadly serial killer is on the loose, modelling his sickening murders on Shakespeare's plays. But why is he killing? And how can he be stopped?
My Thoughts:
This was a radom impulse buy from Tesco's 2-for-£7 offer to make up the two books. The BEST impulse buy have got for quite a long time! I LOVED this book. At the moment I want to know as much as I can about Shakespeare, and I love books like this that weave in history with an interesting story, as I get bored to quickly with textbook-types! I guessed one of the plottwists fairly early on in the book, but the other one took me by suprise. As it as supposed to I guess! Read this book!
January
1. Across The Wall - Garth Nix
2. Sir Thursday - Garth Nix
3. Lady Friday - Garth Nix
4. The Assassination of Marilyn Monroe - Donald H Wolfe
5. Shakespeare - Bill Bryson
6. Sweeney Todd - Peter Haining
7. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
8. The Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor
February
9. Seeing Redd - Frank Beddor
10. Anything Goes - John & Carole Barrowman
11. The Princess & The Goblin - George MacDonald
12. At The Back Of North Wind - George MacDonald
13. Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens - JM Barrie
14. Fool’s Fate - Robin Hobb
15. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
16. The Sea Of Trolls - Nancy Farmer
March
17. The Land Of The Silver Apples - Nancy Farmer
18. The Greatest Knight - Elizabeth Chadwick
19. Something In The Water - Trevor Baxendale
20. The Lost Continent - Bill Bryson
21. Trace Memory - David Llewellyn
22. Sword Song - Bernard Cornwell
23. The Twilight Streets - Gary Russell
24. Another Life - Peter Anghelides
25. Emperor - The Gates Of Rome - Conn Iggulden
April
26. Imperium - Robert Harris
27. Who Shot JFK? - Robin Ramsay
28. Border Princes - Dan Abnett
29. Pyramid - Tom Martin
30. The Alexander Cipher - Will Adams
May
31. The Love Knot - Elizabeth Chadwick
32. The Black Sun - James Twining
33. Slow Decay - Andy Lane
June
34. A Short History Of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
35. The Magic In The Weaving - Tamora Pierce
36. The Power In The Storm - Tamora Pierce
37. The Fire In The Forging - Tamora Pierce
38. The Healing In The Vine - Tamora Pierce
39. The Shakespeare Secret - JL Carrell
Total Books: 39
Total Pages: 14, 751
Currently Reading: Nothing
Next Up: Not sure yet
I want your reccommendations for books about Shakespeare please!
I've already read Bill Bryson's, but anything else! Fiction or non-fiction, doesn't matter, just so long it's a good read!
Author: Bill Bryson
Pages: 574
Genre: Non-fiction
Summary:
What on earth is Bill Bryson doing writing a book of popular science--A Short History of Almost Everything? Largely, it appears, because this inquisitive, much-travelled writer realised, while flying over the Pacific, that he was entirely ignorant of the processes that created, populated and continue to maintain the vast body of water beneath him. His investigations deal with seven topics, all of enormous interest and significance: the origins of the universe; the gradual historical discovery of the size and age of the earth (and the beginnings of the awesome notion of deep time); relativity and quantum theory; the present and future threats to life and the planet; the origins and history of life (dinosaurs, mass extinctions and all); and the evolution of man.
My Thoughts:
This was fantastic. I know some it's probably out of date now, as it was written in 2003ish, but none the less it was absolutly fascinating. Stuff that I was never the remotest bit interested in - physics, chemistry, geology [don't even get me started on that one], he made seem the most interesting subject ever. Definaetly reccommend this one!
I'm going to cheat and do 4 books in one here, cause I'm lazy.
Title: The Magic In The Weaving; The Power In The Storm; The Fire In The Forging; The Healing In The Vine
Author: Tamora Pierce
Pages: 820 collectivly, about 200 each separatly.
Genre: Fantasy
Summary:
4 children who don't know they have magic are brought to the Winding Circle by Niklaren Goldeye to be trained. The stories follow each of them as they battle earthquakes, pirates, forest fires and a new disease together.
My Thoughts:
I love everything by Tamora. I love her writing and her characters. These have always been my least favourite but I still like them a lot, haha.
Title: The Shakespeare Secret
Author: JL Carrell
Pages: 480
Genre: Fiction/historical. Maybe?
Summary:
A woman is left to die in a burning theatre. Another woman is drowned like Ophelia, skirts swirling in the water. A doctor has his throat slashed open on the steps of Washington's Capitol building.
A deadly serial killer is on the loose, modelling his sickening murders on Shakespeare's plays. But why is he killing? And how can he be stopped?
My Thoughts:
This was a radom impulse buy from Tesco's 2-for-£7 offer to make up the two books. The BEST impulse buy have got for quite a long time! I LOVED this book. At the moment I want to know as much as I can about Shakespeare, and I love books like this that weave in history with an interesting story, as I get bored to quickly with textbook-types! I guessed one of the plottwists fairly early on in the book, but the other one took me by suprise. As it as supposed to I guess! Read this book!
January
1. Across The Wall - Garth Nix
2. Sir Thursday - Garth Nix
3. Lady Friday - Garth Nix
4. The Assassination of Marilyn Monroe - Donald H Wolfe
5. Shakespeare - Bill Bryson
6. Sweeney Todd - Peter Haining
7. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
8. The Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor
February
9. Seeing Redd - Frank Beddor
10. Anything Goes - John & Carole Barrowman
11. The Princess & The Goblin - George MacDonald
12. At The Back Of North Wind - George MacDonald
13. Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens - JM Barrie
14. Fool’s Fate - Robin Hobb
15. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
16. The Sea Of Trolls - Nancy Farmer
March
17. The Land Of The Silver Apples - Nancy Farmer
18. The Greatest Knight - Elizabeth Chadwick
19. Something In The Water - Trevor Baxendale
20. The Lost Continent - Bill Bryson
21. Trace Memory - David Llewellyn
22. Sword Song - Bernard Cornwell
23. The Twilight Streets - Gary Russell
24. Another Life - Peter Anghelides
25. Emperor - The Gates Of Rome - Conn Iggulden
April
26. Imperium - Robert Harris
27. Who Shot JFK? - Robin Ramsay
28. Border Princes - Dan Abnett
29. Pyramid - Tom Martin
30. The Alexander Cipher - Will Adams
May
31. The Love Knot - Elizabeth Chadwick
32. The Black Sun - James Twining
33. Slow Decay - Andy Lane
June
34. A Short History Of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
35. The Magic In The Weaving - Tamora Pierce
36. The Power In The Storm - Tamora Pierce
37. The Fire In The Forging - Tamora Pierce
38. The Healing In The Vine - Tamora Pierce
39. The Shakespeare Secret - JL Carrell
Total Books: 39
Total Pages: 14, 751
Currently Reading: Nothing
Next Up: Not sure yet
I want your reccommendations for books about Shakespeare please!
I've already read Bill Bryson's, but anything else! Fiction or non-fiction, doesn't matter, just so long it's a good read!