Smashbomb

"I first read this book ten years ago and was so taken with the fluidity of the prose that I read it a second time, and then a third. And then to my surprise, I listened to it several times as an audio book. I could not and did not want to escape that place at the bend in the river. It is a total experience of a place and a time, and a thrilling read."

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Inward

yung pueblo

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“i closed my eyes to look inward and found a universe waiting to be explored” From poet,...

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West Coast Blues: Three Quarters of the House - (with Gene Bertoncini/Jack Wilkins/Kenny Burrell/Rodney Jones/Ted Dunbar/Project G-7) (with Jack Wilkins, Kenny Burrell, Project G-7, Rodney Jones, Ted Dunbar) by Project G-7 / Various Artists

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The Silver Spoon: Memoir of a Boyhood in Japan

Kansuke Naka and Hiroaki Sato

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Perhaps the most admired childhood memoir ever written in Japan, The Silver Spoon is a sharp...

Spills

Angela Leighton

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In Spills Angela Leighton combines poetry, memoir, libretto, short story, prose-poetry and...

David McK (3673 KP) rated The Silver Eagle (Forgotten Legion Chronicles, #2) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

Second book in "The Forgotten Legion" trilogy, in which Ben Kane follows the same format as the first in following his protaganists chapter about (with a few exceptions), and ending each chapter on a cliff-hanger.

Mostly fairly formulaic stuff, and this book has less of the, ahhh .... shall we say ... purple sections of prose than the first, as Fabiola is now a Roman citizen rather than the prostitute, some of whose actions are explicitely described in the previous volume.

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David McK (3673 KP) rated Soldier of Fortune (Captain Rawson, #1) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

I picked this book up for something like £2 in The Works (kinda like Bargain Books), and now I know why.

Set during the Wars of Marlborough, I was hoping for an exciting and interesting story during which I might learn something new. Unfortunately, the novel was pretty bland: both in plot and execution. The prose was never really that gripping; none of the characters were that interesting and elements of the plot were just, well, silly.

In short: meh.