Posts filed under ‘Book Reviews’
Cressida Cowell’s HOW TO STEAL A DRAGONS SWORD
like Asterix goes to Hogwarts
How I Fell Out of Love with Dexter
Sometimes a TV show has to know when it is done and not drag us all along until the bitter end.
Michael Crichton’s MICRO
Sometimes I think that unfinished novel or plot outline found in a bottom draw should just stay there…
My Top 5 Reads for 2011
The best books I’ve read this year
Elmore Leonard’s RAYLAN
Elmore Leonard lives up to his reputation as a grand master of crime writing. He is everything he is cracked up to be. Bloody brilliant dialogue and crazy crooks.
Colin Meloy’s WILDWOOD
Meloy has created a totally believable world and I was fascinated by the politics and hierarchies he created within it
John Harvey’s GOOD BAIT
John Harvey is the British Peter Temple.
Robert Harris’s THE FEAR INDEX
Set in 2011, right in the thick of the financial world this is a techno thriller that reminds me of Michael Crichton at his best
Ken Bruen’s HEADSTONE
I am well an truly back on the Jack Taylor bandwagon.
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Scott Phillips’ THE ADJUSTMENT
a fantastically unseemly novel set in noirish territory
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George R. R. Martin’s A STORM OF SWORDS
George R. R. Martin has carefully laid out all his pieces on a board over the first two books and has now thrown every piece up into the air to see where they all land (and some pieces fall off the board!).
Books on Evenings with Robbie Buck – October 18
Here are the books I discussed with Robbie Buck on 702 Sydney on Tuesday October 18
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Stuart Neville’s STOLEN SOULS
Get on the Stuart Neville bandwagon now because this guy is going to be huge.
Books on Evenings with Robbie Buck – September 20
Here are the books I discussed with Robbie Buck on 702 Sydney on Tuesday September 20:
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Colson Whitehead’s ZONE ONE
Don’t judge this book by its genre, this is a zombie book you must read.
Laura Lippman’s THE MOST DANGEROUS THING
The inter-relationship between childhood, parenting, marriage and secrets is utterly compelling in this new novel.
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Karl Marlantes’ WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GO TO WAR
This is very much a philosophical look at what going to war means intellectually and spiritually
Duane Swiercynski’s HELL & GONE
Just when I thought Duane Swiercynski couldn’t get any crazier there’s HELL & GONE. It’s totally insane!
John Birmingham’s ANGELS OF VENGEANCE
It’s not all roses for our heroes but I wouldn’t want it to be , that’d be boring. A great ending to a great series that makes you think, makes you laugh out loud and leaves you gasping for breath!
Patrick deWitt’s THE SISTERS BROTHERS
There are echoes of The Coen Brothers in tone and humour but deWitt has created a fantastic novel in his own right
George R. R. Martin’s A CLASH OF KINGS
I am pretty much totally addicted to this series
Elliot Perlman’s THE STREET SWEEPER
Perlman manages to combine the horrors of what happened during The Holocaust with the civil rights movement in America during the 50s and 60s in such a profound way that you find yourself totally absorbed, outraged and horrified.
Kate Grenville’s SARAH THORNHILL
a thought-provoking story about the lies and half-truths Australia has been built on and the legacy it leaves on future generations.
Jeffrey Eugenides’ THE MARRIAGE PLOT
“She may have looked normal on the outside, but once you’d seen her handwriting you knew she was deliciously complicated inside.”
