March 7, 2022• Books
In 1996, I was on a mountain biking holiday in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. It was an organised trip with a small travel company and we...
December 25, 2021• Books
I should probably preface this review by saying that I know one of the Cavendish’s ghostwriters, Daniel Friebe. So make of that what...
The latest book from Michael Connelly feels as contemporary as anything he’s written recently. Connelly always says that his books...
In The Second Cut we revisit the world of Rilke, who readers first came across in Louise Welsh’s fantastic debut The Cutting Room. Rilke...
I’ll start by saying that I absolutely loved this novel set in the world of independent computer games from the 90s onwards. It took me a...
November 22, 2021• Books
On Saturday, I went for a nice long bike ride, and along the way listened to some podcasts including that morning’s new episode of...
September 21, 2021• Books
Alongside The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson, this is probably the most important, and affecting novel that I’ll...
One of the most anticipated novels of the year doesn’t disappoint, delivering in large part what you expect it to deliver. Alice is a...
Squeeze Me came out last year, but for some reason I’d been sitting on it rather than reading it. That’s my stupidity because...
This an enjoyable steampunk romp through a 1912 Cairo in which magic and djinns exist in a world related, yet unrelated to North Africa at...