Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton My rating: 3 of 5 stars What this book is about: As the sun finally makes an appearance in the vast plains of ice in the Arctic, Augustine looks back at his life thinking of the man he was before. He is old now, nearing the end of his…
Month: November 2016
Bird Box by Josh Malerman (Book Review)
Bird Box by Josh Malerman My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars What this book is about: Malorie lives in a house in which the windows are always covered and the door is closed. Her two children, the Boy and the Girl have never seen the world outside this house. Malorie and the children have to…
The North Water by Ian McGuire (Book Review)
The North Water by Ian McGuire My rating: 2 of 5 stars What this book is about: A harpooner savage named Hendry Drax and an Irish ex-army doctor, Patrick Sumner, find themselves aboard the Volunteer, a whaler setting off to the Arctic Circle. Sumner, an opiod addict seeks to reinvent himself and make a fresh…
Book Haul (November 2016)
We are steadily heading towards the end of the year and I’m proud to say that November has been a modest book buying month for me – compared to the previous extravaganza hauls I posted! After my October post (A very crucial bookish realisation) about how buying books should be a more well-thought process for…
Red Rising by Pierce Brown (Book Review)
Red Rising by Pierce Brown My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars What this book is about: Life as a Red is a daily struggle, a constant laboring endeavour to mine and work, a grind to extract precious Helium-3 from the depths of the red planet’s subterranean field. Earth is dying. Reds are the chosen ones,…
When the Heavens Fall by Marc Turner (Book Review)
When the Heavens Fall by Marc Turner My rating: 2 of 5 stars What this book is about: When the Book of Lost Souls is stolen, the Gods have naught but take matters into their own hands – meddling, once again, with the mortal realm. Mayot Mecada has come to the possession of the sacred…
My Bookshelf Dialogues 