Currently Browsing: The Pub Challenge
Jun 19, 2008
The Collector of Worlds – Ilya Troyanov
I received this book as an Early Reviewer on LibraryThing and started it soon after I had come down from the hype of the previous book I had finished. Perhaps it was because of that proximity to my previous read, but what a come down it was. Although I fought my way to the end of this book, it was like trying to swim in treacle for much of it and I found myself wondering whether I could... read more
Apr 23, 2008
Child 44 – Tom Rob Smith
Child 44 is Tom Rob Smith’s first novel, and it is an incredible way to launch one’s career as a suspense writer. Set in the Soviet Union in the 1950s and connected with real events, the book is intensely disturbing and totally gripping at the same time. What struck me most was how terrible the life was for every citizen of the Soviet Union under Stalin. It was like a different world and it... read more
Mar 13, 2008
Get Into Bed With Google – Jon Smith
This is less a complete book and more a ‘pithy little reader’. It offers no verbosity – just 52 simple rules to remember for optimising websites for the ubiquitous Google. It is a difficult book to ‘review’ so probably just an overview and an impression will do it justice. From a ‘how-to’ point of view (which is essentially the genre it fits within) it does... read more
