As I write this, the world is gripped by Corona Virus madness, panic, meltdown…. I’d always intended to write a list of the best post-apocalyptic books, but the timing did seem off. Was this really in good taste, I asked myself? But apparently books about...
I was going to blog this month about post apocalyptic novels, but as we seem to be living through an apocalypse anyway it began to feel a bit like bad taste. Also, who wants to read worse case scenarios when we’re in the midst of them? No, I reckon what we need...
Last month’s blog featured my top fifteen books of the decade. I was originally intending to limit this to ten, which was impossible, and the only way I could keep it down to fifteen was to save all the YA favourites for their own, special list. So here we go,...
It was suggested to me that maybe now would be a good time to look back and select my favourite books published during the last decade. Oh yes, I thought… First problem… It’s actually quite hard to remember what was published when; and humbling too....
I adore anything to do with time travel. Far more interesting than life after death, easier to grasp than parallel universes, it allows for the exploration of so many ideas, concepts, truths about human nature, history, and possibilities. Here are my top ten reads. 1....